On a NVIDIA RTX 5070 (paired with a balanced AMD Ryzen 7 9700X-class CPU), Sons of the Forest runs at roughly 89 FPS at 1440p with our optimized settings — up from about 91FPS with everything maxed. Here's the configuration and what each setting costs.
The NVIDIA RTX 5070 is a high-end graphics card with 12GB of VRAM, and Sons of the Forest is a demanding, graphically heavy game. Paired with the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, it runs well at 1440p — about 89 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 133 FPS at 1080p and 89 FPS at 1440p, dropping to roughly 68 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 | 133 | 133 |
| 1440p | 91 | 89 |
| 4K | 51 | 68 |
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With FrameCoach's optimized balanced settings, the NVIDIA RTX 5070 averages around 89 FPS at 1440p in Sons of the Forest — up from about 91 FPS with everything on High.
At 1440p with optimized settings, the NVIDIA RTX 5070 averages roughly 89 FPS in Sons of the Forest — a smooth experience.
Use a balanced preset, keep ray tracing off for maximum FPS, and ease the heaviest options like Vegetation / Foliage Density 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.