Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti combination delivers a strong performance profile in Greedfall, with measured frame rates that consistently exceed playability thresholds across most settings and resolutions. The data indicates that the High preset offers the most balanced experience, providing a substantial visual upgrade over Medium while maintaining frame rates that are 64% higher than Ultra at 1440p and 60% higher at 4K. For users prioritizing smoothness above all else, the Medium preset remains a viable option, yielding 171.5 FPS at 1080p and 118.2 FPS at 1440p, both of which are well above the 60 FPS mark. The Ultra preset, while visually demanding, drops to 41.1 FPS at 4K, which may be too low for some users, though it remains perfectly playable at 1080p with 96.6 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data clearly indicates that the High preset is the optimal choice for this hardware pairing in Greedfall. At 1080p, the High preset produces 153.8 FPS, which is a 59% improvement over Ultra’s 96.6 FPS, while delivering only a modest 10% reduction in frame rate compared to Medium’s 171.5 FPS. This suggests that High captures most of the visual fidelity of Ultra without the steep performance penalty. At 1440p, the pattern holds: High achieves 104.6 FPS, which is 48% faster than Ultra’s 70.8 FPS and only 12% slower than Medium’s 118.2 FPS. For 4K gaming, High is the only reasonable preset for smooth gameplay, delivering 66 FPS compared to Ultra’s 41.1 FPS.

The Low preset, while offering the highest frame rates (214.1 FPS at 1080p, 146.5 FPS at 1440p, and 91.1 FPS at 4K), sacrifices too much visual quality for the modest gains over Medium. The performance delta between Low and Medium is relatively small — approximately 25% at 1080p and 24% at 1440p — making Medium a better trade-off for most users. The Ultra preset, conversely, only makes sense for users with high-refresh-rate 1080p displays who prioritize maximum image quality, as it still maintains 96.6 FPS at that resolution. At higher resolutions, Ultra becomes increasingly impractical, with frame rates dropping below 60 FPS at 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

In the comprehensive database of tested hardware combinations for Greedfall, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks at position 669 out of 1705 tested combos. This places the system in the upper portion of the distribution, specifically within the 60th percentile of all tested configurations. The ranking reflects the balanced nature of this setup: the CPU, which sits at the 82nd percentile among all processors in the benchmark database, pairs with a GPU at the 74th percentile among all graphics cards, creating a system that is well-matched for this title.

The CPU’s performance metrics provide context for this ranking. In synthetic benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8400F achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 20851 and a single-core score of 2943, placing it just 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F in average benchmark score. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 23356 places it 0.8% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6700 and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME. This combination of a strong mid-range CPU and upper-mid-range GPU results in a system that can handle Greedfall’s demands effectively, though it does not reach the top tier of configurations that feature more powerful components.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this hardware combination in Greedfall?

A: The data shows that 1440p with High settings provides an excellent balance, delivering 104.6 FPS. At 1080p, the system exceeds 150 FPS on High, while at 4K, only the High preset maintains playable frame rates above 60 FPS.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High in terms of performance?

A: Ultra settings impose a significant performance penalty across all resolutions. At 1080p, Ultra delivers 96.6 FPS compared to High’s 153.8 FPS, a 37% reduction. At 1440p, the gap widens to 32% (70.8 FPS vs 104.6 FPS), and at 4K, Ultra drops to 41.1 FPS compared to High’s 66 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 3070 Ti a bottleneck for the Ryzen 5 8400F in this game?

A: The benchmark results indicate that the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions. The scaling from 1080p to 4K on High settings shows a 57% frame rate drop, which is consistent with GPU-bound behavior. At 1080p, the CPU’s strong single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 score of 2943) allows the GPU to reach its full potential.

Q: What frame rates can users expect at 4K with different settings?

A: At 4K, the measured average frame rates are 91.1 FPS on Low, 71.1 FPS on Medium, 66 FPS on High, and 41.1 FPS on Ultra. Only the Low, Medium, and High presets exceed the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How does this system compare to other tested combinations in the database?

A: This combination ranks 669th out of 1705 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it in the upper-middle tier of all configurations. The CPU’s performance is within 0.3% of the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, while the GPU’s performance is within 1% of the AMD Radeon RX 6700.

Q: Is the Low preset recommended for competitive play?

A: While Low offers the highest frame rates (214.1 FPS at 1080p), the performance gain over Medium is only about 25% at 1080p and 24% at 1440p. For most users, the visual quality improvement of Medium is worth the minor frame rate reduction.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system demonstrates its full potential, with frame rates ranging from 96.6 FPS on Ultra to 214.1 FPS on Low. The Medium preset delivers 171.5 FPS, while High achieves 153.8 FPS. These results show that at 1080p, the combination is capable of driving high-refresh-rate displays even at the most demanding settings, with Ultra still maintaining nearly 100 FPS.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance scales predictably. Low settings produce 146.5 FPS, Medium delivers 118.2 FPS, High achieves 104.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 70.8 FPS. The transition from High to Ultra at this resolution represents a 32% performance reduction, which is the largest relative drop among the tested settings. This suggests that Ultra’s additional effects at 1440p are particularly demanding on the RTX 3070 Ti.

At 3840x2160, the system’s limitations become apparent. Low settings yield 91.1 FPS, Medium produces 71.1 FPS, High achieves 66 FPS, and Ultra falls to 41.1 FPS. The frame rate curve at 4K is notably steeper than at lower resolutions, with Ultra being 42% slower than High. This indicates that 4K Ultra is beyond the comfortable range for this GPU, while 4K High remains viable for 60 FPS gaming.

The data reveals that the RTX 3070 Ti’s 8 GB of GDDR6X memory and 608.3 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for Greedfall at all tested settings, as the game appears to scale consistently with resolution without encountering memory-related bottlenecks. The GPU’s 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 compute capacity provides ample headroom for the game’s effects, with the limiting factor appearing to be raw rasterization throughput at higher resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K provides insight into the system’s bottleneck characteristics. On High settings, the system delivers 153.8 FPS at 1080p, 104.6 FPS at 1440p, and 66 FPS at 4K. This represents a 32% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a further 37% reduction from 1440p to 4K. The cumulative 57% drop from 1080p to 4K indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, as the CPU’s performance (with a PassMark multi-thread score of 24530) is likely sufficient to feed the GPU even at 1080p.

The scaling pattern on the Low preset shows a similar trend: 214.1 FPS at 1080p, 146.5 FPS at 1440p, and 91.1 FPS at 4K. This 57% reduction from 1080p to 4K is consistent with the High preset’s scaling, suggesting that the rendering load scales nearly linearly with pixel count. The fact that the percentage drops are similar across settings indicates that the system is not hitting a hard CPU bottleneck at any resolution, as CPU-bound scenarios would show diminishing frame rate differences as resolution increases.

The behavior at Ultra settings reveals a slightly different pattern. The system produces 96.6 FPS at 1080p, 70.8 FPS at 1440p, and 41.1 FPS at 4K. The 4K frame rate of 41.1 FPS represents a 42% reduction from the 1440p result, which is steeper than the 33% reduction seen on High settings between these resolutions. This suggests that Ultra settings at 4K place an exceptionally heavy load on the GPU’s 96 ROPs and 192 TMUs, causing the frame rate to drop disproportionately. The RTX 3070 Ti’s memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s appears sufficient, but the compute load from Ultra’s effects at 4K exceeds the GPU’s comfortable operating range.