Overpower

The Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER combination delivers a playable, if not always fluid, experience in Overpower, with performance scaling that clearly identifies the GPU as the primary constraint. The data shows a predictable and steep decline in average frame rates as resolution increases from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160, a pattern consistent with a mid-range graphics card paired with a high-end processor.

Resolution Scaling

The measured frame rates reveal a clear hierarchy where the cost of each pixel is paid entirely by the GPU. At the lowest settings, the transition from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 incurs a 9.5 FPS drop (126.4 to 116.9), while moving to 3840x2160 results in a further 20.1 FPS reduction (116.9 to 96.8). This 23.4% performance loss from 1080p to 4K at Low settings suggests the CPU is still feeding the GPU adequately, but the RTX 2060 SUPER's fill rate is being taxed heavily at the higher pixel counts.

The scaling becomes more punishing at higher presets. At Ultra settings, the gap between 1080p and 1440p is 7.1 FPS (61.9 to 54.8), but the jump to 4K is a significant 7.1 FPS drop (54.8 to 47.7), representing a 12.9% reduction from an already modest baseline. The High preset shows a similar trend, with 4K performance falling to 57.5 FPS compared to 70 FPS at 1440p. This pattern indicates that the RTX 2060 SUPER, with its 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and 448.0 GB/s bandwidth, begins to saturate at 4K, making the resolution scaling less efficient than at lower settings.

What is notable is the relative consistency of the frame rate penalty between Medium and High presets. At 1440p, High and Medium produce nearly identical results (70.0 vs 70.6 FPS), suggesting the game's engine is not heavily taxing the CPU at these settings. The bottleneck is almost entirely GPU-bound, particularly at 4K, where even the Low preset (96.8 FPS) cannot approach the 1440p Low result (116.9 FPS) without a significant drop.

GPU Role

The RTX 2060 SUPER is built on the Turing architecture with a 12 nm process node from TSMC, featuring 2,176 shading units and 64 ROPs. Its base clock of 1470 MHz and boost clock of 1650 MHz are modest by modern standards, but the card's 7.181 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is the operative figure for Overpower's rasterization workload. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for the measured settings, but the memory clock of 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) and 256-bit bus width deliver a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s, which becomes a limiting factor at 3840x2160.

Benchmark scores contextualize this GPU within the broader market. The RTX 2060 SUPER achieves a Passmark G3D score of 16,462, placing it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN (avg score 19,706, delta 0.3%), the RTX 2070 (19,680, delta 0.5%), and the Quadro K5200 (19,623, delta 0.8%). The deltaPct values show the RTX 2060 SUPER is essentially performance-equivalent to these cards, with less than a 1.3% difference in average scores. This explains why the 4K Ultra result of 47.7 FPS is so close to the 54.8 FPS at 1440p — the GPU is operating near its compute ceiling.

The card's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,011 and Geekbench OpenCL score of 87,670 further confirm its mid-range positioning. In Overpower, the GPU's role is decisive: the CPU has ample headroom, as evidenced by the Core i7-14700F's 94th percentile ranking and Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 35,443, but the RTX 2060 SUPER's 175 W TDP and dual-slot design cannot overcome the demands of 4K rendering at higher presets.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured frame rates, the optimal balance between visual quality and performance is the High preset at 2560x1440. This configuration yields 70 FPS, which is 15.2 FPS higher than the 4K High result and only 0.6 FPS lower than the Medium preset at the same resolution (70.6 FPS). The data shows that High at 1440p provides a 15% performance uplift over Ultra at the same resolution (70 vs 54.8 FPS) while likely preserving most visual fidelity.

For users prioritizing smoothness over eye candy, the Low preset at 1920x1080 delivers the highest measured frame rate at 126.4 FPS, which is more than double the 4K Ultra result (47.7 FPS). This setting is ideal for competitive play where frame rate consistency matters more than graphical detail. The Medium preset at 1080p offers a middle ground at 79.2 FPS, but the incremental gain over High (77.4 FPS) is negligible, suggesting that High is the better choice at this resolution.

At 3840x2160, the only viable option is the Low preset, which produces 96.8 FPS. The drop from Low to Medium at 4K is severe — 33.9 FPS down to 62.9 FPS — making Medium a poor trade-off for the visual improvements it might provide. The Ultra preset at 4K (47.7 FPS) falls below the 60 FPS threshold and should be avoided unless the user accepts a cinematic, sub-50 FPS experience. The data clearly indicates that High or Medium at 1440p is the sweet spot for this hardware combination.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete dataset across all resolutions and settings shows a consistent pattern of performance degradation as workload increases. At 1920x1080, the frame rates range from 61.9 FPS at Ultra to 126.4 FPS at Low, with High and Medium landing at 77.4 and 79.2 FPS respectively. The spread of 64.5 FPS between the lowest and highest settings at 1080p highlights how sensitive this game is to preset changes.

Moving to 2560x1440, the range narrows to 54.8 FPS at Ultra and 116.9 FPS at Low, a delta of 62.1 FPS. Notably, the High and Medium presets converge at 70.0 and 70.6 FPS, suggesting that the game's medium-tier settings do not meaningfully alter the rendering load at this resolution. The 4K results compress further: 47.7 FPS at Ultra, 57.5 FPS at High, 62.9 FPS at Medium, and 96.8 FPS at Low. The gap between Medium and Low at 4K (33.9 FPS) is the largest single-step difference in the entire dataset, indicating that Low settings at 4K bypass certain GPU-intensive effects that Medium enables.

Across all resolutions, the average frame rate drops by roughly 50% when moving from Low to Ultra at the same resolution. At 1080p, the drop is 64.5 FPS; at 1440p, it is 62.1 FPS; and at 4K, it is 49.1 FPS. This decreasing absolute delta at higher resolutions suggests the GPU becomes the bottleneck sooner, limiting the potential impact of settings changes.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for Overpower, this pairing of the Intel Core i7-14700F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER holds a rank of 1,253 out of 1,744 total combos. This places it in the lower 28% of all tested systems, reflecting the GPU's mid-range standing despite the CPU's strong performance. The Core i7-14700F, with its 20 cores and 28 threads, is a top-tier processor in synthetic benchmarks, but the RTX 2060 SUPER's 63rd percentile GPU ranking drags the combined score down.

The CPU's nearest rivals in synthetic testing include the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (avg score 54,450, delta -0.6%), the Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54,681, delta -1.1%), and the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53,469, delta 1.2%). These deltas are all within 1.7%, indicating that the i7-14700F is competitively positioned among high-end processors. However, this CPU strength does not translate to a high combo rank because the game's performance is overwhelmingly GPU-limited.

The RTX 2060 SUPER's nearest rivals — the GTX TITAN, RTX 2070, and Quadro K5200 — all have average scores within 1.3% of this card, confirming that the GPU is the weak link in this pairing. The combo rank of 1,253 out of 1,744 suggests that users with this hardware will achieve frame rates consistent with mid-range systems, and the measured data supports this: the best 4K result (96.8 FPS at Low) is respectable, but the 47.7 FPS at 4K Ultra is below what many users would consider acceptable. The data indicates that this combination is best suited for 1080p or 1440p gaming, where the i7-14700F's headroom ensures the RTX 2060 SUPER operates at its full potential.