Greedfall

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows for Greedfall across four presets at three resolutions paint a clear picture: the High preset offers the most balanced experience for this Intel Core i5-10400F + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D combination. At 4K, High delivers a 113 FPS average, which is well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth action-RPG combat. The Ultra preset, by contrast, drops to 72 FPS at 4K — still playable, but the 41 FPS gap between High and Ultra at this resolution suggests diminishing returns for the visual uplift. Medium sits between them at 125 FPS, but the data shows that High is the sweet spot: it maintains 190 FPS at 1440p and 250 FPS at 1080p, both of which are excellent for high-refresh-rate displays.

For users prioritizing maximum frame rates, the Low preset is the obvious choice. It produces 159 FPS at 4K, 250 FPS at 1440p, and 282 FPS at 1080p. However, the step from Low to High at 1440p costs only 60 FPS (250 to 190), while the step from High to Ultra costs 69 FPS (190 to 121). This nonlinear progression indicates that High captures most of the visual fidelity without the steep performance penalty of Ultra. The Medium preset, with its 209 FPS at 1440p and 125 FPS at 4K, is a reasonable middle ground, but it lacks the consistency of High across all resolutions.

The measured rows also include min/max data only for Medium settings — 106-143 FPS at 4K, 178-240 FPS at 1440p, and 220-297 FPS at 1080p. These ranges show that even the Medium preset maintains stable frame pacing, with the 4K minimum of 106 FPS staying comfortably above any perceptible stutter threshold. Given the data, the recommendation is to start with High settings and only drop to Medium if the user prefers extra headroom for streaming or background tasks. Ultra is best reserved for 1080p displays, where the 175 FPS average remains competitive with High's 250 FPS but offers the highest visual quality tier.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D is the dominant component in this pairing, and its specifications explain why the measured FPS numbers are so high. The GPU features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s. This memory configuration is far beyond what Greedfall — a 2019 title — can fully utilize, but it ensures zero memory-related bottlenecks even at 4K Ultra. The GPU's 21,760 shading units and 176 ROPs provide the raw compute throughput needed to drive the high pixel rates observed in the data.

Clock speeds play a secondary role here. The base clock is 2017 MHz, boosting to 2407 MHz, which is modest for a flagship GPU but sufficient given the sheer number of cores. The pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s are the figures that matter for a game like Greedfall, which relies heavily on fill-rate-bound rendering in its dense environments. The FP32 throughput of 104.8 TFLOPS ensures that even the most complex shader workloads in the game's combat effects are handled without breaking a sweat.

The RTX 5090 D's percentile ranking of 92nd among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 77,712, further contextualizes its role. Its nearest rivals in the database — the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904 avg, +1.1% delta) and AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940 avg, -1.6% delta) — are mobile parts, yet the RTX 5090 D still outperforms them on average. This suggests that the desktop GPU's advantage is not just in raw specs but in sustained performance, which the measured FPS data confirms: even at 4K Ultra, the GPU never dips below 72 FPS average.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the database of tested combinations for Greedfall, this particular pairing of the Intel Core i5-10400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D ranks 95th out of 2,938 combos. This places it in the top 3.2% of all tested configurations, which is a strong result given the CPU's age. The rank reflects the GPU's dominance: the RTX 5090 D is doing the heavy lifting, while the i5-10400F merely needs to feed it enough data to avoid becoming a bottleneck.

The combo rank becomes more impressive when considering the CPU's own standing. The i5-10400F sits at the 68th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 14,185. Its nearest rivals in the CPU database — the Intel Xeon 6756E (14,163 avg, +0.2% delta) and Intel Core 7 160UL (14,232 avg, -0.3% delta) — are all within a fraction of a percent, indicating that the i5-10400F is a mid-pack processor. Yet when paired with the RTX 5090 D, the combination achieves a top-100 rank in Greedfall, highlighting how GPU-bound this game is at high settings.

The gap between the combo's rank (95th) and the CPU's percentile (68th) is telling. It suggests that Greedfall's engine scales well with GPU resources, and the RTX 5090 D's massive compute advantage compensates for the CPU's modest single-thread performance. For users upgrading from older GPUs, this data point demonstrates that the RTX 5090 D can boost an older CPU platform to near-flagship gaming performance in this title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the data shows a clear progression across presets. Low settings produce an average of 282 FPS, Medium drops to 259 FPS, High comes in at 250 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 175 FPS. The Medium preset's min/max range of 220-297 FPS is the only one recorded at this resolution, indicating stable frame delivery even under load. The 32 FPS difference between Low and High (282 to 250) is modest, while the jump from High to Ultra costs 75 FPS (250 to 175) — a 30% reduction for the highest visual tier.

Moving to 1440p, the averages scale predictably. Low delivers 250 FPS, Medium 209 FPS, High 190 FPS, and Ultra 121 FPS. The Medium min/max range of 178-240 FPS shows that the lower bound remains above the 144 Hz refresh rate many monitors target. The delta between Low and High narrows to 60 FPS, while High to Ultra widens to 69 FPS. This resolution is where the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB memory and high bandwidth start to matter, as texture-heavy scenes at 1440p require substantial memory throughput.

At 4K, the performance envelope tightens. Low produces 159 FPS, Medium 125 FPS, High 113 FPS, and Ultra 72 FPS. The Medium min/max range of 106-143 FPS is notable because the minimum stays above the 100 FPS mark, ensuring smooth gameplay even in demanding areas. The drop from High to Ultra at 4K is the largest relative penalty in the entire dataset: 41 FPS, or 36%. This suggests that Ultra's additional effects (likely shadow quality and draw distance) are disproportionately expensive at 4K resolution.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for 4K gaming with this combo?

A: The data shows High settings deliver 113 FPS at 3840x2160, which is the most balanced choice. Ultra drops to 72 FPS, while Medium offers 125 FPS but with lower visual fidelity. High provides a 56.9% improvement over Ultra while maintaining the highest playable quality tier.

Q: How does the RTX 5090 D compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: The RTX 5090 D has an average benchmark score of 77,712, which is 1.1% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT (76,904) and 1.6% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT (78,940 is actually higher, so the delta is -1.6% for the 5090 D). This places it in the 92nd percentile among all GPUs.

Q: Is the Intel Core i5-10400F a bottleneck for the RTX 5090 D in Greedfall?

A: The combo ranks 95th out of 2,938 tested combinations, while the CPU alone sits at the 68th percentile. This gap indicates the CPU is not severely limiting performance in this title, as the GPU-bound nature of Greedfall allows the RTX 5090 D to dominate.

Q: What are the minimum FPS values for Medium settings across resolutions?

A: The measured min FPS for Medium are 106 FPS at 4K, 178 FPS at 1440p, and 220 FPS at 1080p. These figures show that even the lowest recorded frames remain well above playable thresholds at every resolution.

Q: How much FPS does Ultra settings cost compared to High at each resolution?

A: At 1080p, Ultra costs 75 FPS (250 to 175). At 1440p, it costs 69 FPS (190 to 121). At 4K, it costs 41 FPS (113 to 72). The relative penalty increases with resolution, from 30% at 1080p to 36% at 4K.

Q: What memory configuration does the RTX 5090 D use and how does it affect Greedfall?

A: The RTX 5090 D features 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. This far exceeds Greedfall's requirements, ensuring that memory bandwidth never becomes a limiting factor in the measured FPS results.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Comet Lake architecture, built on a 14 nm process. Its base clock of 2.90 GHz boosts to 4.30 GHz, providing moderate single-thread performance that is adequate for Greedfall's engine. The CPU's 12 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support (with 42.7 GB/s bandwidth) are sufficient for feeding the RTX 5090 D's frame buffer, as evidenced by the high FPS numbers in the measured data.

Benchmark scores for the i5-10400F show a clear multi-threaded advantage over single-threaded workloads. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 10,283, while the single-core score is 1,451. Similarly, Geekbench results show 6,257 multi-core versus 1,420 single-core. This pattern indicates that the CPU can handle background tasks while gaming, but its single-thread performance (68th percentile overall) is the more relevant metric for Greedfall, which relies on a few primary threads for game logic and AI.

The CPU's nearest rivals in the database are all within 0.6% of its average score of 14,185. The Intel Xeon 6756E (14,163, +0.2%), Intel Core 7 160UL (14,232, -0.3%), AMD EPYC 7552 (14,115, +0.5%), and AMD Ryzen 3 7320C (14,277, -0.6%) are all statistically tied. This means the i5-10400F is neither a standout nor a laggard among its peers, yet the combo's top-100 ranking in Greedfall proves that the CPU's modest performance does not hinder the GPU.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS data across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K reveals how the limiting component shifts with resolution. At 1080p, Low settings produce 282 FPS, which drops to 250 FPS at 1440p (-11.3%) and 159 FPS at 4K (-43.6% from 1440p). This pattern suggests that at lower resolutions, the CPU's single-thread performance begins to cap the frame rate — the 282 FPS at 1080p is likely near the engine's maximum draw call throughput, and the RTX 5090 D is waiting on the CPU to feed it data.

At High settings, the scaling is more gradual: 250 FPS at 1080p, 190 FPS at 1440p (-24%), and 113 FPS at 4K (-40.5% from 1440p). The percentage drop from 1440p to 4K is larger than from 1080p to 1440p, indicating that the GPU is becoming the primary bottleneck at higher resolutions. This is expected: the RTX 5090 D's 32 GB memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are taxed more heavily as pixel count increases, while the CPU's workload remains relatively constant.

The Ultra preset shows the most extreme scaling: 175 FPS at 1080p, 121 FPS at 1440p (-30.9%), and 72 FPS at 4K (-40.5% from 1440p). The consistent ~40% drop from 1440p to 4K across High and Ultra settings confirms that the GPU is the limiting factor at 4K, regardless of visual preset. Conversely, the smaller drops from 1080p to 1440p (11-31%) suggest that the CPU still has some influence at lower resolutions, particularly at Low and Medium settings where the GPU is less stressed. This dual-bottleneck behavior is typical for older games paired with modern flagship GPUs, and the data quantifies it clearly.