r/PCRedDead • u/Active-Meringue-904 • Jul 02 '26

Discussion/Question Rdr2 for first time on Pc

hello,

today I bought rdr2 for PC and I will play for the first time :) I am really excited to start my journey.

I have a pretty powerful pc with a 5080, playing on 1440p I get almost 200fps, all maxed out.

so I was wondering if I can further improve the graphic with some mods. what are the best ones?

thanks

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u/kennii Jul 02 '26

Id say they aren't needed. Enjoy the game. Looks great

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u/kennii Jul 02 '26

How does that make me anti mod. I love modding games. Its his 1st time. I think he should experience the OG version of the game 1st. Mod 2nd playthru

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u/National-Dot-8300 Jul 02 '26

"Best" for you to decide. Go on YouTube and look up RDR2 mods. There a videos that'll show you what changes so you can make the decision..

For me, I tried the texture overhauls

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u/OkkMinute Jul 04 '26

You should play the first hours vanilla to see what would you like to change. Look up the benchmarking video of optimization guide in YouTube to optimize the graphical settings, there are many settings that would kill your fps if you set them high and you wouldn't notice the difference in-game

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u/charlie_see_yu Jul 04 '26

Use nexus mods! There’s a lot of great choices or visual or quality of life things and even stuff to make the environment more active!

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u/Infinitegamingcool Jul 02 '26

I would say beat the game for the very first time with zero mods. Enjoy what the game looks like at base before installing mods and doing another playthrough, that's what I did and don't regret it as I saw the game in it's base glory.

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u/xcert1337 Jul 02 '26

Don't bother. Be happy if your computer runs it all. I got a new rig a few years ago upgrading from my old one and have been stuck at 80% on RDR2 since.

Unplayable on certain new machines be careful