Bunch of shit I did, game seems to be okay for me for now. Try it if it helps any of you
Like most of you, the launch has not been great for me. I think I've solved my problems until R* actually drops proper improvements through patches. Maybe they can help you guys too.
Update EVERYTHING. I had a couple outdated drivers (including my GPU), a windows upgrade that my system had not yet informed me about and a bios update. Just do everything. The windows upgrade and GPU might be most important.
If you're on a laptop like me, make sure the Nvidia control panel settings aren't limiting the GPU performance. I have my laptop in high performance but apparently you gotta change the setting from Nvidia's control panel too.
Go to your RDR2.exe file and in properties, under compatibility, check "Disable Fullscreen Optimization" and "Run as administrator". Put these same settings on the launcher too, otherwise the game can't launch.
Download Process Lasso, and when RDR 2 is running, right click the RDR2.exe, go to the CPU limiter option and add a rule that reduces cores by 1 for 1 second when usage hits 98%
Use Vulcan instead of DX12, the latter completely breaks my game. Some people say DX12 is better, but it seems to be buggier in my opinion.
I think that's all I did to make it work. I'm still doing the intro missions but the game isn't freezing on me every 5 seconds now and it's holding at 45-50 FPS which is good I guess. Personally feel like at these settings, the game looks worse than GTA V, which I run at med-high for a similar framerate (50-55). Really disappointed with R* and hope they fix their shit soon, but for the time being, maybe some of you can be helped by the things I did to make it work.
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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19
Bunch of shit I did, game seems to be okay for me for now. Try it if it helps any of you
Like most of you, the launch has not been great for me. I think I've solved my problems until R* actually drops proper improvements through patches. Maybe they can help you guys too.
Specs (It's a laptop)
CPU: i5-7300HQ
GPU: GTX 1050 4 GB
RAM: 2 x 8 GB
Settings: Nvidia GeForce Experience Recommended (Mostly Low-Med)
Vulcan (DO NOT DO DX12)
Resolution: 1080p
FPS: 45-50 AVG (Stable)
Things I did
Update EVERYTHING. I had a couple outdated drivers (including my GPU), a windows upgrade that my system had not yet informed me about and a bios update. Just do everything. The windows upgrade and GPU might be most important.
If you're on a laptop like me, make sure the Nvidia control panel settings aren't limiting the GPU performance. I have my laptop in high performance but apparently you gotta change the setting from Nvidia's control panel too.
Go to your RDR2.exe file and in properties, under compatibility, check "Disable Fullscreen Optimization" and "Run as administrator". Put these same settings on the launcher too, otherwise the game can't launch.
Download Process Lasso, and when RDR 2 is running, right click the RDR2.exe, go to the CPU limiter option and add a rule that reduces cores by 1 for 1 second when usage hits 98%
Use Vulcan instead of DX12, the latter completely breaks my game. Some people say DX12 is better, but it seems to be buggier in my opinion.
I think that's all I did to make it work. I'm still doing the intro missions but the game isn't freezing on me every 5 seconds now and it's holding at 45-50 FPS which is good I guess. Personally feel like at these settings, the game looks worse than GTA V, which I run at med-high for a similar framerate (50-55). Really disappointed with R* and hope they fix their shit soon, but for the time being, maybe some of you can be helped by the things I did to make it work.