On a NVIDIA RTX 4070 (paired with a balanced AMD Ryzen 9 5950X-class CPU), Star Citizen runs at roughly 62 FPS at 1440p with our optimized settings — up from about 62FPS with everything maxed. Here's the configuration and what each setting costs.
The NVIDIA RTX 4070 is a strong 1440p graphics card with 12GB 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 62 FPSwith FrameCoach's optimized settings. That already clears a smooth frame rate on High, so our tuning keeps the visuals as high as possible instead of chasing extra frames.
Across resolutions you can expect around 103 FPS at 1080p and 62 FPS at 1440p, dropping to roughly 63 FPS at 4K. 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 | 104 | 103 |
| 1440p | 62 | 62 |
| 4K | 35 | 63 |
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With FrameCoach's optimized balanced settings, the NVIDIA RTX 4070 averages around 62 FPS at 1440p in Star Citizen — up from about 62 FPS with everything on High.
At 1440p with optimized settings, the NVIDIA RTX 4070 averages roughly 62 FPS in Star Citizen — a smooth experience.
Use a balanced preset, 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.