Greedfall

# Greedfall with AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile delivers a robust Greedfall experience, positioning itself in the 67th percentile of all tested combos with a rank of 1219 out of 3703. The measured frame rates show that this system is capable of smooth play across most settings, though the Ultra preset demands compromises at higher resolutions, revealing a clear performance hierarchy that favors 1440p and 1080p for the best balance of fidelity and fluidity.

FAQ

Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in Greedfall?

A: This combo ranks 1219th out of 3703 tested combinations, placing it in the upper third of all systems benchmarked for this game.

Q: What average FPS can I expect at 1920x1080 with High settings?

A: The measured average frame rate at 1080p High is 163 FPS, which is well above the threshold for high-refresh-rate displays.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High at 2560x1440?

A: At 1440p, the Ultra preset delivers 72 FPS average, while High achieves 113 FPS. This represents a 36% performance drop when moving from High to Ultra, making High the more fluid option.

Q: Is the RTX 4080 Mobile's 12 GB VRAM sufficient for 4K gaming in this title?

A: The data indicates that even at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the 12 GB VRAM buffer does not bottleneck; the average FPS of 43 is limited by raw compute, not memory capacity, as demonstrated by the significant jump to 74 FPS on Medium settings.

Q: What is the best preset for a 144Hz monitor at 1080p?

A: The Medium preset at 1080p yields 179 FPS average, and Low reaches 228 FPS. For a 144Hz display, Medium offers a strong quality-to-speed ratio, while High at 163 FPS also comfortably exceeds the refresh rate.

Q: How does the CPU's single-thread performance influence Greedfall?

A: The Ryzen 9 8945HX's strong single-core capability, evidenced by a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 6030, ensures that the game's logic and AI routines do not bottleneck the GPU, allowing frame rates to scale as expected between resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo's rank of 1219 out of 3703 tested configurations places it in the 67th percentile of all systems measured in Greedfall. This is a strong showing, indicating that this laptop pairing outperforms roughly two-thirds of the tested hardware combinations. The ranking reflects a balanced system where neither the CPU nor GPU acts as a limiting factor in most scenarios. The CPU's percentile of 95 against all processors underscores its top-tier status, while the GPU's 81st percentile ranking confirms it as a high-end mobile solution, albeit not the absolute fastest. The data shows that this pairing is positioned for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming and capable 4K play, but it sits below the elite tier of combos that would dominate the top 10% of the leaderboard. Compared to the nearest rival combos, the system's overall performance is tightly clustered; the CPU's average benchmark score of 76212 is within 0.6% of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and just 0.1% ahead of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX, indicating that platform choice yields marginal differences in this game's engine. The GPU's average score of 38135 is 1.3% higher than the RTX 4070, but 0.6% lower than the RTX 5080 Mobile, placing this laptop's graphics solution in a competitive mid-to-high tier for mobile gaming.

Settings Recommendations

For the optimal Greedfall experience, the data strongly favors the High preset at 2560x1440. This configuration delivers a 113 FPS average, which provides a smooth and responsive feel on most gaming displays while retaining substantial visual fidelity. At 1920x1080, the High preset also excels with 163 FPS, making it ideal for high-refresh-rate panels. The Medium preset serves as a viable fallback for users seeking higher frame rates; at 1440p it produces 124 FPS, and at 1080p it reaches 179 FPS, both representing significant gains over High with only a modest reduction in graphical quality. The Ultra preset, while visually superior, imposes a steep performance penalty: at 1440p it drops to 72 FPS, and at 1080p it falls to 104 FPS. Given that High at 1440p offers 41 FPS more than Ultra at the same resolution, the Ultra setting is only recommended for players who prioritize image quality over frame rate stability on 60Hz displays. For 4K gaming, the Medium preset is the most practical choice, offering 74 FPS average, whereas High drops to 67 FPS and Ultra falls below playable thresholds at 43 FPS. The Low preset, which yields 94 FPS at 4K, 158 FPS at 1440p, and 228 FPS at 1080p, is best reserved for competitive scenarios or when maximizing frame rates on very high refresh rate panels is paramount.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the performance scaling across presets illustrates the GPU's workload limits. The Low preset achieves 94 FPS average, while Medium drops to 74 FPS with a minimum of 63 FPS and maximum of 85 FPS. High settings further reduce the average to 67 FPS, and Ultra plummets to 43 FPS. The 31 FPS gap between Medium and Ultra at 4K highlights the diminishing returns of the highest preset on this resolution. Moving to 2560x1440, the system shows much stronger headroom. Low settings produce 158 FPS average, Medium delivers 124 FPS with a minimum of 106 FPS and maximum of 143 FPS, High reaches 113 FPS, and Ultra still manages 72 FPS. The 1440p Medium result is notable for its consistency, with the minimum frame rate staying above 100 FPS, indicating stable performance during demanding scenes. At 1920x1080, the data reveals the full potential of this pairing. Low settings hit 228 FPS average, Medium achieves 179 FPS with a tight frame time distribution (152-206 FPS), High reaches 163 FPS, and Ultra settles at 104 FPS. The 1080p results demonstrate that the combo is heavily GPU-bound at lower resolutions, as the CPU's 16 cores and 32 threads provide ample processing power to feed the graphics card. Across all resolutions, the delta between Low and Ultra presets is consistent at roughly 55-58%, showing a predictable scaling curve that allows users to anticipate performance based on their chosen settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, built on the Ada Lovelace architecture with 7424 shading units, serves as the primary driver of frame rates in Greedfall. Its 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 432.0 GB/s, which proves adequate for this title's texture and geometry demands. The GPU's boost clock of 1665 MHz, paired with a base clock of 1290 MHz, allows it to sustain high throughput in sustained gaming sessions. The data shows that the GPU's 81st percentile ranking among all graphics cards is well reflected in the measured performance; it handles 1440p High with ease but struggles with 4K Ultra, where the 43 FPS average indicates a compute-bound scenario rather than a memory bottleneck. The VRAM capacity is sufficient even at 3840x2160, as the frame rate drop from Medium to Ultra (74 to 43 FPS) correlates with increased shading and rasterization workloads, not memory allocation issues. The GPU's FP32 performance of 24.72 TFLOPS provides substantial raw compute for the game's rendering pipeline, but the architecture's efficiency is also evident in the scaling between presets; the transition from Low to Medium at 4K costs 20 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs 24 FPS, showing that the most demanding settings impose progressively heavier loads. The 58 RT cores and 232 tensor cores are present but not heavily utilized in this non-ray-traced title, meaning the GPU's traditional rasterization performance is the key metric here.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX, with its 16 cores and 32 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, provides exceptional processing headroom for Greedfall. Its base clock of 2.50 GHz and boost clock of 5.40 GHz, combined with 64 MB of L3 cache, ensure that the game's AI, physics, and world-streaming systems are never starved for computational resources. The CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 42713 and single-core score of 6030 place it in the 95th percentile of all processors, indicating that its performance ceiling is far above what this game requires. In the measured results, this is evident from the consistent frame rates across resolutions; at 1080p, where CPU overhead can often limit FPS, the system still achieves 228 FPS on Low settings, demonstrating that the processor does not bottleneck the GPU even at high frame rates. The 32 threads handle background tasks and game logic simultaneously, while the high boost clock of 5.40 GHz ensures snappy single-threaded responsiveness, which is critical for the game's real-time combat and dialogue systems. The CPU's memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s via dual-channel DDR5 support provides sufficient data transfer for the game's open-world environments, and the 5 nm manufacturing process keeps power consumption manageable at a 55 W TDP, allowing sustained performance in mobile chassis. The Passmark multi-thread score of 51405 and single-thread score of 3907 further corroborate its strength, but the game's modest requirements mean that the CPU's 16 cores are often underutilized, with the GPU being the definitive factor in determining final frame rates.