Archeage

# Archeage with AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER produces a fascinating performance profile in Archeage, a 2014 MMORPG that continues to challenge modern hardware in unexpected ways. The data reveals a system that delivers playable frame rates across most configurations, but with dramatic swings depending on resolution and quality settings. At 1080p, the combination achieves a remarkably smooth 141.4 FPS on Low settings, yet drops to just 19.7 FPS at 4K Ultra—a sevenfold performance gap that exposes the underlying bottlenecks in this aging game engine. The measured results across twelve distinct configurations provide a comprehensive picture of how this mid-range GPU and upper-mid-range CPU interact with Archeage's unique rendering demands.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate degradation from 1080p to 4K tells a compelling story about where the performance ceiling lies. At High settings, the transition from 1920x1080 (85.3 FPS) to 2560x1440 (58.9 FPS) represents a 31% drop, while moving from 1440p to 3840x2160 (33.5 FPS) costs another 43%. This accelerating decline indicates that the RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth become increasingly strained as pixel count rises.

Low settings reveal an even more pronounced scaling pattern. The 1080p result of 141.4 FPS falls to 98.7 FPS at 1440p (a 30% reduction), then plummets to 57.7 FPS at 4K (a 41% additional drop). The consistent ~30-40% penalties per resolution step suggest the GPU's compute resources—specifically its 2560 shading units and 9.062 TFLOPS FP32 throughput—are the primary constraint at higher resolutions. Interestingly, the 4K Low result (57.7 FPS) remains playable, while 4K Ultra (19.7 FPS) becomes nearly unplayable, showing that resolution scaling alone doesn't determine playability; settings matter equally.

The Ultra preset exhibits the steepest scaling curve, starting at 59.6 FPS in 1080p, dropping to 40.9 FPS at 1440p, and collapsing to 19.7 FPS at 4K. This 67% total reduction from 1080p to 4K demonstrates that Ultra settings amplify the GPU's workload disproportionately, likely due to heavy shader effects and texture filtering that tax the TU104 chip's 160 texture mapping units. The data implies that at 1080p, the CPU can keep up with the GPU's output, but at higher resolutions, the GPU becomes the limiting factor.

GPU Role

The RTX 2070 SUPER's Turing architecture, built on a 12 nm process with 13,600 million transistors, provides the computational backbone for Archeage's rendering. Its memory configuration—8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus delivering 448.0 GB/s—proves adequate for 1080p and 1440p gaming, but shows limitations at 4K Ultra, where the 19.7 FPS result suggests the frame buffer and memory bandwidth are overwhelmed by the combination of high resolution and maximum quality assets.

Clock speeds of 1605 MHz base and 1770 MHz boost, combined with the 283.2 GTexel/s texture rate, explain why Medium settings at 1440p (84.4 FPS) outperform High at the same resolution (58.9 FPS) by a substantial margin. The GPU's 40 RT cores and 320 tensor cores, while present, likely see minimal utilization in Archeage given its 2014 release date and MMORPG genre, meaning the traditional rasterization pipeline—pixel rate of 113.3 GPixel/s and FP32 compute—carries the entire workload.

The 65th percentile ranking versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 22206, places this card in the upper-midrange tier. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA RTX A400, scores 22307 (0.5% higher), while the AMD Radeon RX 5700 trails at 21670 (2.5% lower). These synthetic benchmark differences, however, don't fully predict Archeage performance, where the measured frame rates show the GPU handling 1080p High (85.3 FPS) and 1440p Medium (84.4 FPS) with similar efficiency, suggesting the card's balanced architecture suits this game's mixed shading and fill-rate demands.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data clearly identifies the optimal configurations for different priority levels. For players seeking the highest frame rates, 1080p Low delivers 141.4 FPS, which is 12% faster than Medium (125.8 FPS) and 66% faster than High (85.3 FPS). The jump from Low to Medium costs only 15.6 FPS (11%), making Medium the sweet spot for competitive play—it preserves most of the speed while offering noticeably better visual fidelity.

At 1440p, Medium settings (84.4 FPS) provide the best balance of smoothness and quality, outperforming High (58.9 FPS) by 43% while remaining comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold. For 4K gaming, only Low settings (57.7 FPS) approach playability, as Medium drops to 47.9 FPS and High falls to 33.5 FPS. The Ultra preset, regardless of resolution, offers diminishing returns—at 1080p it achieves 59.6 FPS (30% below High), and at 1440p it drops to 40.9 FPS, making it the least efficient choice across all tested configurations.

The data suggests that the Medium preset is the most versatile recommendation, delivering 125.8 FPS at 1080p, 84.4 FPS at 1440p, and 47.9 FPS at 4K. This consistent performance across resolutions makes it the default choice for users who prioritize frame rate stability over maximum visual quality.

FAQ

Q: Can this combo run Archeage at 4K60?

A: No. The highest 4K result is 57.7 FPS on Low settings, with Medium at 47.9 FPS, High at 33.5 FPS, and Ultra at 19.7 FPS. None reach the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: What is the fastest measured configuration?

A: 1920x1080 with Low settings achieves 141.4 FPS, the highest average FPS in the entire measured dataset.

Q: How much performance is lost going from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: The drop is from 125.8 FPS at 1080p to 47.9 FPS at 4K, a 62% reduction in frame rate.

Q: Is the RTX 2070 SUPER's 8 GB VRAM sufficient for this game?

A: Based on the measured results, 8 GB appears adequate, as the GPU remains the bottleneck at higher resolutions regardless of memory capacity.

Q: Which preset provides the best 1440p experience?

A: Medium settings at 2560x1440 yield 84.4 FPS, which is 43% faster than High (58.9 FPS) and 106% faster than Ultra (40.9 FPS).

Q: How does the CPU's performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5800XT scores 29774 on average, which is 0.1% above the Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (29740) and 0.3% below the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (29682).

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT, with its 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 3 architecture, provides substantial processing headroom for Archeage's MMO workloads. Its 3.80 GHz base clock and 4.80 GHz boost clock, combined with 32 MB of L3 cache, enable strong single-threaded performance—evidenced by the 3dmark single-thread score of 959 and cinebench r23 singlecore score of 3359. This matters for Archeage, which relies heavily on CPU-bound game logic, networking, and entity management typical of MMORPGs.

The 86th percentile ranking versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29774, places this processor well above the median. Its nearest rivals—the Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, 0.3% higher) and Ryzen 7 6800HS (29856, 0.3% higher)—show that the 5800XT competes closely with newer mobile parts despite being a desktop chip. The multi-threaded capability, highlighted by cinebench r23 multicore score of 23794 and passmark multithread score of 27988, ensures that even demanding MMO scenarios with many players on screen won't starve the GPU of data.

The CPU's 105 W TDP and 7 nm process node from TSMC (with 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die) represent efficient power delivery. The 3dmark 16-thread score of 7683 versus single-thread score of 959 reveals a 8x scaling factor, indicating excellent thread utilization that benefits Archeage's multi-threaded server communication and physics calculations. This processing power likely explains why 1080p Low achieves 141.4 FPS—the CPU can feed frames to the GPU faster than the graphics card can render them at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the full settings range produces: Low at 141.4 FPS, Medium at 125.8 FPS, High at 85.3 FPS, and Ultra at 59.6 FPS. The gap between Medium and High (40.5 FPS, or 32%) is notably larger than between Low and Medium (15.6 FPS, or 11%), suggesting High enables expensive visual effects that disproportionately impact performance.

At 2560x1440, results show: Low at 98.7 FPS, Medium at 84.4 FPS, High at 58.9 FPS, and Ultra at 40.9 FPS. The Low-to-Medium gap shrinks to 14.3 FPS (14%), while Medium-to-High expands to 25.5 FPS (30%), indicating that resolution scaling amplifies the cost of higher presets.

At 3840x2160, the measured values are: Low at 57.7 FPS, Medium at 47.9 FPS, High at 33.5 FPS, and Ultra at 19.7 FPS. The Low-to-Medium gap becomes 9.8 FPS (17%), and Medium-to-High grows to 14.4 FPS (30%). The Ultra result at 4K, at 19.7 FPS, is 71% below the 1080p Ultra figure, demonstrating that this preset is impractical beyond Full HD.

The stepwise pattern—each resolution increase costs roughly 30-40% performance at equivalent settings—holds consistently across the dataset, confirming that the RTX 2070 SUPER's rasterization throughput, not the CPU or memory subsystem, dictates the scaling behavior.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER combination ranks 1047th out of 1727 tested combos in Archeage, placing it in the 39th percentile overall. This ranking, despite the system's solid absolute performance, reflects the competitive field of MMORPG hardware combinations where newer GPUs with higher memory bandwidth and more shading units dominate.

The combo's position relative to its 1727 total suggests that while this pairing delivers playable frame rates at 1080p and 1440p, it sits below the median of tested systems. The GPU's 65th percentile ranking versus all GPUs, combined with the CPU's 86th percentile, creates an imbalance—the processor outranks the graphics card by 21 percentile points. This mismatch likely contributes to the system's mid-pack ranking, as Archeage's performance at higher resolutions becomes GPU-limited, negating the CPU's relative strength.

The rank of 1047 indicates that approximately 680 tested combinations (39%) perform worse, while 1,047 perform better. Given the RTX 2070 SUPER's end-of-life production status and the Ryzen 7 5800XT's active production, this combo represents a transitional pairing—the CPU has future upgrade potential, but the GPU anchors the system's overall gaming performance in Archeage. The data suggests that users seeking higher rankings would benefit more from GPU upgrades than CPU replacements, as the 5800XT's compute capacity exceeds what the 2070 SUPER can utilize in this title.