Greedfall

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER combination delivers a strong performance profile in Greedfall, with the data showing a clear hierarchy across settings and resolutions. The measured results provide a complete picture of how this hardware handles the 2019 Action RPG, from high-refresh 1080p play to demanding 4K Ultra configurations.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark data indicates that the Ultra preset is the most demanding option, and the results show it is only viable at lower resolutions. At 1920x1080, Ultra delivers 142 fps, which is playable, but the drop to 99.3 fps at 2560x1440 and 61 fps at 3840x2160 shows a steep scaling curve. For 4K displays, the High preset at 93.7 fps is the optimal choice, as it provides a significant improvement over Ultra’s 61 fps while maintaining visual fidelity. The Medium preset at 100.5 fps at 4K offers a marginal gain over High but may reduce visual quality noticeably.

At 2560x1440, the High preset at 157.4 fps is the sweet spot, comfortably exceeding 144 Hz refresh rates. Pushing to Ultra at 99.3 fps is still smooth but sacrifices the headroom that High provides. For 1920x1080, even the Ultra preset at 142 fps is smooth, but the High preset at 227.5 fps is better suited for high-refresh monitors. The Low preset produces the highest frame rates across all resolutions — 315.5 fps at 1080p, 215.9 fps at 1440p, and 133.1 fps at 4K — but should only be used for competitive play where visual detail is secondary. The data strongly suggests that High is the balanced default, with Ultra reserved for 1080p or for users who prioritize image quality over frame rate headroom.

FAQ

Q: How does the RTX 4080 SUPER perform at 4K Ultra in Greedfall?

A: The measured average frame rate is 61 fps at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings. This is technically playable, but it is the lowest result in the entire dataset and leaves little margin for dips.

Q: What is the largest performance gap between settings at a single resolution?

A: At 1920x1080, the gap between Low (315.5 fps) and Ultra (142 fps) is 173.5 fps, which represents a 55% reduction in performance when moving to the highest preset.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, the frame rates are extremely high (ranging from 142 to 315.5 fps), which suggests the GPU is not fully saturated. The AMD Ryzen 7 7700’s 16 threads and 5.30 GHz boost clock are likely keeping up with the GPU’s output.

Q: Can this combo run Greedfall at 4K with high refresh rates?

A: The data shows 93.7 fps at 4K High and 100.5 fps at 4K Medium. Neither reaches 120 fps, but both are above 60 fps. For 120 Hz 4K displays, the user would need to accept Medium settings or lower.

Q: How does the combo rank compared to other tested configurations?

A: This combination ranks 125th out of 1705 tested combos for Greedfall, placing it in the top 7.3% of all configurations in the database.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1440p High and 4K High?

A: At 2560x1440 High, the average is 157.4 fps. At 3840x2160 High, it drops to 93.7 fps. The difference is 63.7 fps, or a 40.5% reduction when moving to 4K.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER is the dominant component in this pairing, with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus providing 736.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU’s 10240 shading units and 80 RT cores are backed by a boost clock of 2550 MHz, which translates to 52.22 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. In Greedfall, a game from 2019, this hardware is well ahead of the title’s requirements.

The VRAM capacity is more than sufficient for any preset at any resolution tested. The 16 GB buffer prevents any memory-related bottlenecks, even at 4K Ultra where the game’s textures and effects are fully loaded. The data supports this: the frame rate drop from High to Ultra at 4K is 32.7 fps (from 93.7 to 61), which is likely due to increased shading and post-processing load rather than memory exhaustion. The GPU’s 112 ROPs and 320 TMUs handle the game’s rasterization workload efficiently, as evidenced by the 133.1 fps result at 4K Low, which shows the raw throughput available when graphical effects are reduced.

The GPU’s architectural efficiency is apparent in the scaling patterns. Moving from 1080p to 4K at High settings reduces the average from 227.5 to 93.7 fps, a 58.8% decrease. This is a typical GPU-bound scaling curve, indicating that the RTX 4080 SUPER is the primary driver of performance in this configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo rank of 125 out of 1705 tested configurations places this pairing in the top percentile of all systems tested in Greedfall. This high ranking is expected given the components: the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 sits at the 91st percentile of all CPUs benchmarked, while the RTX 4080 SUPER is at the 88th percentile of all GPUs. The combination of two top-tier parts results in a system that outperforms the vast majority of tested hardware.

The CPU’s nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 7940H (0.1% faster average score) and the Intel Core i9-13905H (0.6% slower). These differences are negligible, indicating that the 7700’s 8-core, 16-thread Zen 4 architecture is well-matched in this segment. The GPU’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, scores only 0.2% lower on average, meaning this RTX 4080 SUPER is essentially tied with that competitor in synthetic benchmarks. However, in Greedfall specifically, the measured FPS shows this combo achieving frame rates that would be difficult for the rival to match, especially at higher resolutions where the 16 GB VRAM and 736.3 GB/s bandwidth provide an edge.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 1440p to 4K reveals the scaling characteristics of this combo. At High settings, the progression is 227.5 fps (1080p) → 157.4 fps (1440p) → 93.7 fps (4K). The step from 1080p to 1440p is a 30.8% reduction, while the step from 1440p to 4K is a 40.5% reduction. This accelerating drop is characteristic of a GPU-limited scenario, where the increasing pixel count overwhelms the render output units.

At Low settings, the scaling is 315.5 → 215.9 → 133.1 fps, showing a similar pattern. The fact that the 4K Low result (133.1 fps) is higher than the 1080p Ultra result (142 fps) indicates that the game’s Ultra preset imposes a heavier load than a 4x pixel count increase. This confirms that the GPU’s compute and shading units, not memory bandwidth, are the primary constraint at higher settings. The CPU’s role in this scaling is minimal, as even at 1080p Low with 315.5 fps, the Ryzen 7 7700’s 3.80 GHz base and 5.30 GHz boost clocks are sufficient to feed the GPU.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured averages are: Low 315.5 fps, Medium 249.5 fps, High 227.5 fps, and Ultra 142 fps. The gap between Medium and High is 22 fps (8.8%), while the jump from High to Ultra is 85.5 fps (37.6%). The Ultra preset’s heavy toll suggests it enables effects that are disproportionately expensive on this hardware.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low 215.9 fps, Medium 171 fps, High 157.4 fps, and Ultra 99.3 fps. The relative ordering remains consistent with 1080p, but the absolute frame rates are lower. The High to Ultra drop is 58.1 fps (36.9%), slightly less severe than at 1080p, indicating a shift toward GPU-bound rendering.

At 3840x2160, the data shows: Low 133.1 fps, Medium 100.5 fps, High 93.7 fps, and Ultra 61 fps. The Medium to High difference is only 6.8 fps (7.3%), suggesting that the game becomes increasingly pixel-bound at 4K. The Ultra preset’s 61 fps result is the only measurement below 60 fps in the entire dataset, making it the sole configuration that cannot maintain a smooth 60 fps baseline.

Across all resolutions, the frame rate ordering is consistent: Low > Medium > High > Ultra. The RTX 4080 SUPER’s 16 GB memory and 52.22 TFLOPS compute ensure that even the weakest configuration (4K Ultra at 61 fps) is playable, while the strongest (1080p Low at 315.5 fps) provides ample headroom for high-refresh displays. The Ryzen 7 7700’s role is supportive, ensuring that the GPU is never starved of data, as evidenced by the smooth scaling across all tested presets.