Outriders

FAQ

Q: What average frame rate can this combo achieve at 1920x1080 on Low settings in Outriders?

A: The Intel Core i5-14400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 delivers an average of 99.4 FPS at 1920x1080 on Low settings, which is the highest average measured across all tested configurations for this game.

Q: How does the GTX 1650's performance compare to its nearest rivals based on synthetic benchmarks?

A: The GTX 1650 scores 8713 on average in GPU benchmarks, sitting within 0.5% of the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 (8671) and within 0.4% of both the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile (8746) and AMD Radeon 550X (8749). It trails the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 (8761) by 0.5%.

Q: Is the Core i5-14400F a strong performer relative to other CPUs?

A: The Core i5-14400F ranks in the 88th percentile against all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32508. Its closest rival, the Intel Core i7-12800H, scores 32513, a 0% difference, while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 trails by 0.2% with a score of 32446.

Q: What is the best settings preset at 2560x1440 for playable frame rates?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset produces an average of 63.2 FPS, which is the only setting at this resolution that exceeds 60 FPS. Medium yields 47.2 FPS, High drops to 34.2 FPS, and Ultra falls to 22.9 FPS.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested CPU-GPU pairings in Outriders?

A: This configuration ranks 1626 out of 1693 total tested combos in Outriders, placing it in the lower 4% of all pairings evaluated for this specific game.

Q: What memory configuration does the GTX 1650 use, and does it impact 4K performance?

A: The GTX 1650 features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus with 128.1 GB/s bandwidth. At 3840x2160, even the Low preset only reaches 33.8 FPS, while Ultra drops to 12.8 FPS, indicating the memory capacity and bandwidth limit high-resolution performance.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data across three resolutions reveals a clear pattern: the Low preset consistently delivers the best playability for this combination of the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. At 1920x1080, Low produces 99.4 FPS, which is 26.2 FPS higher than Medium (73.2 FPS) and 45.9 FPS higher than High (53.5 FPS). The jump from Low to Medium costs 26.2 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High costs an additional 19.7 FPS. Ultra is the most demanding preset, dropping to 36.7 FPS at 1080p, which represents a 62.7 FPS deficit compared to Low.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset is the only configuration that maintains a smooth 60 FPS threshold, achieving 63.2 FPS. Medium at 47.2 FPS is borderline playable but noticeably less fluid, while High at 34.2 FPS and Ultra at 22.9 FPS fall well below acceptable levels for a looter shooter where quick reactions matter. The 4K results are uniformly poor across all settings, with Low at 33.8 FPS being the only preset that approaches playability, though still below the 60 FPS target.

For the best experience, the Low preset at 1920x1080 offers the highest headroom and most consistent gameplay, with the 99.4 FPS average ensuring the engine's physics and enemy AI remain responsive. If visual fidelity is prioritized over raw frame rate, the Medium preset at 1080p (73.2 FPS) provides a reasonable compromise, sacrificing 26.2 FPS for improved texture detail and lighting effects. The data strongly suggests avoiding Ultra at any resolution, as the 36.7 FPS at 1080p and 12.8 FPS at 4K indicate the GTX 1650 lacks the shading units and memory bandwidth to handle the maximum quality settings.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is built on the Turing architecture with a TU117 chip fabricated on TSMC's 12 nm process, containing 4,700 million transistors across a 200 mm² die. Its 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output pipelines deliver a peak FP32 throughput of 2.984 TFLOPS, with base and boost clocks of 1485 MHz and 1665 MHz respectively. The GPU's memory subsystem consists of 4 GB of GDDR5 running at 2001 MHz (8 Gbps effective) across a 128-bit bus, yielding 128.1 GB/s of bandwidth. This configuration places the GTX 1650 in the 43rd percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 8713.

In Outriders, the GPU's limitations become apparent as resolution increases. The 4 GB frame buffer is insufficient for 3840x2160 at higher quality settings, where the Ultra preset averages just 12.8 FPS. Even at 2560x1440, the GPU struggles to maintain playable frame rates beyond the Low preset, with High at 34.2 FPS and Ultra at 22.9 FPS. The 128.1 GB/s memory bandwidth appears to be a bottleneck when the engine needs to stream high-resolution textures, as evidenced by the steep performance drop from Low to Medium at every resolution.

The GPU's DirectX 12 (12_1) support allows for modern rendering features, but the lack of ray tracing cores means Outriders' visual effects rely on traditional rasterization. The pixel rate of 53.28 GPixel/s and texture rate of 93.24 GTexel/s are modest by current standards, explaining why the card falls behind more recent GPUs in the benchmark hierarchy. The 75W TDP and dual-slot design indicate this is a power-efficient card, but efficiency does not translate to high-end performance in a demanding 2021 title like Outriders.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 3840x2160, the measured average frame rates show a steep decline as settings increase. The Low preset achieves 33.8 FPS, which is the only 4K configuration that approaches playability. Medium drops to 23 FPS, a 10.8 FPS reduction from Low. High falls further to 18.9 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 12.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 21 FPS, representing a 62% performance loss from the minimum to maximum quality settings.

Moving to 2560x1440, the results improve substantially but still favor lower presets. Low settings produce 63.2 FPS, which is nearly double the 4K Low result. Medium achieves 47.2 FPS, a 24.2 FPS decrease from Low. High delivers 34.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 22.9 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 40.3 FPS, showing that the GPU's compute resources are heavily taxed by higher quality settings even at this reduced resolution.

At 1920x1080, the combo demonstrates its best performance. Low settings hit 99.4 FPS, which is the only configuration across all resolutions and settings that exceeds 90 FPS. Medium reaches 73.2 FPS, a 26.2 FPS drop from Low. High achieves 53.5 FPS, which is 19.7 FPS below Medium. Ultra falls to 36.7 FPS, a 62.7 FPS deficit compared to Low. The scaling pattern shows diminishing returns: the jump from Low to Medium costs 26.2 FPS, while the jump from Medium to High costs 19.7 FPS, and High to Ultra costs 16.8 FPS, indicating that each quality tier has a substantial performance impact.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-14400F and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 ranks 1626 out of 1693 tested CPU-GPU pairings in Outriders, placing it in the bottom 4% of all configurations evaluated for this game. This low ranking reflects the GPU's position in the 43rd percentile of all GPUs, combined with the game's demanding rendering requirements. The CPU, by contrast, performs admirably in synthetic benchmarks, sitting in the 88th percentile with an average score of 32508, but this processing power cannot compensate for the GPU's limitations in a graphically intensive looter shooter.

The ranking suggests that this pairing is better suited for older titles or less demanding genres, as Outriders' real-time effects and large environments strain the GTX 1650's 4 GB memory and 2.984 TFLOPS compute capability. The CPU's 10 cores and 16 threads, boosting up to 4.70 GHz, ensure that the system is not CPU-bound at any resolution, as evidenced by the consistent frame rate scaling across settings. The 20 MB of shared L3 cache and DDR4/DDR5 memory support provide ample headroom for the game's streaming assets, but the GPU becomes the limiting factor at higher resolutions and quality presets.

Compared to other combos in the database, this pairing's rank indicates that users seeking higher frame rates in Outriders would need a more powerful GPU. The measured FPS data supports this conclusion: even at 1080p Low, the 99.4 FPS result is respectable, but the significant drops at Medium (73.2 FPS) and High (53.5 FPS) show that the GPU cannot sustain high quality settings without sacrificing fluidity. The 4K results, which peak at 33.8 FPS on Low, confirm that this combo is not viable for high-resolution gaming in this title.