Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster 1080p Ultra Custom PC Build Review

If you are asking yourself, what hardware components should I buy for my next PC so it can run Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster then that is exactly what we will be doing in this review. Our challenge is in choosing the right priced PC items to get together an optimum build, which can meet the needs of Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster. And so our expectations are that this game will confidently run on ultra graphics settings, and a 1080p screen resolution. Todays prices will be checked every few hours to make sure only the best hardware at the best prices will be displayed for this build.

Getting our best PC build together today we consider some of the characteristics of this game, which will help us better select the right hardware components for Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster. First and foremost we will be looking at value for money, hunting through our curated list of gaming hardware and then cherry picking the best priced items available today. As this game falls into the , Shooter, Sandbox, RPG genre category, this can certainly influence some of the hardware selection below, especially some of the peripherals we select out, to make sure they might the games key specialities. Something else we can consider is that Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster would have been built on PC hardware from around or leading up to that period, by the developers. So it is usually fairly safe to consider hardware from that period as suitable.

Best 1080p Price to Performance Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster PC Hardware Component List

Choosing A Graphics Card For Our 1080p Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster PC Build

When putting this sort of PC together we want great value for money but a machine that can deliver solid FPS on Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster at 1080p ultra graphics. We have selected the Radeon RX 550X 4GB today as a well placed option. The price for this card today is $99.88 which really helped mark it as a good fit. Exploring the price trends for this card shows us it has increased its price by $99.88 over the past two weeks, so perhaps there is still deals that can be found on this card.

Selecting The Right Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster 1080p Motherboard and CPU

We are choosing a well rounded and best priced motherboard (the ASRock Intel B365 ATX LGA1151), that can provide us with the cpu LGA 1151 socket type. This is so we can select the Core i3-9100F 4-Core 3.6GHz that has the best price to performance position today, at $157.5. Giving us a bit more of an insight we saw this processor being sold for a low price of $59, which was on 27th May 2020.This CPU and GPU provide the required Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster experience while maintaining the best price point at this 1080p resolution.

Today the ASRock Intel B365 ATX LGA1151 competitively costs $72.99, which provides it a place in our build today. To offer motherboard pricing insight we spotted this being sold for a low price of $59.99, which was recorded at 4th Apr 2020.

How To Choose The Best RAM For Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster At The Right Price

Researching the correct system memory for our build means we need it to meet Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster requirements, with a view to running reliable FPS at Ultra settings leads us to Patriot Viper Steel Series 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz. Today it is one of the best priced RAM options at $42.99 and will certainly support the CPU and GPU well. We looked through our records and saw that the RAM prices on 29th Nov 2019, represented a low price point $30.35. Which gives us an indication of how things sit today with the RAM price

PC Performance Review at 1080p Ultra Settings on Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster

Running a PC build with these hardware components for Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster we expect to see about a 88 FPS average, with a few low frame rates in some of the more intense scenes. You could up the quality of game graphics to Ultra, which will see the FPS drop to 63 at 1080p.

Increasing the screen resolution for Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster would mean this setup would be getting FPS that are 48 FPS average, at 1440p Ultra. The FPS would go up to 67 FPS if the graphics settings at this resolution were lowered to High.

How this build performs for other popular games

It’s worth taking into consideration how our Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster PC build handles other games. We’ll do this by looking at the current popular titles Back 4 Blood, Far Cry 6 and Resident Evil 8. Starting with Back 4 Blood we can see that at 1080p we are likely to see 63FPS on Ultra and 88FPS on High graphics settings. Alternatively we see Far Cry 6 likely to achieve 63FPS on Ultra and 88FPS when reduced to High. Finally with Resident Evil 8 at Ultra setting we can expect 63 FPS, raising to 88 FPS on High graphics settings.

Selecting A High Performance Mouse For Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster

We have found a great quality and still well priced gaming mouse today with the Cooler Master MM710. A game like Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster that has , Shooter, Sandbox, RPG genre, we felt it necessary to increase the quality of the mouse we would consider because the game has some additional needs that can benefit from this type of higher specced mouse.

Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster Benefits From a High Quality Audio Headset

And now on to the game’s audio output. In this build we are looking for higher performing headsets to better match the needs of this type of game. The Logitech G635 7.1 is today’s best priced gaming headset that meets our requirements, while still providing clear audio. If you wish to see some other curated headsets that are providing good value today then check our headset list button above for some other selections.

An Alternative Red Dead Redemption HD Remaster Graphics Card Option for 1080p

While we have suggested a AMD graphics card for this build you can also consider putting in a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super Asus Dual Evo OC 6GB, which is similar, with a 118% better performance difference, but provides another reasonable alternative graphics option. It is currently priced at $239.99.