Red Dead Redemption 2: PC graphics benchmark review (re-tested)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/24/2020 12:18 PM | source: | 53 comment(s)

Red Dead Redemption II for PC is still one of the best selling titles for the PC, it's cherished by many and with many months away from the original release, the patches and performance driver enhancements have stabilized. As such, we figured we'd re-do all testing to see where the game is with the latest patches and drivers installed.

Read the review here.

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jbscotchman
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#5812032 Posted on: 07/24/2020 09:55 PM

Though the results between the old test and new test mostly show up in 1920x1080, I could not objectively compare and insert them. The first revision of this benchmark overview was done in-game, for the new one, we moved to the internal benchmark. Secondly, the first article focussed on DX12, this one VULKAN. But as Jbscortman mentions, the differences are to be found in that resolution jumping up 25%~30%

Update: I added a comparison of old vs new results on the 1080p page. But again, the results remain subjective from how I look at it, so that is the big disclaimer I am adding here.

I am jbscotchman, not scortman lol. It's a language barrier thing, I get it. :p But just to add further input on the topic when I got a 1440p a a couple months ago there were two games in my mind that I knew I would have to run at 1080p if I wanted acceptable framrates. And those were Control and Red Dead Redemption 2. No matter what cpu, ram amount/speed, etc your GPU will determine your framerate.

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#5812049 Posted on: 07/24/2020 10:35 PM

Agreed, but I will give you my personal experience as I have many hundreds of hours in this game since release. Using the same settings @1080p my original average fps was 46, but now its in the low 60's. Like I mentioned I did do a cpu upgrade, AMD FX 8350 to a Zen+ @ 4ghz but only my minimum fps went up, buy a lot actually. However your average fps is entirely based on your gpu which is why this game should not even be considered in CPU benchmarks.

I'm planning on a 1660S to tide me by till the 3k series so thats very positive news, i'm sticking with my 1080 tele till then too and then switch back to 1440 monitor.
This game i've yet to play, probably the one i'm most hyped for, i'll need to get the game soon then.

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#5812050 Posted on: 07/24/2020 10:37 PM

Thanks for the update Hilbert.

Vulkan MultiGPU also works nicely in this game

MultiGPU is only working with Nvidia gpu(s), or is it working on AMD now as well?

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#5812058 Posted on: 07/24/2020 11:13 PM

I'm planning on a 1660S to tide me by till the 3k series so thats very positive news, i'm sticking with my 1080 tele till then too and then switch back to 1440 monitor.
This game i've yet to play, probably the one i'm most hyped for, i'll need to get the game soon then.

Dude, it is such an amazing experience.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5812061 Posted on: 07/24/2020 11:32 PM

I am jbscotchman, not scortman lol. It's a language barrier thing, I get it. :p But just to add further input on the topic when I got a 1440p a a couple months ago there were two games in my mind that I knew I would have to run at 1080p if I wanted acceptable framrates. And those were Control and Red Dead Redemption 2. No matter what cpu, ram amount/speed, etc your GPU will determine your framerate.

LOL no clue as to why or how I typed it like that. Corrected, sorry bro

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