Output Adapter 0 or 1

[MultiFrαpsεr ツ]

I noticed that in the graphics settings there is something called ''output adapter'' with two settings, 0 and 1.

I've been playing with setting 0 which gives me 3071MB of video memory, yes I don't have the most beefy computer but it's doing its job fairly well! And now if I would turn the output adapter setting to 1, it claims to be able to give me 664664MB of video memory.

Without yet enabling this setting, it says that my RDR2.exe is using 2469MB of video memory while other apps are using 657161MB of video memory. THAT IS A LOT!

What does this exactly mean, and which setting is better?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

0 is always the onboard gpu if you have one as this is seen as primary when present, such as on Intel based systems with having an iGPU onboard the CPU. Thus your GPU card would be "adapter 1" instead.

[MultiFrαpsεr ツ]

Ah ok.. My stupid ass thought this meant that I could squeeze out more video memory so I could enjoy higher graphical settings without the limit forcing me not to

https://imgur.com/a/YPRi0cB This is what I meant. Oh and I'm playing on desktop PC, not laptop. I heard this is something more of a concern for laptop users?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Even an old RX 580 comes in an 8GB variant. Gpus with less then 8GB vram most likely won't be good enough for this game. With the exception of ones like gtx 980 4GB, 980 Ti 6GB, 1060 6GB

With RDR2 no it is a concern, as many have reported that the game might not even launch properly if you have an onboard Intel Gpu and that is left active in Device Manager.

[Greg]

Guys, I did something stupid and now need your help. I turned Output Adapter to option "2" as I was not sure which of the options is better to use. I have both Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 and intel i7-12700K (the one with the grapchics chip bulit in). Now when I start the game I get the pop up stating that my computer does not meet system requirements to run the game. But now if I can't run the game how am I supposed to change the IN GAME setting back to my GPU? I have enabled the setting in Nvidia control panel to run RDR2 on the GPU but that does not seem to do anything as I still get the error. The drivers are updated, I checked that. Any ideas?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Simply go here...

Documents > Rockstar Games > Red Dead Redemption 2 > Settings

Right click the System.XML file and click Edit. Then scroll to the bottom of the file.

You will see Adapter and Output there. Change them both to a 1

As when you have two GPU such as Intel + NVIDIA...

0 = Onboard GPU
1 = Dedicated GPU card

[Greg]

Thank you! I managed to run the game. Game quit as soon as I close the pop up but when I left it for a couple of minutes I've noticed that the game started. I could change the setting back. In my case 0 is the graphics card (GeForce) and 1 is the processor graphics chip.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well there are two lines for this:

Adapter = 0 or 1 is the GPU selection

Output refers to your Display if you have multiples.

So if you have say for example:
GPU0=Intel HD/UHD Graphics
GPU1=NVIDIA GPU card
^This is the Adapter selection.

The Output line would still be set to 0 if you only have 1x Display

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok if you have both an Onboard + Dedicated GPUs then you do not have to worry about changing that. Do it this way instead...

StartMenu > type Graphics > click Graphics Settings.
Ensure "Desktop" is selected for type of App.
Click Browse, locate and select the RDR2.exe
Then select High Performance for GPU selection.

This will ensure the game always uses your Dedicated GPU.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

On Laptops especially; Adapter 0 is the Onboard GPU.
Adapter = 1 is the Dedicated GPU
If you want to change the Refresh Rate then first you need to change the Mode to Full Screen. You shouldn't need to do this though because if you set your OS Desktop to the refresh rate you wish to use in games, when the games run in Borderless Windowed Mode, they will simply use the refresh rate that is set for the OS Desktop.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

With RDR2 it generally never will launch in Full Screen. You can then load up in Story or Online and once you are within the game world, then change the settings to Full Screen + 165Hz

Again though, you also want the OS Desktop set to the same refresh rate you intend to apply within a game. Cause if you ALT+TAB out of RDR2 it's going to automatically switch to Borderless Window Mode. Then when you switch back to the game again, simply press ALT+ENTER to put the game back to Full Screen once again.

[MultiFrαpsεr ツ]

This hasn't got really nothing to do with what you spoke about earlier, but whenever I run the game in full-screen mode, it almost always freezes whenever I ALT-TAB out from the game which I tend to do sometimes a lot.

Borderless Windowed Mode however does the trick, while being a type of "fake full screen" but yet it doesn't mess up with the whole system and I never experience any freezes.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well that's typically how games work.

Borderless Windowed Mode = Its in a WinOS Window, however it doesn't have any visible border. It will use the same refresh rate as the OS Desktop is set to. Thus overall is seamless when ALT+TAB switching between app windows.

If you are going to ALT+TAB while a game is set to Full Screen, yes a delay is normal. It will be best to first pause the game before alt-tabbing when using this mode.

[maldorf]

Isnt performance a bit better when playing full screen vs windowed?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

No

[BOSS]

Originally posted by maldorf:

Isnt performance a bit better when playing full screen vs windowed?

Since microsofts windows 10 creators update, performance differrence between borderless and fullscreen is almost negligible. Most Dx12 microsoft games like Forza doesn't even have full screen but only borderless windowed mode but they run quite well. However in Dx11, most games run better on exclusive fullscreen but exceptions are there like Days gone will run better in borderless windowed mode but generally 90% dx11 games are optimised for fullscreen