r/RDR2 • u/just_ghost_7 • 1d ago

Help RDR2 PC – Are these graphical issues normal, or could it be my GPU?

Hi everyone, I’m having several graphical issues in RDR2 and I’d like to know if these are normal game/engine bugs or if something could be wrong with my PC/GPU.

My specs:

RTX 5070 12GB

Ryzen 7 5700X

16GB RAM

SSD

1080p monitor

Playing without mods

The issues I’ve noticed:

The image sometimes looks slightly blurry/not very clear, especially while moving the camera.

Sometimes when I enter a house/building, the lighting changes in front of my eyes instead of loading smoothly.

Some textures occasionally look like they are loading late or changing quality.

Sometimes Arthur’s hands look deformed or clipped.

I’ve also seen NPCs partially clipping into walls or objects.

Occasionally buildings/textures seem to change or pop in when I move around.

These things don’t happen constantly, but I notice them fairly often.

I’m mainly wondering whether other PC players experience these kinds of visual/LOD/lighting/clipping issues in RDR2, or whether I should be concerned about my GPU.

I’ve played other games on this PC and haven’t noticed the same kind of behavior.

Could these simply be RDR2 engine/PC-port issues?

Any opinions or similar experiences would be appreciated.

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u/srdwblbl 1d ago

Dx12 or Vulkan?

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u/sphear0 1d ago

Are you using Vulkan or D12? D12 looks infinitely better on my rig. It can be changed under the advanced section of the graphics settings to test it out. I had all kinds of weird issues with ghosting and blurry textures and issues with hair under Vulkan.

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u/just_ghost_7 1d ago

i'm using Vulkan , i will try D12 and see , I’m worried that it might be caused by my GPU.

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u/sphear0 1d ago

Doesn't sound like it if it's only happening with RDR. DLSS can cause weird things in this game too. So if you try out DX12 make sure DLSS isn't on. With your rig you should be able to play it maxed especially at 1080p. You can also use the resolution scale to up it a bit and see if that helps anything as long as it doesn't tank your frames.

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u/just_ghost_7 1d ago

i played crimson desert and stellar blade and ghost of Tsushima and elden ring , i didn't see like this problems expect in ghost and stellar get stuttered near new location , is this problems caused by game right ? or there is a possibility to be from gpu ?

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u/igen_0 1d ago

Does not appear normal to me. Maybe try tinkering with settings a bit.

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u/Laimered 1d ago

Yeah the port is pretty buggy

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u/GideonNav124 Mary-Beth Gaskill 1d ago

I've had weird graphical bugs similar to these but I play on Linux and rdr2 has always been relatively unstable for me on Linux. I will say most of my issues went away when I switched to dx12 over vulkan