Evolve

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for Evolve with the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER shows that Medium settings deliver the most balanced experience across all three resolutions. At 1920x1080, Medium produces 126.5 FPS, which is 27.1% higher than the High preset's 99.4 FPS, while the visual jump from Low to Medium is substantial. At 2560x1440, Medium holds 85.3 FPS, keeping gameplay smooth above the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 3840x2160 drops to 50 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for fast-paced FPS action.

The Low preset offers the highest frame rates at every resolution, with 160.1 FPS at 1080p, 106.4 FPS at 1440p, and 59.3 FPS at 4K. However, Low settings in Evolve noticeably reduce texture detail and shadow quality, which matters in a game where environmental readability can affect target acquisition. The Ultra preset, by contrast, is punishing: it yields only 66.4 FPS at 1080p, 46 FPS at 1440p, and 26.4 FPS at 4K. The gap between Medium and Ultra at 1080p is 60.1 FPS, a 90.5% performance penalty for settings that provide diminishing visual returns in a fast-moving title.

For competitive play at 1080p, the High preset at 99.4 FPS is the best compromise, allowing the 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 7800X3D to push frame rates well past display refresh thresholds. At 1440p, Medium at 85.3 FPS is the recommended starting point, as it maintains fluidity while preserving enough graphical fidelity for the game's monster-vs-hunter visual cues. At 4K, users should accept Medium's 50 FPS or drop to Low's 59.3 FPS, since neither High nor Ultra provides a consistent 60 FPS experience.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER carries the primary rendering load in Evolve, and its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for the game's asset streaming at 1080p and 1440p. The GPU's Turing architecture, built on TSMC's 12 nm process, operates at a base clock of 1470 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz. Its 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s. These specifications translate to 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, which the data shows is adequate for Evolve's 2015-era engine at Medium settings.

The RTX 2060 SUPER's memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) provides the bandwidth needed to avoid stuttering in Evolve's larger maps. The measured FPS scaling across resolutions confirms that the GPU becomes the limiting factor as resolution increases. At 1080p Low, the combination hits 160.1 FPS, but at 4K Ultra, it falls to 26.4 FPS — a 6.1x difference that tracks closely with the pixel count increase from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. The GPU's 63rd percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19774, places it just behind the RTX 2070 (0.5% lower) and ahead of the GTX TITAN (0.3% higher). In Evolve specifically, the RTX 2060 SUPER's DirectX 11 score of 130 and DirectX 12 score of 61 in Passmark indicate that the older DirectX 11 render path is better optimized for this title.

The VRAM allocation is not a bottleneck at any tested setting, as Evolve's textures from 2015 fit comfortably within 8 GB even at 4K Ultra. The 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores present on this Turing GPU are not utilized by Evolve, which predates ray tracing and DLSS. Consequently, the GPU's raw rasterization throughput — not its specialized hardware — determines the measured frame rates.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU/GPU combo in Evolve?

A: The data shows 2560x1440 at Medium settings provides 85.3 FPS, which is the highest resolution that maintains consistently smooth gameplay above 60 FPS. At 1080p, even Ultra hits 66.4 FPS, but 1440p Medium offers a better balance of visual fidelity and performance.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 7800X3D compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 7800X3D has an average benchmark score of 31580, placing it 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core i7-12700F (31543), 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (31495), and 0.6% ahead of both the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G (31407) and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX (31402). It ranks in the 87th percentile among all CPUs.

Q: Is the RTX 2060 SUPER sufficient for 4K gaming in Evolve?

A: The measured data shows 4K performance is marginal. Low settings achieve 59.3 FPS, Medium drops to 50 FPS, High falls to 35.4 FPS, and Ultra is unplayable at 26.4 FPS. Users targeting 4K should stick to Low or Medium settings.

Q: What kind of frame rate uplift does dropping from Ultra to Low provide?

A: At 1080p, Low produces 160.1 FPS versus Ultra's 66.4 FPS, a 93.7 FPS improvement. At 1440p, the difference is 60.4 FPS (106.4 vs 46.0). At 4K, Low's 59.3 FPS is 32.9 FPS higher than Ultra's 26.4 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU become a bottleneck in Evolve at lower resolutions?

A: The Ryzen 7 7800X3D's strong single-thread performance (959 in 3DMark single-thread, 4115 in Cinebench R23 single-core) suggests it is not the limiting factor. At 1080p Low, the GPU still manages 160.1 FPS, indicating the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at high frame rates.

Q: How does the GPU's performance compare to its closest rival, the RTX 2070?

A: The RTX 2060 SUPER averages 19774 in benchmark scores, which is 0.5% below the RTX 2070's 19680. In Evolve specifically, the RTX 2060 SUPER's measured frame rates are consistent with this small gap, meaning the two cards perform nearly identically in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS scales predictably with settings. Low delivers 160.1 FPS, Medium drops to 126.5 FPS, High reaches 99.4 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 66.4 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 33.6 FPS, while the step from Medium to High costs 27.1 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 33.0 FPS. The Ultra preset's 66.4 FPS is still above 60, but the 93.7 FPS gap between Low and Ultra represents a 141.1% performance range.

At 2560x1440, the same settings hierarchy holds: Low at 106.4 FPS, Medium at 85.3 FPS, High at 68.0 FPS, and Ultra at 46.0 FPS. The 1080p-to-1440p transition costs 33.7% performance at Low (160.1 to 106.4), 32.6% at Medium (126.5 to 85.3), 31.6% at High (99.4 to 68.0), and 30.7% at Ultra (66.4 to 46.0). Notably, the percentage drop narrows slightly at higher settings, suggesting the GPU's fixed overhead becomes a larger share of the total frame time.

At 3840x2160, the results are more erratic. Medium holds at 50 FPS, Low reaches 59.3 FPS, High plummets to 35.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 26.4 FPS. The 4K Medium result of 50 FPS is surprisingly close to the Low result of 59.3 FPS, a 15.7% difference, whereas at 1440p the gap between Low and Medium is 19.8%. The High preset's 35.4 FPS at 4K is 29.3% below Medium's 50 FPS, indicating that High enables effects that disproportionately tax the RTX 2060 SUPER's 7.181 TFLOPS of compute.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate cost of moving from 1080p to 1440p is relatively consistent across settings, averaging around 32%. This aligns with the 2.25x pixel count increase of 1440p over 1080p, though the actual performance drop is less severe because memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s) and cache hierarchies absorb some of the load. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D's 96 MB of shared L3 cache helps maintain CPU-side frame pacing at these higher resolutions.

The leap from 1440p to 4K is far more punishing, as expected. At Low, the drop is 44.2% (106.4 to 59.3 FPS); at Medium, 41.4% (85.3 to 50); at High, 47.9% (68.0 to 35.4); and at Ultra, 42.6% (46.0 to 26.4). The 4K resolution quadruples the pixel count of 1080p, and the RTX 2060 SUPER's fill rate of 105.6 GPixel/s becomes the binding constraint. The fact that 4K Low (59.3 FPS) barely exceeds 1440p Ultra (46.0 FPS) underscores how resolution scaling outpaces setting scaling for this GPU.

The data reveals that the RTX 2060 SUPER is the dominant bottleneck at 4K, while at 1080p the CPU's capabilities are more relevant. The 1080p Low result of 160.1 FPS is close to the 3DMark 16-thread score of 7980 for the 7800X3D, indicating the CPU can sustain high frame rates. At 1440p, the balance shifts toward the GPU, and at 4K, the GPU's 63rd percentile ranking becomes apparent. The overall combo rank of 1174 out of 1695 tested combinations places this pairing in the lower third of all CPU/GPU combos for Evolve, a reflection of the RTX 2060 SUPER's age relative to the CPU's modern architecture.

The measured scaling also shows that Evolve's engine responds more favorably to resolution reductions than to setting reductions. Dropping from Ultra to Low at 4K yields a 32.9 FPS improvement, while dropping from 4K to 1440p at Ultra yields a 19.6 FPS improvement. Users should prioritize resolution over settings when seeking higher frame rates, but the optimal path is to stay at 1440p Medium, where the 85.3 FPS result represents the best balance of pixel density and smoothness.