Evolve

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run Evolve at 1080p?

A: Yes, at 1920x1080 with Low settings the combo achieves 79.4 FPS on average, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. Medium settings at 1080p produce 59.5 FPS, just below the threshold, while High and Ultra fall further behind at 47.5 FPS and 29.7 FPS respectively.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 1440p?

A: No setting at 2560x1440 reaches 60 FPS. The closest is Low at 48.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 41.3 FPS, High at 31.4 FPS, and Ultra at 24.9 FPS. The database records no playable settings at this resolution.

Q: Is 4K playable with this hardware?

A: No. At 3840x2160, even Low settings only deliver 28.5 FPS. Medium produces 23.2 FPS, High 15.8 FPS, and Ultra 11.6 FPS. None of these approach the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 5800XT compare to nearby CPUs?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800XT has an average benchmark score of 29879, placing it in the 81st percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H, scores 29868, a 0% difference. The Ryzen 7 8845HS and Ryzen 7 7840HS both score 29955, putting them 0.3% ahead, while the Ryzen 5 9600X scores 29713, 0.6% behind.

Q: Where does the GTX 1650 rank among GPUs?

A: The GTX 1650 sits in the 40th percentile of all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 7472. Its closest rival, the Intel Arc A310, scores 7550, which is 1% higher. The AMD Radeon HD 8850M scores 7447, 0.3% lower, and the Intel UHD Graphics 750 scores 7441, 0.4% lower.

Q: What is the strongest part of this combo?

A: The CPU is clearly the stronger component. The Ryzen 7 5800XT ranks in the 81st percentile among CPUs, while the GTX 1650 ranks only in the 40th percentile among GPUs. The CPU's multi-threaded performance, such as 23794 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, far outpaces what the GPU can feed to the display in this game.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this combination as 3583 out of 3700 tested combos for Evolve, placing it in the bottom 3% of all tested systems. That is a low rank, and the measured frame rates confirm why. At 1080p Low, the system produces 79.4 FPS, but that is the only preset across all resolutions that clears the 60 FPS threshold. The ranking reflects a system that can run the game only at its most modest settings and only at the lowest resolution tested.

The rank is driven overwhelmingly by the GPU. While the Ryzen 7 5800XT sits in the 81st percentile of CPUs, the GTX 1650 sits in the 40th percentile of GPUs. In a game like Evolve, an FPS title from 2015, the graphics card determines most of the outcome. The CPU has enough headroom across all tested resolutions, but the GPU runs out of capability quickly as resolution and preset demands rise.

Compared to the full set of 3700 combos, this pairing lands near the bottom because the GTX 1650 is a low-end part by current standards. The 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 128-bit bus limit bandwidth to 128.1 GB/s, which becomes a bottleneck at higher resolutions. The data shows that even at 1080p Medium, the system falls to 59.5 FPS, just under the playable line. That single frame per second shortfall is what separates this combo from a more comfortable 1080p experience.

CPU and GPU Roles

The performance scaling across resolutions reveals a GPU-bound system. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 79.4 FPS. Moving to 1440p Low drops that to 48.3 FPS, a 39% reduction. At 4K Low, it falls to 28.5 FPS, another 41% drop. These steep declines with resolution indicate that the GTX 1650 is the limiting factor; a stronger CPU would not recover these losses because the GPU is already saturated.

Preset scaling at a fixed resolution tells the same story. At 1080p, going from Low to Medium reduces frame rate from 79.4 to 59.5 FPS, a 25% drop. High drops further to 47.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 29.7 FPS. The CPU, with 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 3 architecture, has ample compute for a 2015 FPS title. Its single-thread score of 3359 in Cinebench R23 and multi-thread score of 23794 are far beyond what Evolve requires. The GPU, with 896 shading units and 2.984 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, is the component that dictates playability.

At 1440p and 4K, the CPU role diminishes even further. The GTX 1650's 4 GB frame buffer and 128.1 GB/s bandwidth cannot sustain the pixel throughput needed. The measured data shows no playable settings at either resolution, confirming that no CPU-side adjustment would change the outcome. For this game, the GPU is the sole gatekeeper of playability.

Similar Performance Alternatives

For the CPU, the nearest rivals in the database are all close matches. The AMD Ryzen 7 7840H scores 29868, effectively identical to the 5800XT's 29879, a 0% difference. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS both score 29955, just 0.3% higher. The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X scores 29713, 0.6% lower. In Evolve, any of these CPUs would behave nearly identically to the 5800XT, since the game is GPU-bound at every tested setting. Users with these chips should expect the same frame rates when paired with a GTX 1650.

For the GPU, the nearest rivals are similarly tight. The Intel Arc A310 scores 7550, 1% higher than the GTX 1650's 7472. The AMD Radeon HD 8850M scores 7447, 0.3% lower, and the AMD Radeon R7 350 scores 7425, 0.6% lower. The Intel UHD Graphics 750 scores 7441, 0.4% lower. These small deltas mean that swapping the GTX 1650 for any of these parts would produce near-identical results in Evolve. None of them would lift the combo above the 60 FPS threshold at 1440p, and all would hover around the same 1080p results.

The practical takeaway is that this combo sits in a narrow performance band. The CPU has substantial headroom, but the GPU's nearest alternatives are all low-end parts that cannot meaningfully change the game's outcome. A user looking for better Evolve performance would need to step up to a significantly stronger GPU, not one of these near-neighbor parts.

Best Settings per Resolution

At 1920x1080, the most demanding preset that stays at or above 60 FPS is Low, with a measured average of 79.4 FPS. Medium falls just short at 59.5 FPS, so it does not qualify as playable under the 60 FPS threshold. High and Ultra are further behind at 47.5 FPS and 29.7 FPS respectively.

At 2560x1440, no preset reaches 60 FPS. The best result is Low at 48.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 41.3 FPS, High at 31.4 FPS, and Ultra at 24.9 FPS. The database records no playable settings at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the situation is worse. Low produces 28.5 FPS, Medium 23.2 FPS, High 15.8 FPS, and Ultra 11.6 FPS. None of these are close to playable.

The verdict by resolution confirms this: only 1920x1080 has a playable setting, and that setting is Low with 79.4 FPS. Users who want a smoother experience at higher visual quality would need to accept frame rates below 60, since Medium at 1080p is the next step up but misses the threshold by 0.5 FPS.

The Verdict

Can this PC run Evolve? Yes, but only under narrow conditions. The database records a clear verdict: at 1920x1080, Low settings deliver 79.4 FPS, which clears the 60 FPS playable threshold. That is the only playable configuration for this combo. At 2560x1440 and 3840x2160, no settings reach 60 FPS, and the best results are 48.3 FPS at 1440p Low and 28.5 FPS at 4K Low.

The system is playable at 1080p Low with a comfortable margin, 19.4 FPS above the threshold. However, the margin shrinks quickly with any increase in quality. Medium at 1080p produces 59.5 FPS, a hair below the threshold, meaning that even a minor in-game event could cause noticeable dips. High and Ultra at 1080p are not viable for smooth gameplay, and higher resolutions are entirely off the table.

For a 2015 FPS title, this is a disappointing result. The Ryzen 7 5800XT is a high-end CPU, but the GTX 1650 is the bottleneck. The GPU's 40th percentile ranking and 4 GB memory capacity limit the combo to the lowest settings at the most common resolution. Users with this pairing should plan for 1080p Low as their target, and they should not expect to raise settings without dropping below 60 FPS. The data is unambiguous: this combo runs Evolve, but only at its most basic level.