Greedfall

The GeForce RTX 2060 paired with the Intel Core i5-14600K delivers a playable but demanding experience in Greedfall, with performance scaling predictably across resolutions and presets. The data shows a clear pattern: higher settings and resolutions punish the 6 GB frame buffer, while lower presets reveal a capable Turing-based card that can push high refresh rates at 1080p. This combination ranks 1396 out of 1705 tested combos for the game, placing it in the lower half of the field, yet the measured rows indicate that specific configurations remain viable for smooth gameplay.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Greedfall?*

A: The data shows 1080p is the only resolution where every preset achieves at least 62.5 FPS on average. At 1440p, only Low and Medium presets exceed 60 FPS, while at 4K, the best result is 58.8 FPS on Low, which is below the 60 FPS threshold.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K on High settings?

A: The average FPS drops from 97.5 at 1920x1080 to 41.4 at 3840x2160 on High settings. This represents a reduction of 56.1 FPS, or roughly 57.5% of the 1080p performance, indicating a severe scaling penalty at 4K.

Q: Which preset offers the highest average frame rate at 1440p?

A: The Low preset at 2560x1440 produces the highest average FPS among 1440p rows, reaching 98.9 FPS. This is followed by Medium at 77 FPS, High at 69.6 FPS, and Ultra at 43.1 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 2060's 6 GB VRAM sufficient for Ultra settings at any resolution?

A: The measured data shows Ultra settings yield the lowest FPS at every resolution. At 1080p Ultra achieves 62.5 FPS, at 1440p it drops to 43.1 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 27.2 FPS, suggesting the VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth become limiting factors on the highest preset.

Q: How does the CPU's benchmark score compare to its closest rival?

A: The Intel Core i5-14600K has an average benchmark score of 49166, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and 0.4% lower than the Intel Core i5-14600KF. This places it in a tight performance cluster among its nearest rivals.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 sits at the 58th percentile against all GPUs. Its average benchmark score of 16074 is 0.5% higher than the AMD Radeon RX 7600S and 1.8% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro W5500.

GPU Role

The RTX 2060 employs the TU106 chip on a 12 nm process, with a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz. Memory runs at 1750 MHz, translating to 14 Gbps effective, across a 192-bit bus for a total bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s. The 6 GB GDDR6 frame buffer is the most constrained resource in this configuration, as evidenced by the steep FPS drops when transitioning from Low to Ultra presets at each resolution. At 1080p, High yields 97.5 FPS while Ultra drops to 62.5 FPS, a 35 FPS gap. This delta widens at 1440p, where High delivers 69.6 FPS and Ultra falls to 43.1 FPS. The pattern intensifies at 4K, with High at 41.4 FPS and Ultra at 27.2 FPS.

The GPU's compute capabilities include 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 80.64 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 201.6 GTexel/s. Floating-point performance reaches 6.451 TFLOPS for FP32 operations. These specifications suggest the card is fundamentally capable for Greedfall, but the 6 GB capacity becomes a bottleneck on higher presets. The benchmark results indicate the RTX 2060's average score of 16074 places it at the 58th percentile, with the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 scoring 1.7% higher and the RX 7600S scoring 0.5% lower. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 75.1 FPS, while at 4K it narrows to 31.6 FPS, showing that resolution scaling compresses the performance spread as the GPU becomes more heavily loaded.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent pattern of performance degradation as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. On High settings, the average frame rate falls from 97.5 FPS at 1080p to 69.6 FPS at 1440p, then to 41.4 FPS at 4K. This represents a 28.6% drop from 1080p to 1440p, and a further 40.5% drop from 1440p to 4K. The scaling is steeper on Ultra settings, where 1080p produces 62.5 FPS, 1440p yields 43.1 FPS, and 4K delivers 27.2 FPS. The percentage reduction from 1080p to 4K on Ultra is 56.5%, compared to 57.5% on High, indicating that the highest preset suffers slightly more from resolution scaling.

Low settings show the most resilience to resolution increases, with 137.6 FPS at 1080p, 98.9 FPS at 1440p, and 58.8 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 38.7 FPS, while the drop from 1440p to 4K is 40.1 FPS. Medium settings follow a similar trajectory: 107.1 FPS at 1080p, 77 FPS at 1440p, and 43.9 FPS at 4K. The fact that even Low settings cannot maintain 60 FPS at 4K (58.8 FPS) suggests the GPU is the primary limiting component at this resolution, rather than the CPU. Conversely, the 1080p results across all presets staying above 62 FPS indicate that the CPU provides sufficient headroom to avoid bottlenecking the RTX 2060 at lower resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 2060 produces a wide range of results depending on preset. Low settings achieve the highest average at 137.6 FPS, followed by Medium at 107.1 FPS and High at 97.5 FPS. Ultra settings are the most demanding, yielding 62.5 FPS on average. The gap between Low and Ultra is 75.1 FPS, which is the largest spread among all resolutions. This suggests that at 1080p, the GPU has enough headroom to accommodate significant graphical fidelity increases while still maintaining playable frame rates.

Moving to 2560x1440, the average FPS values compress somewhat. Low settings produce 98.9 FPS, Medium reaches 77 FPS, and High delivers 69.6 FPS. Ultra drops to 43.1 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. The spread between Low and Ultra is 55.8 FPS, narrower than at 1080p but still substantial. At 3840x2160, the performance envelope tightens further: Low yields 58.8 FPS, Medium produces 43.9 FPS, High manages 41.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 27.2 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 31.6 FPS, the smallest gap across all resolutions.

The data shows that 1080p is the only resolution where all presets exceed 60 FPS on average. At 1440p, only Low and Medium presets stay above 60 FPS, while High falls just short at 69.6 FPS. At 4K, no preset reaches 60 FPS, with Low being the closest at 58.8 FPS. The Ultra preset at 4K produces the lowest measured average of 27.2 FPS, which is likely to result in perceptible stuttering during gameplay.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-14600K features 14 cores and 20 threads, with a base clock of 3.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. This Raptor Lake-R architecture chip supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in dual-channel configuration, with 24 MB of shared L3 cache. The CPU's benchmark scores show strong multi-threaded performance, achieving 32881 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 13810 in Cinebench R20 multicore. Single-thread performance is equally robust, with a Cinebench R23 singlecore score of 4642 and a Geekbench singlecore score of 2803.

The CPU's average benchmark score of 49166 places it at the 93rd percentile against all CPUs, with its closest rival being the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X at a 0.2% higher score. The Intel Core i5-14600KF scores 0.4% higher, while the AMD EPYC 4345P is 0.9% higher. These margins are minimal, indicating that the CPU is not a performance differentiator in most gaming scenarios. In Greedfall, the measured FPS data suggests the CPU is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the average FPS reaches 137.6, which is high enough to indicate that the GPU is the primary constraint. Even at 1080p Ultra, the 62.5 FPS result is more consistent with GPU-bound behavior than CPU limitations.

The CPU's 14 cores and 20 threads provide ample processing power for the game's AI and physics systems, but the benchmark results show that the GPU's 6 GB VRAM and bandwidth become the bottleneck as settings and resolution increase. The PassMark multithread score of 38682 and PassMark singlethread score of 4270 confirm that the CPU can handle the workload without becoming a constraint. The data indicates that upgrading the GPU would yield more significant FPS gains than upgrading the CPU for this specific game and resolution range.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal preset depends heavily on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, Ultra settings are viable, with an average of 62.5 FPS that remains above the 60 FPS threshold. This preset offers the highest visual quality while maintaining smooth gameplay, though players seeking higher refresh rates could opt for High at 97.5 FPS or Medium at 107.1 FPS. Low settings at 137.6 FPS are only recommended for competitive play, as the visual trade-off is substantial.

For 2560x1440, the data suggests Medium settings provide the best balance, delivering 77 FPS on average. High at 69.6 FPS is also acceptable, but Ultra at 43.1 FPS falls below the playable threshold for most users. Low at 98.9 FPS is an option for those prioritizing frame rate over visuals, but the Medium preset offers a better compromise between image quality and performance. At 3840x2160, the choices are more constrained. Low at 58.8 FPS is the only preset approaching 60 FPS, but it falls just short. Medium at 43.9 FPS and High at 41.4 FPS are both playable but not ideal for fast-paced action. Ultra at 27.2 FPS is not recommended for any scenario.

The data indicates that the RTX 2060's 6 GB VRAM is the primary limitation at higher presets. The performance drop from Medium to Ultra is most pronounced at 1440p, with a 33.9 FPS reduction, and at 4K, with a 16.7 FPS reduction. For the best experience per the measured rows, 1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium are the recommended configurations. Both maintain an average FPS above 60, with the 1080p Ultra option providing the highest fidelity and the 1440p Medium offering a good balance for larger displays.