Spec change? 1060 3GB launch Issue

[ltfrank]

Couldnt launch the game a few months back, trying to get it working now.

R* social club says I do not own the game or game didnt launch if you keep having issues contact R*
Ive done the obvious GPU drivers, Win updates, Verify files, Re install, del docs and social Club, but theres no point in me contacting R* as I just found out I dont meet the Min requirements

My specs are ryzen 1600
16gb ram
1060 3GB

The min Is now a 1060 6GB to Run RDR2 this has certainly been upgraded since I purchased it
Is anyone using the 1060 3gb?
I was 100% using it fine before with no problems

Anyone have any Ideas or is it time to get rid of the Potato?

[kreeg]

Your GPU should work. There are other people with older GPUs than yours that run the game.

[Deviant]

I have 1660 6 gb, and amd ryzen 5 3600, game is running around 60-70 fps at medium/low. So with your specs you'd probably get 40-50 medium specs maybe not worth it.

[firestorm]

vram specs has been 6GB for Nvidia and 4GB for AMD GPU's since the game launched.
Your 1060 only has half of the vram for the games requirements.

One other thing that did recently change is the game no longer supports any version of Windows below Windows 10.

[kreeg]

Originally posted by firestorm:

vram specs has been 6GB for Nvidia and 4GB for AMD GPU's since the game launched.
Your 1060 only has half of the vram for the games requirements.

The store page is wrong. Rockstars official RDR2 Specs[support.rockstargames.com] were last updated February 15, 2024

The minimum NVIDIA GPU listed is a 770 2GB and people have been playing RDR2 with lower specced GPUs, RAM, and CPU since release.

[Seekrt]

What I find weird is that both the min and recommenced cpecs show as identical on the store page.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The minimum always was a 1060 6GB, if trying to run 1080p w/ Ultra Textures; such is the must minimum.

4GB GPU can't run RDR2 @ 1080p w/ Textures on Ultra.

So IDK WTF you ever thought a 1060 3GB would do. It always has been a trashy GPU. It was a very lame a gimped GPU release.

To use a 2GB or 3GB GPU you'd basically have to run the game @ 1280x720 / 1366x768

The only way to get a 2GB or 3GB GPU to run higher with other proper settings would be to set the in-game settings to a certain level (especially the screen res) just so that the Settings there are below your max gpu vram. Then apply the changes, exit the game, then go and edit the system.xml and tweak some settings there. But then do not go and try to change them in-game as far as the Graphics section is concerned. Do it this way and technically YOU CAN set RDR2 to 1080p with Textures on Ultra on GPUs such as 780 3GB, 960 2GB, 1060 3GB; Otherwise it takes a 4GB minimum GPU. Such as RX 580

I think what happened was before upon release to PC; they GTX 770 was listed along with Win7/8 as minimums. Companies have been editing their store product pages to get rid of Win7/8 from the page due to the new minimum requirement for Steam being Win10.

[firestorm]

Originally posted by krieg:

Originally posted by firestorm:

vram specs has been 6GB for Nvidia and 4GB for AMD GPU's since the game launched.
Your 1060 only has half of the vram for the games requirements.

The store page is wrong. Rockstars official RDR2 Specs[support.rockstargames.com] were last updated February 15, 2024

The minimum NVIDIA GPU listed is a 770 2GB and people have been playing RDR2 with lower specced GPUs, RAM, and CPU since release.

Up to 50% of system ram can act as vram, But that does not in anyway optimal.
Minimum recommended vram for Nvidia has always been 6GB.

[𝕳𝖚9𝖑𝕭𝖔𝖚𝖓]

очень интерестно

[kreeg]

Originally posted by firestorm:

Originally posted by krieg:

The store page is wrong. Rockstars official RDR2 Specs[support.rockstargames.com] were last updated February 15, 2024

The minimum NVIDIA GPU listed is a 770 2GB and people have been playing RDR2 with lower specced GPUs, RAM, and CPU since release.

Up to 50% of system ram can act as vram, But that does not in anyway optimal.
Minimum recommended vram for Nvidia has always been 6GB.

Read Rockstars official specs from their support page that I linked. Those specs were updated three days ago on Feb 15, 2024.

Minimum specs for all games are not a hard cap. People have always been able to play games with lower than minimum spec hardware. It's been this way since the advent of PCs.

Welcome to PC gaming.

[firestorm]

Originally posted by krieg:

Originally posted by firestorm:

Up to 50% of system ram can act as vram, But that does not in anyway optimal.
Minimum recommended vram for Nvidia has always been 6GB.

Read Rockstars official specs from their support page that I linked. Those specs were updated three days ago on Feb 15, 2024.

Minimum specs for all games are not a hard cap. People have always been able to play games with lower than minimum spec hardware. It's been this way since the advent of PCs.

Welcome to PC gaming.

lol, RDR2 has been kickin a pair of 1080ti's arses since launch on PC.

Welcome to PC gaming! lol

[kreeg]

Originally posted by firestorm:

Originally posted by krieg:

Read Rockstars official specs from their support page that I linked. Those specs were updated three days ago on Feb 15, 2024.

Minimum specs for all games are not a hard cap. People have always been able to play games with lower than minimum spec hardware. It's been this way since the advent of PCs.

Welcome to PC gaming.

lol, RDR2 has been kickin a pair of 1080ti's arses since launch on PC.

Welcome to PC gaming! lol

A Red Herring is an irrelevant argument thrown into a conversation to avoid addressing the actual argument.

You are deflecting. The topic is regarding going below minimum spec. Changing the subject makes you look like a fool. Go crawl back under your rock.

[firestorm]

Originally posted by krieg:

Originally posted by firestorm:

lol, RDR2 has been kickin a pair of 1080ti's arses since launch on PC.

Welcome to PC gaming! lol

A Red Herring is an irrelevant argument thrown into a conversation to avoid addressing the actual argument.

You are deflecting. The topic is regarding going below minimum spec. Changing the subject makes you look like a fool. Go crawl back under your rock.

Subject wasn't changed.
And needless to say, I am the one that mentioned virtual vram.
Not to mention, I'm also the one that mentioned the Windows 10 requirement.

1060 3GB was never really enough for this game.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You can grab a Radeon 580 8GB or 590 8GB for under $150 and it's run circles around a 1060 3GB or 1650/1660 series

[ltfrank]

Appreciate all the comments I will most likely try a wipe of windows, then if my issue still persists contact r* for help......however I will still be upgrading to a new PC also over the next few weeks regardless of I get it working on this system or not

[☥ 𝔄𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔦 ☥]

i have like RX 570 4 Gb Gddr5 256 bit card.
And running mix settings ( some off some mid some Ultra )
Overall video bar is at Ultra but not MAX Ultra