Outriders

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 combination delivers a robust Outriders experience across all tested configurations, with the data indicating a clear sweet spot at 1440p High settings. This pairing balances the CPU’s 8-core Zen 4 architecture with the GPU’s Ada Lovelace throughput, producing frame rates that range from highly competitive at 1080p to playable at 4K, depending on the graphics preset selected.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS rows show that the Ultra preset consistently exacts a heavy toll on performance, making it the least efficient choice at every resolution. At 1920x1080, Ultra yields 131.9 FPS, which is a significant drop from the 185.8 FPS achieved on High. The gap widens further at higher resolutions: at 2560x1440, Ultra produces 82.7 FPS versus 114.8 FPS on High, and at 3840x2160, Ultra falls to 44.9 FPS compared to 57.4 FPS on High. The performance cost of moving from High to Ultra is roughly a 28-33% reduction in average frame rate across all resolutions, a penalty that does not justify the marginal visual uplift in a fast-paced looter shooter.

Conversely, the Low preset offers the highest frame rates but sacrifices too much visual fidelity for a game that relies on environmental readability. The data shows that Medium provides a strong middle ground, but the High preset emerges as the optimal choice for the best experience. At 1440p, High delivers 114.8 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay and close to the 154.4 FPS of Medium, indicating that the GPU has ample headroom. At 1080p, High’s 185.8 FPS is already far beyond what most displays can refresh, making higher settings unnecessary for competitive play. At 4K, High’s 57.4 FPS is the only preset above 60 FPS that maintains acceptable visual quality, whereas Medium drops to 79.5 FPS and Ultra falls below playable levels at 44.9 FPS. For the best balance of visual clarity and fluid motion, the High preset is the recommended setting, with 1440p High being the standout configuration for this hardware combo.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution for this CPU-GPU combo in Outriders?

A: The data indicates that 2560x1440 on High settings provides the best experience, achieving 114.8 FPS. This resolution offers a substantial visual upgrade over 1080p while maintaining frame rates well above the 60 FPS threshold, unlike 4K which dips to 57.4 FPS on the same settings.

Q: How much performance is lost when moving from High to Ultra settings?

A: Across all tested resolutions, the Ultra preset reduces average frame rates by approximately 28-33% compared to High. For example, at 1080p, the drop is from 185.8 FPS to 131.9 FPS, and at 4K, it falls from 57.4 FPS to 44.9 FPS.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 capable of 4K gaming in Outriders?

A: Yes, but only on lower presets. The data shows 4K High achieves 57.4 FPS, which is borderline playable, while 4K Medium reaches 79.5 FPS. However, 4K Ultra falls to 44.9 FPS, which is below the standard for smooth gameplay.

Q: Does the Ryzen 7 7700 bottleneck the RTX 4070 at 1080p?

A: The benchmark results suggest the CPU keeps up well. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 250.5 FPS, and at 1080p High, it maintains 185.8 FPS. These high frame rates indicate the 8-core processor with a 5.30 GHz boost clock is not a limiting factor at this resolution.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1080p and 1440p on High settings?

A: Moving from 1080p to 1440p on High settings reduces the average frame rate from 185.8 FPS to 114.8 FPS, a drop of about 38%. This is a significant reduction, but the resulting 114.8 FPS is still very smooth for gameplay.

Q: How does the combo rank among other tested configurations?

A: The combination ranks 280th out of 1693 tested combos, placing it in the top 16.5% of all configurations. This puts it in the upper tier of performance for Outriders.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS progression from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scaling pattern, with the RTX 4070’s 12 GB of GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth becoming the primary constraint at higher resolutions. At 1080p High, the combo achieves 185.8 FPS, which drops to 114.8 FPS at 1440p and further to 57.4 FPS at 4K. This represents a 38% reduction from 1080p to 1440p and a 69% reduction from 1080p to 4K, showing that the rendering load scales steeply with pixel count.

The scaling behavior indicates that the CPU has sufficient headroom to feed the GPU at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 250.5 FPS, a figure that is likely near the CPU’s practical limit for this game engine, given the Ryzen 7 7700’s 16 threads and single-thread score of 4136 in Cinebench R23. However, as resolution increases, the GPU’s fill rate and memory bandwidth become the limiting factors. The RTX 4070’s 158.4 GPixel/s pixel rate and 455.4 GTexel/s texture rate are taxed heavily at 4K, where even High settings only produce 57.4 FPS. The data suggests that for users targeting 4K, the GPU is the bottleneck, while at 1080p, the system is well-balanced, with the CPU’s strong multi-core performance (29302 in Cinebench R23) ensuring no significant frame pacing issues.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates exceptional performance across all presets. Low settings produce the highest average at 250.5 FPS, followed by Medium at 222.1 FPS, High at 185.8 FPS, and Ultra at 131.9 FPS. The gap between Medium and High is 36.3 FPS, while the drop from High to Ultra is 53.9 FPS, highlighting that Ultra is disproportionately demanding. All presets at 1080p exceed the 120 FPS threshold, making this resolution ideal for high-refresh-rate displays, though the visual differences between Medium and High may be less noticeable at these frame rates.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance remains strong but shows more variation between presets. Low leads with 214.2 FPS, Medium follows at 154.4 FPS, High at 114.8 FPS, and Ultra at 82.7 FPS. The transition from 1080p to 1440p reduces frame rates by roughly 25-38% across presets, with the largest absolute drop seen in Low (from 250.5 to 214.2 FPS). High settings at 1440p provide a 114.8 FPS average, which is the recommended target for a smooth experience without compromising visual quality. Ultra at 1440p falls to 82.7 FPS, still playable but showing the preset’s heavy cost.

At 3840x2160, the GPU’s limits become apparent. Low settings achieve 112.5 FPS, which is surprisingly strong, while Medium hits 79.5 FPS, High drops to 57.4 FPS, and Ultra falls to 44.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 33 FPS, and the gap between Medium and High is 22.1 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is the only configuration below 60 FPS in the entire dataset, confirming that Ultra is not viable at this resolution. High at 4K remains the highest-quality preset that stays near the 60 FPS line, making it the upper bound for 4K gaming with this hardware.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Outriders, this pairing of the Ryzen 7 7700 and RTX 4070 achieves a rank of 280 out of 1693 combos. This places it in the 83rd percentile of all tested systems, indicating that it outperforms the vast majority of configurations. The rank reflects a strong balance between the CPU and GPU, where the 8-core processor’s high multi-threaded throughput (29302 in Cinebench R23) complements the GPU’s 29.15 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power.

The combo’s rank is particularly noteworthy given that the RTX 4070’s average benchmark score places it at the 81st percentile among all GPUs, while the Ryzen 7 7700 sits at the 91st percentile among all CPUs. This suggests the CPU is slightly stronger relative to its peers than the GPU, but the pairing works harmoniously. Compared to the nearest rival GPUs, the RTX 4070 is within 2.5% of the AMD Radeon RX 5300M’s average score and 0.6% behind the RX Vega 56, yet in game-specific testing, the combination’s rank shows it handles Outriders efficiently. The high rank also implies that the hardware does not suffer from severe bottlenecking, as the frame rates scale predictably with resolution and settings, rather than hitting a hard CPU limit at lower resolutions.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 7700’s specifications play a crucial role in the measured results, particularly at lower resolutions where CPU overhead is more likely to surface. The processor features 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.30 GHz. Its 32 MB of shared L3 cache provides ample data for game logic, while the 65 W TDP indicates efficient power delivery. In synthetic benchmarks, the CPU achieves a multi-thread score of 29302 in Cinebench R23 and a single-thread score of 4136, demonstrating strong performance in both lightly-threaded and heavily-threaded workloads.

In Outriders, the CPU’s role is evident from the scaling pattern at 1080p. The jump from High to Low settings at 1080p yields a 64.7 FPS difference (from 185.8 to 250.5 FPS), which suggests that the CPU can still push higher frame rates when the GPU load is reduced. The single-thread performance, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 1049, ensures that the game’s primary simulation thread is not a bottleneck. Meanwhile, the 16 threads provide headroom for background tasks and multi-threaded game processes. The CPU’s 91st percentile ranking among all CPUs further confirms that it is a high-tier part, and when paired with the RTX 4070, it prevents the system from becoming CPU-limited in most scenarios. The data indicates that even at 1080p Low, the 250.5 FPS ceiling is likely a combination of the game engine’s limits and the CPU’s maximum throughput, rather than a deficiency in the processor itself.