Downfall

# Downfall with AMD Ryzen 7 7700X + AMD Radeon RX 7700

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking among tested hardware combinations in Downfall?

A: This pairing of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X and AMD Radeon RX 7700 ranks 1308th out of 2928 tested combos, placing it in the 44.7th percentile of all configurations measured for this game. The data indicates a middle-of-the-pack standing, with a substantial portion of the tested field outperforming it.

Q: Which resolution delivers the highest average frame rate at Low settings?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 240 average FPS, the highest measured value across all tested resolutions. The 2560x1440 Low preset reaches 171 average FPS, while 3840x2160 Low produces 107 average FPS, showing a clear scaling pattern tied to pixel count.

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

A: The Ryzen 7 7700X has an average benchmark score of 35909, which is 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35802), 0.5% higher than both the Intel Core 7 250H (35728) and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 (35719), and 0.7% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H (35670). The differences are narrow, indicating the 7700X sits at the top of a tightly clustered group.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700 holds a 58th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 15852. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon R9 370X, scores 15862, a negligible 0.1% difference, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti leads this group at 16129, 1.7% higher.

Q: Are there measurable minimum FPS figures for the Medium preset across resolutions?

A: Yes, the data includes min FPS for Medium settings at all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, the minimum is 167 FPS; at 2560x1440, it drops to 119 FPS; and at 3840x2160, it reaches 74 FPS. These figures provide insight into frame pacing stability beyond just averages.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration and how does it relate to this game?

A: The Radeon RX 7700 features 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 624.1 GB/s bandwidth. This substantial memory allocation supports high-resolution textures and detailed environments typical of the Horror genre, allowing the card to maintain consistent performance across all tested settings.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data provides a clear picture of how this combo behaves across three resolutions and four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 240 average FPS, which is excellent for high-refresh-rate displays, but the High preset at 161 average FPS still offers a fluid experience while improving visual fidelity. The Medium preset at 196 average FPS sits between these two, providing a balanced option with a measured minimum of 167 FPS, suggesting good frame consistency.

Moving to 2560x1440, the High preset achieves 115 average FPS, which remains smooth for most display setups. The Medium preset at 140 average FPS with a 119 FPS minimum offers the best compromise between visual quality and performance headroom, as the Ultra preset drops to 72 average FPS, a significant reduction that may introduce noticeable stutter in a horror title where atmosphere relies on smooth motion. The Low preset at 171 average FPS is available for competitive play or when maximizing frame rate is the priority.

At 3840x2160, the situation becomes more constrained. The High preset produces 72 average FPS, which is playable but not ideal for a genre that benefits from high refresh rates. The Medium preset at 87 average FPS with a 74 FPS minimum represents the most reasonable choice for 4K, as the Ultra preset falls to 45 average FPS, a level that could compromise the experience in a horror game. The Low preset at 107 average FPS offers a smoother alternative but sacrifices substantial visual detail.

The data suggests that the Medium preset provides the best overall experience when considering both average FPS and the measured minimum FPS figures, which are only available for this quality level. At 1080p, Medium delivers 196 average FPS with a 167 FPS floor; at 1440p, it reaches 140 average FPS with a 119 FPS floor; and at 4K, it maintains 87 average FPS with a 74 FPS floor. These minimum values indicate that the Medium preset avoids severe frame drops, which is critical in a horror game where sudden performance dips can break immersion.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo ranks 1308th out of 2928 tested combinations in Downfall, a position that places it slightly below the midpoint of the entire field. This ranking reflects the combined capabilities of the Ryzen 7 7700X and Radeon RX 7700 rather than either component in isolation. The CPU alone sits at the 85th percentile among all processors, while the GPU holds a 58th percentile among all graphics cards, suggesting the graphics card is the more limiting factor in this pairing.

When examining the CPU's nearest rivals, the Ryzen 7 7700X edges out the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 by a mere 0.3% in average benchmark score, and the Intel Core 7 250H and AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 by 0.5% each. The Intel Core Ultra 9 185H trails by 0.7%. These margins are within measurement noise, indicating that any of these processors would produce similar gameplay results when paired with the same GPU.

The GPU's rival comparisons show a different story. The Radeon RX 7700 is 0.1% behind the AMD Radeon R9 370X, 1% behind the AMD Radeon RX 9060, and 1.7% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, while leading the AMD Radeon Pro W5500 by 1.1%. The RTX 3060 Ti's 1.7% advantage in synthetic benchmarks could translate to slightly higher frame rates in Downfall, but the difference is unlikely to be perceptible in real-world gameplay.

The overall combo rank of 1308 out of 2928 suggests that many configurations achieve higher performance in this game, likely those pairing high-end CPUs with more powerful GPUs. However, the ranking also indicates that this combo outperforms a significant portion of the tested field, making it a serviceable mid-range option for Downfall.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its strongest performance. The Low preset reaches 240 average FPS, the highest figure recorded for this configuration. Medium follows at 196 average FPS with a minimum of 167 FPS and a maximum of 226 FPS. High achieves 161 average FPS, and Ultra drops to 101 average FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 58% reduction in frame rate, from 240 to 101 FPS, reflecting the increasing graphical demands of higher quality settings.

At 2560x1440, performance scales down predictably. Low produces 171 average FPS, Medium hits 140 average FPS with a minimum of 119 FPS and a maximum of 161 FPS, High reaches 115 average FPS, and Ultra falls to 72 average FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p ranges from 23% at Low (240 to 171 FPS) to 29% at Ultra (101 to 72 FPS), indicating that resolution scaling affects higher settings slightly more.

At 3840x2160, the performance envelope tightens considerably. Low achieves 107 average FPS, Medium reaches 87 average FPS with a minimum of 74 FPS and a maximum of 100 FPS, High produces 72 average FPS, and Ultra drops to 45 average FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 45 FPS represents a 56% reduction from the 1080p Ultra figure, and a 81% reduction from the 1080p Low figure, showing the substantial cost of running this game at maximum quality on a 4K display.

The Medium preset's measured minimum and maximum values across all resolutions provide additional insight. At 1080p, the range spans 167 to 226 FPS, a 59 FPS spread. At 1440p, the range narrows to 119 to 161 FPS, a 42 FPS spread. At 4K, the range tightens further to 74 to 100 FPS, a 26 FPS spread. This pattern suggests that as resolution increases, the frame rate becomes more stable, likely because the GPU becomes the consistent bottleneck rather than CPU-driven variations.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 7700 is built on the Navi 32 chip using RDNA 3.0 architecture on a 5 nm process, with 28,100 million transistors across a 346 mm² die. Its clock speeds include a base of 1900 MHz, a boost of 2459 MHz, and a game clock of 2041 MHz, with memory running at 2438 MHz for 19.5 Gbps effective throughput. These clocks drive 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 96 raster operation units, producing a pixel rate of 236.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 393.4 GTexel/s.

The GPU's 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus delivers 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth, which is substantial for a card in this performance class. In Downfall, a horror game that likely features dark, detailed environments with complex lighting, this memory capacity and bandwidth help maintain consistent frame rates even at higher resolutions. The 4K Medium result of 87 average FPS with a 74 FPS minimum suggests the GPU has sufficient memory bandwidth to handle the game's assets without stuttering.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark scores show a PassMark G3D score of 20974, a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2865, and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 106028. Its PassMark DirectX 11 score of 186 is notably higher than the DirectX 12 score of 96 and DirectX 10 score of 92, which could indicate that the card performs better under DX11 workloads, though Downfall's specific API usage is not detailed in the data.

The GPU's 58th percentile ranking among all graphics cards places it in the middle of the pack. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon R9 370X, scores nearly identically, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti holds a 1.7% advantage. In game-specific performance, the GPU's role is evident in the scaling from 1080p to 4K, where frame rates drop by 55-56% at High settings (161 to 72 FPS) and 55% at Ultra (101 to 45 FPS), indicating that the GPU is the primary driver of performance at higher resolutions.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 7700X features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture (codenamed Raphael), manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 6,570 million transistors on a 71 mm² die. Its base clock of 4.50 GHz boosts to 5.40 GHz, with a TDP of 105 W, and it supports DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration with 83.2 GB/s bandwidth. The processor includes 64 KB of L1 cache per core, 1 MB of L2 cache per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache.

The CPU's synthetic benchmarks show strong multi-threaded performance with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 19088 and a single-core score of 1987. Its Geekbench multicore score is 12451 with a single-core score of 2289, and PassMark multithread score is 35686 with a single-thread score of 4190. The 3DMark scores scale from 1090 in single-thread to 8859 in 16-thread tests, showing good scaling across thread counts.

In Downfall, the CPU's role is most apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU has more headroom. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 240 average FPS, a figure that likely approaches the CPU's frame delivery limit for this game. The jump from 1080p Low to 1440p Low shows a 29% reduction (240 to 171 FPS), which is less than the 29% reduction from 1440p Low to 4K Low (171 to 107 FPS), suggesting the CPU remains capable of feeding the GPU even at higher resolutions.

The CPU's 85th percentile ranking among all processors places it well above the GPU's 58th percentile, confirming that the processor is not the primary bottleneck in most scenarios. However, at 1080p Low where the GPU load is minimal and frame rates reach 240 FPS, the CPU's single-thread performance becomes more relevant. The 7700X's single-thread score of 4190 in PassMark and 1987 in Cinebench R23 indicates it has sufficient per-core performance to handle high-FPS scenarios, though the exact frame ceiling cannot be determined from the available data.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how this combo scales from 1080p to 4K across all settings. At Low settings, the progression is 240 FPS at 1080p, 171 FPS at 1440p, and 107 FPS at 4K. This represents a 29% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 37% drop from 1440p to 4K, with an overall 55% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The relatively modest scaling at Low settings suggests the GPU is not fully saturated at lower resolutions, allowing the CPU to maintain higher frame rates.

At Medium settings, the progression is 196 FPS at 1080p, 140 FPS at 1440p, and 87 FPS at 4K. The drops are 29% from 1080p to 1440p and 38% from 1440p to 4K, with an overall 56% reduction. The similar scaling pattern to Low settings indicates that the GPU is handling the increased quality settings without significantly changing the bottleneck characteristics.

At High settings, the progression is 161 FPS at 1080p, 115 FPS at 1440p, and 72 FPS at 4K. This shows a 29% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a 37% drop from 1440p to 4K, with an overall 55% reduction. At Ultra settings, the progression is 101 FPS at 1080p, 72 FPS at 1440p, and 45 FPS at 4K, with drops of 29% and 38%, respectively, for an overall 55% reduction.

The consistency of these scaling percentages across all settings is notable. Every preset shows approximately a 29% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 37-38% reduction from 1440p to 4K, regardless of quality level. This uniformity indicates that the GPU is the limiting component throughout the resolution range, as its workload scales predictably with pixel count. The CPU's influence is masked by the GPU's consistent bottleneck, even at 1080p Low where frame rates reach 240 FPS.

The 4K Ultra result of 45 average FPS represents a 56% reduction from the 1080p Ultra figure of 101 FPS, and the 4K High result of 72 FPS is 55% lower than the 1080p High figure of 161 FPS. These consistent reductions suggest that the Radeon RX 7700's performance scales linearly with resolution in this game, with no unexpected cliffs or plateaus that might indicate a shift in the bottleneck from GPU to CPU or vice versa.