Greedfall

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The measured FPS data for Greedfall with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 reveals a clear hierarchy across the four tested presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 160 FPS, Medium drops to 126 FPS, High sits at 114 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 73 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 34 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is only 12 FPS, suggesting diminishing returns as settings increase. Between High and Ultra, the drop is a substantial 41 FPS, indicating that Ultra imposes a heavy cost for what is likely marginal visual improvement.

At 2560x1440, the pattern repeats: Low averages 111 FPS, Medium 87 FPS, High 79 FPS, and Ultra 50 FPS. The jump from High to Ultra costs 29 FPS, which is a 37% reduction in average frame rate. At 3840x2160, the situation becomes more constrained: Low averages 66 FPS, Medium 52 FPS, High 47 FPS, and Ultra 30 FPS. The High-to-Ultra drop at 4K is 17 FPS, bringing the average to exactly 30 FPS, which is below the threshold for smooth gameplay on many displays.

The data indicates that the High preset offers the best balance for most users. At 1080p, High maintains 114 FPS, which is well above 60 FPS and only 12 FPS below Medium. At 1440p, High delivers 79 FPS, still comfortably above 60 FPS. At 4K, High produces 47 FPS, which is playable but not ideal for fast-paced action. The Medium preset is a viable alternative for those prioritizing frame rate over visual fidelity, especially at 4K where it achieves 52 FPS versus High's 47 FPS. Ultra is only recommended for 1080p users with high-refresh-rate monitors who can tolerate the 73 FPS average, or for 1440p users who accept 50 FPS. At 4K, Ultra's 30 FPS average makes it unsuitable for consistent gameplay.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming with this combo?

A: The High preset provides the best experience at 1920x1080, delivering an average of 114 FPS. This is 41 FPS higher than Ultra's 73 FPS, while only sacrificing 12 FPS compared to Medium's 126 FPS. The visual quality improvement from Medium to High is significant enough to justify the small frame rate cost.

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

A: Yes, but with caveats. At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 66 FPS, Medium averages 52 FPS, High averages 47 FPS, and Ultra averages 30 FPS. For a smooth 60 FPS experience, only the Low preset achieves that target. For playable frame rates above 45 FPS, Medium and High are viable options.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 1440p?

A: Across settings, the drop is substantial. At Low, 160 FPS falls to 111 FPS, a 31% reduction. At Medium, 126 FPS falls to 87 FPS, a 31% reduction. At High, 114 FPS falls to 79 FPS, a 31% reduction. At Ultra, 73 FPS falls to 50 FPS, a 32% reduction. This consistent ~31% drop indicates resolution scaling is predictable.

Q: Is the RTX 5050 GPU the limiting factor in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the GPU is the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. The frame rate drops consistently as resolution increases, and the 4K Ultra preset produces only 30 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target. The CPU's 12 cores and high benchmark scores suggest it is not the constraint in this scenario.

Q: What is the frame rate range at Medium settings?

A: The Medium preset is the only settings level with recorded minimum and maximum frame rates. At 1080p, the range is 107 to 144 FPS with an average of 126 FPS. At 1440p, the range is 74 to 100 FPS with an average of 87 FPS. At 4K, the range is 44 to 60 FPS with an average of 52 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested system configurations?

A: This specific combination of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 ranks 2273 out of 3703 tested combos in Greedfall. This places it in the lower-middle portion of the overall distribution, consistent with the RTX 5050's 66th percentile ranking among all GPUs.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At the Low preset, the average frame rate drops from 160 FPS at 1080p to 111 FPS at 1440p, then to 66 FPS at 4K. This represents a 31% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a further 41% drop from 1440p to 4K. The total reduction from 1080p to 4K is 59%, meaning the system retains only 41% of its 1080p performance at 4K.

At the Medium preset, the progression is 126 FPS at 1080p, 87 FPS at 1440p, and 52 FPS at 4K. The percentage drops are 31% and 40% respectively, closely mirroring the Low preset scaling. At the High preset, the progression is 114 FPS at 1080p, 79 FPS at 1440p, and 47 FPS at 4K, with drops of 31% and 41%. The Ultra preset shows 73 FPS at 1080p, 50 FPS at 1440p, and 30 FPS at 4K, with drops of 32% and 40%.

The consistency of these percentage drops across all four settings presets indicates that resolution scaling is uniform regardless of graphical complexity. The 31% penalty for moving from 1080p to 1440p suggests that the GPU is being pushed harder at each resolution step, and the additional 40% penalty for moving from 1440p to 4K reflects the quadrupling of pixel count. Since the drops are proportional across settings, this points to the GPU as the limiting component. If the CPU were the bottleneck, higher resolutions would show smaller percentage drops because the CPU workload would remain constant while GPU load increases. Instead, the linear scaling indicates that the RTX 5050's rendering throughput is the primary constraint.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers the highest average frame rate at 160 FPS. The Medium preset averages 126 FPS with a recorded range of 107 to 144 FPS. The High preset averages 114 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 73 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 87 FPS, which is the largest absolute difference across all resolutions.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 111 FPS. The Medium preset averages 87 FPS with a range of 74 to 100 FPS. The High preset averages 79 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 50 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 61 FPS, narrower than at 1080p but still substantial.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 66 FPS. The Medium preset averages 52 FPS with a range of 44 to 60 FPS. The High preset averages 47 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 30 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 4K is 36 FPS, the smallest absolute difference. The Medium preset's minimum of 44 FPS at 4K indicates that even this mid-tier setting can experience noticeable dips below 45 FPS, while its maximum of 60 FPS shows that the system can occasionally hit the 60 FPS target.

The data shows that the Medium preset is the only settings level with complete frame time data across all three resolutions. This allows for a detailed analysis of consistency: at 1080p, the 37 FPS range between minimum and maximum represents a 29% variance from the average. At 1440p, the 26 FPS range represents a 30% variance. At 4K, the 16 FPS range represents a 31% variance. This consistent relative variance across resolutions suggests that frame pacing issues scale proportionally with resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

In Greedfall, the combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 ranks 2273 out of 3703 tested combinations. This places it in the 61st percentile of all tested combos, meaning roughly 61% of configurations perform better in this game. The rank is heavily influenced by the GPU's capabilities, as the RTX 5050 sits at the 66th percentile among all GPUs but is paired with a CPU at the 87th percentile among all CPUs.

The GPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores provide context for its performance tier. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT scores 1.6% lower, while the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL scores 0.6% higher, the AMD Radeon HD 8970M scores 1% higher, and the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile scores 1.6% higher. These deltas are all within 2% of the RTX 5050's average benchmark score, indicating that the GPU performs in a narrow band relative to these older or mobile-class parts.

The CPU's nearest rivals show a similar clustering. The Intel Core Ultra 7 366H scores 0.3% higher, the Intel Core Ultra 7 356H scores 0.4% higher, the AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 440 scores 0.4% higher, and the Intel Core i7-14650HX scores 0.5% lower. All of these deltas are under 0.5%, demonstrating that the Ryzen 9 5900X is extremely competitive with these alternatives in general benchmark performance.

Given that the combo ranks 2273rd out of 3703, the data suggests that while the CPU is a high-end part, the GPU holds the overall system back in Greedfall. The rank is more consistent with the GPU's 66th percentile than the CPU's 87th percentile, confirming that the RTX 5050 is the performance-limiting component in this pairing.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X brings 12 cores and 24 threads to this system, built on the Zen 3 architecture with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz. The processor features 64 MB of L3 cache and is manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC. Its benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance: the Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 16262, while the single-core score is 1527. The 3DMark max-threads score is 10075, and the 2-thread score is 1852.

In the context of Greedfall, an Action RPG from 2019, the CPU's capabilities are more than sufficient. The game's engine does not typically stress CPUs with high thread counts, and the Ryzen 9 5900X's single-thread performance is strong enough to avoid becoming a bottleneck at any resolution tested. The CPU's 87th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 41376, places it well above the system's overall game performance rank of 2273 out of 3703.

The data supports the conclusion that the CPU is not the limiting factor in this game. If the CPU were the constraint, the frame rates at 1080p Low would not reach 160 FPS, nor would the system maintain 114 FPS at 1080p High. The fact that performance scales consistently with resolution and settings changes indicates that the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at all tested configurations. The 12-core, 24-thread configuration provides headroom for background tasks and future game titles that may utilize more threads, but in Greedfall specifically, the CPU's role is to ensure frame delivery is not hampered.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with a base clock of 2317 MHz and a boost clock of 2572 MHz. It features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with a bandwidth of 320.0 GB/s, along with 2560 shading units, 20 RT cores, and 80 tensor cores. The GPU's benchmark scores include a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2502 and a Passmark G3D score of 17326, placing it at the 66th percentile among all GPUs.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is a significant consideration for Greedfall at higher resolutions. The game's texture requirements at 4K Ultra settings can strain 8 GB of memory, which likely contributes to the 30 FPS average at that configuration. The 128-bit memory bus and 320.0 GB/s bandwidth are moderate by modern standards, and the benchmark results show that the GPU's nearest rivals are older parts like the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and mobile-class GPUs like the NVIDIA RTX A4000 Mobile.

The measured FPS data directly reflects the GPU's limitations. At 1080p, the GPU can deliver 160 FPS at Low settings, but this drops to 73 FPS at Ultra. At 4K, even Low settings only produce 66 FPS, and Ultra falls to 30 FPS. This pattern is classic GPU-bound behavior: the rendering load increases with resolution and settings, and the GPU's fixed compute and memory resources become the constraint. The consistent 31% drop from 1080p to 1440p across all settings indicates that the GPU's fill rate and bandwidth are being saturated at 1440p, with 4K pushing the hardware beyond its comfortable operating range.

The GPU's 66th percentile ranking, combined with the system's 61st percentile game rank, shows that the RTX 5050 is the determining factor in this pairing. While the CPU is capable of supporting far higher frame rates, the GPU's performance ceiling limits the overall experience, particularly at 4K where the system struggles to maintain 60 FPS even at the lowest settings.