Can the benchmark be trusted?

[popCorn & coffee]

I got the game, but I want to be sure my PC can handle it at a decent frame rate, and I would prefer not to even start a new game if possible. (So it's not stuck with a 2% achievements in my profile forever...).

So, if I manage to find some settings that make the benchmark run at 75/80 fps, can I trust the game will perform like that most of the time?

I'm asking because the gameplay in the benchmark looks kind of "light", there's not much shooting or anything... just a few cops chasing the guy, not many people on town and nothing really crazy.

Thanks in advance!!

[Humphrey Bogart]

rdr2 is pretty darn heavy at high-ultra settings. Benchmark is pretty spot on exept in Saint Denis, that place is heavy af on high settings in 1440p and more. I have a pretty high end rig and ams stuck at 50-55 with everything on max in saint denise on 2560x1440. Doesn't move over 55 at all. In the benchmark it seems to be lighter and less populated than ingame if ya get me

[popCorn & coffee]

Originally posted by Humphrey Bogart:

rdr2 is pretty darn heavy at high-ultra settings. Benchmark is pretty spot on exept in Saint Denis, that place is heavy af on high settings in 1440p and more. I have a pretty high end rig and ams stuck at 50-55 with everything on max in saint denise on 2560x1440. Doesn't move over 55 at all. In the benchmark it seems to be lighter and less populated than ingame if ya get me

I'm also on a 2560x1440 display, which hits hard to the GPU in this kind of games... and I wouldn't consider my rig high end (Gtx 1080). I don't mind playing in lower settings as long as the fps are over 60 for the most time and the resolution is native.

Do you know if you spend a lot of time in that place? If it's the bigger city I assume a big part of the story is there... and even if I start a game, I'll probably not get there in 2 hours, so I'll have to trust the benchmark anyway.

[dot]

The benchmark is heavy in comparison with the usual gameplay, whatever results you get, expect that 99% of the time is gonna run better than that. At least that has been my experience.

[Humphrey Bogart]

My specs are Asus Nvidia rtx 2070 rog strix OC 16gb, i9 12900k and 128gb ram. Cpu and gpu is watercooled with custom loops. 1200w psu. My bottleneck is my gpu for sure..
I play on 2560x1440 on a 1440 monitor but can reach a frame more than 55 no matter what in Saint denise. In valentine, strawberry, rhodes etc I have over 100fps. Population, bulidings and the level of detail all together seem to be hard to run on highe resolution with high settings in this game in Saint denise :p

[popCorn & coffee]

Well... I've managed to get an average 69fps on the benchmark... so, I guess I'll probably be able to work from there once I get into the game and test it for real.

Thanks guys! it was helpful.