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Red Dead Redemption already runs faster on Xenia than on Xbox 360 with almost perfect graphics

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Last week, we informed you about Xenia, the best emulator for Xbox 360, running Red Dead Redemption. While that version of the X360 emulator was able to run the game, it was plagued by some awful vegetation glitches. Fast forward a week though and here we are with a newer version that can run the game better and has those vegetation issues fixed.

Red Dead Redemption still has some minor graphical issues on Xenia (like the flickering smoke effects) however I believe that we can all agree that it is playable. Now I don’t know whether there are any graphical issues with the later stages or whether the emulator can run the game from start to finish, however things are looking pretty good right now.

Moreover, the game already runs better on Xenia than it does on a real Xbox 360 console. Truth be told, you’ll need a really high-end system as YouTube’s ‘John GodGames Emus’ used an Intel Core i7 8700K @ 5.0 Ghz with 32GB DDR4 3600MHz RAM, however it’s the first time we see Red Dead Redemption running this smooth on any emulator (the speed on RPCS3 comes close to this however, and from what we’ve seen so far, Xenia runs the game a bit faster).

With how fast things are currently progressing, I’m almost certain that PC gamers will be able to play – either on RPCS3 or on Xenia – Red Dead Redemption before Red Dead Redemption 2 comes out on our platform.

Those interested can download the latest version of Xenia from its official website.

Enjoy!

Xenia Xbox 360 Emulator - Red Dead Redemption Ingame / Gameplay! (Vegetation fixed / up to 60fps)

49 thoughts on “Red Dead Redemption already runs faster on Xenia than on Xbox 360 with almost perfect graphics”

      2. Ill tell you a secret, but you must promise to be silent! Shhhhhh, believe or not, 90% of people dont have 2000$ rigs! Somebody even have *sob two cores…. Shame!

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  2. Excellent. I have the PS3 version dumped onto my PC, and still have my 360 copy from back in the day. I’ll have to set up Xenia at some point soon.

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  3. Impressive, can’t wait to try it out though it’s extremely unfortunate that Rockstar didn’t see the financial reasoning behind making a PC version.

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      1. There is no reason why Xenia can’t work on Win7, but the Xenia main dev used to – still? – work for Microsoft, so I guess he picked up the “force people to update” mentality from there.

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        1. “System requirements. A set of minimum requirements must be met for the emulator to run. As of December 20th 2018, users are required to be running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or later.”

          This is from Xenia’s Wiki page, don’t know if it is accurate because i never tried it

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          1. DX12 works only one Win10…so yeah you its obvious one needs Windows 10 to run the “better”/latest version of Xenia

          2. Xenia main backend now is Vulkan, it’s been for a while now. Plus, Xenia has “basic support” for Win7, hopefully it will get full support soon.

          3. I take it Vulkan is discontinued? Why not add DX11 support as well for what looks like Directx 9.0c games lol?

      2. FYI, I’m still on Windows 7 64 bit OS. Honestly speaking, there is nothing wrong with this operating system, regardless of it’s age. It’s pretty much stable, and runs every game flawlessly.

        The official extended support is still there till Jan 2020.

        Apart from DX12, and few other advantages which comes with Windows 10 OS, I don’t feel any urgency to update my OS. Windows 10 has been very finicky from the beginning, as evident from the widespread community feedback, and MS still needs to patch this OS, because each update brings up new issues.

        But don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying Windows 10 is bad though, but I hardly see any valid reason to upgrade my OS so soon, except for playing some DX12-exclusive Windows store titles..

        Btw, according to NetMarketShare’s September 2018 data, 40.88% are still using Windows 7 – compared to the 37.44% who have moved on to the latest operating system, Windows 10.

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        1. If you don’t have internet with amazing speed, Win 10 will cripple it for you, probably so they can spy your PC better. I always trigger some Micro$hit shills when i come up with these facts.

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  5. Been hoping to see some progress on Tenchu-Z. Yep, Tenchu-Z. Still crashing on main menu, as it has been for the past 5 years or so. lol

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      1. Don’t worry. We’ll let you have our crumbs and leftovers after we’re done. Who knows ? Maybe by 2030 we’ll even allow you to play 2018’s game of the year.

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      2. The irony of his comment is that console fanboys like him have zero say on whether console exclusives come to PC. I bet he cried when Xbox exclusives and Crash Bandicoot came to PC after saying they never would.

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    2. It’s actually exciting when a whole new games library arrives on PC, thanks to emulation. It’s kinda like a brand new release on top of the new releases lmao

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  9. Should’ve ported the game to PC, Rockstar. Maybe you won’t make the same mistake with the sequel otherwise you’ll be losing MILLIONS of dollars.

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  10. So which of the two Xenia branches, Vulkan and DX12, runs best for RDR?

    Edit: Just found this video – www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=17jjIOU-djo

    DX12 is clearly the answer.

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      1. Isn’t DX12 the only version actively being developed? I mean these huge strides made in Xenia’s development the result of using DX12, since the API is better suited for X360 emulation?

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        1. Vulkan runs the game at the same or higher framerate, with 50% less GPU load, but it has more rendering glitches. It’s behind DX12 in terms of progress.

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          1. True they paused Vulkan support for now, but they promised to return to that branch once they learn from DX12.

  11. Took us 9 years but now we might even get a Red Redemption Redemption Remastered using the RDR 2 Engine if rumors are to be believed. 2/3 of the map of RDR 1 is already in RDR 2. Its a matter of when not if.

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    1. rumors?most of rdr1 map if not all of it is in rdr2, i haven’t played rdr1 but i think all of the important locations are in rdr2

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  12. Niceee soon it will be perfect!
    Notice how xenia use more the gpu and on the rcpcs3 its the cpu being used more.

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  13. @JOHN,

    This is off topic technical info, but worth giving a read. Some info on the 12-core AMD Ryzen Processor has appeared in the UserBenchmark Database:

    Thanks to TUM_APISAK, a 12-core AMD engineering sample has been discovered which features 12cores and 24 threads. This processor is using an AMD “Myrtle” system, a
    codename that typically refers to AM4 test mainboards and features the 2D3212BGMCWH2_37/34_N sample name.

    https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/12-core_amd_ryzen_processor_appears_on_userbenchmark_database/1

    https://twitter.com/TUM_APISAK/status/1088264161191022593?s=09

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