Red Dead Redemption 2
We are using the latest version of the brand-new game Red Dead Redemption. This game is very taxing on graphics. We are using the in-game built-in benchmark for our tests.
In this first graph, we are testing the game at 1080p with our custom “High” graphics settings set in the game. We have basically turned every setting to the level of “High” here. This is one notch down from the highest “Ultra” setting in the game, but for every graphic option.
This graph shows how demanding the game is, as even at “High” settings (not the highest settings in the game) at 1080p performance only averages 40 FPS on the SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB OC video card. That is just barely faster than the ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1650 SUPER O4G GAMING video card. Remember also that the ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1650 SUPER O4G GAMING video card has the highest factory overclock out of ASUS’s lineup of GTX 1650 SUPER video cards, so it is fast on its own right, to begin with.
Overclocking the SAPPHIRE video card has improved performance only slightly at this setting. We feel maybe the setting is a bit too high, i.e. causing the video cards to hit their VRAM limits. So let’s lower the setting.
In this graph, we have lowered all the graphics settings to “Medium.” This has definitely helped performance a lot, we are now near 50 FPS on the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 5500 XT. The ASUS GTX 1650 SUPER falls just slightly under, and overclocking doesn’t help a huge amount here, but still gives a slight advantage. Let’s see what it takes to hit 60 FPS at 1080p.
Ok, here we go, setting the game down to “Low” at 1080p is what it takes to bring performance up to 60 FPS on these video cards. The GTX 1650 SUPER falls behind, but the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 5500 XT can hit near 60 FPS, especially when overclocked.