Highlights
- Mongo TV’s ultra-low frame rate run stretched the snowy opening chapter of Red Dead Redemption 2 beyond 12 hours.
- The run reportedly used an Intel i5-8300H and GTX 1050 Ti laptop, exposing severe PC performance limits.
- The pace suggests a full playthrough could exceed 400 hours.
A Danish creator has gone viral after documenting Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) 4 FPS gameplay, showing how the game performs at an almost unplayable frame rate. The YouTuber, Mongo TV, shared clips of the experiment. He reportedly played RDR2 at 4 FPS on an older laptop powered by an Intel i5-8300H and NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti with 4 GB of VRAM.
The clips spread widely, highlighting severe RDR2 PC performance limitations on aging hardware.
Mongo TV said the snowy opening missions took well “over 12 hours” to complete, a section that typically lasts around two hours. Meanwhile, Reddit users discussing the RDR2 viral gameplay video noted the system’s cooling fan was full of dust. They suggested that potential thermal throttling was contributing to the RDR2 performance issue.
Red Dead Redemption 2’s 4 FPS Viral Video Highlights Extreme PC Performance Limits
At 4 FPS, RDR2’s lag gameplay affects basic actions. Movement becomes sluggish, aiming feels delayed, and traversal slows dramatically.
The YouTuber playing the RDR2 low FPS scenario has led to estimates that a full playthrough could exceed 400 hours, with projections nearing 471 hours. Viewers discussing RDR2’s PC optimization issues proposed solutions ranging from cleaning hardware to lowering settings as possible lag-reduction approaches.
The viral attention underscores how demanding open-world titles can expose hardware constraints. It also reflects continued interest in Red Dead Redemption 2, whose technical scale still shapes conversations around PC performance and optimization years after release.
