Downfall

Downfall is not a demanding game for the Ryzen 9 7900X and GeForce RTX 4080 pairing. Benchmark results indicate this combination clears the 60 FPS playable threshold at every tested preset across all three resolutions — 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 — with the GPU's Ada Lovelace architecture and 16 GB of GDDR6X providing far more rendering headroom than this 2016 horror title requires. Even at 4K Ultra, the most punishing configuration in the dataset, the average frame rate sits at 74 FPS. The short answer: yes, this PC runs Downfall comfortably, and it does so with settings maxed.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3716 tested hardware combinations for Downfall, the Ryzen 9 7900X plus RTX 4080 ranks 230th. That places it in the top tier of the dataset — roughly the top six percent of all combos measured for this game. The ranking reflects the individual strength of both components. The 7900X sits in the 91st percentile versus all CPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 53288, while the RTX 4080 sits in the 86th percentile versus all GPUs with an average score of 54247.

In practical terms, only 229 combos deliver a faster Downfall experience than this one. For a game released in February 2016, that surplus of performance is the defining characteristic of the pairing: nearly every settings knob can be turned to its maximum without approaching the 60 FPS threshold from below.

Best Settings per Resolution

The playable threshold for this analysis is 60 FPS average. The most demanding preset that stays at or above that bar at each resolution is Ultra — at every resolution.

• 1920x1080 — Ultra, 168 FPS average. Low reaches 400 FPS, Medium 327 FPS (with a range of 278 to 376), and High 268 FPS. Ultra at 168 FPS is nearly triple the threshold.
• 2560x1440 — Ultra, 120 FPS average. The full ladder runs from 285 FPS on Low through 233 FPS on Medium (198 to 268 range) and 191 FPS on High, down to 120 FPS on Ultra. Double the threshold at maximum settings.
• 3840x2160 — Ultra, 74 FPS average. Low delivers 178 FPS, Medium 145 FPS (123 to 167 range), High 119 FPS, and Ultra 74 FPS. Even native 4K with every setting maximized stays above 60 FPS.

There is no resolution-and-preset combination in the measured dataset where this combo drops below the playable threshold. Ultra is the recommended preset at all three resolutions, and the Medium-preset frame ranges — never dipping below 123 FPS even at 4K — confirm the results are stable, not merely high on average.

CPU and GPU Roles

The scaling data points to a GPU-driven profile at higher resolutions, which is expected and healthy. Moving from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra, the average falls from 168 to 120 FPS; moving from 1440p Ultra to 4K Ultra, it falls again from 120 to 74 FPS. That steady decline as pixel count increases indicates the RTX 4080 is the limiting factor once the resolution rises — the frame rate tracks the rendering load, not the processor's ability to feed it.

At 1080p, the picture tilts toward the CPU. Low settings at 1080p produce 400 FPS, and the gap between Low and Ultra at that resolution (400 versus 168) shows settings headroom that a weaker processor could not exploit. The 7900X — with 12 cores, 24 threads, a 5.60 GHz boost clock, a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2016.5 and a multi-core score of 29300 — removes any processor bottleneck. Its PassMark single-thread score of 4238 and physics score of 3060 underline that per-core throughput, the metric that matters most for a 2016-era horror game, is ample.

Preset scaling behaves consistently across resolutions: dropping from Ultra to High recovers roughly 45 to 60 FPS depending on resolution, and High to Medium adds a similar margin again. Because every tier remains playable, the choice between presets at any resolution is about frame-rate preference, not necessity.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For a near-identical Downfall experience, the closest CPU alternatives to the Ryzen 9 7900X are the Intel Core i7-14700F (average score 53620, 0.6 percent faster), the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469, 0.3 percent faster), the AMD EPYC 7313P (53206, 0.2 percent slower), and the Intel Xeon 634 (52974, 0.6 percent slower). All four sit within a fraction of a percent of the 7900X's 53288 average, so none would meaningfully change Downfall frame rates in this GPU-bound scenario.

On the graphics side, the nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, whose average score of 54209 is just 0.1 percent off the RTX 4080's 54247 — effectively indistinguishable in this game. Further out, the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X averages 54828 (1.1 percent ahead), the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB averages 55698 (2.6 percent ahead), and the Radeon 8060S averages 55757 (2.7 percent ahead). Those deltas are small enough that any of these GPUs would produce broadly similar Downfall results, though the 4080's 76 RT cores, 304 tensor cores, and 716.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth give it structural advantages in feature-heavy rendering scenarios.

FAQ

Q: Can the Ryzen 9 7900X and RTX 4080 run Downfall at 4K?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, every preset from Low to Ultra averages at or above 74 FPS, with Ultra at 74 FPS and High at 119 FPS. All presets clear the 60 FPS playable threshold.

Q: What is the best settings configuration for this combo in Downfall?

A: Ultra at every tested resolution. It averages 168 FPS at 1080p, 120 FPS at 1440p, and 74 FPS at 4K — above 60 FPS in all three cases.

Q: How does this combo rank against other hardware tested in Downfall?

A: It ranks 230th out of 3716 combinations, placing it among the fastest setups measured for this game.

Q: Is the frame rate stable at higher settings, or just high on average?

A: The measured Medium-preset ranges show consistency: 278 to 376 FPS at 1080p, 198 to 268 FPS at 1440p, and 123 to 167 FPS at 4K. Minimums stay well above the playable threshold.

Q: Would a different CPU in the same performance class change the results?

A: Unlikely. Rivals such as the Core i7-14700F and EPYC 7313P sit within 0.6 percent of the 7900X's average benchmark score, and the game is GPU-bound at higher resolutions anyway.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU matter more for Downfall on this setup?

A: The GPU. Frame rate scales down with resolution (168 to 120 to 74 FPS on Ultra from 1080p to 4K), showing the RTX 4080 is the limiting component at higher settings, while the 7900X's strong single-thread performance prevents any processor bottleneck at 1080p.

The Verdict

Yes — the Ryzen 9 7900X plus RTX 4080 runs Downfall without compromise. The verdict data confirms all four presets are playable at all three resolutions: 1080p tops out at 168 FPS on Ultra, 1440p at 120 FPS on Ultra, and 4K at 74 FPS on Ultra. No tested configuration falls below the 60 FPS threshold. For a game of this vintage paired with hardware in the 91st and 86th performance percentiles respectively, the only decision left to the player is how high a refresh rate to target — and even 4K Medium's 123 FPS minimum measured frame rate suggests plenty of ceiling remains.