Optimizing performance in Red Dead Redemption 2
Optimizing performance in Red Dead Redemption 2
You're looking to boost your Red Dead Redemption 2 performance without sacrificing too much in-game quality. Considering your current setup—Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5 5600G, and a solid GPU—overclocking the CPU could help, though it's not guaranteed to yield massive gains. If you're already pushing your GPU to its limits, tweaking the CPU might be more effective. For RAM, increasing it from 8GB to 16GB at around 3200MHz could make a noticeable difference, especially if you're experiencing memory bottlenecks. Always test changes gradually and monitor stability.
Overclocking doesn't change your high scores, it mainly impacts your low scores. If your average is around 30 frames per second with a small drop of 20 fps in the lowest frames, overclocking will only raise that drop slightly—perhaps to about 22 on your system. Your overall performance won’t jump much, and you’re unlikely to reach 31 in most situations.
When your CPU reaches its limit during gameplay, overclocking might offer some improvement, but it's probably not going to significantly boost your frame rate.
I just reviewed your system details once more—adding a 3600MHz RAM should really boost your speed.
This model offers improved performance compared to previous versions.
I suggest aiming for the fastest possible speed. Ryzen sometimes struggles to maintain speeds above 3000MHz, often settling around 3200MHz. Aiming for 3600MHz is a solid choice—just run it at a lower frequency if your CPU can’t keep up. It might cost just a few extra dollars. Before investing in RAM, verify that your existing memory also supports stable performance at or above 3000MHz. This assumes the CPU is the limiting factor, which could be only a slight improvement. Also, check out LowSpecGamer on YouTube; he has great tutorials about optimizing games on lower-end systems.
Investing in faster memory to boost frame rate isn't the best move. It's wiser to upgrade your graphics card instead and use what you saved for new RAM inside the card. Faster memory might add a few frames, but a better option is a stronger GPU. For RAM, try overclocking or adjusting settings—switching to dual channel can help a lot.
Sure! Look for a tutorial that explains how to reduce your volume from 2T to 1T.
You should navigate to the BIOS settings under Memory/RAM/DRAM timings and find the DRAM Command Rate or Cmd Rate option. It might already be set to 2T or AUTO, but you can adjust it to 1T. I've done this before with a Celeron 333MHz processor and it functioned perfectly. It's odd that it wasn't set to 1T by default—no need for RAM voltage changes.
Oh ok tysm i will def try that. Also i was able to get my ram speed overclocked to 2800mhz and ran some ram stress tests for like 30 mins and it ran fine and then ran red dead for prob like 4 hrs and no crashes but today i got blue screen twice from just normal use (no gaming) Could this be because of the overclock? If so why didnt this happen when i ran red dead for so long or the stress test.