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Can I run Red Dead Redemption 2 with a GeForce RTX 3070?

In Red Dead Redemption 2 the GeForce RTX 3070 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2070 that defines high, and 27% short of the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB that defines ultra.

Ranked 23 of the 47 cards we track, with 27 of them carrying more video memory - and 22 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Red Dead Redemption 2.

estimated index 22 · 8 GB · 2020
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.

Headroom
exactly on the line on VRAM
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra blocked by GPU + VRAM

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 22 against the 30 that Red Dead Redemption 2 asks for at the ultra tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Red Dead Redemption 2: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Red Dead Redemption 2 the processor beside a GeForce RTX 3070 changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs at high graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at high graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 3080 10GB

The GeForce RTX 3070 sits at index 22 and the ultra tier starts at 30.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

This part alone will not get you there. video memory also falls short of that tier.

Where to look: GeForce RTX 3080 10GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 3070 clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Red Dead Redemption 2, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 2 6 14 30 22
CPU index 42 45 55 78 0
Video memory 2 GB 6 GB 8 GB 10 GB 8 GB
System memory 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB 0 GB
Storage 150 GB 150 GB 150 GB 150 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Questions

Will a GeForce RTX 3070 run Red Dead Redemption 2?
In Red Dead Redemption 2 the GeForce RTX 3070 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2070 that defines high, and 27% short of the GeForce RTX 3080 10GB that defines ultra. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 8 GB of video memory enough for Red Dead Redemption 2?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 8 GB of video memory does in Red Dead Redemption 2.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3070 runs across every game we track.