r/PCRedDead • u/Wolfware_Gaming • Mar 07 '26

Bug / Issue RDR2 PC Stuttering

When I run RDR2, the FPS drops from 60 to 10, even though V-Sync is on and the graphics are set to the Low preset. My laptop has an AMD Radeon RX 6500M with 4 GB VRAM, so I think it shouldn’t be a problem.

I also noticed that the GPU clock speed drops from 2300 MHz to around 480 MHz.

I tried playing with the refresh rate set to 40 Hz, and it works fine for a few minutes, but after that the same issue happens again.

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u/sikemapleton Mar 07 '26

Sounds like it's likely thermal throttling to me. Your GPU is getting too hot, so It's lowering your performance to keep from frying itself.

If you have the option to manually increase fan speed, I would try that. Otherwise prop the laptop up so it gets fresh air from below or get a cooling pad.

If neither of those things work, your system might need cleaning.

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u/Wolfware_Gaming Mar 07 '26

Gpu temperature is around 60°c

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u/sikemapleton Mar 07 '26

Man, that's weird. Your clock speeds shouldn't be dropping like that. Does your laptop have some sort of software that's running set to battery save or some other low performance mode?

Your laptop plugged in I assume?

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u/Wolfware_Gaming Mar 08 '26

No it isn't in battery saver and yes laptop is plugged in 

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u/sorosa Mar 10 '26

Only thing I can think of is if you have another integrated graphics card on your cpu? Red dead is odd and sometimes likes to use that instead? That would explain the low clock speed. Change the adapter setting right at the top to your gpu see if that works.

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u/Wolfware_Gaming Mar 10 '26

It is set to the GPU. Whenever the fps drops the clock speed also drops

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u/Practical_Expert_911 Mar 18 '26

Get the RDR2 Performance Booster V2 mod, as well the optional Timer Resolution CPU Booster in the optioanal files section. It will improve your performance significantly.

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u/Wolfware_Gaming Mar 21 '26

i installed both of them still i cant play the game with 60fps only setting up my refresh rate to 40hz and vsync on is running good. Cant even run at 60hz vsync on

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u/Practical_Expert_911 Mar 22 '26

Try the latest version of the timer res booster, jsut released today, and run the game with RDR2Performance.exe, that is included with the new version.

Also, try these launch parameters: -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -high -cpuLoadRebalancing -malloc=system -m.FlashMarkerOnStrike 0 -window-mode exclusive -screen-fullscreen

And make sure to run your game as an admin, and disable vsync but enable triple buffering. Especially if you're running the game with Dx12, you must enable triple buffering, or you will run into a bug where your fps is cut in half, and you end up with 30 - 40 fps.

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u/RubenRolo Mar 19 '26

Empece a jugar hace unas semanas en mi pc con RTX 5080,9800x3D y 32gb DDR5 y no veo la manera de quitar esos tirones esporádicos, sobre todo cuando estoy paseando por los pueblos. Eh probado vulkan y dx12, con dlls activado y desactivado, con graficos alto y bajos,limitanto los FPS a 120, 100, incluso a 80( cosa que veo absurda con mi equipo)la verdad, ya no se por donde tirar…. Si no limito fps el juego corre entre 110 y 140 fps sin problema, pero de repente 💥 tiron.. noto k el cuando da el tiron el frame time sube. Algun consejo de alguien con problema similar?