Outriders

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for Outriders shows a clear and predictable scaling pattern as resolution increases, but the shape of that curve tells an important story about where this combination of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 hits its limits. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo delivers 287 FPS average. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that to 246 FPS, and at 3840x2160 Low it falls further to 143 FPS. That is a 50% reduction from 1080p to 4K at Low settings, which strongly indicates the GPU is becoming the primary constraint as pixel count rises.

The High settings curve behaves similarly. At 1080p High, the system averages 229 FPS. At 1440p High, it drops to 149 FPS. At 4K High, the average falls to 78 FPS. The jump from 1440p to 4K represents a 48% performance loss, which is a heavier hit than the 35% loss seen when moving from 1080p to 1440p. This nonlinear degradation is typical of a GPU-bound scenario at higher resolutions, where the RTX 4080's rendering throughput becomes the limiting factor rather than the CPU's ability to feed frames.

Ultra settings amplify this effect. The 1080p Ultra average is 170 FPS, 1440p Ultra drops to 108 FPS, and 4K Ultra bottoms out at 56 FPS. The percentage loss from 1440p to 4K at Ultra is roughly 48%, nearly identical to the High settings drop. This consistency across quality presets suggests that resolution scaling in Outriders is dominated by GPU fill-rate and shading demands rather than any particular setting toggling CPU or memory bandwidth usage.

The Medium preset, which is the only one with recorded min and max FPS values, provides additional insight. At 1080p Medium, the system averages 255 FPS with a minimum of 217 and maximum of 293 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average is 198 FPS with min/max of 169/228. At 4K Medium, the average is 104 FPS with min/max of 88/119. The spread between minimum and maximum FPS widens at higher resolutions, from 76 FPS at 1080p to 59 FPS at 1440p and 31 FPS at 4K. The narrowing absolute spread at 4K suggests that frame time variance becomes less about CPU hiccups and more about sustained GPU workload.

What this data indicates overall is that the Ryzen 7 9700X has ample headroom at 1080p, where the RTX 4080 is the clear bottleneck at every settings level. At 4K, the GPU is so heavily loaded that the CPU's role diminishes further. The sweet spot for this pairing appears to be 1440p High, where 149 FPS average represents a strong balance between visual quality and smoothness, with the system still having enough spare GPU capacity to handle demanding combat scenes without dipping into uncomfortable territory.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the benchmark database, this specific configuration of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X paired with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 achieves a combo rank of 107 out of 3710 tested combinations in Outriders. That places it in the top 3% of all tested combos, which is an exceptional result for a game that is not particularly known for being a hardware showcase.

The percentile placement is worth contextualizing. The RTX 4080 itself sits at the 86th percentile against all GPUs in the database, and the Ryzen 7 9700X also sits at the 86th percentile against all CPUs. Yet their combined rank in Outriders is significantly higher than either component's individual percentile would suggest. This is a case where the sum outperforms the parts, indicating that Outriders responds particularly well to the combination of high single-threaded CPU performance and substantial GPU compute resources.

Looking at the nearest rivals for each component helps explain why this pairing ranks so well. The RTX 4080's closest competitor in the GPU database is the RTX 4080 SUPER, which scores 54209 on average versus the 4080's 54247, a delta of just 0.1%. That essentially means these two GPUs are interchangeable in raw benchmark terms. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 54828, which is 1.1% higher, and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB scores 55698, 2.6% higher. The fact that the RTX 4080 ranks 107th overall despite being slightly behind several rivals in raw scores suggests that Outriders' specific rendering path favors the 4080's architecture.

On the CPU side, the Ryzen 7 9700X scores 37943 on average, with its nearest rival being the Intel Core i9-14901E at 37911, a delta of only 0.1%. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is also within 0.1%, and the Intel Core 5 211E is 0.3% behind. These are all extremely tight margins, meaning the 9700X is not decisively ahead of its direct competitors in general compute. However, in Outriders specifically, the combination of Zen 5 architecture and the RTX 4080's capabilities produces a result that outperforms what either component's individual percentile would predict.

The gap between the 107th rank and the top of the database is filled by combinations with more powerful GPUs, presumably including RTX 4090-class hardware or multi-GPU setups. But for a single-GPU, mainstream high-end configuration, this rank indicates that the 9700X + 4080 combo is exceptionally well-matched to Outriders' performance requirements. There are 3710 total combos tested, so ranking 107th means only 106 other configurations deliver higher average FPS in this game.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average FPS this combo achieves in Outriders?

A: The highest recorded average FPS is 287, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings. At the opposite end, 4K Ultra produces the lowest average at 56 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 7 9700X compare to its closest CPU rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The Ryzen 7 9700X averages 37943 across all benchmark tests. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i9-14901E, scores 37911, which is a delta of only 0.1%. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also scores 37904, another 0.1% delta, while the Intel Core 5 211E is 0.3% behind at 37829.

Q: What is the RTX 4080's standing relative to other GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 4080 sits at the 86th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54247. Its closest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores 54209, a 0.1% difference. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 1.1% higher at 54828.

Q: Does the combo perform better at 1440p High or 1080p Ultra?

A: 1440p High produces an average of 149 FPS, while 1080p Ultra produces 170 FPS. The 1080p Ultra setting yields a higher frame rate, but the gap is only 21 FPS, suggesting that the higher resolution at High settings offers a better visual-per-frame tradeoff.

Q: How much FPS is lost when moving from 1080p to 4K at Medium settings?

A: At 1080p Medium, the average is 255 FPS. At 4K Medium, the average drops to 104 FPS. This represents a 59% reduction in average FPS when quadrupling the pixel count.

Q: What are the min and max FPS values recorded at 1440p Medium?

A: At 2560x1440 Medium, the system records an average of 198 FPS, with a minimum of 169 FPS and a maximum of 228 FPS. This gives a frame time spread of 59 FPS between the lowest and highest recorded values.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured FPS data for Outriders with the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 covers four settings presets across three resolutions. Starting at 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers an average of 287 FPS. The Medium preset averages 255 FPS with a minimum of 217 and maximum of 293 FPS. High settings average 229 FPS, and Ultra settings average 170 FPS. The progression from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a 41% performance drop, from 287 down to 170 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the numbers scale down proportionally. Low settings average 246 FPS, which is a 14% reduction from the 1080p Low result. Medium settings average 198 FPS with min/max of 169/228. High settings average 149 FPS, and Ultra settings average 108 FPS. The step from Medium to High at 1440p is a 25% drop, while the step from High to Ultra is 27%, showing that the Ultra preset is particularly demanding at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the performance curve steepens. Low settings average 143 FPS, which is 42% lower than the 1440p Low result. Medium settings average 104 FPS with min/max of 88/119. High settings average 78 FPS, and Ultra settings drop to 56 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 87 FPS, or roughly 61% of the Low setting's performance. This confirms that Ultra at 4K is the most punishing configuration, pushing the RTX 4080 to its limits.

The Medium preset is the only one with complete min/max data across all three resolutions. At 1080p, the min is 217 and max is 293, giving a 76 FPS range. At 1440p, the min is 169 and max is 228, a 59 FPS range. At 4K, the min is 88 and max is 119, a 31 FPS range. The shrinking absolute range at higher resolutions indicates that frame pacing becomes more consistent as the GPU becomes the primary bottleneck, whereas at 1080p, CPU-driven frame time spikes create more variance.

For gamers targeting specific frame rate thresholds, the data shows that 4K High at 78 FPS is just below the 80 FPS mark, while 4K Medium at 104 FPS clears it comfortably. At 1440p, even Ultra settings at 108 FPS exceed 100 FPS, making 1440p the highest resolution where this combo can maintain triple-digit averages across all presets. At 1080p, every preset including Ultra at 170 FPS delivers well above 144 FPS, which is the threshold for high-refresh displays.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using the AD103 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. It features 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 716.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1400 MHz, which translates to 22.4 Gbps effective. These specifications are directly relevant to Outriders' performance at higher resolutions, where the game's texture streaming and particle effects place substantial demands on memory bandwidth.

The GPU's clock speeds are set at a base of 2205 MHz with a boost of 2505 MHz. The shading units number 9728, with 304 texture mapping units and 112 raster output units. The RTX 4080 also includes 76 ray tracing cores and 304 tensor cores, which contribute to its DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) support. In Outriders, the game does not heavily utilize ray tracing, so the rasterization performance from the 112 ROPs and 9728 shading units is what drives the measured FPS numbers.

The GPU's 16 GB of VRAM is more than sufficient for Outriders at any resolution and settings combination tested. The game's maximum VRAM usage at 4K Ultra is not disclosed in the data, but the fact that the RTX 4080 maintains playable frame rates at 4K Ultra (56 FPS average) without any indication of memory-related stuttering suggests the 16 GB capacity is not a limiting factor. The 716.8 GB/s bandwidth also proves adequate, as evidenced by the smooth scaling from 1080p to 4K.

The RTX 4080's benchmark scores reinforce its position in the GPU hierarchy. It sits at the 86th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 54247. Its nearest rival, the RTX 4080 SUPER, scores 54209, which is practically identical with a 0.1% delta. The AMD Radeon Pro W5700X scores 54828, 1.1% higher, and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB scores 55698, 2.6% higher. These comparisons show that the RTX 4080 is competitive with but not decisively ahead of its closest alternatives in synthetic benchmarks.

In the context of Outriders, the GPU's role becomes more pronounced at higher resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 287 FPS, which is likely near the CPU's maximum frame delivery capability. But at 4K Ultra, the 56 FPS average reflects the GPU's raw rendering throughput under maximal load. The RTX 4080's 48.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 280.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are the specifications that dictate how quickly the game's scenes can be rasterized at 4K.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is a desktop processor from the 9000 series, built on the Zen 5 architecture with the Granite Ridge codename. It features 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz. The processor is manufactured on a 4 nm process at TSMC with 8,315 million transistors on a 70.6 mm² die. Its 65 W TDP is notably low for a high-performance desktop CPU, which confirms the efficiency of the Zen 5 architecture.

The cache hierarchy consists of 80 KB of L1 per core, 1 MB of L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. The memory support is DDR5 with a dual-channel bus, providing 89.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The CPU supports ECC memory and connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes from the CPU. The integrated Radeon Graphics are present but irrelevant for gaming performance when a discrete GPU like the RTX 4080 is installed.

The CPU's benchmark results show strong multi-threaded performance relative to its single-threaded capabilities. In Cinebench R23, it scores 20485 in multi-core and 2211 in single-core. The Geekbench scores are 17906 multi-core and 3023 single-core. The 3DMark results show 9824 in the 16-thread test and 1280 in the single-thread test. These numbers indicate that the 9700X has excellent single-threaded performance, which is crucial for Outriders' game logic and physics calculations.

The CPU sits at the 86th percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 37943. Its nearest rivals are extremely close: the Intel Core i9-14901E scores 37911 (0.1% delta), the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 scores 37904 (0.1% delta), and the Intel Core 5 211E scores 37829 (0.3% delta). This tight clustering suggests that in general computing tasks, the 9700X does not have a significant advantage over its direct competitors, but its specific combination of Zen 5 IPC and clock speed is well-suited to Outriders.

In Outriders specifically, the CPU's role is most evident at 1080p Low settings, where the system reaches 287 FPS. This high frame rate demands that the CPU can process game state updates, issue draw calls, and manage the physics simulation quickly enough to feed the GPU. The fact that 1080p Low produces a higher FPS than 4K Low (287 vs 143) indicates that at 1080p, the CPU is capable of driving frame rates well above what the GPU can render at higher resolutionshola. The 16 threads provide ample parallelism for the game's background tasks, while the 5.50 GHz boost clock ensures that single-threaded bottlenecks are minimizedhola.