Control

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti combination delivers a playable experience in Control only at 1080p with Low settings, where it achieves an average of 45 FPS. At every other setting or resolution, the frame rates fall below the 30 FPS threshold, indicating that this pairing is severely constrained by the graphics card. The data shows a clear verdict: this combo is for low-resolution, low-detail play only, ranking 1631 out of 1636 tested combinations.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data points to a single viable configuration for this hardware pairing. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo produces an average of 45 FPS, which is the only result that approaches a smooth experience. Moving to Medium settings at the same resolution drops the average to 33.7 FPS, which is borderline but still technically above 30. However, the gap between Low and Medium is significant, with a loss of 11.3 FPS, suggesting that the GPU is already near its limit.

High settings at 1080p yield 29.9 FPS, a marginal 1.1 FPS drop from Medium but enough to push the experience below the 30 FPS line. Ultra settings at 1080p are worse, at 27.7 FPS, which is a 17.3 FPS deficit compared to Low. For the best balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the data recommends Medium settings at 1080p if the user can tolerate occasional dips, but the only truly responsive configuration is Low at 1080p. Any attempt to use higher resolutions is futile, as even Low at 1440p only reaches 34.2 FPS, and High at 1440p falls to 22.5 FPS. The 4K results are uniformly unplayable, with the best case being Low at 21.1 FPS.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is a high-end desktop processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, based on the Zen 3 architecture. It features a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, with a 32 MB L3 cache. In synthetic benchmarks, this CPU scores 23,794 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 3,359 in single-core. Its average benchmark score of 29,774 places it in the 86th percentile of all CPUs, indicating strong overall performance.

In Control, however, the CPU’s capabilities are largely irrelevant because the frame rates are dictated by the GPU. At 1080p Low, where the CPU would normally have the most influence, the system still only reaches 45 FPS, which is far below what this processor could deliver in a balanced system. The 3dmark scores reveal the CPU’s scaling: 1,879 with 2 threads, 3,603 with 4 threads, 6,141 with 8 threads, and 7,680 with max threads. This shows excellent multi-threading, but the game results do not reflect this power. The bottleneck is not the CPU, as evidenced by the fact that dropping from 1080p Low to 4K Low reduces FPS from 45 to 21.1, a 53% decrease that points squarely at the graphics card. The Ryzen 7 5800XT is effectively idle, waiting for the GPU to catch up.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the clear limiting factor in this combination. This GPU features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 112.1 GB/s. Its base clock is 1291 MHz with a boost clock of 1392 MHz, and it has 768 shading units. The GPU’s benchmark results are modest: a Passmark G3D score of 6,340 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 20,638, placing it in the 30th percentile of all GPUs.

The VRAM capacity is a critical constraint. At 1080p Ultra, the game requires more than 4 GB, leading to a frame rate of 27.7 FPS. The data shows a consistent pattern where increasing settings from Low to Ultra at any resolution causes a substantial FPS drop. At 1080p, the progression is 45 to 33.7 to 29.9 to 27.7 for Low, Medium, High, and Ultra respectively. This 38% reduction from Low to Ultra indicates that the GPU’s memory and compute resources are exhausted. The 4 GB frame buffer is insufficient for Control’s higher detail levels, causing stutter and low averages. The GPU’s close rivals, such as the NVIDIA GeForce 940M (0.4% faster) and AMD Radeon R7 240 (0.7% slower), confirm that this is entry-level performance, wholly inadequate for a demanding title like Control.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination ranks 1631 out of 1636 tested combos in Control, placing it in the bottom 0.3% of all systems. This is a catastrophic result, indicating that the pairing is among the worst possible choices for this game. The rank is driven entirely by the GPU, as the CPU is in the top 14% of all processors. The delta between the CPU and GPU performance is stark: the Ryzen 7 5800XT has an average benchmark score of 29,774, while the GTX 1050 Ti has an average score of 5,316. This 5.6x disparity means the GPU is the anchor dragging the entire system down.

The combo’s position is not a surprise given the measured FPS. A rank of 1631 out of 1636 means only 5 other combinations perform worse, and those would likely feature even older or weaker GPUs. For context, the CPU’s nearest rivals (AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS) have nearly identical average scores, but they would not change this outcome when paired with this GPU. The verdict is unambiguous: this is a mismatched pairing for Control, where the GPU’s limitations make the CPU’s power irrelevant.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling data reveals a GPU-bound system. Moving from 1080p to 1440p to 4K at Low settings produces averages of 45, 34.2, and 21.1 FPS respectively. This is a 53% reduction from 1080p to 4K, which is a classic sign of a GPU that cannot handle the pixel count. The drop from 1440p to 4K is 13.1 FPS, while the drop from 1080p to 1440p is 10.8 FPS, showing that the GPU’s fill rate is the bottleneck.

At High settings, the scaling is even worse: 29.9 FPS at 1080p, 22.5 FPS at 1440p, and 15.2 FPS at 4K. The 4K result is less than half of the 1080p result, confirming that the GTX 1050 Ti has no headroom for higher resolutions. The data shows that the CPU is not a factor in this scaling, as a CPU-bound system would show similar FPS across resolutions. Instead, the FPS drops proportionally with resolution, which is the hallmark of a GPU-limited scenario. The 4K Ultra result of 11.6 FPS is a slideshow, and even 1440p Medium at 21.5 FPS is unplayable. The only resolution where the GPU can keep up is 1080p, and only at Low settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best settings preset for this combo in Control?*

A: The only preset that achieves a playable frame rate is 1080p Low, which produces an average of 45 FPS. Medium settings at 1080p reach 33.7 FPS, but the drop to 29.9 FPS at High makes Low the safest choice.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this system?

A: The GPU is the definitive bottleneck. The CPU scores in the 86th percentile, while the GPU is in the 30th percentile. The measured FPS drops by 53% from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, which is a GPU-bound behavior.

*Q: Can this combo run Control at 1440p?*

A: No. The best 1440p result is 34.2 FPS at Low settings, which is below the 60 FPS target. Medium and High at 1440p produce 21.5 and 22.5 FPS, respectively, both unplayable.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested systems?

A: It ranks 1631 out of 1636 combinations, placing it in the bottom 0.3%. This is among the worst performances for this game, primarily due to the GTX 1050 Ti’s limitations.

*Q: Does the 4 GB VRAM affect performance in Control?*

A: Yes. The frame rate drops significantly from Low to Ultra at any resolution, from 45 to 27.7 FPS at 1080p. This indicates that the 4 GB frame buffer is insufficient for the game’s higher detail settings.

Q: What is the difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1080p?

A: Low settings achieve 45 FPS, while Ultra settings only reach 27.7 FPS. This 17.3 FPS difference represents a 38% performance loss, showing the GPU’s struggle with higher graphical demands.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured averages are 45 FPS on Low, 33.7 FPS on Medium, 29.9 FPS on High, and 27.7 FPS on Ultra. The difference between Low and Medium is 11.3 FPS, while the difference between Medium and High is 3.8 FPS, and High to Ultra is 2.2 FPS. This shows diminishing returns as settings increase, with the GPU struggling to maintain even 30 FPS beyond Low.

At 2560x1440, the results are 34.2 FPS on Low, 21.5 FPS on Medium, 22.5 FPS on High, and 17.6 FPS on Ultra. The High setting is slightly faster than Medium, which is an anomaly likely due to measurement variance, but both are far below playable. The drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low is 10.8 FPS, a 24% reduction.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 21.1 FPS on Low, 15.5 FPS on Medium, 15.2 FPS on High, and 11.6 FPS on Ultra. The 4K results are uniformly poor, with the best case being Low at 21.1 FPS, which is still below 24 FPS for smooth motion. The progression from 1080p Low to 4K Low shows a 23.9 FPS drop, confirming that this GPU cannot handle 4K resolutions in Control. The data is clear: the GTX 1050 Ti is only suitable for 1080p Low in this game, and any other configuration is a compromise that sacrifices playability.