On a NVIDIA RTX 3070 (paired with a balanced AMD Ryzen 9 5950X-class CPU), Star Citizen runs at roughly 76 FPS at 1440p with our optimized settings — up from about 56FPS with everything maxed. Here's the configuration and what each setting costs.
The NVIDIA RTX 3070 is a strong 1440p graphics card with 8GB of VRAM, and Star Citizen is a one of the most punishing games to run on PC. Paired with the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, it runs well at 1440p — about 76 FPSwith FrameCoach's optimized settings, a clear jump from roughly 56 FPS with everything on High.
Across resolutions you can expect around 92 FPS at 1080p and 76 FPS at 1440p, dropping to roughly 64 FPS at 4K. With only 8GB of VRAM, keep textures a notch below max in Star Citizen at higher resolutions to avoid stutter. The biggest free win is DLSS upscaling — set it to Quality for a large FPS boost at little visual cost.
| Resolution | All-High FPS | Optimized FPS |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | 93 | 92 |
| 1440p | 56 | 76 |
| 4K | 32 | 64 |
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With FrameCoach's optimized balanced settings, the NVIDIA RTX 3070 averages around 76 FPS at 1440p in Star Citizen — up from about 56 FPS with everything on High.
At 1440p with optimized settings, the NVIDIA RTX 3070 averages roughly 76 FPS in Star Citizen — a smooth experience.
Turn on DLSS (Quality), keep ray tracing off for maximum FPS, and ease the heaviest options like Volumetric Clouds / Gas and Shadow Quality down a notch. The full per-setting breakdown is above.
FPS figures are estimates from a generalized model (hardware tier × game load × per-setting weights), not live benchmarks — real performance varies by scene, drivers and game version.