Red Dead Redemption 2 | Increase FPS by 145% - Performance Optimization Guide + Optimized Settings

Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Performance. Every PC graphics setting + optimized settings for improved performance while retaining the game's intended visual presentation.

OPTIMIZED SETTINGS
API: VULKAN
TEXTURE QUALITY: ULTRA ( AS HIGH AS YOUR VRAM ALLOWS)
ANISOTROPIC FILTERING: X16
LIGHTING QUALITY: MEDIUM
GLOBAL ILLUMINATION QUALITY: HIGH
SHADOW QUALITY: HIGH
FAR SHADOW QUALITY: ULTRA
SCREEN SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION: HIGH
REFLECTION QUALITY: MEDIUM
MIRROR QUALITY: HIGH
WATER QUALITY: MEDIUM
VOLUMETRICS QUALITY: MEDIUM
PARTICLE QUALITY: ULTRA
TESSELLATION QUALITY: ULTRA
TAA: HIGH
FXAA: OFF
MSAA: OFF
NEAR VOLUMETRIC RESOLUTION: MEDIUM
FAR VOLUMETRIC RESOLUTION: MEDIUM
VOLUMETRIC LIGHTING QUALITY: MEDIUM
UNLOCKED VOLUMETRIC RAYMARCH RESOLUTION: ON
PARTICLE LIGHTING QUALITY: ULTRA
SOFT SHADOWS: ULTRA
GRASS SHADOWS: HIGH
LONG SHADOWS: ON
FULL RESOLUTION SCREEN SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION: OFF
WATER REFRACTION QUALITY: MEDIUM
WATER REFLECTION QUALITY: MEDIUM
WATER PHYSICS QUALITY: 2/4
TAA SHARPENING: PERSONAL PREFERENCE (DOESN’T WORK ON DLSS, INSTEAD USE “CLARITY FX” RESHADE, LINK IN DESCRIPTION)
MOTION BLUR: ON (PERSONAL PREFERENCE)
REFLECTION MSAA: OFF
GEOMETRY LEVEL OF DETAIL: 5/5
GRASS LEVEL OF DETAIL: 5/10
TREE QUALITY: ULTRA
PARALLAX OCCLUSION MAPPING QUALITY: HIGH
DECAL QUALITY: ULTRA
FUR QUALITY: HIGH
TREE TESSELLATION: OFF

PC SPECS:
GPU: RTX 3060 12GB
CPU: R5 3600X
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
OS: Windows 10

Timestamps:
0:00 API - DX12 VS VULKAN
0:25 TEXTURE QUALITY
0:52 ANISOTROPIC FILTERING
1:24 LIGHTING QUALITY
1:51 GLOBAL ILLUMINATION QUALITY
2:19 SHADOW QUALITY
2:45 FAR SHADOW QUALITY
3:12 SCREEN SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION
3:39 REFLECTION QUALITY
4:27 MIRROR QUALITY
4:53 WATER QUALITY
5:16 VOLUMETRICS QUALITY
6:10 PARTICLE QUALITY
6:17 TESSELLATION QUALITY
6:44 NVIDIA DLSS
7:41 TAA
8:03 FXAA
8:20 MSAA
8:47 NEAR VOLUMETRIC RESOLUTION
9:15 FAR VOLUMETRIC RESOLUTION
9:42 VOLUMETRIC LIGHTING QUALITY
10:01 UNLOCKED VOLUMETRIC RAYMARCH RESOLUTION
10:16 PARTICLE LIGHTING QUALITY
10:23 SOFT SHADOWS
10:49 GRASS SHADOWS
11:11 LONG SHADOWS
11:36 FULL RESOLUTION SCREEN SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION
11:54 WATER REFRACTION QUALITY
12:15 WATER REFLECTION QUALITY
12:38 WATER PHYSICS QUALITY
13:10 TAA SHARPENING
13:25 CLARITY FX RESHADE
14:03 MOTION BLUR
14:20 REFLECTION MSAA
14:47 GEOMETRY LEVEL OF DETAIL
15:09 GRASS LEVEL OF DETAIL
15:31 TREE QUALITY
15:56 PARALLAX OCCLUSION MAPPING QUALITY
16:23 FUR QUALITY
16:40 TREE TESSELLATION
16:57 OPTIMIZED SETTINGS
17:25 MAX VS OPTIMIZED SETTINGS
19:30 BENCHMARK RESULTS

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[muhammadakramabdullah]

such an effort to test every layer at every setting, great job

[LightAndy]

Damn, this music is insane. I love it so much.
The settings are great, thanks bro!

[JoesGuy]

Thanks for including the FPS counter. Very informative.

[XMoldyMe]

This game, every time I see it, I would play it again

[simonyang]

Best channel, no bullshit no ad, straight to the point.

[mess]

I have always needed a channel like this with deep dive into impacts on visuals and performance. Instant sub ❤

[cruzofficial]

Im actually impressed that i found a video that really helps getting more frames while maintaining good visuals and all. Plus the reshade tip, its perfect

[jorgexqefo]

Dude. With your settings, I went from 40-50 frames to 160 fps. Thanks bro ❤

[GatPreto]

Top notch work bro, keep it up. You are saving thounsands of hours of people tweaking settings. Thousands.

[alphaeagle]

Thanks dude i went from like 25-30 fos to straight up 60-100 damnnn these settings are fire bro you just earned a subscriber

[czarnobyl]

Oh shit man, Im actually surprised as this worked! DLSS on quality + reshade really did the job. Now I've got atleast 15-20 fps more while visuals are still beautiful. Thank you🤠👍

[xander.]

Thanks for these settings. Went up from 60-70 fps to 120-140fps on 1440P. Hope you make more of these for other games in the future!

[Elsinnombre-ezdn]

Really appreciate the video. Everything is laid out In such a professional format and easy to access.

[KollywoodReview]

Maintain the consistency 🎉 This channel will gonna boom 💥

[MW]

really good!!!!
One of the only games that has in some settings really noticeable difference between high and ultra

[SunyiMad]

Changed from GeForce Experience "optimized" settings to yours and FPS went from 75 to 220. Game looks just as good. Thanks!

[samg]

Dangg.. thanks so much brother.. with ur setting, got another 20+ fps in my 4k setting using rtx300 with my samsung 43inch 4k tv averaging around 60-70 fps atm.. appreciate it alot man. thanks again from malaysia.. cheers.. 🥰💪💪

[MannyScoot]

Man thank you for this clear explanation and description of every setting....I have the settings according to what you showed me and running the settings on my old PC 2023 Alienware M18 AMD QFD+ at 2560x1600 with an average of 125 FPS on RDR2 and it looks so clear and amazing when you understand every setting You again for taking the time and wonderful presentation !

[_kiaz_]

went from 45fps 4k to 80fps 4k. almost double the fps. thank you so much. you are helping even after 10 months later.

[cakitpewut]

damn bro, this video has a lot of effort put into it. really underrated!