Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

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Cryingwolf_91 Oct 12, 2023 @ 11:48am
Graphic issues and freezing
Hey guys,

when iam loading in story mode and walking some meters, textures are very bad suddenly and if i walk further its start freezing the Game.

It looks like the Game doesnt load the area correctly.

Ive tried every thing: Reset my whole PC and Hard Drives, Tried differend Ndvidia drivers from new to older, i have even contact Rockstars and follow their steps.


I have Rdr2 on Rockstar launcher so not in Steam.

My Specs: 13900KS - RTX 4090 - 32GB RAM (all Updates are up to date. )

I hope someone now the issue
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Jouchebag Oct 12, 2023 @ 12:03pm 
Are you running the game off an HDD or SSD?

Have you tried to have Steam verify game files?
I had some issues with graphics, then I optimized my GPU/game settings using the GForce Experience and it looks/runs fantastic ever since. I run an older RTX2080Ti 11GB
Cryingwolf_91 Oct 13, 2023 @ 2:20am 
@Jochebag i tried SSD and M.2 drive both had the same issue :/

@Uncle Yeah like me in the past, i also played it on a 2080ti and then on 3080 no prblems :/
Jouchebag Oct 13, 2023 @ 8:10am 
I bounce around a lot on forums, I'm hardly ever playing the same game longer than two weeks...

There has been a trend I've seen of people with 4090s that have unexplained bad performance on a lot of the games' forums I've been on the past few months. Most of the time they say it runs everything else fine but one specific game runs like ass and they can't make sense of it.

Generally these issues get sorted out with driver updates eventually.

Have you tried reducing settings to near minimum and testing it? If that solves the issue, then something in there can be switched to help.
Last edited by Jouchebag; Oct 13, 2023 @ 8:11am
Cryingwolf_91 Oct 14, 2023 @ 1:39pm 
Yeah even on minimum it doesnt load the Arena correctly :/
ToxicFpV Oct 28, 2023 @ 2:52pm 
having the same issue ..... when it start if i hit the pause button i get no menu on grayscale..... also running a 4090..... pretty frustrating as it ran perfectly on my steamdeck and my laptop (2060).... but my PC that ive spent stupid amounts of money on cant run this game for more than like 10mins with out the game looking like PS1..... following to hopefully find a fix
Daddymcspanky Oct 31, 2023 @ 5:14pm 
Originally posted by ToxicFpV:
having the same issue ..... when it start if i hit the pause button i get no menu on grayscale..... also running a 4090..... pretty frustrating as it ran perfectly on my steamdeck and my laptop (2060).... but my PC that ive spent stupid amounts of money on cant run this game for more than like 10mins with out the game looking like PS1..... following to hopefully find a fix
also following, having this exact same issue with the whole gray scale thing. running a 4070ti 32gb ram with i9 13900k
phillykid98 Feb 2, 2024 @ 9:57am 
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FIXED! In the main menu screen, go to your task manager and expand Red Dead Redemption. Go to the game .exe file and right click to 'go to details'. The find the rdr2.exe and right click to 'set affinity'. Turn off all of CPUs after 7. Game should work like a charm.

I guess the i9 has too many cores for the game or something technical like that. Anyways, happy gaming.
Zev Feb 3, 2024 @ 7:36pm 
THANK YOU PHILLYKID! This has finally fixed it for me.
Last edited by Zev; Feb 3, 2024 @ 7:37pm
Bad 💀 Motha Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:17am 
Originally posted by phillykid98:
FIXED! In the main menu screen, go to your task manager and expand Red Dead Redemption. Go to the game .exe file and right click to 'go to details'. The find the rdr2.exe and right click to 'set affinity'. Turn off all of CPUs after 7. Game should work like a charm.

I guess the i9 has too many cores for the game or something technical like that. Anyways, happy gaming.

It's more of a P & E Core issue. It has issues when all the P & E Cores are enabled.

As I've tried this game on AMD CPUs that have more then 8 Cores and it didn't have any issues.
meow Feb 4, 2024 @ 11:10am 
I'm still facing those issues.

I have a i5-8600K with a RX6600. Before the update it was all working fine, then now it started to have those grass glitches without freezing or dropping any FPS. Anyone are still facing or fixed in a different way?
catch22atplay Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:57pm 
I have all 20 threads enabled with my 13600kf and never an issue. Are you guys running the "Intel[R] Innovation Platform Framework Utility Application" and have the driver installed as well "Intel[R] Innovation Platform Framework Processor Participant"? Kinda need that for correct P-core and E-core operation.

Also instead of manually disabling certain cores every time you launch the game just download "Process Lasso". With that tool you can select any program to whatever cores you like and it'll always load the program like that. Has quick options like select all P-cores only. I use it to set a lot of stuff to E-cores only. I'd not had any problems in games but i did test it with just P-cores settings and it worked fine.

I would suspect you guys are probably overheating the cpu and lowering the amount of cores lowers the temp to an acceptable amount. Or you just need a better psu. Although nobody has mentioned shut downs so who knows. But i don't believe it's a P=core/E-core issue unless you didn't install the driver and software. So while it's possible i just have my doubts it's the game's fault as i run fine.
Last edited by catch22atplay; Feb 4, 2024 @ 12:59pm
meow Feb 4, 2024 @ 4:39pm 
Originally posted by meow:
I'm still facing those issues.

I have a i5-8600K with a RX6600. Before the update it was all working fine, then now it started to have those grass glitches without freezing or dropping any FPS. Anyone are still facing or fixed in a different way?

I've figured out a small fix. It still gets some glitches, but they are less than before.

I've set OFF to Triple sync and left half for VSync.
catch22atplay Feb 4, 2024 @ 8:01pm 
Not sure what triple sync is. But turning triple buffering OFF in game settings means you're working a little less. Also input latency is now lower. I personally prefer it ON as it works better then OFF with VSync ON.

As far as vsync to 1/2 well that just means less cpu and gpu usage. And that means less heat and less watts. So you're either fixing an overheating problem or a psu problem. Or system cpu/gpu whatever can't quite handle the game performance wise. Why not just fix whatever is broke. But sure glad you found a sort of solution that works for you.

And note vsync works by halving your fps when i dips below your vsync value. So 60 drops down to 30. Although you may not see it that way. Triple buffering doesn't do that and that's why it's preferred. But if you can't keep a semi consistent 60fps then triple buffering not a good idea. You instead went with Triple OFF and 1/2 Vsync. And i'm going to assume because you can't consistently maintain 60fps. So that is a good setting for you. Although vsync OFF if you can deal with the tearing is probably better. But i pretty much went with that setting with New World. Games are playable like that or most are. Not much choice until you upgrade.

And i know this game is fairly demanding watching videos it looks like the rx 6600 can do 60fps er well with some settings off but quite a few on Ultra, some med whatever. The cpu well hm that's a problem. But you can find settings to lower that are just for the cpu. I had to do that when i was using my 2600k cpu. Water reflection, geometry level of detail etc. And i didn't resort to 1/2 vsync. But my Vsync is 60 not sure what yours is.

Here's my 13yo I7 2600k cpu+RTX 4080 in Dec;
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3124533296
Last edited by catch22atplay; Feb 4, 2024 @ 8:55pm
Bad 💀 Motha Feb 4, 2024 @ 9:33pm 
RDR2 is an odd-ball game on PC for some reason.
It really needs to have in-game VSync = Off while leaving Triple Buffering = On. Turning off the triple buggering really makes the game run like crap for whatever reasons. If you need a VSync option, use an over-ride in your GPU Control Panel, since you want this game to run Borderless Window at all times anyways.
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Date Posted: Oct 12, 2023 @ 11:48am
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