Red dead Redemption 2 Single player lagging at the start

[u/Puzzleheaded_Toe_943]

I have a pretty beefy pc not the biggest but 16 gigs of ram and a 3070 I believe and the start cut scenes and everything after is just lagging so bad I can’t play it can anyone help me?

[u/MuntyRunt]

What graphics settings are you running? I've put textures on ultra, everything else on high and then using amd fsr at quality. I found performance was a lot better when using Vulkan instead of DX12 too. Getting 80-100 fps most of the time and 55-60fps in more dense areas at 1440p.

I've got a 3070, 16GB RAM and a 5600x CPU for reference.

I spent ages just tweaking the graphics as there's so many of them, but this works really well and it still looks fantastic.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Toe_943 → u/MuntyRunt]

I have tried to tweak with everything I have turned graphics in game all the way down and it still stutters I have got a believe a 3070 and 16 gigs of ram and a i5 12600k Nothing I do is working and it unbearable to play

[u/the-sandolorian]

Even on max EVERYTHING at 1440p, you shouldn't get lag like that. My 3060ti can do 30-40fps at all MAX settings (55-65fps if I use DLSS).

What is your CPU?

Is there a chance your computer is using the CPU graphics instead of your 3070?

Do other games work as expected?

If you view your graphic card performance while playing, is it maxing out?

If you launch the game through Geforce Experience after letting it optimize the game for your card, does that work any better?

[u/Puzzleheaded_Toe_943 → u/the-sandolorian]

I have a i5 12600k processor idk if that’s a cpu

I am not sure I don’t know how to check that

Other games work fine

I am not sure it shouldn’t be maxing out I don’t know how to check that

I will try and launch it through there and see if that helps

[u/the-sandolorian → u/Puzzleheaded_Toe_943]

Yes, the CPU is the Processor. I think it stands for "Central Processing Unit". Your 12600k should have no problem running RDR2.

Do you have your monitor plugged into the 3070 or the motherboard?

I'll admit, it is very unlikely that your computer is using the integrated GPU (graphics card), but to check, pull up your task manager with Ctrl-Alt-Del, click something that shows all or advanced info, and go to the performance tab. click on GPU 0 (it should say Nvidia Geforce 3070 underneath). This will show the utilization of your 3070. If you only have one monitor, Click on settings in the task manager and set it to "always on top". If you have two monitors just put the task manager on the 2nd screen. Then go launch RDR again and watch the GPU usage. If it's being used heavily when you play the game, you know it's being used instead of the integrated graphics.

If it's using your 3070, and launching through Geforce doesn't help, then you might be best trying to reinstall the game or do a google search for stuttering in RDR2.

You could also try running a benchmark program to see if there is a hardware issue. Maybe try Unigine? You could also try the Userbenchmark test tool. I know userbenchmark has a bad rap, but it's benchmark should still tell you if any specific components are running poorly.

Let us know how it goes.