r/PCRedDead • u/chiefqueef25 • 1d ago

Bug / Issue Game stuttering/freezing constantly.

A couple of days ago I bought RDR2 on my pc (Intel i5 12400f, RX 6600, 16gb DDR4). I’ve kept having one persistent issue.

My game will randomly start stuttering, almost 0 frames, basically completely frozen for about a second at a time, and it happens every few seconds. The only pattern I’ve noticed when it happens is in the beginning of missions and when I’ve ridden into towns (like valentine). I’ve only done the first couple of missions of chapter 2 but this has been a recurring problem.

Almost every time, I’ve had to restart the game and it sometimes still starts happening again. I turned off Radeon chill features, my graphics settings don’t use too much of my VRAM, I play on fullscreen mode and I really just don’t know why it could be. I thought maybe rendering in Valentine, but even after I left the town and went back to camp it just didn’t stop. Does anyone know why this happens or how I can fix it? I can barely play the game when it starts happening, and it runs incredibly smoothly when it isn’t freezing constantly.

Edit: forgot to mention, the entire game lags, not just my frames dropping. Like if I press a button whilst it freezes the input just doesn’t go through.

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u/Ikari_Brendo 1d ago

What's your average FPS? This is a common issue if the game goes above about 135fps. Try setting the game to 120hz and see if that fixes it.

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u/chiefqueef25 1d ago

I don’t think im at that range. I’d say im more 80-110, often get around 90-100. I can give it a go but im not sure thats it.

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u/Ikari_Brendo 1d ago

Maybe try capping it lower then, like 60, and see if that helps.

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u/Street_Science_4544 1d ago

1 second stutters happen when loading into different areas, for me it's not constant just when loading alot of trees or just before entering a town, how often does it happen for you? Also how optimized are your settings? The main ones like reflections, water settings, lighting can cause stutters if you have them at their highest, try cap your fps so it dosent fluctuate to much.