Inside

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 delivers a playable, though not spectacular, experience in Inside, with performance heavily dictated by the GPU. The data shows a clear hierarchy where resolution scaling exacts a heavy toll on frame rates, pushing the combo from a comfortable triple-digit experience at 1080p down to a barely playable 30 FPS at 4K on High settings. This pairing is ultimately constrained by the GTX 1650, a fact made obvious by the dramatic performance swings between resolutions and quality presets.

Resolution Scaling

The performance drop from 1080p to 4K is severe and demonstrates that the GTX 1650 is the definitive limiting component in this configuration. At the most demanding tested setting (Ultra), the average frame rate falls from 64 FPS at 1920x1080 to 46 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 18 FPS, and then plummets to just 29 FPS at 3840x2160. This 35 FPS total drop between 1080p and 4K equates to a 54.7% reduction in average frame rate, indicating the GPU is running out of pixel-pushing capability as the resolution increases.

The scaling pattern is consistent across all quality presets. On the Low preset, the system manages 134 FPS at 1080p, drops to 97 FPS at 1440p, and then falls to 61 FPS at 4K. The Medium preset shows a similar trend: 107 FPS at 1080p, 77 FPS at 1440p, and 49 FPS at 4K. The fact that even the Low preset cannot maintain a 60 FPS average at 4K is telling; it suggests that the sheer number of pixels, rather than the graphical complexity, is overwhelming the GPU's 4 GB of VRAM and its 128-bit memory bus.

What this scaling data reveals is that the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is not the bottleneck. The CPU's performance is effectively constant across these resolutions, so the entire frame rate drop is attributable to the GPU. For a game like Inside, which is a puzzle platformer with relatively simple geometry, the GTX 1650's 2.984 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is insufficient for 4K rendering at acceptable frame rates. The 1080p results are the only ones where the combo feels fully capable, with even the Ultra preset achieving an average of 64 FPS, which is above the standard 60 FPS target for smooth gameplay.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is the decisive factor in this combo's performance. Its specifications paint a picture of a card designed for 1080p gaming, not high-resolution workloads. The GPU features 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output units, paired with a 4 GB GDDR5 memory buffer on a 128-bit bus. The memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s, which is a significant constraint at higher resolutions where the demand for texture data and framebuffer space increases dramatically.

The card's clock speeds are set at a base of 1485 MHz and a boost of 1665 MHz. These clocks are modest by modern standards but are typical for a card with a 75 W TDP that requires no external power connectors. The data suggests that these clocks are not the limiting factor; rather, it is the combination of the small memory capacity and narrow bus width. At 4K, the game's frame buffer demands likely exceed the available memory, causing the GPU to struggle and resulting in the low average FPS numbers observed. The card's performance percentile of 40 versus all GPUs places it in the lower half, and its average benchmark score of 7472 is only marginally better than the Intel Arc A310, which is 1% slower in average score.

The GTX 1650's role in this pairing is to be the primary performance ceiling. The benchmarks show that the GPU's DirectX 11 score of 58 and DirectX 12 score of 35 are low, and the PassMark G3D score of 7880 is modest. In Inside, which is a DirectX 12 title (based on the API listing), the GPU's performance is likely limited by its raw shading power and memory subsystem. The fact that the 4K Medium setting yields an average of 49 FPS with a minimum of 41 FPS, while the 4K Low setting yields 61 FPS, confirms that the GPU is the sole arbiter of performance. The CPU's 96 MB of L3 cache and fast Zen 4 architecture are irrelevant here because the GPU cannot feed frames fast enough to utilize them.

How This Combo Ranks

In the comprehensive database of tested combinations, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 ranks at 3575 out of 3716 total combos for Inside. This places the combo in the bottom 3.8% of all tested systems, which is a poor standing. The rank indicates that while the system is functional, it is far outperformed by the vast majority of other pairings in the database for this specific game.

This low rank is entirely expected given the GPU's performance class. The CPU itself is a high-end part, ranking in the 83rd percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 33079. Its nearest rivals, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Intel Core i7-13650HX, have nearly identical average scores with a 0% delta. However, the GPU's 40th percentile ranking and its average score of 7472, which is only 0.3% faster than the AMD Radeon HD 8850M, drags the entire combo down. The pairing of a top-tier CPU with a bottom-tier GPU creates a massive imbalance, and the combo rank reflects this.

The data indicates that the combo rank is a function of the weakest link. While the CPU is capable of handling any modern game, the GTX 1650 is an end-of-life product from 2019, and its performance in a 2016 game like Inside is still insufficient for high resolutions. The rank of 3575 serves as a warning to users that this GPU will be the primary obstacle to a smooth experience in most titles, and it is the reason the combo is relegated to the bottom percentile of the database.

FAQ

Q: What is the average frame rate at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: The data shows an average of 107 FPS at 1920x1080 with the Medium preset, with a minimum of 91 FPS and a maximum of 124 FPS.

Q: Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D a bottleneck for the GTX 1650 in this game?

A: No. The benchmark results indicate the CPU is not the limiting factor, as the frame rate drops are directly correlated with resolution changes, which only affect the GPU workload. The CPU's performance is more than sufficient for this GPU.

Q: Can this combo run the game at 4K with a 60 FPS average?

A: No. Even at the Low preset, the average frame rate at 3840x2160 is 61 FPS, which is just barely above 60. At Medium, it drops to 49 FPS, and at High and Ultra, it falls to 30 FPS and 29 FPS respectively.

Q: How does the GPU's performance compare to its nearest rival, the Intel Arc A310?

A: The GTX 1650 has an average benchmark score of 7472, which is 1% slower than the Intel Arc A310's score of 7550, according to the deltaPct of -1.

Q: What is the best resolution to play this game at with this hardware?

A: The data suggests 1920x1080 is the optimal resolution, as it is the only one where all presets, including Ultra, achieve an average frame rate above 60 FPS.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded for the 1440p Medium setting?

A: The measured data shows a minimum FPS of 66 for the 2560x1440 resolution with Medium settings, with an average of 77 FPS.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual quality and performance, the data points to the Medium preset as the optimal choice. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers an average of 107 FPS with a minimum of 91 FPS, ensuring smooth gameplay without any significant frame drops. This is a substantial improvement over the High preset, which offers an average of 67 FPS, and it still maintains a frame rate well above the 60 FPS target. The Ultra preset at 1080p also achieves an average of 64 FPS, but the Medium preset provides a higher performance margin, making it the safer choice for maintaining a consistent experience.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset is also the recommended setting, as it yields an average of 77 FPS with a minimum of 66 FPS. This is the highest preset that can maintain a frame rate above 60 FPS at this resolution. The High preset at 1440p drops to an average of 48 FPS, which may be acceptable for a slower-paced game like Inside, but the Medium preset offers a more fluid experience. For 4K, the data suggests that only the Low preset is viable, with an average of 61 FPS. However, this is a marginal result, and users seeking a more stable experience should consider lowering the resolution to 1440p and using the Medium preset, which provides a better overall visual quality with a higher average frame rate.

The Ultra preset is not recommended at any resolution above 1080p. At 1440p, it yields an average of 46 FPS, and at 4K, it falls to 29 FPS. The performance cost of the Ultra preset is significant, and the visual benefits in a game like Inside are unlikely to justify the frame rate penalty. The Low preset is available for users with weaker hardware, but given the CPU's power, it is unnecessary to drop to this level at 1080p, where even the Ultra preset is playable.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D plays a supporting role in this combo, providing ample processing power that far exceeds the demands of the GTX 1650. This is an 8-core, 16-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. It features 96 MB of shared L3 cache, which is a defining characteristic of the X3D series, designed to reduce memory latency and improve gaming performance. The CPU's benchmark results are strong, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 16817 and a single-core score of 1713, alongside a Geekbench multi-core score of 15610.

In the context of Inside, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic, but the game is not CPU-intensive. The data shows that the frame rates are entirely dictated by the GPU, as evidenced by the significant drops when resolution increases. The CPU's performance percentile of 83 against all CPUs confirms its high-end status, but this power is untapped in this pairing. The nearest rivals for the CPU, such as the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Intel Core i7-13650HX, have virtually identical average scores (33089 vs. 33079), indicating that any of these processors would perform the same in this scenario.

The CPU's 120 W TDP and support for DDR5 memory are irrelevant to the game's performance, as the GPU is the bottleneck. The 3D V-Cache technology, which gives the CPU its large L3 cache, does not provide any tangible benefit here because the game does not demand high CPU throughput. The conclusion from the data is that the CPU is massively overqualified for this task, and its role is simply to ensure that it never becomes a limiting factor. Users with this CPU could easily pair it with a much more powerful GPU to achieve far better results, but with the GTX 1650, the CPU's potential is entirely wasted.