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Embattled streamer goes viral after playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at 4 FPS — ‘i5-8300H and a 1050ti with 4GB’ setup takes 12 hours to play through the first chapter, would make the game 471 hours long

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A Danish YouTuber, Mongo TV, gained attention for playing Red Dead Redemption 2 at an extremely slow 4 FPS on an older laptop with an Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 4GB setup. It took him over 12 hours to complete the first chapter of the game, which typically takes around 2 hours. Despite having hardware above the game's minimum requirements, his gameplay was severely hindered by the low frame rate. Suggestions were made for optimizing game settings and updating drivers to improve performance without needing to invest in a new gaming PC.

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