Red Dead Redemption 2 at 8K deals some serious damage to the $2,499 Nvidia Titan RTX graphics card
One of the greatest issues about Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC is its means to run at ultra-high resolutions that video games consoles can solely dream of, so we ran it at 8K decision to see the way it runs.
Our 8K take a look at system
PC constructed by Chillbast
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S
Case followers: Noctua NF-A14 PWM Chromax 140mm
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900Ok, 8 Cores / 16 Threads
GPU: Nvidia GeForce Titan RTX
Storage: 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe
Secondary Storage: 2TB Samsung 860 QVO
Power: Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold 850W PSU
Case: Fractal Design Vector RS Tempered Glass
RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp UP3218Ok
The outcomes aren’t totally shocking: a robust gaming rig with a $2,499 (round £2,000, AU$3,600) Nvidia Titan RTX graphics card struggling to run the recreation at a playable body price.
However contemplating simply how a lot of a visible deal with Red Dead Redemption 2 is, we have been anticipating quite a bit worse efficiency, with the recreation at 8K basically being a (very) fairly slideshow. In reality, the recreation wasn’t too far off being playable at the large 7,680 × 4,320 decision.
We performed the recreation utilizing a really highly effective gaming PC offered by Chillbast, together with Dell’s UltraSharp UP3218K monitor. Checkout the boxout on the proper for the full spec of the PC we used.
Taxing efficiency
The PC Chillblast constructed for us is an absolute beast, and contains the RTX Titan GPU, at present the strongest client graphics card you should buy. We say ‘client’, however with an enormous 24GB of GDDR6 video reminiscence and a whopping $2,499 price ticket by itself, it is not a GPU that you will discover in lots of rigs.
At 8K decision with all the settings whacked up to full, Red Dead Redemption hit 18.65 frames per second on common in the benchmark. While it seemed good, it additionally resulted in very uneven efficiency, and effectively beneath the 60 frames per second (or above) we have come to anticipate – nay demand – of the best PC games.
We additionally performed it for some time at 8K, and whereas it wasn’t the full horror present we have been anticipating, it did really feel very sluggish. But it actually did look unbelievable.
We then set all the graphical settings to low, and the recreation ran at a significantly better 26FPS, however nonetheless effectively beneath what we’d need to play at for lengthy – regardless that we did see a couple of spikes the place the framerates hit 60FPS.
4K efficiency
So, as soon as once more 8K proves to be too taxing for even some of the strongest {hardware} in the world proper now.
However, enjoying the recreation at 4K at Ultra settings we bought 52.64FPS. This is far more prefer it, and manner above what the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X are able to.
While it is nonetheless a bit beneath the magical 60FPS mark, it is not that far off, and with a little bit of tweaking to some of the extra intensive graphical results, we hit 4K at 60FPS fairly simply.
It’s additionally price noting that the visible constancy did not enhance a lot going from 4K to 8K – definitely not sufficient to warrant the drop in efficiency. This is as a result of whereas Red Dead Redemption 2 has been made with 4K in thoughts, with textures aimed at that decision, as a result of folks enjoying it at 8K will likely be so uncommon, the belongings have not been created to make the most of 8K.
So, even by ‘dropping’ down to 4K, we nonetheless bought one in all the greatest wanting PC titles ever. But playable 8K nonetheless stays a dream at this level.
Check out our different Red Dead Redemption 2 PC performance tests to see how the recreation fared on extra life like {hardware}.