What graphics card do I need for 60 FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2 at 1080p?

In a published test (GameGPU) the Radeon RX 7900 XTX averages 77 FPS at 1080p Ultra: the least powerful card in our data with a 60+ FPS result at 1080p High or Ultra.

Can a GTX 1650 run Red Dead Redemption 2?

By our estimate it gets about 75 FPS at 1080p Low (smooth) and 48 FPS at 1080p High (playable), each ±30%.

What are the minimum system requirements for Red Dead Redemption 2?

Steam lists Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB graphics, Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300 and 8 GB of RAM as the minimum.

Measured FPS benchmarks

Red Dead Redemption 2 FPS

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Measured · 18 results6 GPUs · GameGPUestimate within ±30%: 0/18

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Red Dead Redemption 2 was released in 2018. We list 18 published FPS results for it from GameGPU, covering 6 graphics cards. Steam lists Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB as the minimum graphics card, an entry-level card by today's standards. Against those results our estimate landed within ±30% 0 of 18 times.

Frame rate cap: none on record. We have no record of an engine frame limit for Red Dead Redemption 2, so our estimates assume it runs uncapped. V-Sync, an in-game limiter or your monitor's refresh rate can still hold it lower.

Measured results

Published · with sources

60+ FPS 30–59 under 30 lower bound (frame cap, CPU or VRAM limit). Average FPS from published tests.

At 1080p the fastest measured card, RTX 4090, averages 114 FPS; the slowest, Radeon RX 6600, 20 FPS.

Estimate vs measured

0/18 within ±30% · median +129%

Each dot is one published result: how far our model's figure for the same card and setting was from it. The shaded band is ±30%.

All 18 comparisons

GPU	Setting	Measured	Estimate	Diff.
RTX 4090	1080p Ultra	114 FPS	≈263 FPS	+131%
RTX 4090	1440p Ultra	93 FPS	≈189 FPS	+103%
RTX 4090	4K Ultra	51 FPS	≈103 FPS	+102%
RTX 4070 Ti	1080p Ultra	68 FPS	≈197 FPS	+190%
RTX 4070 Ti	1440p Ultra	52 FPS	≈142 FPS	+173%
RTX 4070 Ti	4K Ultra	30 FPS	≈77 FPS	+157%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	1080p Ultra	77 FPS	≈195 FPS	+153%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	1440p Ultra	60 FPS	≈140 FPS	+133%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX	4K Ultra	36 FPS	≈76 FPS	+111%
RTX 3070	1080p Ultra	50 FPS	≈113 FPS	+126%
RTX 3070	1440p Ultra	40 FPS	≈82 FPS	+105%
RTX 3070	4K Ultra	24 FPS	≈44 FPS	+83%
RTX 3060	1080p Ultra	33 FPS	≈75 FPS	+127%
RTX 3060	1440p Ultra	26 FPS	≈54 FPS	+108%
RTX 3060	4K Ultra	17 FPS	≈29 FPS	+71%
Radeon RX 6600	1080p Ultra	20 FPS	≈65 FPS	+225%
Radeon RX 6600	1440p Ultra	14 FPS	≈47 FPS	+236%
Radeon RX 6600	4K Ultra	7 FPS	≈26 FPS	+271%

Our estimate on 10 reference GPUs

Estimate ±30%

Model figures, not measurements: dashed bars with their ±30% band. How they are made.

RTX 4090324227–421
RTX 5070 Ti253177–329
Radeon RX 9070 XT253177–329
RTX 4070189132–246
Radeon RX 7800 XT162113–211
RTX 4060 Ti145102–189
RTX 406011581–150
RTX 30609365–121
Radeon RX 66008157–105
GTX 16504834–62

Cards that run Red Dead Redemption 2 at 60+ FPS

1080p High · cheapest first

Current cards, by launch price. Solid chips are measured results; dashed ones are our estimate (±30%).

Intel Arc B580launch price $249≈84 FPSAmazon
Radeon RX 7600launch price $269≈89 FPSAmazon
RTX 5060launch price $299≈127 FPSAmazon

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Player reports

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Screenshots

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System requirements

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Minimum

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
RAM: 8 GB