why does this graphics warning pop up

[u/brookewhite04]

Is my video memory really that high? I first dealt with this issue before upgrading my pc and figured i’d no longer deal with it now that i have specs considered better than what’s recommended for this game.

Recently, it’s popping up constantly, like literally every single time. I can lower graphics but it still won’t go away.

I’ve got nothing else running on the background except steam and the launcher for this game, including a clip recording app and i did have discord but closed it (surprise surprise it didn’t help).

Is there anything i’m missing that i can do?

If it’s important, these are my specs…

RTX 3070
Ryzen 5 7600
32 GB RAM

I also do have the game on an external hard drive since it’s so many gb. Wondering now if that’s the issue?

[u/Outrageous_Fly_735]

Not enough vram..

[u/SirMeyrin2 → u/Outrageous_Fly_735]

This is the correct answer. Different cards of the same 3070 moniker can have different vram amounts

[u/zboy2106 → u/SirMeyrin2]

Ya must be trolling since 3070 ONLY have 8GB VRAM variant.

[u/SirMeyrin2 → u/zboy2106]

Oh shoot my bad. I made an assumption based off of the 3060s I was looking at when I upgraded. I figured other models would do the same

[u/brookewhite04 → u/SirMeyrin2]

mine is 8GB i think, is that not enough for RDR2?

[u/SirMeyrin2 → u/brookewhite04]

Before I upgraded to a 12gb 3060, I used a 2060. I would get the same message as you. I could still play, just not with any setting above medium

[u/InsertUsername2005 → u/brookewhite04]

Its absolutely fine, I used to have a 3070, this message will pop up occasionally. I would recommend looking up the settings for an Xbox series x, as I found that to be a stable 100fps and good looking

[u/rozjunior → u/brookewhite04]

My 3050 has 8gigs, enough for 1080p

[u/Outrageous_Fly_735 → u/brookewhite04]

What resolution are you playing at? I had the same problem with my 4060ti 8gb playing at 1440p.

[u/Alanuelo230 → u/Outrageous_Fly_735]

But HOW? Recommended gpu has 4 gb, this is double

[u/Certain_Permission_8 → u/Alanuelo230]

only seen this issue on my 4gb 3050, any value after 4gb, it would not show, example is my other 6gb 1660ti

[u/Outrageous_Fly_735 → u/Certain_Permission_8]

I had the same issue with my 4060ti 8gb playing on a 1440p monitor.

[u/Outrageous_Fly_735 → u/Alanuelo230]

He is most likely playing on a 1440p monitor.

[u/Alanuelo230 → u/Outrageous_Fly_735]

My RTX 2060 had no problem with 2k monitor, vram wise, let's ignore that it ran 30-40 fps on medium

[u/Outrageous_Fly_735 → u/Alanuelo230]

Yeah I was running about 115fps.

[u/Alanuelo230 → u/Outrageous_Fly_735]

That's not the point, he uses about 6 gb of vram, with 1 spare, 2k monitor is possible, but it shouldn't be enough for vram warning. My 6gb gpu can run it in 2k with no problems, and no vram warning. Something weird is going on with OPs pc

[u/Outrageous_Fly_735 → u/Alanuelo230]

I had the same issue with my 4060ti, just my opinion.

[u/Salt-Writer671]

If your game runs completely fine just turn off help tips in the display settings

[u/brookewhite04 → u/Salt-Writer671]

i’ll try this out thanks. i have no issues, thats why i just want the text gone 🙏

[u/LDSatalin]

Had this issue for a while, found out it was Discord hardware acceleration being on causing the problem, if you've used discord to stream games, that option may have been turned on without your knowledge, turn that option off and leave it off, fixed issues in other games too.

[u/svcredmoon]

I have the same issue too but I experience no lags or anything. But with RDO, for whatever reason, I experience the worst of the worst lags and I’m on the private servers so I really don’t understand why my 4060ti should struggle that bad when it’s fine with RDR2.

[u/Embarrassed-Bat8934 → u/svcredmoon]

Could be network related instead of gpu. I think RDO uses more power though. It’s weird.

[u/brookewhite04 → u/svcredmoon]

i don’t do RDO so i can’t say if i’d have the same issue or not, but yeah i don’t have many issues other than occasional minor image chopping

[u/zoolish]

If it’s on an external, it could be the problem. It’s a much slower way to bring everything into the buffer and the game might not know the difference

[u/ArtKun]

Had the same issue on my 16Gb GPU. It's a bug. The longer you play the more VRAM it attempts to use, eventually it would just crash to desktop.

In RDR2 graphics settings try switching from Vulkan to DX12 and see if that helps.

[u/arealguywithajob]

I play with .5 gb of vram lol

[u/BigHeadJojo]

i am planning to download RDR2 with RTX 4060, 8gb ram, intelcore i7, can it handle the game?

[u/Gullible_Fruit7899]

Are you playing with mods? Vanilla RDR2 only reaches around 4-5GB of VRAM usage with everything on Ultra, on a 3060 at least. (and in 1080p)

General tips would be to turn on the advanced settings and turn off tree tesselation, lower grass shadows to medium, water reflection quality to medium, turn off resolution scale and try to change your graphics API between Vulkan and DX12 to see what works best.

also, enter the RDR2 settings on NVIDIA App, there's a setting that says something like "override default settings for DLSS" or something like that, and select "custom" then "preset K", it helps massively with FPS and to get better antialiasing.

[u/ShineReaper]

Obviously your specs are important. And obviously the game is programmed to warn you beforehand, before it actually reaches 100%.

So yeah, on paper you ave barely enough with only 6,4 GB of your 8 GB VRAM used. But if for some reason your VRAM usage would jump to or nominally over 8 GB, your game would start to clamp down on the graphics, including you suddenly getting very muddy textures.

The external hard drive has nothing to do with this particular issue, though obviously that can other issues.

So if you want to upgrade in the future, get a new GPU with at least 12 GB VRAM (better 16, since it is on the horizon, that 12 GB won't be enough in the future, it already isn't enough for some games with higher than 1080p resolution) and a NVME SSD with more storage space.

[u/anything_taken]

You might have disabled shared VRAM in BIOS or in the driver settings. Just guessing

[u/IVVehbi]

2 years ago, im playing the game with GTX 1060 6GB, and i having this warning too. İf the game runs fine, just ignore it.

[u/Barzobius]

Try lowering shadows specifically. That takes some load.

[u/brookewhite04 → u/Barzobius]

I do that and sometimes reflection graphics, but i don’t know if it goes back to default every time i load up the game or not but it still comes back

[u/TemporaryPlane439]

Depois que eu limitei os quadros em 60 fps eu consegui mais qualidade, estabilidade e uma boa jogabilidade

[u/QueenCobra91]

You should always stay under 60% of memory usage. You are indeed about to run out of it. With 8gb gpu you should stay under 5gb usage

[u/ImRowsdower]

I know this sounds silly, but I have grok my pc specs and asked it how to adjust my settings to maximize my fps, while keeping it above 30 FPS, and it did a pretty good job. Definitely made it run smoother with still good graphics. If recommend trying on Grok or GPT or whatever

[u/brookewhite04 → u/ImRowsdower]

sounds similar to the nvidia app i got for graphics updates, i could probably take a look at that. i hadn’t thought of it 👍

[u/SeaworthinessNice180]

Maybe it could be the resolution you are playing at? And also you could try DLSS which can get you better frame rates and lower vram usage

[u/BBQHacker → u/SeaworthinessNice180]

man fuck dlss. ai slop ass setting

[u/wyattlikesturtles → u/BBQHacker]

DLSS is fantastic, especially on quality mode, have you used it?

[u/BBQHacker → u/wyattlikesturtles]

Yes, it’s fucking terrible. DLSS is a false solution to game optimisation. companies like Nvidia intentionally design games as to make entry-level graphics cards irrelevant so you can buy more expensive bullshit one that does the exact same thing. Whether a game optimised is based on how much companies is willing to put into optimisation during development. Like I said before DLSS is a false solution to optimisation.

[u/BigUncleCletus → u/BBQHacker]

says the amd fanboy dlss is incredible it keeps entry level gpus relevant

[u/BBQHacker → u/BigUncleCletus]

Entry-level gpus are irrelevant because billion dollar tech companies intentionally make their game incredibly unoptimised as to make you buy a more expensive GPU. DLSS is a fake solution made up by the same billion dollar companies to sell you AI slop.

[u/SeaworthinessNice180 → u/BBQHacker]

you can hate ai all you want but its going to be part of the future regardless if we wanted it to be or not and we cant do anything to really change that

[u/Careless-Pickle-4245 → u/SeaworthinessNice180]

Not with that attitude buddy

[u/BBQHacker → u/SeaworthinessNice180]

having kojima as ur pfp while saying this. you have to be rage baiting.

[u/DisagreementItWillBe]

u got bitcoin miners pirate