Red Dead Redemption 2 – Best Settings for RTX 5060

Here’s an article on the best graphics settings to play Red Dead Redemption 2 with the RTX 5060 at 1080p and 1440p.

Best settings for Red Dead Redemption 2 with RTX 5060 (Image via Rockstar Games | Nvidia)
Best settings for Red Dead Redemption 2 with RTX 5060 (Image via Rockstar Games | Nvidia)

When it comes to visuals in gaming, Red Dead Redemption 2 is undoubtedly one of the best. In this game, you embark on an epic adventure with Arthur Morgan and a group of outlaws across the heart of America while evading federal agents. RDR2 is widely known for its stunning graphics. On PC, the game can fully utilize your graphics card and deliver the best visuals possible.

Fortunately, with Nvidia’s RTX 5060 release just around the corner, you can enjoy impressive graphics even with a budget build. This is possible thanks to the RTX 5060 being powered by NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture, which supports DLSS 4 to provide AI-generated frames. In other words, you receive three AI-generated frames for every rendered frame, resulting in a significant boost in frame rate.

Also Read: 5 Reasons Why Red Dead Redemption 2 Remains a Masterpiece

Best Settings for Red Dead Redemption 2 With RTX 5060

Red Dead Redemption 2 is very well-optimized, considering it’s one of Rockstar Games’ best titles. With the RTX 5060, you can run RDR2 with nearly maxed-out settings at a steady 100 FPS on average. The settings provided below are optimized for 1080p and 1440p resolutions, respectively.

1080p Settings

Display

  • Resolution: 1920×1080
  • Screen Type: Fullscreen
  • Vsync: Off (On if you use a 60Hz monitor)
  • Triple Buffering: Off

Graphics

  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Lighting Quality: Ultra
  • Global Illumination Quality: High
  • Shadow Quality: Ultra
  • Far Shadow Quality: High
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
  • Reflection Quality: High
  • Mirror Quality: Ultra
  • Water Quality: High
  • Volumetrics Quality: High
  • Particle Quality: High
  • Tessellation Quality: Ultra
  • NVIDIA DLSS: Quality
  • NVIDIA DLSS Sharpening: 2/5

1440p Settings

Display

  • Resolution: 2560×1440
  • Screen Type: Fullscreen
  • Vsync: Off (On if you use a 60Hz monitor)
  • Triple Buffering: Off

Graphics

  • Texture Quality: Ultra
  • Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
  • Lighting Quality: High
  • Global Illumination Quality: High
  • Shadow Quality: High
  • Far Shadow Quality: High
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Ultra
  • Reflection Quality: High
  • Mirror Quality: Medium
  • Water Quality: Medium
  • Volumetrics Quality: High
  • Particle Quality: High
  • Tessellation Quality: High
  • NVIDIA DLSS: Quality
  • NVIDIA DLSS Sharpening: 2/5

Key Considerations for Performance

Arthur’s highly detailed face (Image via Rockstar Games)
Arthur’s highly detailed face (Image via Rockstar Games)
  • If you aim for a more cinematic experience, you can increase the graphics settings according to your preferences.
  • The RTX 5060 comes only with an 8GB VRAM variant, which isn’t ideal for 1440p gaming. For better performance at that resolution, we recommend the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, which is already available for purchase.

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