Red Dead Redemption PC guide: Best settings for Nvidia RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 Super
The Nvidia RTX 4080 and 4080 Super are some of the most powerful graphics cards in the market. They can handle classic titles like Red Dead Redemption 1, which hasn't received a graphics quality update before being released on PC this week. The game still sports its original PS3-level visual quality with some lighting and illumination overhauls that were introduced with last year's PS4 port.
In this article, we have listed the ideal settings combinations for the 80-class GPUs. This will help you quickly get started in the narrative-driven pre-cursor to the RDR 2.
Red Dead Redemption settings for Nvidia RTX 4080
The 4080 is a 4K gaming GPU at its heart. You can easily get sky-high framerates with this card in Red Dead Redemption since it is not too demanding. We recommend the highest settings in the title for an ideal experience. The detailed list is as follows:
Video
- Output monitor: 1
- Screen type: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 3840 x 2160
- Refresh rate: Max. supported by monitor
- Framerate cap: Max. supported by monitor
- V-sync: Off
- Triple buffering: On
- Pause game on focus loss: On
- Constrain mouse pointer: Off
Graphics
- Quality preset level: Custom
- HDR: On, if supported by monitor
- Shadow quality: Ultra
- Shadow softness: CHSS
- Shadow blend: Smooth
- Anisotropic level: x16
- Anti-aliasing/Upscaling method: Off
- Resolution scaling: Off
- DRS target framerate: N/A
- DRS minimum render scale: Off
Advanced
- Motion blur: Disabled
- Motion blur strength: Off
Level of detail
- Geometry level of detail: 100%
- Terrain level of detail: 100%
- Tree level of detail: 100%
- Tree draw distance: 100%
- Grass level of detail: 100%
Red Dead Redemption settings for Nvidia RTX 4080 Super
The RTX 4080 Super is only slightly faster than the original 16 GB video card. Hence, you can largely expect a similar experience in Red Dead Redemption with this card, with slight improvements in framerates here and there. We recommend the highest settings at 4K for the GPU. The list is as follows:
Video
- Output monitor: 1
- Screen type: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 3840 x 2160
- Refresh rate: Max. supported by monitor
- Framerate cap: Max. supported by monitor
- V-sync: Off
- Triple buffering: On
- Pause game on focus loss: On
- Constrain mouse pointer: Off
Graphics
- Quality preset level: Custom
- HDR: On, if supported by monitor
- Shadow quality: Ultra
- Shadow softness: CHSS
- Shadow blend: Smooth
- Anisotropic level: x16
- Anti-aliasing/Upscaling method: Off
- Resolution scaling: Off
- DRS target framerate: N/A
- DRS minimum render scale: Off
Advanced
- Motion blur: Disabled
- Motion blur strength: Off
Level of detail
- Geometry level of detail: 100%
- Terrain level of detail: 100%
- Tree level of detail: 100%
- Tree draw distance: 100%
- Grass level of detail: 100%
The RTX 4080 and 4080 Super are designed for the best experiences in the latest and most demanding video games. Red Dead Redemption is no exception as it isn't that demanding. With the above settings applied, you can easily get a superb experience.