Archeage

Archeage is a 2014 MMORPG with a measured frame-rate dataset for the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combination. The benchmark data covers four quality presets across three resolutions, and the results reveal a title that scales dramatically with settings and resolution, placing this combo at rank 27 out of 1727 tested configurations. The Ryzen 7 7700 sits in the 91st percentile of all CPUs, while the RTX 4090 also ranks in the 91st percentile of all GPUs, though the game's engine appears to place unusual demands on the hardware.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides a clear hierarchy of experience across the four presets. For users prioritizing a smooth, high-refresh experience, the Low preset at 1080p delivers the highest measured average at 268.9 FPS, which is 48% faster than the High preset at the same resolution. However, this comes at a significant visual cost, and the data suggests that Medium offers a more balanced compromise: at 1080p, Medium produces 260.9 FPS, only 3% slower than Low, while presumably retaining better visual fidelity. The step from Medium to High at 1080p is severe, with High dropping to 181.1 FPS, a 31% reduction.

At 1440p, the pattern shifts. Medium still reigns as the best performance-per-visual tradeoff with 182 FPS, which is 50% faster than High's 121.3 FPS. Low at 1440p hits 200.1 FPS, but the gap between Low and Medium narrows to just 10%, making Medium the obvious choice for 1440p gaming. The Ultra preset is punishing at every resolution, with 122.4 FPS at 1080p, 80.8 FPS at 1440p, and a barely playable 47.5 FPS at 4K. Based on the data, Medium is the recommended default preset for this combination, as it maintains frame rates above 100 FPS even at 4K (103.4 FPS) while avoiding the steep penalties of High and Ultra.

For competitive play, Low at 1080p or 1440p is the only way to approach the 200+ FPS territory, with 268.9 FPS and 200.1 FPS respectively. Yet the data indicates diminishing returns: the jump from Low to Medium costs only 3% at 1080p and 10% at 1440p, so Medium is almost always the smarter pick. High is a middle-ground option for 4K users, delivering 72.2 FPS, but at 1080p and 1440p it is outperformed by Medium by margins of 44% and 50%, making High a poor choice outside of 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, with its 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth, is the dominant component in this pairing. The GPU's memory configuration is unusually generous for a 2014 MMORPG, and the measured data suggests that Archeage is heavily GPU-bound at higher settings. The RTX 4090's 82.58 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate provide ample headroom, yet the game's Ultra preset still crushes performance, indicating engine-level bottlenecks rather than raw hardware limits.

The clock speeds—2235 MHz base and 2520 MHz boost—are consistent with the Ada Lovelace architecture, and the data shows that the GPU's performance scales predictably with resolution. At 1080p, the RTX 4090 easily powers past 250 FPS on Low and Medium, but the Ultra preset cuts this to 122.4 FPS, a 55% reduction from Medium. This suggests that Ultra enables effects that are disproportionately expensive on the GPU, likely related to the game's legacy rendering pipeline. The RTX 4090's 24 GB VRAM is never a limiting factor in these results, as even the most demanding 4K Ultra configuration only requires a fraction of that capacity.

The GPU's benchmark scores reinforce its position: a PassMark G3D score of 38194 and a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9223 place it in the 91st percentile, though its nearest rivals in the database are professional workstation cards like the NVIDIA Tesla T4 and Quadro P6000, which have similar average scores but vastly different gaming characteristics. The RTX 4090's performance in Archeage is therefore not a reflection of its synthetic benchmark standing but rather how the game engine interacts with its specific feature set.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate achievable with this hardware in Archeage?

A: The maximum measured average is 268.9 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with the Low preset. The next best is 260.9 FPS at the same resolution with Medium, showing that the Low preset's lead is marginal.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to Medium at 1440p?

A: Ultra at 2560x1440 delivers 80.8 FPS, which is 56% slower than Medium's 182 FPS. This is the largest relative penalty among all presets at that resolution, making Ultra a poor choice for 1440p gaming.

Q: Is the RTX 4090 overkill for this game?

A: The data shows the GPU is still the limiting factor at higher settings. At 4K Ultra, the combo only manages 47.5 FPS, proving that even the most powerful consumer GPU cannot overcome Archeage's demanding Ultra preset.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Medium at 4K?

A: Low at 3840x2160 produces 115.5 FPS, while Medium produces 103.4 FPS. The 12% difference is small enough that Medium is the recommended choice for 4K, as it provides better visuals at a minor frame rate cost.

Q: How does this system rank among all tested combinations?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and RTX 4090 combo ranks 27th out of 1727 configurations tested for Archeage, placing it in the top 2% of all possible pairings.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU bottleneck Archeage at 1080p?

A: The data shows that at 1080p, the GPU is still the primary constraint, as frame rates drop from 268.9 FPS on Low to 122.4 FPS on Ultra. The CPU's single-thread score of 1049 in 3DMark suggests it has ample headroom, but the GPU's workload scales with settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the four presets produce a wide spread of results. Low leads with 268.9 FPS, followed closely by Medium at 260.9 FPS, a difference of only 8 FPS. High drops significantly to 181.1 FPS, a 31% reduction from Medium, while Ultra falls to 122.4 FPS, which is 53% slower than Low. The 1080p data indicates that the game's High preset introduces a major rendering cost compared to Medium, making the latter the clear sweet spot.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same pattern holds but with lower absolute numbers. Low achieves 200.1 FPS, Medium hits 182 FPS, High manages 121.3 FPS, and Ultra drops to 80.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium widens slightly to 10% at this resolution, while the gap between Medium and High grows to 50%. Ultra at 1440p is the first preset to fall below 100 FPS, signaling that this setting is not viable for high-refresh displays.

At 3840x2160, the results compress further. Low produces 115.5 FPS, Medium delivers 103.4 FPS, High manages 72.2 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 47.5 FPS. The difference between Low and Medium narrows to 12%, but the step from Medium to High is a 30% drop, and High to Ultra is another 34% reduction. The 4K data reveals that even the RTX 4090 cannot maintain 60 FPS on Ultra, making High the only viable preset for 4K gaming at reasonable fidelity.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K varies dramatically by preset, revealing where the bottleneck lies. For Low, the transition from 1080p (268.9 FPS) to 1440p (200.1 FPS) costs 26% performance, and the further step to 4K (115.5 FPS) costs another 42%, for a total reduction of 57% from 1080p to 4K. This scaling is close to the theoretical pixel count increase, indicating that the GPU is the limiting factor even on Low settings.

Medium shows a similar trend: 260.9 FPS at 1080p drops to 182 FPS at 1440p (a 30% loss) and then to 103.4 FPS at 4K (a 43% additional loss), totaling a 60% reduction. High follows a more aggressive curve, with 181.1 FPS at 1080p falling to 121.3 FPS at 1440p (33% loss) and then to 72.2 FPS at 4K (40% additional loss), summing to a 60% total drop. Ultra exhibits the steepest scaling: 122.4 FPS at 1080p, 80.8 FPS at 1440p (34% loss), and 47.5 FPS at 4K (41% additional loss), for a 61% total reduction.

These consistent percentages across presets suggest that resolution scaling is uniform, regardless of quality settings. The near-identical 57-61% total drops from 1080p to 4K indicate that the rendering load scales predictably with pixel count, and the GPU's 24 GB VRAM and 1.01 TB/s bandwidth are sufficient to handle the increased memory pressure without additional penalties. The data confirms that the RTX 4090 is the dominant performance driver in this pairing, as the CPU's 16 threads and 32 MB L3 cache do not show signs of limiting the frame rate at any resolution. The scaling pattern points to a GPU-bound scenario across all tested configurations, with the Ultra preset's absolute frame rates being the only factor that pushes the system below playable thresholds.