Undisputed

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for Undisputed with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 shows a clear hierarchy across presets. At 1440p, the Medium preset delivers 263.9 FPS average, which is 21.3% higher than High at 217.6 FPS, while the visual difference between these two settings is typically modest in sports titles. The Ultra preset drops to 142.2 FPS, a 46.1% reduction from Medium, making it the least efficient choice for competitive play.

For 4K gaming, the High preset at 140.9 FPS is the sweet spot. It maintains a frame rate comfortably above the 120Hz threshold while offering substantially better visuals than Medium at 165.5 FPS. The Ultra preset at 89.7 FPS falls below 90 FPS, which sacrifices the smoothness that the High preset preserves. At 1080p, the Medium preset at 368.1 FPS is excessive for most displays, but it demonstrates the combination's headroom; the High preset at 303.4 FPS remains the practical recommendation for high-refresh monitors.

Benchmark results indicate the optimal experience across all resolutions is the High preset. It provides the best balance between visual fidelity and frame rate stability, with the 4K figure of 140.9 FPS being particularly notable given the resolution's demands. Players prioritizing maximum frame rates should select Low, which reaches 508.6 FPS at 1080p, but this comes at a significant visual cost that the data suggests is unnecessary for typical gameplay.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for 1440p gaming with this combination?

A: The Medium preset at 263.9 FPS offers the best balance for 1440p. It is 21.3% faster than High at 217.6 FPS, while the jump to Ultra at 142.2 FPS represents a 46.1% performance drop that is not justified for most users.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K Ultra settings?

A: Yes, but with a caveat. The Ultra preset at 4K averages 89.7 FPS, which is playable but falls below the 90 FPS mark. The High preset at 140.9 FPS provides a much smoother experience and is the recommended choice for 4K.

Q: How does the RTX 5080's VRAM affect Undisputed performance?

A: The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 960.0 GB/s bandwidth. This capacity is sufficient for the game's highest settings, as evidenced by the Ultra preset achieving 194.5 FPS at 1080p without any indication of memory-related bottlenecks.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 5600 a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the CPU is not limiting. At 1080p Low, the combo reaches 508.6 FPS, and the CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads with a boost clock of 4.40 GHz provide ample processing power. The 3DMark single-thread score of 882 indicates strong per-core performance for this title.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1440p?

A: The Low preset averages 365.8 FPS, while Ultra averages 142.2 FPS. This represents a 61.1% reduction in frame rate when moving from the lowest to the highest quality settings at 1440p.

Q: Does the combo's ranking change with different settings?

A: The combo holds rank 70 out of 1580 tested combinations in Undisputed. The measured frame rates at each preset demonstrate that the ranking is consistent across settings, with the GPU providing the dominant performance contribution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data reveals how the combination scales from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the average frame rate drops from 303.4 FPS at 1080p to 217.6 FPS at 1440p, a 28.3% reduction, and then to 140.9 FPS at 4K, a further 35.2% reduction. This scaling pattern is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario where the RTX 5080's rendering load increases with pixel count.

The Low preset shows an even steeper scaling curve: 508.6 FPS at 1080p, 365.8 FPS at 1440p (28.1% drop), and 232.8 FPS at 4K (36.4% drop). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting component, as the Ryzen 5 5600 maintains sufficient frame delivery even at the highest frame rates.

At Ultra settings, the scaling is more pronounced: 194.5 FPS at 1080p, 142.2 FPS at 1440p (26.9% drop), and 89.7 FPS at 4K (36.9% drop). The 4K Ultra figure being below 90 FPS highlights the GPU's saturation point. The 16 GB VRAM and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth of the RTX 5080 are adequate, but the rendering demands of 4K Ultra push the GPU's compute resources to their limit.

The data indicates that resolution scaling is smooth and predictable, with no anomalous drops that would suggest a CPU bottleneck. The Ryzen 5 5600's 12 threads and 32 MB of shared L3 cache provide consistent frame pacing across all resolutions.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination delivers exceptional performance across all presets. Low averages 508.6 FPS, Medium 368.1 FPS, High 303.4 FPS, and Ultra 194.5 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra is 314.1 FPS, demonstrating the wide performance range available at this resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain high. Low averages 365.8 FPS, Medium 263.9 FPS, High 217.6 FPS, and Ultra 142.2 FPS. The Ultra preset at 1440p still exceeds 140 FPS, making it viable for high-refresh-rate monitors, though the High preset's 217.6 FPS is more balanced.

At 3840x2160, the performance profile shifts. Low averages 232.8 FPS, Medium 165.5 FPS, High 140.9 FPS, and Ultra 89.7 FPS. The 4K Ultra figure is the only measured result below 100 FPS, and it represents a 61.5% reduction from the 1080p Ultra score of 194.5 FPS.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset offers the most consistent performance scaling, with scores of 368.1, 263.9, and 165.5 FPS for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K respectively. The High preset follows a similar pattern with 303.4, 217.6, and 140.9 FPS. These results indicate that both Medium and High are well-optimized for this hardware combination.

How This Combo Ranks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 combination ranks 70th out of 1580 tested configurations in Undisputed, placing it in the top 4.4% of all combinations. This high ranking is primarily driven by the GPU's exceptional performance, as the RTX 5080 achieves a percentile rank of 89 among all GPUs with an average benchmark score of 59188.

The CPU's contribution to this ranking is more modest. The Ryzen 5 5600 has a percentile rank of 79 among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 21765. Its nearest rival, the Intel Xeon D-1746TER, scores 21635 (0.6% lower), while the AMD EPYC 9554P scores 21899 (0.6% higher). This places the CPU in a tight competitive cluster, but its performance is sufficient to avoid bottlenecking the GPU in Undisputed.

The combo's rank of 70 suggests that most of the 1510 combinations ranked above it likely feature more powerful CPUs paired with the same or similar GPUs. However, the measured frame rates show that the Ryzen 5 5600 delivers frame rates that are competitive with higher-ranked combinations, particularly at 1440p and 4K where the GPU's workload dominates. The data indicates that this pairing offers a strong balance for Undisputed, with the GPU providing the vast majority of the performance headroom.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer. It operates at a base clock of 3.50 GHz and boosts to 4.40 GHz, with a 65W TDP. The CPU's 32 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support provide adequate bandwidth for gaming workloads.

In Undisputed, the CPU's role is to feed the GPU with enough frame data to maintain high frame rates. The 3DMark benchmarks show a single-thread score of 882 and a 2-thread score of 1737, indicating strong per-core performance. The jump to 4 threads yields 3313, and 8 threads reach 4798, demonstrating good scaling up to 8 threads. The max-threads score of 5659 is only 0.3% higher than the 16-thread score of 5641, suggesting the CPU saturates its 12 threads effectively.

The Cinebench R23 scores of 18309 multi-core and 2584 single-core confirm the CPU's capabilities. For a sports game like Undisputed, which typically relies on a few threads for game logic and physics, the Ryzen 5 5600's 6 cores are sufficient. The measured frame rates at 1080p Low (508.6 FPS) indicate that the CPU can sustain extremely high frame rates without becoming a limiting factor.

The CPU's position relative to rivals—0.6% behind the AMD EPYC 9554P and 0.9% behind the Intel Core i7-11700F—shows it is competitive for this workload. The data suggests that in Undisputed, the CPU delivers consistent performance across all resolutions, with no evidence of frame stuttering or bottlenecking.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is the dominant component in this combination. It features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's 10752 shading units, 336 TMUs, and 112 ROPs deliver substantial compute throughput, with an FP32 rating of 56.28 TFLOPS.

The GPU's performance in Undisputed is exceptional across all measured settings. At 4K High, it averages 140.9 FPS, which is a demanding workload for most graphics cards. The 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores provide additional headroom for future titles, though Undisputed does not appear to leverage ray tracing based on the performance figures.

The GPU's benchmark scores corroborate its gaming performance. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 8637 and PassMark G3D score of 36565 place it well above average. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Arc A570M (1.6% lower average score) and the Intel Arc Pro A60 (1.9% higher), but these comparisons are based on synthetic benchmarks rather than gaming-specific results.

In Undisputed, the GPU's role is clear: it provides the majority of the performance scaling across resolutions. The transition from 1080p to 4K at High settings shows a 53.6% reduction in frame rate (303.4 to 140.9 FPS), which aligns with the GPU's rendering load increasing fourfold in pixel count. The 16 GB VRAM is more than sufficient for this game, as evidenced by the lack of performance degradation at Ultra settings. The GPU's 2295 MHz base and 2617 MHz boost clocks ensure sustained performance under load, and the 360W TDP is well-supported by the combination's overall power delivery.