Greedfall

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The measured FPS data for Greedfall with the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 shows a clear hierarchy across the four preset levels. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 138.6 FPS average, while Medium drops to 108.4 FPS, High to 98.7 FPS, and Ultra falls to 64.2 FPS. The step from High to Ultra is particularly steep, representing a 34.5 FPS loss, which suggests Ultra enables effects that disproportionately tax the GPU.

At 2560x1440, the same pattern holds: Low produces 94.7 FPS, Medium 77.5 FPS, High 68 FPS, and Ultra 44.3 FPS. The High preset remains playable, but Ultra falls below the 60 FPS threshold. At 3840x2160, only Low (56.3 FPS) approaches playability, with High at 42.2 FPS, Medium at 45.8 FPS, and Ultra at 27.2 FPS.

The optimal experience across resolutions is the High preset. At 1080p, it delivers 98.7 FPS, which is smooth for an Action RPG. At 1440p, High maintains 68 FPS, still comfortably above the 60 FPS mark. The Medium preset offers only marginal gains over High — 9.7 FPS at 1080p and 9.5 FPS at 1440p — while sacrificing visual fidelity. Conversely, Ultra provides no playable benefit at 4K and only marginal improvement in image quality at lower resolutions relative to its heavy cost. The data suggests High is the sweet spot for this combination, balancing frame rate and visual quality without the steep penalty of Ultra.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is built on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip manufactured on a 12 nm process at TSMC. It contains 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz, with memory running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The memory subsystem consists of 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, yielding 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

The GPU has 1920 shading units, 120 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. It includes 30 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, providing 6.451 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 12.90 TFLOPS of FP16 (2:1). The pixel rate is 80.64 GPixel/s and texture rate is 201.6 GTexel/s. The card draws 160 W TDP and requires a 450 W PSU.

Benchmark data shows the RTX 2060 achieves a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1242, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 71278, and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 67425. Its Passmark G3D score is 14111, with a GPU compute score of 5488. The GPU sits at the 58th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 16074. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 7600S (0.5% ahead), AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (1.7% behind), AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (1.7% behind), and AMD Radeon Pro W5500 (1.8% ahead).

In Greedfall, the GPU's 6 GB VRAM appears sufficient at 1080p and 1440p, as the performance scaling from Low to Ultra remains consistent. However, at 4K, the Ultra preset collapses to 27.2 FPS, indicating that the combination of VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth becomes a limiting factor. The boost clock of 1680 MHz helps maintain frame rates at lower resolutions, but the GPU's overall compute throughput (6.451 TFLOPS) is the primary constraint at higher settings.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression across resolutions reveals the RTX 2060's scaling behavior. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 98.7 at 1080p to 68 at 1440p (a 31% reduction), then to 42.2 at 4K (a 38% further reduction). This non-linear drop indicates that the GPU becomes increasingly pixel-bound as resolution rises, with the 4K workload exceeding what the 6 GB VRAM and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth can efficiently handle.

At Low settings, the scaling is more gradual: 138.6 FPS at 1080p, 94.7 at 1440p (32% reduction), and 56.3 at 4K (41% reduction). The Low preset reduces shader complexity, allowing the GPU to focus on pixel throughput, but even then, 4K remains below 60 FPS.

The Medium preset follows a similar trajectory: 108.4 at 1080p, 77.5 at 1440p, and 45.8 at 4K. Ultra shows the steepest decline: 64.2 at 1080p, 44.3 at 1440p, and 27.2 at 4K — a 58% drop from 1080p to 4K.

The data indicates that at 1080p, the CPU (Intel Core i7-14700F) has sufficient headroom, as even Ultra achieves 64.2 FPS. The limiting component shifts decisively to the GPU as resolution increases. At 4K, no preset reaches 60 FPS, confirming that the RTX 2060 cannot sustain playable frame rates at this resolution in Greedfall regardless of settings. The scaling pattern suggests that the GPU's fillrate and memory bandwidth are the bottlenecks at higher resolutions, while the CPU's 20 cores and 28 threads are more than adequate for this game's workload.

FAQ

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

A: The High preset delivers 98.7 FPS at 1920x1080, which is 30 FPS above the 60 FPS threshold. Ultra only reaches 64.2 FPS, meaning the visual upgrade comes at a 34.5 FPS cost, making High the most balanced choice.

Q: Can this system handle 1440p in Greedfall?

A: Yes, at 2560x1440, the High preset produces 68 FPS, which is playable. Medium achieves 77.5 FPS, and Low reaches 94.7 FPS. Ultra drops to 44.3 FPS, which is below the playable threshold.

Q: Is 4K viable with the RTX 2060?

A: No preset at 3840x2160 reaches 60 FPS. Low is the highest at 56.3 FPS, followed by Medium at 45.8 FPS, High at 42.2 FPS, and Ultra at 27.2 FPS. The GPU lacks the bandwidth and compute power for smooth 4K performance.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 16074, sitting at the 58th percentile. It is 0.5% behind the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, 1.7% behind both the Radeon Pro 5600M and Radeon Pro 5700, and 1.8% ahead of the Radeon Pro W5500.

Q: What is the FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: Low produces 138.6 FPS while Ultra produces 64.2 FPS, a difference of 74.4 FPS. This represents a 54% reduction in frame rate when moving from the lowest to the highest preset.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at any resolution?

A: The data does not indicate CPU bottlenecking. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 138.6 FPS, and the Intel Core i7-14700F has a 94th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54097. The GPU is the limiting factor at all resolutions and settings.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700F is a 20-core, 28-thread processor from the Core 14th Gen series, based on Raptor Lake architecture (Raptor Lake-R codename). It has a base clock of 2.10 GHz and a boost clock of 5.40 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB of L1 per core, 2 MB of L2 per core, and 33 MB of shared L3 cache. It supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with ECC memory support. The CPU uses the Intel Socket 1700 and PCIe Gen 5 with 16 lanes (CPU only).

Benchmark results show the i7-14700F achieves a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 35443 and singlecore score of 5003. In Geekbench, it scores 16571 multicore and 2711 singlecore. Passmark tests show a multithread score of 41765, single-thread score of 4261, and physics score of 2495. The CPU ranks at the 94th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54097. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (0.6% ahead), AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (1.1% ahead), Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (1.2% behind), and AMD EPYC 7313P (1.7% behind).

In Greedfall, the CPU's high single-core performance (5003 in Cinebench R23 singlecore) ensures that game logic and physics calculations are not bottlenecks. The 20 cores provide massive headroom for background tasks and any multi-threaded game systems. The measured FPS data shows that at 1080p Low, the system reaches 138.6 FPS, which is near the practical limit for many game engines. The CPU's boost clock of 5.40 GHz is particularly relevant for maintaining consistent frame times in an Action RPG where combat sequences require rapid processing.

The CPU's 33 MB of L3 cache helps reduce memory latency, which is beneficial for open-world game environments like Greedfall. The dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 support means memory bandwidth is not a limiting factor. Given that the GPU becomes the bottleneck at higher resolutions and settings, the i7-14700F provides ample processing power for this game, with headroom to spare.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values across presets are:

• Low: 138.6 FPS
• Medium: 108.4 FPS
• High: 98.7 FPS
• Ultra: 64.2 FPS

The progression from Low to Medium represents a 30.2 FPS drop, from Medium to High a 9.7 FPS drop, and from High to Ultra a 34.5 FPS drop. The largest single-step penalty occurs between High and Ultra, indicating Ultra enables particularly demanding effects.

At 2560x1440, the average FPS values are:

• Low: 94.7 FPS
• Medium: 77.5 FPS
• High: 68 FPS
• Ultra: 44.3 FPS

The drop from Low to Medium is 17.2 FPS, Medium to High is 9.5 FPS, and High to Ultra is 23.7 FPS. Again, Ultra incurs the steepest penalty. Compared to 1080p, each preset loses between 30% and 32% of its frame rate at 1440p, showing consistent scaling.

At 3840x2160, the average FPS values are:

• Low: 56.3 FPS
• Medium: 45.8 FPS
• High: 42.2 FPS
• Ultra: 27.2 FPS

The drop from Low to Medium is 10.5 FPS, Medium to High is 3.6 FPS, and High to Ultra is 15 FPS. At 4K, the differences between presets compress because the GPU is heavily pixel-limited across all settings. The Ultra preset at 4K (27.2 FPS) is less than half the frame rate of Low at 1080p (138.6 FPS).

The overall combo rank for this CPU-GPU pair in Greedfall is 1388 out of 1705 combinations, placing it in the lower-middle range of tested configurations. This ranking reflects the RTX 2060's position at the 58th percentile among GPUs, while the CPU sits much higher at the 94th percentile. The data confirms that the GPU is the limiting component in this pairing for Greedfall, particularly at higher resolutions and settings.