Downfall

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rates for Downfall across the four settings presets reveal a clear hierarchy. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 223.7 FPS, while Medium reaches 183.2 FPS, High sits at 154.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 97.8 FPS. The data indicates that the High preset offers the most balanced experience for this combination, as it maintains a triple-digit frame rate at 1080p while providing substantially better visual fidelity than Low or Medium.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern shifts slightly. High produces 107.6 FPS, which is still comfortably above the 100 FPS mark, whereas Ultra falls to 67 FPS. The Medium preset at this resolution yields 129.9 FPS, but the step up to High costs only 22.3 FPS on average, making High the more sensible choice for users who prioritize image quality alongside smooth motion. At 3840x2160, the situation becomes more demanding. High averages 66.4 FPS, Medium 82.9 FPS, Low 99.4 FPS, and Ultra only 43.2 FPS. For 4K displays, the Medium preset appears to be the sweet spot, as it keeps the average above 80 FPS while avoiding the steep performance penalty of Ultra.

The overall recommendation is to use High settings at 1080p or 1440p, and Medium at 4K. The High preset at 1440p, with 107.6 FPS, provides an experience that is both visually rich and responsive. The Ultra preset, while visually superior, imposes a significant cost: at 4K it loses 23.2 FPS compared to High, and at 1440p it loses 40.6 FPS. Given that Downfall is a horror title where smoothness can be critical to atmosphere, the data supports favoring High or Medium over chasing maximum fidelity.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 achieves a rank of 989 out of 1741 tested combos in Downfall. That places it in the upper-middle portion of the database, meaning it outperforms roughly 43% of all tested combinations while trailing the top performers. The percentile data for the individual components helps contextualize this ranking. The CPU sits at the 86th percentile among all processors, indicating strong overall compute capability, while the GPU is at the 66th percentile among all graphics cards, which is more modest.

The combo rank suggests that the system is not bottlenecked severely by either component, but the GPU's lower percentile relative to the CPU hints that the graphics card is the more limiting factor in this pairing. In the measured results, the frame rates scale predictably with resolution and settings, which is consistent with a system where the GPU is doing most of the heavy lifting. The rank of 989 out of 1741 also implies that there is headroom for improvement: swapping the GPU for a higher-tier model would likely push this combo well up the rankings, while the CPU has enough headroom to support such an upgrade without becoming a bottleneck.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with the AD107 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, giving it a transistor density of 118.9M per mm². The memory subsystem consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, providing 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 2125 MHz, which translates to 17 Gbps effective. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1830 MHz and a boost clock of 2460 MHz.

In Downfall, the GPU's role is evident from the frame rate scaling across resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 223.7 FPS, which is high enough to suggest that the CPU is keeping pace. However, at 4K Ultra, the frame rate collapses to 43.2 FPS, a drop of 180.5 FPS from the 1080p Low result. This steep decline points to the GPU being the primary constraint at higher resolutions and settings. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is adequate for this 2016 title, as the game's requirements are not excessive by modern standards, but the 128-bit memory bus limits bandwidth, which becomes more relevant at 4K. The RTX 4060's percentile rank of 66 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23181, places it slightly below the AMD Radeon RX 6600M (deltaPct -0.6) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti (deltaPct -0.7), while being marginally ahead of the Intel Arc B580 (deltaPct 0.7) and AMD Radeon 760M (deltaPct 0.8).

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming in Downfall?

A: The High preset at 1920x1080 delivers 154.2 FPS on average, which is the best combination of visual quality and performance. Low and Medium are faster (223.7 and 183.2 FPS respectively), but High provides a substantial visual upgrade while still maintaining a frame rate well above 144.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4060 has an average benchmark score of 23181. Its closest competitor, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, scores 23321, which is 0.6% higher. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti scores 23338, 0.7% higher, while the Intel Arc B580 scores 23021, 0.7% lower, and the AMD Radeon 760M scores 22999, 0.8% lower.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5800XT a strong performer relative to other CPUs?

A: Yes, the Ryzen 7 5800XT ranks at the 86th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29774. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, scores 29740, which is only 0.1% lower, indicating the 5800XT is right in line with its closest competitors.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1440p with Ultra settings?

A: At 2560x1440 with the Ultra preset, the combination of the Ryzen 7 5800XT and RTX 4060 produces an average of 67 FPS. This is playable, but it is notably lower than the High preset, which achieves 107.6 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: Does the CPU or GPU limit performance more in this game?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the limiting factor. The CPU ranks at the 86th percentile while the GPU ranks at the 66th percentile. Additionally, frame rates drop sharply as resolution increases (from 223.7 FPS at 1080p Low to 43.2 FPS at 4K Ultra), which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 1080p Ultra?

A: At 4K Ultra, the average frame rate is 43.2 FPS, while at 1080p Ultra it is 97.8 FPS. This represents a reduction of 54.6 FPS, or roughly 56%, when moving from 1080p to 4K at the same settings.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and consistent scaling pattern as resolution increases. At the High preset, the average frame rate drops from 154.2 FPS at 1080p to 107.6 FPS at 1440p, and then to 66.4 FPS at 4K. This represents a 30.2% reduction when moving from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 38.3% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The Low preset shows a similar trend: 223.7 FPS at 1080p, 160.9 FPS at 1440p, and 99.4 FPS at 4K.

The scaling from 1440p to 4K is particularly steep across all settings. For Medium, the drop is from 129.9 FPS at 1440p to 82.9 FPS at 4K, a loss of 47 FPS. For Ultra, the drop is from 67 FPS to 43.2 FPS, a loss of 23.8 FPS. This pattern indicates that the RTX 4060's memory bandwidth of 272.0 GB/s and 8 GB VRAM capacity become increasingly strained at 4K, where the pixel count quadruples relative to 1080p. The fact that even the Low preset, which should reduce shader and texture loads, still sees a 124.3 FPS difference between 1080p and 4K suggests that the GPU's raw throughput is the dominant constraint. The CPU, with its 8 cores and 16 threads based on Zen 3 architecture, is not the limiting factor here; if it were, the frame rates would remain relatively flat across resolutions.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer. It operates with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz, with a TDP of 105 W. The CPU features 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of L3 cache. It supports DDR4 memory in a dual-channel configuration with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and it connects via PCIe Gen 4 with 20 lanes. The processor is built on a 7 nm process at TSMC, with 4,150 million transistors on a 74 mm² die.

In Downfall, the CPU's performance is more than sufficient for the game's demands. The synthetic benchmarks show strong multi-threaded capability: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 23794, while single-core scores 3359. The PassMark multi-thread score is 27988, and the 3DMark 16-thread score is 7683. These numbers place the CPU at the 86th percentile overall. The game, released in 2016, does not appear to stress the CPU heavily, as evidenced by the fact that frame rates scale so dramatically with resolution — a sign that the GPU, not the CPU, is the limiting factor. The CPU's nearest rivals in terms of average benchmark score are the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE (29740, 0.1% lower), the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS (29856, 0.3% higher), the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (29682, 0.3% lower), and the AMD Ryzen 7 7840H (29868, 0.3% higher). The 5800XT's average score of 29774 places it squarely in this competitive cluster, indicating that its performance is well-balanced for a desktop processor. Given that the combo rank is 989 out of 1741, the CPU is clearly not holding back the system in Downfall; the headroom exists for a more powerful GPU to be paired with this processor without introducing a CPU bottleneck.