Undisputed

Undisputed is a boxing title where frame pacing directly affects the feel of counters and footwork, and the measured data for the Intel Core i5-14600KF with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti shows a system with massive headroom. The benchmark rows reveal that the Ultra preset is the only configuration that brings the GPU near its limits at higher resolutions, while lower presets push frame rates into territory that exceeds the refresh rate of most displays. The data indicates that players prioritizing visual fidelity should select the High preset, as it delivers a substantial performance uplift over Ultra without the steep cost in image quality typically associated with dropping to Medium. At 4K, High produces 127.3 FPS compared to 83.8 FPS on Ultra, a gap of 43.5 FPS that makes the higher preset difficult to justify unless a monitor with a variable refresh rate is available to mask the lower output. For competitive play where reaction time is paramount, the Medium preset at 1440p is the sweet spot, offering 241.9 FPS while maintaining enough detail to read opponent animations clearly. The Low preset, while hitting 459.4 FPS at 1080p, sacrifices the visual cues that help with judging distance and punch timing, making it a poor trade-off in a game where spatial awareness is critical.

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rates establish a clear hierarchy across presets, with the most balanced experience found at the High settings tier. At 1920x1080, High delivers 272.2 FPS, which is more than sufficient for any high-refresh-rate panel and represents a 97.5 FPS improvement over the Ultra preset’s 174.7 FPS at the same resolution. The jump from High to Ultra costs 97.5 FPS at 1080p, 69.6 FPS at 1440p, and 43.5 FPS at 4K, indicating that the Ultra preset imposes a consistent penalty that scales inversely with resolution. The Medium preset sits between these extremes, providing 331.7 FPS at 1080p and 241.9 FPS at 1440p, which are ideal for esports-focused displays that operate at 240Hz or 360Hz. For users with standard 144Hz monitors, the High preset at 1440p is the optimal choice, as its 197 FPS average leaves a 53 FPS buffer above the display’s maximum refresh rate, ensuring no frame drops become visible. At 4K, the High preset’s 127.3 FPS is the only tier that comfortably exceeds 120Hz, while Ultra falls below the 90 FPS threshold that many consider the minimum for smooth gameplay on large screens. The data suggests that High is the default recommendation, with Medium reserved for those chasing triple-digit frame rates on high-refresh 1440p panels and Low only suitable for benchmarking or extreme competitive scenarios where visual fidelity is irrelevant.

GPU Role

The RTX 5070 Ti’s specifications directly explain the performance ceiling observed in the benchmark results. The GPU features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than adequate for Undisputed’s relatively modest texture and geometry requirements. The boost clock of 2452 MHz, combined with 8960 shading units, produces a pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s, allowing the card to process the game’s fighter models and ring environments without bottlenecking the CPU. The 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power ensures that the physics calculations for punches and knockdowns do not strain the GPU, even at Ultra settings where post-processing effects like depth of field and motion blur are enabled. The 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores are largely unused in this title, as Undisputed does not employ ray-traced reflections or DLSS upscaling in the tested configurations, meaning the card’s raw rasterization performance is the primary driver of the results. The measured FPS scaling from Low to Ultra demonstrates that the GPU is never the limiting factor at 1080p, where even Ultra achieves 174.7 FPS, but the 4K Ultra result of 83.8 FPS shows the card finally encountering a workload that pushes its 16 GB frame buffer and memory bandwidth closer to their limits. The 45,600 million transistors on a 5 nm process node allow for high clock speeds without excessive power draw, though the 300 W TDP and 700 W suggested PSU indicate that this is a power-hungry component that requires a robust power supply.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate progression across resolutions reveals a system that is heavily CPU-bound at lower settings and progressively more GPU-bound as resolution increases. At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 459.4 at 1080p to 332.8 at 1440p, a 27.6% decrease, and then to 212 at 4K, a further 36.3% decrease from the 1440p figure. This pattern indicates that the i5-14600KF’s 14 cores and 20 threads, with a boost clock of 5.30 GHz, are capable of feeding the GPU with enough frames to saturate the render pipeline at 1080p, but the GPU begins to take over as the primary constraint at higher resolutions. The High preset shows a similar trend, with 272.2 FPS at 1080p dropping to 197 at 1440p (a 27.6% reduction) and 127.3 at 4K (a 35.4% reduction from 1440p). The Ultra preset exhibits the most pronounced scaling, falling from 174.7 FPS at 1080p to 127.4 at 1440p (a 27.1% drop) and 83.8 at 4K (a 34.2% drop), suggesting that the additional graphical overhead at Ultra amplifies the GPU’s workload disproportionately at higher resolutions. The consistency of the percentage drops across presets—roughly 27% from 1080p to 1440p and 35% from 1440p to 4K—indicates that the limiting component transitions smoothly from the CPU to the GPU without any sudden bottlenecks. At 1080p, the Low preset’s 459.4 FPS demonstrates that the CPU can sustain frame rates far beyond what any current display can show, while the 4K Ultra result of 83.8 FPS confirms that the RTX 5070 Ti is the component that determines the final performance ceiling in the most demanding configuration.

FAQ

Q: What is the best preset for a 144Hz 1080p monitor?

A: The High preset at 1080p delivers 272.2 FPS, which is nearly double the 144Hz refresh rate, providing ample headroom for frame time spikes. The Ultra preset’s 174.7 FPS is still above 144Hz, but the High preset’s 97.5 FPS advantage suggests that the visual differences are not worth the performance cost.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti’s 16 GB VRAM affect 4K performance?

A: At 4K Ultra, the system achieves 83.8 FPS, indicating that the 16 GB frame buffer and 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth are sufficient for Undisputed’s memory footprint. The card’s GDDR7 memory and 256-bit bus ensure that texture streaming at 4K does not cause stuttering, though the Ultra preset’s overhead limits the average FPS to below 90.

Q: Is the i5-14600KF a bottleneck for the RTX 5070 Ti in this game?

A: At 1080p Low, the system reaches 459.4 FPS, which shows the CPU’s 5.30 GHz boost clock and 20 threads are capable of driving extremely high frame rates. The bottleneck shifts to the GPU at 4K, where the Ultra preset drops to 83.8 FPS, suggesting the CPU is only a limiting factor in the most CPU-light scenarios.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1440p with Medium settings?

A: The Medium preset at 2560x1440 produces 241.9 FPS, which is ideal for 240Hz monitors. This represents a 44.9 FPS improvement over the High preset at the same resolution, making Medium the best choice for competitive play where refresh rate matters more than graphical detail.

Q: How does the Ultra preset compare to High in terms of FPS scaling?

A: Across all resolutions, Ultra is significantly slower than High: 97.5 FPS slower at 1080p, 69.6 FPS slower at 1440p, and 43.5 FPS slower at 4K. The relative penalty decreases as resolution increases, meaning the Ultra preset’s additional effects are more costly at lower resolutions where the GPU has more headroom to render them.

Q: Does the game benefit from the RTX 5070 Ti’s 70 RT cores?

A: The measured data shows no indication that ray tracing is active in the tested presets, as the performance scaling from Low to Ultra follows a standard rasterization pattern. The 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores are available for other titles, but Undisputed’s results appear to rely entirely on the GPU’s 8960 shading units and 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 compute performance.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-14600KF and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ranks 134th out of 1580 tested combos in Undisputed, placing it in the top 8.5% of all configurations evaluated by the benchmark database. This ranking is driven by the CPU’s position in the 93rd percentile of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 49367, and the GPU’s 87th percentile standing, with an average score of 52086. The CPU’s nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14600K, scores 49166 on average, a delta of 0.4% that places the 14600KF marginally ahead, while the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X trails by 0.6% with a score of 49062. On the GPU side, the RTX 5070 Ti’s average benchmark score of 52086 nearly matches the RTX 4080’s 52085, with a delta of 0%, indicating that the two cards are effectively identical in aggregate performance across all tested workloads. The high ranking relative to the 1580 total combos underscores that this pairing is well-suited for Undisputed, as the CPU’s strong single-thread performance (4643 in Cinebench R23 single-core) and the GPU’s high raw throughput combine to avoid any significant bottlenecks at the resolutions most players use. The 4K Ultra result of 83.8 FPS is the weakest point in the dataset, but the fact that the combo still ranks in the top 9% of all tested systems suggests that most other configurations perform worse under the same conditions. The data indicates that this combo is a strong choice for high-refresh-rate gaming at 1440p, where it achieves 241.9 FPS on Medium and 197 FPS on High, while still maintaining playable frame rates at 4K Ultra for users who prioritize visual quality over maximum smoothness.