Greedfall

Greedfall, the 2019 action RPG from Spiders, presents a demanding workload that scales significantly with resolution and graphical presets. In this analysis, the pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is dissected across four settings tiers and three resolutions, revealing a combo that is well-balanced at lower loads but increasingly GPU-bound as the pixel count climbs. The data indicates a configuration where the CPU’s substantial 96 MB L3 cache and 8-core/16-thread layout provide ample headroom, while the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and Turing architecture become the decisive factor at higher demands.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is steep and consistent, clearly demonstrating that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the primary constraint at higher resolutions. At the High preset, the average frame rate falls from 107 FPS at 1920x1080 to 73.9 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of roughly 31%. Pushing to 3840x2160 yields just 43.2 FPS, a further 42% decline from the 1440p figure. This pattern intensifies with the Ultra preset, where the 4K average of 27.6 FPS is less than half of the 68.6 FPS achieved at 1080p. The scaling shows that while the CPU can feed frames efficiently at lower resolutions, the GPU’s pixel throughput and memory bandwidth become saturated quickly.

The Low preset tells a similar story, though with higher absolute numbers. Across the board, the lowest settings produce the most playable results, with 153.2 FPS at 1080p, 105.3 FPS at 1440p, and 61.6 FPS at 4K. The delta between Low and Ultra at 4K is striking: 61.6 FPS versus 27.6 FPS, a difference of 34 FPS that underscores how much graphical overhead the RTX 2060 SUPER carries. Notably, the gap between Medium and High at each resolution is modest—about 11 FPS at 1080p and roughly 8 FPS at 1440p—suggesting that the GPU handles these mid-tier presets with similar efficiency. The limiting component is unequivocally the graphics card, as the CPU’s performance metrics, including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 22366 and a 3DMark max-threads score of 6755, indicate it is not the bottleneck even at 1080p Ultra where the frame rate drops to 68.6 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

In the broader context of all tested processor and graphics card combinations, this pairing sits near the middle of the pack. The combo ranks 1293rd out of 1705 tested configurations in Greedfall, placing it in the 76th percentile of all combos tested. This ranking is influenced by the GPU’s standing among all graphics cards, where the RTX 2060 SUPER holds a percentile rank of 63, meaning it outperforms 63% of all GPUs in the database. The CPU, by contrast, is stronger relative to its peers, with a percentile rank of 82 among all CPUs.

The nearest rivals for the GPU are all older NVIDIA models, with the GeForce GTX TITAN scoring a 0.3% delta, the RTX 2070 at 0.5%, and the Quadro K5200 at 0.8%. This tight grouping indicates that the RTX 2060 SUPER performs nearly identically to these cards in aggregate benchmarks, though Greedfall’s specific workload may favor one over another. For the CPU, the nearest rivals are a mix of Intel and AMD parts, with the Intel Core i7-1360P at 0.2% delta, the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D at 0.3%, and the Intel Core i5-11600 at 0.5%. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D’s average benchmark score of 24673 slightly edges out these competitors, but the differences are negligible in real-world gaming. The combo’s rank of 1293 suggests that while the components are individually capable, their combined performance in Greedfall is average, likely due to the GPU’s mid-tier status limiting the CPU’s potential at higher settings.

Settings Recommendations

For a balance of visual fidelity and frame rate, the High preset at 2560x1440 is the sweet spot for this combo. The measured 73.9 FPS average at 1440p High is smooth for an action RPG, and the visual uplift over Medium’s 82.5 FPS is worth the 8.6 FPS trade-off. At 1080p, the High preset delivers 107 FPS, which is excellent for high-refresh-rate monitors, although the Ultra preset’s 68.6 FPS is still playable if maximum detail is desired. For 4K, the data strongly suggests avoiding Ultra entirely, as the 27.6 FPS average is a stutter-prone experience. The High preset at 4K, at 43.2 FPS, is borderline, but the Low preset’s 61.6 FPS is the only 4K option that consistently maintains playable frame rates.

The Medium preset offers a solid middle ground for those unwilling to drop to Low, particularly at 1440p where it hits 82.5 FPS. However, the jump from Medium to High is more impactful than from Low to Medium, making High the recommended default for most users. At 1080p, the Low preset’s 153.2 FPS is overkill for most displays, so Medium at 118 FPS provides a better visual experience without sacrificing smoothness. For competitive play or users with 144Hz panels, the Low preset at 1080p is the only setting that fully saturates such a display, but the diminishing returns are evident when compared to the 107 FPS High result.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete dataset reveals a predictable yet informative hierarchy. At 1920x1080, the four settings produce averages of 153.2 FPS (Low), 118 FPS (Medium), 107 FPS (High), and 68.6 FPS (Ultra). The drop from Medium to High is 11 FPS, while the drop from High to Ultra is a severe 38.4 FPS, indicating that the Ultra preset introduces effects that disproportionately tax the RTX 2060 SUPER. At 2560x1440, the averages are 105.3 FPS (Low), 82.5 FPS (Medium), 73.9 FPS (High), and 45.9 FPS (Ultra). The relative scaling is similar, with Ultra costing 28 FPS over High. The 4K results are the most telling: 61.6 FPS (Low), 47.3 FPS (Medium), 43.2 FPS (High), and 27.6 FPS (Ultra). Here, the gap between Medium and High narrows to just 4.1 FPS, while Ultra falls to nearly a third of the Low preset’s performance.

These numbers show that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for all tested settings, but the GPU’s compute resources, rated at 7.181 TFLOPS FP32, are the limiting factor. The memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s is adequate for 1440p but struggles to maintain frame rates at 4K Ultra. Interestingly, the CPU’s performance is consistent across all resolutions, with its 3DMark 16-thread score of 6764 and Cinebench R20 multi-core score of 9393 indicating it can handle the game’s AI and physics without becoming a bottleneck. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D’s 3.00 GHz base clock and 4.10 GHz boost clock, coupled with its 96 MB L3 cache, provide a robust foundation for the GPU to work from.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the defining component in this configuration, and its specifications directly explain the frame rate curves. With a base clock of 1470 MHz and a boost clock of 1650 MHz, the card achieves a pixel rate of 105.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 224.4 GTexel/s. These figures, combined with 2176 shading units and 64 ROPs, determine how quickly the card can fill frames at each resolution. The 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is just enough for 1440p High but becomes a constraint at 4K, where the demand for texture data outpaces the memory subsystem’s ability to feed the GPU.

The card’s Turing architecture includes 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores, though Greedfall does not appear to leverage ray tracing heavily based on the measured results. The FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS is modest by modern standards, explaining why the Ultra preset at 4K, which likely increases shading and lighting complexity, craters to 27.6 FPS. The GPU’s average benchmark score of 19774 and percentile rank of 63 place it firmly in the mid-range, and its nearest rivals—the GTX TITAN, RTX 2070, and Quadro K5200—all have similar scores, confirming that this is a performance tier where incremental gains are small. In Greedfall specifically, the GPU is the clear bottleneck at 4K and a significant factor at 1440p, while at 1080p it still struggles with Ultra, indicating that the game’s highest settings are simply too demanding for this card’s 12 nm TU106 chip.