Greedfall

FAQ

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 3700X compare to its closest rival, the Intel Core i5-12600?

A: The Ryzen 7 3700X posts an average benchmark score of 28,631, which is just 0.1% lower than the Intel Core i5-12600's 28,654. This puts the two processors in a statistical tie for overall synthetic performance.

Q: Is the GTX 1070 better or worse than the GTX 1650 SUPER?

A: The GTX 1070 scores 12,331 on average, which is 1.4% lower than the GTX 1650 SUPER's 12,504. However, the GTX 1070 sits above the Quadro K4200 by 0.7% and below the GTX 880M by 1.3%.

Q: What is the best playable setting at 4K with this combo?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 48.5 FPS average, which is the only 4K setting that clears a 48 FPS threshold. High and Medium both sit near 40 FPS (40 and 40.3), while Ultra drops to 22.1 FPS, making it effectively unplayable.

Q: How much performance do you gain by dropping from Ultra to Low at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset produces 125 FPS average, which is 68.2 FPS higher than Ultra's 56.8 FPS. That represents a 120% improvement, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a severe load on the GTX 1070.

Q: Does the CPU become the bottleneck at lower resolutions?

A: The data suggests yes. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 125 FPS, and at 1440p Low it still holds 87.1 FPS. The scaling between these resolutions is less steep than the GPU-heavy 4K drop, implying the Ryzen 7 3700X's 8-core/16-thread design is sufficient to feed the GPU at high frame rates.

Q: Where does this combo rank among all tested configurations for Greedfall?

A: This specific pairing ranks 1,437 out of 1,705 total combos, placing it in the lower half of the database. Given the GTX 1070's 51st percentile standing among all GPUs, this ranking is consistent with mid-range hardware performance in a demanding Action RPG.

Settings Recommendations

For this AMD Ryzen 7 3700X + NVIDIA GTX 1070 combination, the data points to the High preset at 2560x1440 as the optimal experience. This setting delivers 60.4 FPS average, which is the only 1440p option that crosses the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 1440p yields 67.6 FPS, so if you prefer a small cushion above 60 FPS, Medium is technically faster, but High offers better visual fidelity with only a 7.2 FPS penalty.

At 1080p, the picture shifts. High preset runs at 90.9 FPS, and Medium at 99.2 FPS. Both are excellent, but the gap between Medium and High is only 8.3 FPS, while the gap between High and Ultra is a massive 34.1 FPS. This suggests that High is the sensible ceiling for 1080p—Ultra's cost-benefit ratio is poor, as the 56.8 FPS result is lower than the 1440p High outcome.

For 4K, there is no truly fluid option. The Low preset at 48.5 FPS is the only setting that approaches playability, and even that is below a 60 FPS target. Medium and High both hover near 40 FPS, and Ultra is a slideshow at 22.1 FPS. If 4K is mandatory, the data indicates you must accept Low and likely tolerate occasional dips.

The overall recommendation is High at 2560x1440 for a balanced visual/performance ratio. If you demand higher frame rates, drop to Medium at 1440p for 67.6 FPS, or switch to High at 1080p for 90.9 FPS. Avoid Ultra at all resolutions; the 39.3 FPS at 1440p and 56.8 FPS at 1080p show diminishing returns that do not justify the settings' overhead.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a clear trend: this combo is heavily GPU-limited at higher resolutions, but the CPU keeps pace at lower ones. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 on the High preset drops the average from 90.9 to 60.4 FPS, a 33.6% reduction. Scaling further to 3840x2160 High yields 40 FPS, another 33.8% drop from 1440p. This near-linear degradation indicates that the GTX 1070's pixel throughput is the limiting factor, not the Ryzen 7 3700X.

The Low preset shows a similar pattern but with steeper relative drops. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 125 FPS; at 1440p Low it falls to 87.1 FPS (30.3% lower); at 4K Low it lands at 48.5 FPS (44.3% lower than 1440p). The increasing percentage loss at each step suggests that as resolution climbs, the GPU's 256.3 GB/s memory bandwidth and 6.463 TFLOPS of FP32 compute become progressively more strained.

Notably, the Ultra preset behaves differently. From 1080p Ultra (56.8 FPS) to 1440p Ultra (39.3 FPS) is a 30.8% drop, but from 1440p to 4K Ultra (22.1 FPS) is a 43.8% drop. This steeper falloff at the highest resolution indicates that Ultra's additional shading and texture demands overwhelm the GTX 1070's 64 ROPs and 120 TMUs, causing a superlinear collapse.

The CPU's role is evident in the 1080p results. The Ryzen 7 3700X's 32 MB L3 cache and 8-core/16-thread configuration allow the combo to reach 125 FPS at Low settings without bottlenecking. If the CPU were the constraint, we would see similar FPS across all settings at 1080p; instead, the 68.2 FPS spread from Low to Ultra confirms the GPU is the primary limiter even at the lowest resolution.

Measured FPS Breakdown

1920x1080:

• Low: 125 FPS average
• Medium: 99.2 FPS
• High: 90.9 FPS
• Ultra: 56.8 FPS

The 1080p results show a clear hierarchy. Low is the only setting above 120 FPS, while Medium and High both stay comfortably above 90 FPS. Ultra is a major step down, losing 34.1 FPS versus High. The 28.2 FPS gap between Low and Medium suggests that Medium's added effects are moderately expensive, but the 43.4 FPS gap between High and Ultra is disproportionately large.

2560x1440:

• Low: 87.1 FPS
• Medium: 67.6 FPS
• High: 60.4 FPS
• Ultra: 39.3 FPS

At 1440p, Low remains above 85 FPS, but Medium and High both fall below 70. The 27.7 FPS difference between Low and Medium is similar to 1080p, but the 21.1 FPS gap between High and Ultra is smaller than at 1080p. This indicates that Ultra's overhead scales less aggressively at 1440p relative to High, though the absolute result is still sub-40 FPS.

3840x2160:

• Low: 48.5 FPS
• Medium: 40.3 FPS
• High: 40 FPS
• Ultra: 22.1 FPS

The 4K data is striking: Medium and High produce nearly identical results (40.3 vs 40 FPS), suggesting that at this resolution, the GPU is saturated regardless of the settings between these two presets. Low is the only option above 45 FPS, while Ultra drops below 25 FPS. The 26.4 FPS gap between Low and Ultra is smaller than at lower resolutions, but the absolute numbers are all below the 60 FPS ideal.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is the dominant factor in these results, and its specifications explain the observed performance profile. With 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, the card offers 256.3 GB/s of bandwidth. This is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p High settings, but the 4K data shows that memory bandwidth becomes a constraint—the 40 FPS average at 4K High is indicative of bandwidth saturation rather than compute exhaustion.

The card's clock behavior is also relevant. The base clock of 1506 MHz and boost clock of 1683 MHz are relatively modest by modern standards, but the Pascal architecture's 1920 shading units deliver 6.463 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. This compute throughput is enough for 1080p Medium at 99.2 FPS, but the 22.1 FPS at 4K Ultra shows that the FP32 peak is insufficient for heavy pixel shading at high resolution.

The GTX 1070's 64 ROPs and 120 TMUs further explain the Ultra preset's poor scaling. At 1080p Ultra, the card manages 56.8 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, 39.3 FPS; at 4K Ultra, 22.1 FPS. The consistent ~30-44% per-step degradation aligns with a pixel-rate bound scenario. The card's 107.7 GPixel/s pixel rate and 202.0 GTexel/s texture rate are simply outmatched by Ultra's demands.

The GPU's 51st percentile standing among all GPUs and its rank just below the GTX 1650 SUPER (by 1.4%) contextualize these numbers. In Greedfall, this translates to a card that can handle 1080p High at 90.9 FPS, but struggles with 4K Ultra. The 16 nm Pascal design, with 7,200 million transistors on a 314 mm² die, is clearly end-of-life for modern titles, yet it still delivers a playable 1440p experience when settings are managed properly. The 150 W TDP and single 8-pin power connector make it a practical choice for older systems, but the data shows its performance ceiling is firmly at 2560x1440.