Can I Run Red Dead Redemption 2?
Rockstar Games released Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2019. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 831 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Completionists have 51 achievements to work through. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. The game ships for Windows alone. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. Its Metacritic score stands at 93.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 - 64-bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 - 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in the old west. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The view is from a third person view. That openness is what costs performance. Red Dead Redemption 2 has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Red Dead Redemption 2 is demanding
The graphics requirement for Red Dead Redemption 2 is light. Hardware around Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is enough, so Red Dead Redemption 2 runs on machines never bought for gaming. Red Dead Redemption 2 needs only 6 GB of video memory. Installation is large at roughly 150 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. At 12 GB, system memory is undemanding. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Red Dead Redemption 2 at the floor and Red Dead Redemption 2 at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Red Dead Redemption 2?
Free up space before installing Red Dead Redemption 2: it needs roughly 150 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Red Dead Redemption 2 needs about 150 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Red Dead Redemption 2's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Red Dead Redemption 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Red Dead Redemption 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 - 64-bit.
How much storage does Red Dead Redemption 2 need?
Red Dead Redemption 2 needs about 150 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Red Dead Redemption 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Red Dead Redemption 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Red Dead Redemption 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Red Dead Redemption 2 is the GPU.