Ryzen 7 7800X3D + RX 7900 XTX in Baldur's Gate 3

Every figure below is a measurement aggregated from published review charts — the CPU's frame-rate ceiling and the GPU's frame-rate ceiling in this game, combined. Settings: Ultra preset, DX11, native rendering, no upscaling, no frame generation. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, Medium preset (reviewers' CPU-isolation method), flagship GPU, Act III.

1080p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 133–133 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 7 7800X3Dceiling ~133 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTXceiling ~198 fps on its own

The CPU side is lower by about 32.7%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

1440p

Mild CPU limit

Expected frame rate: 133–133 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 7 7800X3Dceiling ~133 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTXceiling ~176 fps on its own

The CPU side is lower by about 24.4%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.

4K

Balanced pairing

Expected frame rate: 112–133 fps (measured range across sources).

CPU Ryzen 7 7800X3Dceiling ~133 fps on its own

GPU RX 7900 XTXceiling ~112–150 fps on its own

The two measured ceilings sit within 1.6% of each other — neither part wastes much of the other.

That range justifies a 144 Hz monitor in this game.

Confidence: LOW — based on 3 source measurements for these two parts.

CPUs measured in this game that clear this GPU:

Ryzen 7 7700X3D — ceiling ~133 fps (smallest step that removes the limit) · full result
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 — ceiling ~178 fps (strongest measured) · full result

This pair in other measured games

Alan Wake 2 — Strong GPU limit, 95–95 fps at 1440p
Counter-Strike 2 — Strong GPU limit, 329–329 fps at 1440p
Cyberpunk 2077 — this pair is not both measured there yet.
Elden Ring — Mild GPU limit, 141–141 fps at 1440p
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — Strong GPU limit, 108–108 fps at 1440p
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 — Strong GPU limit, 118–118 fps at 1440p
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — Balanced, 75–75 fps at 1440p
Starfield — Strong GPU limit, 82–110 fps at 1440p

Sources for Baldur's Gate 3

Full data: Baldur's Gate 3 benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.