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Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates for the Intel Core i7-14700KF paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 show a classic pattern of GPU-bound scaling as resolution increases. At 1080p with High settings, the combo produces 97.7 FPS. Moving to 1440p drops that to 66.4 FPS, a reduction of roughly 32%. The jump to 4K yields 35.1 FPS, which is about 47% lower than the 1440p result and 64% lower than the 1080p baseline.

This steep decline across resolutions indicates that the Radeon RX 6600 is the primary limiting factor in this pairing. The CPU has substantial headroom — its 20 cores and 28 threads are far beyond what a 2014 third-person shooter would need — so the frame rate collapse at higher resolutions is almost entirely attributable to the GPU's rendering throughput. The data supports this interpretation: at 1080p Low, the combo reaches 156.8 FPS, but at 4K Low it falls to 51.7 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra settings also widens with resolution, suggesting the GPU's fixed resources (8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 128-bit bus) become increasingly strained as pixel count grows.

The scaling behavior is consistent across all settings presets. At Low, the 1080p-to-4K drop is from 156.8 to 51.7 FPS. At Medium, it falls from 119.7 to 38.9 FPS. At High, it goes from 97.7 to 35.1 FPS. At Ultra, the decline is from 74.0 to 24.4 FPS. The percentage losses are similar in each case, reinforcing that resolution is the dominant variable and that the GPU is saturated well before the CPU becomes a bottleneck.

Settings Recommendations

The measured rows provide a clear picture of which settings preset offers the best experience for this combination. At 1080p, Medium delivers 119.7 FPS, which is 22% higher than High's 97.7 FPS and only 24% lower than Low's 156.8 FPS. Given that Medium typically provides a substantial visual improvement over Low while remaining well above the 60 FPS threshold, it emerges as the balanced choice for 1080p gaming.

At 1440p, the situation shifts. Medium produces 78.6 FPS, which is still comfortably playable. High drops to 66.4 FPS, and Low jumps to 99.6 FPS. The Medium preset at 1440p offers the best compromise, maintaining smooth motion while preserving more visual fidelity than Low. The gap between Medium and High (78.6 vs 66.4 FPS) is notable — a 15% difference that could matter on high-refresh displays.

At 4K, none of the presets achieve 60 FPS. Low yields 51.7 FPS, Medium 38.9 FPS, High 35.1 FPS, and Ultra falls to 24.4 FPS. For users who insist on 4K output, Low is the only viable option, and even then the frame rate hovers around the lower edge of playability. The data suggests that 1440p Medium is the sweet spot for this hardware combination, delivering 78.6 FPS with a reasonable visual quality trade-off.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 6600 is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a Navi 23 chip manufactured on a 7 nm process. Its boost clock reaches 2491 MHz, with a game clock of 2044 MHz and a base clock of 1626 MHz. The card's 8 GB of GDDR6 memory operates across a 128-bit bus, providing 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. These specifications place it in the 69th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 25235.

The GPU's nearest rivals in the benchmark database are the AMD Radeon 890M (deltaPct 0), the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (deltaPct -0.2), the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (deltaPct 0.2), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (deltaPct 0.5). These near-identical average scores indicate that the RX 6600 sits in a tightly contested performance band, with all four products within half a percentage point of each other.

In this game, the GPU's memory configuration appears to be a constraining factor at higher resolutions. The 128-bit bus and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are modest by modern standards, and the 8 GB capacity becomes a liability at 4K Ultra, where the combo manages only 24.4 FPS. The pixel rate of 159.4 GPixel/s and texture rate of 279.0 GTexel/s are adequate for 1080p but struggle as pixel counts escalate. The FP32 throughput of 8.928 TFLOPS is the raw compute ceiling, and the measured results suggest the card is hitting that ceiling in this title's heavier presets.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo produces 156.8 FPS on Low, 119.7 FPS on Medium, 97.7 FPS on High, and 74.0 FPS on Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a 53% reduction in frame rate, indicating that the Ultra preset's additional effects are costly. The step from Medium to High costs 22 FPS, while High to Ultra costs 24 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the numbers are 99.6 FPS on Low, 78.6 FPS on Medium, 66.4 FPS on High, and 51.9 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra here is 48%, slightly smaller than at 1080p. Interestingly, the 1440p Medium result (78.6 FPS) is nearly identical to the 1080p Ultra result (74.0 FPS), suggesting that the GPU's workload is similar between these two configurations.

At 3840x2160, the results are 51.7 FPS on Low, 38.9 FPS on Medium, 35.1 FPS on High, and 24.4 FPS on Ultra. The spread between Low and Ultra is 53%, consistent with the 1080p pattern. However, the absolute numbers are all below 60 FPS, making 4K impractical for smooth gameplay regardless of settings. The Ultra preset at 4K is the worst-case scenario, delivering less than half the frame rate of the 1080p Medium preset.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i7-14700KF and AMD Radeon RX 6600 ranks 1422 out of 1733 tested combos in this game. This places it in the lower 18% of all pairings, which is noteworthy given the CPU's strength. The i7-14700KF sits in the 96th percentile of all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 70104. Its nearest CPU rivals are the Intel Core i7-14700K (deltaPct 0), the AMD EPYC 9115 (deltaPct 0.3), the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (deltaPct -0.4), and the Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 (deltaPct -1.3).

The low combo rank is almost entirely due to the GPU. The RX 6600's 69th percentile standing means it is outclassed by a significant portion of the graphics cards tested in this database. The ranking data tells a clear story: a top-tier CPU paired with a mid-range GPU results in a combo that underperforms relative to what the processor alone could support. The i7-14700KF's multicore Cinebench R23 score of 44557 and Geekbench multicore result of 19287 demonstrate its capability, but the GPU cannot translate that into high frame rates in this game.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i7-14700KF features 20 cores and 28 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and a boost clock of 5.60 GHz. Its 33 MB of shared L3 cache and 2 MB per-core L2 cache provide ample data locality for game workloads. The CPU's Raptor Lake architecture, built on Intel's 10 nm process, delivers strong single-thread performance — a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 6290 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2972.

In this game, the CPU's role is minimal at higher resolutions. The measured data shows frame rates dropping consistently as resolution increases, which would not happen if the CPU were the bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the combo achieves 156.8 FPS, which is high enough to suggest the CPU can feed the GPU adequately at that resolution. The fact that 1440p Low produces 99.6 FPS and 4K Low produces 51.7 FPS indicates the GPU is the limiting factor across the board.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 96 and its average benchmark score of 70104 put it in the top tier of processors. Its nearest rivals — the i7-14700K, EPYC 9115, Ryzen 9 9950X, and Xeon Platinum 8270 — all score within 1.3% of the i7-14700KF. This level of CPU performance is far beyond what a 2014 third-person shooter requires, meaning the i7-14700KF is not constraining the system in any measurable way. The bottleneck lies squarely with the RX 6600, and the combo's 1422nd-place ranking out of 1733 reflects that imbalance.