Greedfall

# Greedfall with AMD Ryzen 7 5800X + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D produces the top-ranked result among 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, with measured frame rates that scale from extremely high at 1080p to very playable at 4K. The data reveals a system that is heavily GPU-limited at lower resolutions, with the RTX 5090 D's massive 32 GB VRAM pool and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth proving decisive in an Action RPG that clearly favors raw rasterization throughput over CPU-bound simulation.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear and consistent pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases, but the magnitude of that degradation varies significantly by settings preset. At Low settings, the average frame rate drops from 383 FPS at 1920x1080 to 266 FPS at 2560x1440, representing a 30.5% reduction, and then further to 159 FPS at 3840x2160, a 40.2% reduction from the 1440p figure. This translates to a total drop of 58.5% from 1080p Low to 4K Low, which is a substantial but expected scaling curve for a GPU-bound workload.

At High settings, the scaling is less steep in percentage terms but still pronounced: 273 FPS at 1080p falls to 190 FPS at 1440p (a 30.4% drop) and then to 113 FPS at 4K (a 40.5% drop from 1440p). The Medium preset shows a similar pattern, with 301 FPS at 1080p, 209 FPS at 1440p, and 125 FPS at 4K. Interestingly, the Ultra preset exhibits the most dramatic scaling, starting at 175 FPS at 1080p, dropping to 121 FPS at 1440p (a 30.9% reduction), and then falling to 72 FPS at 4K — a 40.5% drop from 1440p and a total reduction of 58.9% from the 1080p Ultra figure.

The near-identical percentage drops across all four settings presets — roughly 30% from 1080p to 1440p and another 40% from 1440p to 4K — strongly indicate that the limiting component at every resolution is the GPU itself. The RTX 5090 D's pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s are being taxed progressively harder as pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K, and the consistent scaling ratios confirm that the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X's 8 cores and 16 threads are not introducing a CPU bottleneck at any resolution tested. The 4K Ultra result of 72 FPS, while the lowest figure in the dataset, remains well within playable territory, suggesting that even the most demanding configuration in this test benefits from the GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 compute.

FAQ

Q: What is the best average FPS achieved by this combo in Greedfall?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 383 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is followed by 301 FPS at 1080p Medium and 273 FPS at 1080p High, with the 1080p Ultra preset producing 175 FPS.

Q: How does the 4K Ultra performance compare to 4K Low?

A: At 3840x2160, the Ultra preset delivers an average of 72 FPS, while Low settings produce 159 FPS. This represents a 54.7% reduction in frame rate from Low to Ultra at the same resolution, highlighting the significant GPU workload increase from the Ultra preset's effects.

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X a bottleneck in this game?

A: The data indicates no CPU bottleneck. The consistent ~30% FPS drop from 1080p to 1440p and ~40% drop from 1440p to 4K across all settings presets is characteristic of GPU-limited scaling. The CPU's 16 threads and 32 MB L3 cache appear sufficient to feed the RTX 5090 D at all tested resolutions.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded in the dataset?

A: The only minimum FPS values provided are for Medium settings: 256 FPS at 1080p, 178 FPS at 1440p, and 106 FPS at 4K. These represent the lowest 1% or absolute minimum frames captured during testing, and all remain comfortably above 100 FPS.

Q: How does this combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks first out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, making it the top-performing configuration in the database for this title.

Q: What settings preset offers the highest frame rate at 1440p?

A: Low settings at 2560x1440 produce the highest average of 266 FPS. Medium settings deliver 209 FPS, High settings 190 FPS, and Ultra 121 FPS, showing a clear progression of performance cost as visual quality increases.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, built on the Zen 3 architecture with the Vermeer codename on TSMC's 7 nm process, provides 8 cores and 16 threads operating at a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. This CPU configuration, paired with 32 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, proves more than adequate for Greedfall's demands at all tested resolutions. The benchmark scores for this processor — including a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 15,476 and a single-core score of 1,574.5 — place it in the 81st percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 29,123.

The nearest rival comparisons in the synthetic benchmark data show the Ryzen 7 5800X trading blows with mobile and enterprise parts: it sits 0.1% above the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H, 0.6% above the AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT, and 0.4% and 0.5% below the Intel Xeon Phi 7210 and Intel Core i5-13500HX respectively. These sub-1% deltas indicate that the CPU's raw compute capability is well within the expected range for a high-end desktop processor, and critically, the measured gaming FPS data shows no sign of the CPU limiting performance. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 7,586 and max-thread score of 7,578 demonstrate strong multi-threaded throughput, while the 2-thread score of 1,846 and single-thread score of 943 confirm adequate single-core performance for game logic and draw call processing.

In Greedfall specifically, the CPU role appears to be primarily in maintaining minimum frame rates and ensuring consistent frame pacing. The only minimum FPS values recorded in the dataset — 256 FPS at 1080p Medium, 178 FPS at 1440p Medium, and 106 FPS at 4K Medium — all show healthy gaps above their respective averages (301, 209, and 125 FPS), indicating that the CPU is successfully feeding the GPU without causing frame time spikes. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a 4.70 GHz boost clock provides ample headroom for the Action RPG's AI, physics, and world-streaming systems, even at 4K where the GPU is clearly the dominant constraint.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 5090 D produces extreme frame rates across all presets. Low settings yield an average of 383 FPS, Medium settings produce 301 FPS with a minimum of 256 FPS and maximum of 346 FPS, High settings deliver 273 FPS, and Ultra settings achieve 175 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra represents a 54.3% reduction in frame rate, with each settings tier costing roughly 70-80 FPS on average. The 1080p results are so high that they likely exceed the refresh rate of most displays, making this resolution somewhat academic for competitive play but useful for understanding the GPU's raw ceiling.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain exceptionally high. Low settings average 266 FPS, Medium settings average 209 FPS with a minimum of 178 FPS and maximum of 240 FPS, High settings average 190 FPS, and Ultra settings average 121 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 145 FPS, or a 54.5% reduction — nearly identical to the 1080p scaling. This consistency reinforces the GPU-bound nature of the test, as the CPU maintains its ability to drive the GPU at this higher pixel count without introducing additional overhead.

At 3840x2160, the performance levels become more moderate but remain highly playable. Low settings average 159 FPS, Medium settings average 125 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS and maximum of 143 FPS, High settings average 113 FPS, and Ultra settings average 72 FPS. The Low-to-Ultra reduction at 4K is 54.7%, again matching the pattern seen at lower resolutions. The 4K Ultra figure of 72 FPS is the only measurement below 100 FPS in the entire dataset, and it still clears the 60 FPS threshold by a comfortable margin. The Medium preset at 4K, with its 106 FPS minimum, demonstrates that even the lowest frame dips remain smooth for this combination.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D holds the number 1 rank out of 2,938 tested combos in Greedfall, placing it at the very top of the performance hierarchy for this game. This top ranking is consistent with the measured FPS data showing 4K Ultra performance of 72 FPS and 1080p Low performance of 383 FPS, both of which would be difficult for most other configurations to match given the RTX 5090 D's position in the 92nd percentile of all GPUs.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 77,712 places it well above its nearest rivals in the synthetic test data, though the deltas are surprisingly small: it sits 1.1% above the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT, 1.6% below the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT, 2.1% below the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, and 2.4% below the NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 16 GB. These rival comparisons are based on aggregate benchmark scores rather than gaming-specific tests, so they do not directly reflect Greedfall performance, but they do contextualize the RTX 5090 D's position within the broader GPU landscape. The CPU's 81st percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 29,123, sitting within 0.6% of its nearest rivals, indicate that the processor is not an outlier in either direction — it is a solid, mid-to-high-range desktop part that pairs effectively with the flagship GPU.

The combination's rank of 1 in Greedfall suggests that this specific pairing hits a sweet spot for the game's engine, likely benefiting from the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB GDDR7 memory and 512-bit bus width, which provide 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth. This memory subsystem is particularly advantageous for high-resolution textures and draw distances common in Action RPGs, and when combined with the Ryzen 7 5800X's 16 threads, it produces the best measured results in the entire database.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured frame rates, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance across all three resolutions. At 1080p, Medium produces 301 FPS average with a 256 FPS minimum, providing a 28.5% improvement over High settings while presumably retaining most of the visual features that matter for gameplay. At 1440p, Medium delivers 209 FPS with a 178 FPS minimum, which is 10% faster than High and 73% faster than Ultra, while still maintaining frame rates well above any display's refresh rate. At 4K, Medium achieves 125 FPS with a 106 FPS minimum, making it the recommended choice for players with 120 Hz or 144 Hz displays who want to avoid the 72 FPS of Ultra.

For players with high-refresh-rate 4K displays, the High preset at 113 FPS average is a viable alternative to Medium, offering only a 9.6% performance penalty over Medium while likely providing noticeably better visual fidelity. However, the Ultra preset at 72 FPS average, while playable, leaves less headroom for frame time variance and may result in occasional dips below 60 FPS in demanding scenes, even though no minimum FPS data was recorded for that preset. The Low preset, while producing the highest frame rates (383 FPS at 1080p, 266 FPS at 1440p, 159 FPS at 4K), is likely too visually compromised for a game that emphasizes atmosphere and world detail, making it more suitable for competitive scenarios or benchmarking purposes.

The data suggests that Medium or High settings at 1440p or 4K provide the optimal experience, with the 4K Medium configuration offering the best combination of resolution, visual quality, and frame rate stability. The 106 FPS minimum at 4K Medium ensures that even the most demanding scenes remain fluid, and the 125 FPS average is high enough to take advantage of most modern gaming displays without sacrificing image quality.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this configuration, and its specifications explain why Greedfall performance scales so predictably with resolution. Built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB202 chip on TSMC's 5 nm process, this GPU contains 92,200 million transistors across a 750 mm² die, with 21,760 shading units, 680 TMUs, and 176 ROPs. The base clock of 2017 MHz and boost clock of 2407 MHz drive these units to a peak FP32 throughput of 104.8 TFLOPS, with a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s.

The memory subsystem is perhaps the most defining characteristic for Greedfall's performance: 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus delivers 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, more than enough to feed the GPU's compute units at any resolution. This memory configuration likely eliminates any bandwidth-related bottlenecks that could otherwise emerge at 4K Ultra settings, where texture streaming and high-resolution assets place significant demands on memory throughput. The 32 GB capacity far exceeds what any current game requires, ensuring that texture pop-in and streaming stutters are effectively eliminated.

The GPU's benchmark results reinforce its top-tier positioning: a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 14,326, Geekbench OpenCL score of 310,674, and Vulkan score of 376,915, with a Passmark G3D score of 44,065 and GPU compute score of 28,396. These synthetic scores, combined with the GPU's 92nd percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 77,712, place it among the fastest consumer graphics cards available. The 1750 MHz memory clock operating at 28 Gbps effective, combined with the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, ensures that data transfer between the GPU and the Ryzen 7 5800X is not a limiting factor.

In Greedfall specifically, the GPU's role is clearly dominant, as evidenced by the consistent resolution scaling percentages across all settings presets. The RTX 5090 D's 170 RT cores and 680 tensor cores, while not directly relevant to this game's rendering (which likely uses traditional rasterization), contribute to the GPU's overall compute headroom. The 575 W TDP and dual-slot design indicate substantial power delivery, and the 1x 16-pin power connector with a 950 W suggested PSU confirms that this is a high-power component designed for maximum performance. The GPU's 92nd percentile ranking versus all GPUs, combined with its top-1 combo rank in Greedfall, demonstrates that this is one of the most capable graphics solutions available for this title.