Greedfall

# FAQ

Q: What is the comboRankInGame for the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 in Greedfall?

A: This combination ranks 254th out of 3,703 tested combos, placing it in the top 7% of all configurations measured for this game.

Q: How does the RTX 4080 compare to its nearest rival in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The RTX 4080 scores 54,247 in average benchmark score, which is 0.1% ahead of the RTX 4080 SUPER (54,209) and 1.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54,828).

Q: What is the best average FPS recorded at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo achieves 318 FPS average, which is the highest measured result across all resolutions and settings.

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

A: The Ryzen 7 7700 scores 40,081 average, which is 0.1% higher than the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (40,048) but 0.2% lower than the Intel Core 5 221E (40,144).

Q: Is there a measurable FPS difference between High and Ultra settings at 4K?

A: Yes, at 3840x2160, High averages 94 FPS while Ultra drops to 60 FPS—a 34 FPS difference, representing a 36% reduction in frame rate when moving to the highest preset.

Q: What are the GPU's memory specifications?

A: The RTX 4080 comes with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 716.8 GB/s of bandwidth.

# GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 anchors this combo's performance with a substantial 16 GB of GDDR6X memory. This capacity is particularly relevant for Greedfall, a game that can demand significant video memory at higher resolutions. The 256-bit memory bus and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth ensure that texture streaming and asset loading remain fluid across all tested configurations.

The GPU's clock behavior provides insight into its performance scaling. With a base clock of 2205 MHz and a boost clock of 2505 MHz, the RTX 4080 demonstrates strong sustained performance under load. The Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, houses 9,728 shading units, 304 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. This hardware configuration delivers 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and peak texture rates of 761.5 GTexel/s, which directly translate to the high frame rates observed in the measured data.

The measured FPS results indicate that the GPU is rarely the bottleneck until settings reach Ultra. At 1080p, the RTX 4080 pushes frame rates from 226 FPS on High to 318 FPS on Low, demonstrating headroom that suggests the CPU begins to limit performance at lower settings. However, at 4K Ultra, the GPU's workload increases substantially, and the 60 FPS average shows a clear ceiling imposed by the graphics hardware. The RTX 4080's 76 RT cores and 304 tensor cores are present but not specifically leveraged in Greedfall's standard rendering path, as the game's requirements are more traditional in nature.

The GPU's synthetic benchmark scores corroborate its strong standing. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6,567 and a Passmark G3D score of 34,457 place it in the 86th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, is virtually identical in average score (54,209 vs. 54,247), suggesting that the standard 4080 offers nearly equivalent compute capability in this title. The GPU's 16 GB frame buffer proves adequate even at 4K, where the 94 FPS High result shows no signs of memory capacity constraints.

# Settings Recommendations

The measured data provides clear guidance for optimizing Greedfall on this combo. At 1920x1080, High settings yield 226 FPS average, which is more than sufficient for any display. Medium delivers 249 FPS, and even Ultra remains highly playable at 145 FPS. For 1080p users, the High preset offers the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, as the 318 FPS Low result provides no practical benefit on standard refresh-rate monitors.

At 2560x1440, the story shifts slightly. High produces 157 FPS average, which is ideal for high-refresh-rate displays. Medium achieves 173 FPS with a minimum of 147 FPS, indicating consistent frame pacing. Ultra drops to 100 FPS, which remains smooth but represents a 36% reduction from High. For 1440p, the High preset is the recommended choice, as it maintains triple-digit frame rates while preserving visual quality that Low (220 FPS) sacrifices unnecessarily.

The 4K results reveal the most significant trade-offs. At 3840x2160, High averages 94 FPS, which is excellent for 4K gaming. Medium drops to 103 FPS, but the minimum FPS of 88 and maximum of 119 indicate slightly less stability than the High result. Ultra falls to 60 FPS, which is borderline for competitive play but acceptable for slower-paced RPG exploration. The Low preset at 131 FPS is available but compromises visual quality for a marginal gain over High.

The optimal configuration across all resolutions is High settings. It delivers 226 FPS at 1080p, 157 FPS at 1440p, and 94 FPS at 4K, all of which provide smooth, responsive gameplay. Medium offers slightly higher averages but with less consistent minimums, while Ultra's visual enhancements come at a steep performance cost, particularly at 4K where it nearly halves the frame rate compared to High.

# Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates exceptional performance across all settings. Low settings produce an average of 318 FPS, representing the highest measured result in this dataset. Medium achieves 249 FPS with a minimum of 212 and maximum of 287, showing excellent frame consistency. High delivers 226 FPS, while Ultra drops to 145 FPS—still a very playable figure. The 1080p results span from 145 to 318 FPS, a 2.2x range that highlights how much headroom exists even at the highest preset.

The 2560x1440 results show a proportional scaling from 1080p. Low leads with 220 FPS, followed by Medium at 173 FPS (147 min, 199 max). High reaches 157 FPS, and Ultra falls to 100 FPS. The 1440p data reveals that the gap between Low and High is 63 FPS, while the drop from High to Ultra is 57 FPS. This suggests that the Ultra preset imposes a significant rendering cost that the GPU cannot fully offset, though all settings remain above 100 FPS except the Ultra result.

At 3840x2160, performance becomes more constrained. Low averages 131 FPS, Medium 103 FPS (88 min, 119 max), High 94 FPS, and Ultra 60 FPS. The 4K results show a tighter clustering between Low and High (a 37 FPS spread) than at lower resolutions, indicating that the GPU is becoming the limiting factor. The Ultra setting at 60 FPS represents the only measured configuration below 88 FPS, making it the least desirable choice for this title.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset consistently provides the highest minimum FPS figures. At 1080p, the 212 FPS minimum ensures no drops below high-refresh-rate thresholds. At 1440p, the 147 FPS minimum keeps frame times low. At 4K, the 88 FPS minimum is still smooth. The data shows that Medium offers the most consistent frame pacing, while High provides the best visual-to-performance ratio.

# Resolution Scaling

Moving from 1080p to 1440p, the measured FPS shows a predictable decline across settings. At High, the drop is from 226 FPS to 157 FPS, a 31% reduction. Low falls from 318 to 220 FPS (31% reduction), Medium from 249 to 173 FPS (31% reduction), and Ultra from 145 to 100 FPS (31% reduction). This uniform scaling indicates that the GPU is handling the increased pixel count efficiently, with no single setting causing disproportionate degradation.

The transition from 1440p to 4K reveals a different pattern. High drops from 157 to 94 FPS, a 40% reduction. Low falls from 220 to 131 FPS (40% reduction), Medium from 173 to 103 FPS (40% reduction), and Ultra from 100 to 60 FPS (40% reduction). The consistent 40% reduction across all settings at this step suggests that the GPU's fill rate and memory bandwidth are scaling as expected, but the absolute performance at 4K is lower than the 1080p-to-1440p step.

The overall resolution scaling from 1080p to 4K shows an average FPS drop of 58% across all settings. For example, High goes from 226 to 94 FPS (58% reduction), and Low goes from 318 to 131 FPS (59% reduction). This magnitude of decline indicates that the RTX 4080 is being pushed harder as resolution increases, but the 16 GB memory buffer and 716.8 GB/s bandwidth prevent any catastrophic performance degradation.

The scaling behavior reveals that the CPU, not the GPU, is the limiting component at 1080p and 1440p Low settings. At 1080p Low, the 318 FPS result is likely capped by the Ryzen 7 7700's ability to feed the GPU, as the GPU's compute resources are underutilized at such high frame rates. However, at 4K Ultra, the 60 FPS result shows the GPU is fully saturated, with the CPU comfortably keeping up. This dual-bottleneck behavior is typical for high-end combos in less demanding titles.

# CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 serves as the processing backbone for this combo, featuring 8 cores and 16 threads from the Zen 4 architecture. Clock speeds range from a 3.80 GHz base to a 5.30 GHz boost, providing strong single-threaded performance that is critical for Greedfall's game logic and physics calculations. The 32 MB of shared L3 cache and 1 MB per-core L2 cache help keep frequently accessed data close to the cores, reducing memory latency.

The CPU's benchmark results demonstrate its capability. In Cinebench R23, the 7700 scores 18,760 in multicore and 1,930 in singlecore, while Geekbench shows 15,371 multicore and 2,525 singlecore. These scores place the CPU in the 87th percentile of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 40,081. The nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, is within 0.1% (40,048 vs. 40,081), indicating that the 7700 is competitively positioned among modern desktop and mobile parts.

In Greedfall specifically, the CPU's role becomes apparent at lower resolutions and settings. At 1080p Low, the 318 FPS average suggests the CPU is keeping up with the GPU's demands, as the RTX 4080 is capable of much higher frame rates in less CPU-intensive scenarios. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 8,484 and 2-thread score of 2,043 highlight the CPU's ability to handle both heavily threaded workloads and lighter, latency-sensitive tasks.

The Ryzen 7 7700's memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s, enabled by dual-channel DDR5 support, ensures that data flows efficiently to the GPU. This is particularly important at 4K, where the CPU must manage draw calls and physics updates while the GPU processes millions of pixels. The measured 4K results, which show only a 40% drop from 1440p, indicate that the CPU is not introducing a bottleneck at higher resolutions. The CPU's 65 W TDP also means it generates less heat, allowing for sustained boost clocks during extended gaming sessions.

# How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 combo ranks 254th out of 3,703 tested configurations in Greedfall. This top 7% placement reflects the synergy between a high-end GPU and a capable mid-to-high-end CPU. The rank is particularly impressive given that many of the 3,449 combos ranked higher likely include more expensive components, making this configuration a strong performer in absolute terms.

The combo's ranking is supported by the individual component standings. The RTX 4080 sits in the 86th percentile of all GPUs, while the Ryzen 7 7700 is in the 87th percentile of all CPUs. When paired, these components produce frame rates that exceed what either could achieve alone in this title, as evidenced by the 94 FPS average at 4K High—a result that many lower-ranked combos cannot match.

Comparing to rival combos, the RTX 4080's near-identical performance to the RTX 4080 SUPER (0.1% difference) means that this combo would rank nearly the same with either GPU. The CPU's rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, show similar average scores, suggesting that alternative CPU pairings would not dramatically alter the in-game ranking. The combo's 254th rank is thus more dependent on the GPU's strength than the CPU's, given the game's GPU-intensive nature at higher settings.

The rank of 254 out of 3,703 means that 93.1% of tested combos score lower in Greedfall. This places the configuration in the upper echelon for this game, suitable for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming and smooth 4K experiences. The data shows that the combo excels at 1080p and 1440p, where it achieves frame rates above 145 FPS even at Ultra settings, while remaining playable at 4K with High settings. For users seeking a high-performance experience in Greedfall, this pairing delivers results that are competitive with far more expensive systems.