Ready Or Not

Ready Or Not, a tactical shooter released on 2021-12-16, presents a demanding workload that scales dramatically across the three tested resolutions. For the combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, the measured frames per second (FPS) reveal a system that excels at 1080p and 1440p but struggles to maintain playable rates at 4K, particularly on higher presets. This analysis breaks down the measured data, interprets the performance deltas, and provides specific guidance based solely on the provided figures.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS drop from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is steep and consistent across all settings, indicating that resolution scaling is a dominant factor for this configuration. At Low settings, the average FPS falls from 202.6 at 1080p to 68.4 at 4K, a reduction of approximately 66%. The drop from 1440p to 4K is similarly severe, with the Low preset falling from 129.2 to 68.4 FPS.

This pattern points to the GPU becoming the primary limiting component as pixel count rises. At 1080p, the RTX 2060 is able to push frame rates that likely outpace what the CPU can feed in some scenarios, but the gap narrows at higher resolutions. For example, at 1080p High, the system achieves 164.6 FPS, while at 1440p High it achieves 102.7 FPS, and at 4K High it drops to 56.6 FPS. The scaling is not linear; the jump from 1440p to 4K represents a 2.25x increase in pixels, yet the performance penalty is disproportionately large, suggesting the graphics card's memory bandwidth and compute resources are saturated.

The data shows that the 4K resolution is only viable on the Low preset, where the average FPS of 68.4 stays above the 60 FPS threshold. The Medium preset at 4K yields 56.9 FPS, which is borderline, while High and Ultra produce 56.6 and 35.5 FPS respectively. For users targeting 4K, the measured results indicate that even the Medium preset is a compromise, and the Ultra preset is effectively unplayable with this hardware.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, based on the Turing architecture with a TU106 chip, is the decisive factor in this game's higher-resolution performance. Its memory configuration of 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus provides a bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s. This bandwidth appears to be a bottleneck at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS plummets to 35.5, representing a 69% drop from the 1080p Ultra score of 113 FPS.

The GPU's clock behavior is relevant here. With a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost clock of 1680 MHz, the card's raw compute throughput is fixed, but the measured results show that the game's demands scale heavily with settings. The RTX 2060's 1920 shading units and 48 ROPs are tasked with rendering the tactical environments, and the benchmark data suggests that the Ultra preset at 4K simply overwhelms the available resources, leading to an average FPS below 40.

The GPU sits in the 58th percentile of all GPUs, with its nearest rival being the AMD Radeon RX 7600S, which scores 0.5% higher in average benchmark tests. This relative positioning explains why the card can handle 1440p High (102.7 FPS) but cannot maintain that performance at 4K. The benchmark results indicate that the RTX 2060 is a capable 1080p and 1440p card for Ready Or Not, but the 4K Ultra data point is a clear outlier that signals hardware limitation rather than a configuration issue.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal settings depend entirely on the target resolution and desired frame rate. For a 1080p display, the High preset offers the best balance, delivering 164.6 FPS. The Low preset reaches 202.6 FPS, but the visual fidelity loss is likely not worth the extra 38 FPS, especially since High is already well above the refresh rate of most standard monitors. The Ultra preset at 1080p drops to 113 FPS, which is still playable but represents a 31% reduction from High, suggesting diminishing returns.

At 1440p, the Medium preset provides 111.3 FPS, which is a strong result. The High preset at 102.7 FPS is also viable, but Medium offers a higher average frame rate with presumably lower visual overhead. The Ultra preset at 1440p yields 70.4 FPS, which is playable but close to the edge of smooth motion. For 4K, the Low preset at 68.4 FPS is the only measured setting that clears the 60 FPS bar, making it the only recommendation for that resolution.

The data shows that the Medium preset is a consistent performer across resolutions, delivering 56.9 FPS at 4K, 111.3 FPS at 1440p, and 180.3 FPS at 1080p. This suggests that Medium is the most balanced default, but for users with 1080p or 1440p monitors, the High preset is the best choice for visual quality without sacrificing playability.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1080p with High settings?

A: The measured average FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings is 164.6 FPS.

Q: Can this system run Ready Or Not at 4K with playable frame rates?

A: Yes, but only on the Low preset, which achieves an average of 68.4 FPS. The Medium preset at 4K produces 56.9 FPS, and the Ultra preset drops to 35.5 FPS.

Q: How does the RTX 2060 compare to its nearest rival in general benchmarks?

A: The RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 16074, which is 0.5% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 7600S and 1.8% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro W5500.

Q: What is the difference in FPS between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 129.2 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 70.4 FPS, a difference of 58.8 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU more likely to bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the primary bottleneck even at 1080p. The Low preset reaches 202.6 FPS, but the Ultra preset falls to 113 FPS, indicating that the graphics card's performance limits are hit before the CPU's processing capacity is exhausted.

Q: What is the rank of this CPU/GPU combination among all tested combos for this game?

A: The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 ranks 1447 out of 1748 combos tested for Ready Or Not.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, with its 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture, provides the processing foundation for this configuration. Its base clock of 3.80 GHz and boost clock of 4.70 GHz are sufficient to support the frame rates measured in this game, as evidenced by the high 1080p scores. The CPU's 32 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s contribute to the system's overall responsiveness.

The CPU benchmark data shows a strong multi-threaded performance, with a Cinebench R23 multicore score of 23571 and a PassMark multithread score of 27732. This suggests that the Ryzen 7 5800X is not a limiting factor in Ready Or Not, which is a title that relies more on GPU throughput than CPU physics. The CPU's percentile rank of 84 places it above the majority of processors, and its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800, scores only 0.3% lower in average benchmarks.

At 1080p, where the GPU is less stressed, the CPU's role becomes more apparent. The difference between Low (202.6 FPS) and Ultra (113 FPS) settings is 89.6 FPS, which indicates that the CPU can feed the GPU at high rates, but the GPU's rendering load at Ultra settings eventually becomes the limiting factor. The CPU's single-thread performance, with a 3DMark single-thread score of 943, ensures that the game's core logic runs smoothly without causing frame hitches.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete set of measured average FPS values is as follows:

• 3840x2160 (4K): Low preset averages 68.4 FPS, Medium averages 56.9 FPS, High averages 56.6 FPS, and Ultra averages 35.5 FPS.
• 2560x1440 (1440p): Low preset averages 129.2 FPS, Medium averages 111.3 FPS, High averages 102.7 FPS, and Ultra averages 70.4 FPS.
• 1920x1080 (1080p): Low preset averages 202.6 FPS, Medium averages 180.3 FPS, High averages 164.6 FPS, and Ultra averages 113 FPS.

The data shows a clear pattern: the Low preset is always the fastest, and the Ultra preset is always the slowest, with the gap between them widening at higher resolutions. At 1080p, the spread from Low to Ultra is 89.6 FPS, while at 4K, the spread is 32.9 FPS. This compression at 4K indicates that the GPU is hitting its absolute limits, and the settings have less influence on the final frame rate.

The most notable outlier is the 4K Ultra result of 35.5 FPS, which is less than half the 1080p Ultra result of 113 FPS. This suggests that the RTX 2060's 6 GB of VRAM and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth are insufficient for the highest visual fidelity at 4K in this game. For users seeking a consistent experience, the Medium preset at 1080p (180.3 FPS) or 1440p (111.3 FPS) provides the best combination of smoothness and visual quality based on the measured data.