Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti combination delivers a remarkably consistent experience in Greedfall, with the data showing that the system is heavily GPU-bound at higher resolutions but capable of extreme frame rates at 1080p. Benchmark results indicate that the RTX 4070 Ti is the primary driver of performance, with the Ryzen 7 5700X providing ample headroom to avoid bottlenecking even in the most demanding scenarios.

Resolution Scaling

The performance scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-limited profile. At 1920x1080 with Ultra settings, the system produces 132.7 FPS. Moving to 2560x1440 on the same preset drops the average to 89.8 FPS, a reduction of 32.3%. The jump to 3840x2160 is far more punishing, with the Ultra preset falling to 56.8 FPS, which is 57.2% lower than the 1080p result. This steep decline at 4K clearly indicates that the RTX 4070 Ti's rendering pipeline is saturated, while the CPU is not the limiting factor.

The data becomes more telling when examining the Low preset. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 292.2 FPS, which is an outstanding result that pushes well beyond standard display refresh rates. At 1440p Low, the frame rate remains very high at 204.3 FPS, but the 4K Low result drops to 119.8 FPS. The fact that 4K Low (119.8 FPS) is lower than 1080p Ultra (132.7 FPS) shows that resolution is the dominant variable. A pure CPU bottleneck would show minimal variation between these two scenarios, but the data shows a 9.7% difference, confirming that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are the constraining factors as pixel count increases.

Interestingly, the scaling between Medium and High presets is modest. At 4K, High yields 87.9 FPS versus 96.5 FPS for Medium, a delta of 8.9%. This suggests that the High preset does not introduce dramatically heavier shading work than Medium. However, the jump from High to Ultra at 4K is severe: 87.9 FPS down to 56.8 FPS, a 35.4% drop. This non-linear scaling points to Ultra enabling specific effects (likely related to volumetric lighting or shadow quality) that disproportionately tax the GPU's compute units, rather than a gradual increase in load.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with a 5 nm process. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory operates across a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. This memory configuration is sufficient for Greedfall at all tested settings, as the absence of minimum FPS data suggests consistent frame pacing without stutters from VRAM overflow. The card's boost clock of 2610 MHz, combined with 7680 shading units, allows it to handle the game's geometry and texture work efficiently at 1440p.

The RTX 4070 Ti's 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores are present in the hardware, but Greedfall does not appear to leverage them heavily given the performance scaling. The game's Ultra preset at 4K producing only 56.8 FPS suggests that the traditional rasterization pipeline is the bottleneck. The card's pixel rate of 208.8 GPixel/s and texture rate of 626.4 GTexel/s are high, yet the 4K Ultra result is the only sub-60 FPS figure in the entire dataset, indicating that the Ultra preset's additional pixel shading work exceeds what the GPU can sustain at that resolution.

The GPU's performance percentile of 85 versus all GPUs places it firmly in the high-end tier. Its average benchmark score of 44900 is close to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45152), which shows a negligible -0.6% delta. In Greedfall specifically, the RTX 4070 Ti maintains playable frame rates even at 4K High (87.9 FPS), which is a strong result for a game released in 2019. The card's 285 W TDP and 600 W suggested PSU are not performance factors in these results, but the data confirms that the GPU is the component that determines the experience.

FAQ

*Q: Can this system run Greedfall at 4K with playable frame rates?*

A: Yes, at 4K High settings the average FPS is 87.9, which is comfortably above 60 FPS. However, the Ultra preset drops to 56.8 FPS, so players should stick to High for smooth 4K play.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Ti compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti scores 44900 in average benchmarks, which is 0.6% lower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile's 45152 and 1.6% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 580's 44195.

Q: Is the Ryzen 7 5700X holding back the RTX 4070 Ti in this game?

A: The data suggests no. At 1080p Low the system produces 292.2 FPS, and at 4K Ultra it drops to 56.8 FPS. The scaling pattern shows GPU saturation, not CPU limitation.

Q: What is the performance difference between the Medium and High presets at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, Medium yields 158.8 FPS while High produces 143.6 FPS. The difference is 15.2 FPS, or 9.6%, making High the better choice for visual quality with minimal cost.

Q: Does the 12 GB VRAM capacity become an issue at any setting?

A: The measured data shows no indication of VRAM-related performance drops. The frame rates scale consistently with resolution and settings, suggesting that 12 GB is adequate for Greedfall at all tested configurations.

Q: How does the CPU's multi-threaded performance compare to its rivals?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700X averages 26214 in benchmarks, placing it 0.1% above the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26196) and 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT (26161).

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the system delivers impressive results across all presets. The Low preset averages 292.2 FPS, which is the highest figure in the entire dataset. Medium follows at 228.1 FPS, High at 210 FPS, and Ultra at 132.7 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 54.6% reduction in frame rate, showing that the Ultra preset's visual enhancements carry a substantial cost even at lower resolutions.

Moving to 2560x1440, the pattern holds but with reduced margins. Low averages 204.3 FPS, Medium 158.8 FPS, High 143.6 FPS, and Ultra 89.8 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 56.0%, similar to the 1080p result. Notably, 1440p Ultra (89.8 FPS) is higher than 1080p Ultra (132.7 FPS) by 47.9 FPS, but it still requires the GPU to render 78% more pixels.

At 3840x2160, the results show the GPU's limits. Low averages 119.8 FPS, Medium 96.5 FPS, High 87.9 FPS, and Ultra 56.8 FPS. The gap between High and Ultra is 31.1 FPS, which is the largest single-preset jump in the dataset. The 4K Low result (119.8 FPS) is only 12.9 FPS lower than the 1080p Ultra result (132.7 FPS), demonstrating that resolution scaling affects performance more than the preset selection at these extremes.

Settings Recommendations

For players targeting 4K resolution, the High preset provides the optimal balance. The 87.9 FPS average is well above the 60 FPS threshold, and the 31.1 FPS improvement over Ultra (56.8 FPS) is substantial. The visual difference between High and Ultra is unlikely to justify the 35.4% performance penalty, making High the clear recommendation for 3840x2160 displays.

At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset is viable at 89.8 FPS, but the High preset at 143.6 FPS offers a 59.9% performance improvement. Given that the Medium preset (158.8 FPS) is only 10.6% faster than High, the High settings deliver the best visual quality per frame. Players with 144 Hz monitors will find that High exceeds the refresh rate, while Ultra falls short of it.

For 1920x1080, the Ultra preset's 132.7 FPS is the only option that cannot fully saturate a 144 Hz display. The High preset at 210 FPS provides ample headroom, and the Medium preset at 228.1 FPS is nearly indistinguishable from High in practice. The data indicates that the High preset is the sweet spot for 1080p, as it offers 58.2% more performance than Ultra while maintaining the majority of visual fidelity. The Ultra preset should only be used if visual quality is prioritized over frame rate, as the 77.3 FPS drop from High is significant.