Red Dead Redemption 2 System Requirements

An Intel Core i5-2500K CPU is required at a minimum to run Red Dead Redemption 2. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core i7-4770K to play the game. In terms of game file size, you will need at least 150 GB available. By contrast, the game developers recommend somewhere around Red Dead Redemption 2 on your system drive. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M. But, according to the developers the recommended graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. The minimum memory requirement for Red Dead Redemption 2 is 8 GB installed in your computer. If possible, make sure your have 12 GB in order to run Red Dead Redemption 2 to its full potential.

All these requirements are very manageable. The biggest frustration is the install size - at 150GB. You may end up having to delete some files to get it on to an SSD. There seems a creeping trend towards bigger disk sizes .

It's fun to compare Red Dead Redemption 2 PC vs console version - the original XBox One/ PS4 game came out back in 2018... so it's no surprise that the PC is not a stretch at all.

That said though, Rockstar is promising a bunch of improvements in the PC versions like increased draw distance, better global illumination and ambient occlusion. "Improved" reflections and higher resolution shadows. Improved snow trails and better textures for tree, grass and fur. All that plus HDR support, unlocked resolution (4K and higher), ultrawide aspect ratio and multi-monitor support and unlocked framerate. Once again. PC is BEST!

Red Dead Redemption 2 will run on PC system with Windows 7 and upwards.

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