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, native rendering, no upscaling, no frame generation. CPU ceiling measured at 1080p, Low preset (reviewers' CPU-isolation method), flagship GPU.
Strong GPU limit
Expected frame rate: 36–36 fps (measured range across sources).
The GPU side is lower by about 47.1%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.
That range sits under a smooth 60 in this game at the tested preset — expect to trade settings for frame rate.
Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.
Strong GPU limit
Expected frame rate: 28–28 fps (measured range across sources).
The GPU side is lower by about 58.1%: the pair runs at the lower ceiling, and upgrading the other part alone would not raise it.
That range sits under a smooth 60 in this game at the tested preset — expect to trade settings for frame rate.
Confidence: MEDIUM — based on 2 source measurements for these two parts.
RTX 2060 was not measured at 4K in this game — no verdict here, and we don't estimate one.
GPUs measured in this game at 1440p that clear this CPU:
Full data: Starfield benchmarks · how verdicts are computed.