Greedfall

Greedfall on the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER combo presents a clear picture of a system where the graphics card is the primary constraint at higher settings. The measured data shows a wide performance spread across presets and resolutions, making the choice of settings a decisive factor in the experience.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results indicate that the Ultra preset is largely impractical for this pairing. At 1920x1080, the Ultra setting delivers 68.3 FPS, but this drops to 50.2 FPS at 2560x1440 and falls to a marginal 31.3 FPS at 3840x2160. The High preset offers a much more balanced experience, providing 106.3 FPS at 1080p, 76.2 FPS at 1440p, and 44.1 FPS at 4K. This suggests that High is the optimal choice for users with a 1440p monitor, as it maintains smooth gameplay without the steep performance penalty of Ultra.

For competitive or high-refresh-rate play at 1080p, the Medium preset is the best choice, yielding 121.5 FPS, which is a 14% improvement over High. The Low preset pushes performance even further to 154.8 FPS, but the visual compromise is likely too severe for most players. At 4K, the data shows that even the Low preset only achieves 63.5 FPS, indicating that 4K gaming is not viable with this GPU. The recommendation is to use High for 1440p, Medium for 1080p high-refresh displays, and to avoid Ultra entirely unless the user accepts sub-60 FPS gameplay at lower resolutions.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is the limiting component in this configuration. Its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s, which is sufficient for the textures at 1080p but becomes stressed at higher resolutions. The GPU's boost clock of 1650 MHz and its 2176 shading units produce a FP32 performance of 7.181 TFLOPS, which is the key factor behind the frame rate differences between presets.

The data shows a consistent pattern: as settings increase from Low to Ultra, the average FPS drops significantly at every resolution. At 1080p, the gap between Low (154.8 FPS) and Ultra (68.3 FPS) is 86.5 FPS, a 55% reduction. At 1440p, the same comparison shows a drop from 104.7 FPS to 50.2 FPS. This scaling is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where the RTX 2060 SUPER's compute resources are overwhelmed by the higher shader complexity and texture loads of the Ultra preset. The GPU's percentile ranking at 63 against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 19774, places it as a mid-range part, which aligns with these observed limitations.

Resolution Scaling

The resolution scaling data reveals a linear relationship between pixel count and performance. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 on the High preset reduces the average FPS from 106.3 to 76.2, a 28% decrease. Scaling further to 3840x2160 yields 44.1 FPS, a 42% drop from the 1440p figure. This pattern holds across all presets, with the Low setting showing the smallest absolute drop from 154.8 FPS at 1080p to 63.5 FPS at 4K.

This behavior indicates that the limiting component is the GPU. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would remain relatively constant across resolutions, as the CPU's workload is resolution-independent. The fact that FPS decreases proportionally to the pixel count increase confirms that the RTX 2060 SUPER is the constraining factor. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with its 8 cores and 16 threads, is not the limiting factor here, as evidenced by its ability to maintain high frame rates at lower resolutions where the GPU has less work per frame.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 1440p gaming with this combo?

A: The High preset is the best choice for 2560x1440, delivering 76.2 FPS. The Ultra preset drops to 50.2 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold, while Medium and Low offer diminishing returns on visual quality with only 82.1 and 104.7 FPS respectively.

Q: Can this system handle 4K resolution in Greedfall?

A: No, 4K is not playable with this combo. Even the Low preset only achieves 63.5 FPS at 3840x2160, and the High preset falls to 44.1 FPS. The Ultra preset is severely compromised at 31.3 FPS.

Q: How much faster is the Low preset compared to Ultra at 1080p?

A: The Low preset achieves 154.8 FPS, which is 86.5 FPS higher than the Ultra preset's 68.3 FPS. This represents a 127% improvement in frame rate, but it comes at the cost of reduced visual fidelity.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this configuration?

A: The GPU is the bottleneck. The data shows that FPS scales down consistently as resolution increases, which is a clear indicator of GPU limitation. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D's strong performance, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 34004, is not the limiting factor.

Q: What is the average FPS difference between Medium and High at 1440p?

A: The Medium preset runs at 82.1 FPS, while High runs at 76.2 FPS. This is a 5.9 FPS difference, which is only a 7.7% improvement, suggesting that High offers better visuals for a minor performance cost.

Q: Does the RTX 2060 SUPER's memory capacity affect performance?

A: The 8 GB VRAM is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p at most settings, but the data shows a significant drop at 4K. The bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s is also a factor, as higher resolutions require more memory throughput, which the card cannot provide for the Ultra preset.

How This Combo Ranks

This specific combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ranks at position 1190 out of 1705 tested combos for Greedfall. This places it in the lower third of all tested configurations, which is consistent with the GPU's mid-range positioning. The CPU is a top-tier part, with a percentile ranking of 90 against all CPUs and an average benchmark score of 37780, but its performance is not fully utilized due to the GPU's limitations.

The ranking indicates that users would need a more powerful GPU to unlock the Ryzen 7 9800X3D's potential in this game. The data shows that the system is capable of high frame rates at 1080p, but it falls behind other combos at higher resolutions. The GPU's nearest rivals, such as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 with a 0.5% higher average score, would likely achieve better results in Greedfall at the same settings. This suggests that the combo is balanced for 1080p medium-to-high settings but is not competitive at higher visual presets.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a high-end processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, based on the Zen 5 architecture on a 4 nm process. Its base clock of 4.70 GHz and boost clock of 5.20 GHz, combined with 96 MB of L3 cache, provide exceptional single-threaded and multi-threaded performance. The benchmark results support this, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 34004 and a single-core score of 4800.

In Greedfall, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The data shows that the CPU is not the bottleneck, as the frame rates scale with resolution and settings in a way that is consistent with GPU limitation. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 154.8 FPS, which indicates that the CPU can handle high frame rates without becoming a constraint. The 3DMark single-thread score of 1212 and the Passmark single-thread score of 4430 demonstrate strong single-core performance, which is important for game logic.

The CPU's 89.6 GB/s memory bandwidth and DDR5 support also contribute to its ability to keep pace with the GPU. The 8 cores and 16 threads are more than sufficient for Greedfall's requirements, as the game is not heavily multi-threaded. The data suggests that the CPU has significant headroom, and upgrading the GPU would yield substantial performance gains without any CPU-related bottlenecks.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured frame rates reveals the full performance envelope of this combination. At 1920x1080, the average FPS values are 154.8 for Low, 121.5 for Medium, 106.3 for High, and 68.3 for Ultra. The spread between Low and Ultra is 86.5 FPS, showing a steep performance cliff at the highest preset.

At 2560x1440, the values are 104.7 for Low, 82.1 for Medium, 76.2 for High, and 50.2 for Ultra. The difference between Low and Ultra narrows to 54.5 FPS, but the Ultra preset still falls below the 60 FPS threshold. The High preset remains playable at 76.2 FPS, making it the recommended choice for this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the values are 63.5 for Low, 48.8 for Medium, 44.1 for High, and 31.3 for Ultra. None of the presets achieve 60 FPS, and even the Low preset is only marginally above 60. The data clearly shows that 4K gaming is not a viable option with this GPU, regardless of the CPU's strength. The pattern across all resolutions shows that the RTX 2060 SUPER's performance degrades predictably with increasing pixel count and settings complexity, confirming its role as the limiting component in this system.