Overpower

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER delivers a playable but not exceptional experience in Overpower, a 2023 action title that stresses both CPU and GPU depending on resolution. Across the measured 1080p, 1440p, and 4K settings, this combo lands at rank 2623 out of 3713 tested combinations, placing it in the lower-middle tier of the database. That ranking reflects a system where the GPU’s age shows at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s modern architecture keeps frame rates respectable at lower settings.

How This Combo Ranks

The combo’s rank of 2623 out of 3713 tested combos places it in the 29th percentile of all pairings tested in Overpower. That is a mediocre standing, but context matters: the field includes many high-end pairings, and this combo’s position is driven primarily by the RTX 2060 SUPER, which sits near the 62nd percentile among all GPUs, while the Ryzen 7 9700F ranks in the 94th percentile among all CPUs. The data shows a clear mismatch — a top-tier CPU paired with a mid-range GPU from 2019.

In absolute terms, the combo achieves 129 FPS at 1080p Low, which is well above playable thresholds, but drops to 62 FPS at 1080p Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra at 1080p (67 FPS) is nearly identical to the gap at 1440p (59 FPS) and 4K (51 FPS), suggesting that the GPU is the primary limiter across all resolutions. However, the CPU’s strength is evident in the low-setting results: 129 FPS at 1080p Low and 115 FPS at 1440p Low indicate that the Ryzen 7 9700F can feed the GPU well beyond what the RTX 2060 SUPER can render at higher quality settings.

Compared to its nearest rivals, the Ryzen 7 9700F posts an average benchmark score of 69996, which is 0.2% above the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX (69875) and 0.7% above the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (69515). It trails the Intel Core i7-14700KF (70163) by 0.2% and the Intel Core i7-14700K (69355) by 0.9%. These are negligible differences, meaning the CPU is not the bottleneck in this combo — any of these processors would yield nearly identical Overpower frame rates when paired with the same GPU.

For the GPU, the RTX 2060 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 18093 is 0.4% below the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile (18159) and 0.5% below the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 (18189). It is 1.5% above the AMD Radeon RX 460 (18373) and 1.6% above the Intel Arc A770M (18383), though those deltas are inverted — the RX 460 and Arc A770M actually score higher, meaning the RTX 2060 SUPER underperforms them slightly. The practical result in Overpower is that this combo sits just above the bottom quartile of tested systems, with the GPU’s 8 GB VRAM and Turing architecture limiting high-resolution performance.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the TU106 chip, a 12 nm Turing design with 10,800 million transistors on a 445 mm² die. It features 2176 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output pipelines, along with 34 RT cores and 272 tensor cores. The GPU’s base clock is 1470 MHz with a boost clock of 1650 MHz, and memory runs at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) across a 256-bit bus, yielding 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The 8 GB GDDR6 frame buffer is the critical spec for Overpower, as the game’s High and Ultra settings at 4K push VRAM usage beyond what this card comfortably handles.

At 4K, the measured results show the GPU’s limits clearly: 57 FPS at High, 61 FPS at Medium, and 47 FPS at Ultra. The drop from Medium to Ultra (61 to 47 FPS) is a 23% reduction, while the jump from Low to Medium (98 to 61 FPS) is a 37% reduction — the largest single-setting penalty in the entire dataset. This indicates that the Medium preset introduces a significant increase in shader complexity or texture detail that the 2060 SUPER’s 7.181 TFLOPS FP32 throughput struggles to maintain. The card’s 224.4 GTexel/s texture rate and 105.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are simply insufficient for 4K Ultra in this title.

At 1440p, the GPU performs better: 67 FPS at High, 72 FPS at Medium, and 56 FPS at Ultra. The delta between High and Ultra (11 FPS) is smaller than at 4K (10 FPS for High-to-Ultra), suggesting that at 1440p the GPU is less VRAM-constrained and more compute-bound. The 1080p results reinforce this: 75 FPS at High, 81 FPS at Medium, and 62 FPS at Ultra. The GPU’s 448.0 GB/s bandwidth is adequate for 1080p, but the 8 GB VRAM capacity becomes a limiting factor at higher resolutions and quality settings.

The RTX 2060 SUPER’s 62nd percentile ranking among all GPUs is reflected in these numbers. It is not a weak card — it beats the RTX 3060 Mobile by 0.4% on average — but it is a 2019 design with 12 nm transistors and no modern features like mesh shaders or hardware ray tracing that newer titles exploit. In Overpower, the GPU delivers playable frame rates at 1080p Medium (81 FPS) and 1440p Medium (72 FPS), but 4K gaming requires dropping to Low (98 FPS) or accepting sub-60 FPS at High (57 FPS).

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 9700F is a Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, built on TSMC’s 4 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 5.50 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The cache hierarchy includes 80 KB L1 per core, 1 MB L2 per core, and 32 MB shared L3. Memory support is DDR5 over a dual-channel bus with 89.6 GB/s bandwidth, and the CPU connects via PCIe Gen 5 with 24 lanes. Its average benchmark score of 69996 places it in the 94th percentile of all CPUs, making it one of the stronger processors in the database.

In Overpower, the CPU’s role is best observed at low settings, where the GPU is not the bottleneck. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 129 FPS; at 1440p Low, 115 FPS; and at 4K Low, 98 FPS. The drop from 1080p to 1440p at Low (14 FPS) is smaller than the drop from 1440p to 4K (17 FPS), which indicates that even at Low settings, the GPU begins to limit performance at 4K. However, the sheer magnitude of these numbers — all above 95 FPS — demonstrates that the Ryzen 7 9700F has no trouble feeding the RTX 2060 SUPER at any resolution when quality is set to Low.

The CPU’s single-thread performance is strong: a PassMark single-thread score of 4691 and a PassMark physics score of 2122. Multi-threaded workloads are also handled well, with a PassMark multithread score of 36470 and a floating-point math score of 77955. These scores suggest that Overpower’s CPU-bound scenes — likely involving physics or AI calculations — are well within this processor’s capabilities. The CPU’s 94th percentile ranking means it outperforms 94% of all CPUs, so any frame rate deficiency in this combo is attributable to the GPU, not the processor.

The nearest rivals for the Ryzen 7 9700F are all within 1% of its average score, which means swapping in an Intel Core i7-14700K or AMD Ryzen 9 7950X would not measurably change Overpower performance. The CPU’s 5.50 GHz boost clock is among the highest in the database, and its 32 MB L3 cache is sufficient for the game’s data access patterns. The 8-core/16-thread configuration is more than adequate for a 2023 action title, which typically scales well to 8 cores but not beyond.

FAQ

*Q: Can this combo run Overpower at 60 FPS in 4K?*

A: Yes, but only at Low settings, where it achieves 98 FPS. At Medium, the average drops to 61 FPS, which is just above 60, but the minimum FPS is 52, meaning there will be dips below the 60 FPS threshold. At High, the average is 57 FPS, and at Ultra, it falls to 47 FPS.

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in Overpower?*

A: The data shows that 1440p Medium offers a good balance, with 72 FPS average and a minimum of 61 FPS. At 1080p, the combo achieves 81 FPS at Medium with a minimum of 69 FPS, which is smoother but at a lower resolution. For the highest frame rates, 1080p Low delivers 129 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the bottleneck in this system?

A: The GPU is clearly the bottleneck at higher settings. At 1080p Low, the combo hits 129 FPS, but at 1080p Ultra, it drops to 62 FPS — a 52% reduction. The CPU’s 94th percentile ranking versus the GPU’s 62nd percentile confirms that the RTX 2060 SUPER limits performance.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 SUPER compare to its nearest GPU rivals?

A: Its average benchmark score of 18093 is 0.4% lower than the RTX 3060 Mobile (18159) and 0.5% lower than the Radeon Pro 5700 (18189). It is 1.5% and 1.6% lower than the Radeon RX 460 (18373) and Arc A770M (18383), respectively, meaning those two cards score slightly higher.

Q: Does the Ryzen 7 9700F’s performance justify its pairing with this GPU?

A: The CPU’s average score of 69996 is within 1% of its nearest rivals (Ryzen 9 7940HX, Core i7-14700KF, Ryzen 9 7950X, Core i7-14700K), so it is not a weak link. However, its capabilities far exceed the GPU’s, as evidenced by the large frame rate drops from Low to Ultra settings at any resolution.

*Q: What is the lowest frame rate this combo produces in Overpower?*

A: The lowest measured average is 47 FPS at 4K Ultra. At 4K Medium, the minimum FPS is 52, which is the lowest minimum recorded. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 61 FPS, and at 1080p Medium, the minimum is 69 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows a clear pattern of GPU-limited scaling across resolutions. At Low settings, the combo produces 129 FPS at 1080p, 115 FPS at 1440p, and 98 FPS at 4K — a 24% drop from 1080p to 4K. At Medium settings, the drop is from 81 FPS (1080p) to 72 FPS (1440p) to 61 FPS (4K), which is a 25% reduction. At High, the numbers are 75, 67, and 57 FPS, a 24% drop. At Ultra, they are 62, 56, and 47 FPS, a 24% drop as well.

The consistency of these percentages (24-25% across all settings) indicates that the GPU is uniformly stressed by resolution increases, regardless of quality preset. This is characteristic of a GPU that is bandwidth- or pixel-rate-limited, as the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 105.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are fixed. The CPU’s performance does not degrade with resolution, so the frame rate scaling is entirely attributable to the GPU.

The limiting component is definitively the GPU. Evidence: at 1080p Low, the CPU can push 129 FPS, but at 4K Low, the same CPU with the same settings produces 98 FPS — a 31 FPS drop that cannot be explained by CPU load. Furthermore, the CPU’s benchmark scores (94th percentile) are vastly superior to the GPU’s (62nd percentile), and the nearest rival CPUs all perform within 1% of the Ryzen 7 9700F, meaning any of them would produce identical scaling. The RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM likely becomes a constraint at 4K Ultra, where the average drops to 47 FPS, but even at 4K High (57 FPS), the GPU is struggling to maintain playable frame rates.

The practical takeaway is that this combo offers a 1080p-first experience. At 1080p, all settings are playable, with Low at 129 FPS, Medium at 81 FPS, High at 75 FPS, and Ultra at 62 FPS. At 1440p, only Low (115 FPS) and Medium (72 FPS) are comfortably above 60 FPS; High (67 FPS) is borderline, and Ultra (56 FPS) dips below. At 4K, only Low (98 FPS) is playable; Medium (61 FPS) is marginal, and High/Ultra are not recommended.

Settings Recommendations

For the best experience on this combo, the data supports 1080p Medium as the sweet spot. It delivers 81 FPS average with a minimum of 69 FPS, ensuring smooth gameplay without sacrificing too much visual quality. The jump from Low to Medium at 1080p costs 48 FPS (from 129 to 81), but the jump from Medium to High costs only 6 FPS (from 81 to 75), and High to Ultra costs 13 FPS (from 75 to 62). This means Medium offers the best performance-per-quality ratio at 1080p.

At 1440p, Medium is again the recommended preset, averaging 72 FPS with a minimum of 61 FPS. This keeps the game above 60 FPS in most scenes, though the 61 FPS minimum means occasional dips below the threshold. Low at 1440p (115 FPS) is overkill for most displays, and High (67 FPS) is acceptable if you prefer visual fidelity, but Ultra (56 FPS) should be avoided.

For 4K, the only viable option is Low, which averages 98 FPS. Medium at 4K averages 61 FPS with a minimum of 52 FPS, meaning the game will stutter in demanding scenes. High (57 FPS) and Ultra (47 FPS) are not recommended due to sub-60 FPS averages. If 4K is a priority, the user should consider lowering the resolution to 1440p and using Medium, which provides a better visual experience than 4K Low.

The Ultra preset is consistently the worst performer across all resolutions, with a 47 FPS average at 4K, 56 FPS at 1440p, and 62 FPS at 1080p. Given that the RTX 2060 SUPER’s 8 GB VRAM is likely maxed out at Ultra (the game’s texture detail and shadow quality are the primary VRAM consumers), the data suggests that Medium or High are the sensible choices. The difference between Medium and High is small in terms of FPS (6 FPS at 1080p, 5 FPS at 1440p, 4 FPS at 4K), so High offers a modest visual upgrade at minimal performance cost. However, Medium’s higher minimum FPS (69 at 1080p, 61 at 1440p) provides a more stable experience, which is preferable for an action game where frame pacing matters.

In summary, the measured rows indicate that 1080p Medium is the most balanced setting, followed by 1440p Medium for sharper visuals. 4K Low is the only way to play at that resolution, but it sacrifices too much detail to be recommended over 1440p Medium. The Ultra preset is not viable on this GPU for Overpower, and High is acceptable only at 1080p or 1440p if the user prioritizes visuals over stability.