Best settings for Fortnite on NVIDIA RTX 4070 + Intel Core i5-12400F

1080p
190 fps estimated
Shooter
16 GB RAM

A NVIDIA RTX 4070 paired with a Intel Core i5-12400F lands around 190 fps in Fortnite at 1080p with Medium textures, Low shadows and no upscaling. Ray tracing is left off on this pairing. These values come from the same model the interactive optimizer uses, applied to this exact hardware pair rather than a generic preset.

Based on benchmark data and community reports for this hardware combination — treat as an estimate, not a guarantee. How we calculate this.

Recommended settings

Competitive Mode — Optimized for max FPS
190FPS
Competitive
GPU Load30%
CPU Load33%
VRAM (12 GB)4 GB
RAM (16 GB)6 GB
DLSS
FSR
Ray Tracing

Core Settings

Resolution
1080p
Textures
Medium
Shadows
Low
Anti-Aliasing
Off
Ray Tracing
Off
Upscaling
Off
View Distance
Medium
Effects
Low

Fortnite — Specific Settings

Rendering Mode
Performance

Tips & Notes

  • Competitive — Performance Mode gives highest FPS
  • RT available in DX12 mode only

Your CPU is limiting FPS here

Intel Core i5-12400F is holding back your NVIDIA RTX 4070 at 1080p in Fortnite. A faster CPU could get you closer to ~228 fps at these settings.

Estimate only — based on a 20% uplift for a moderate CPU bottleneck, not a measured benchmark.

Suggested upgrade

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Strong 1080p gaming chip on the long-lived AM5 platform.

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About Fortnite on PC

Fortnite is effectively two different games from a hardware perspective. Performance mode uses a stripped-down renderer that hits very high frame rates on old hardware; the Unreal Engine 5 path with Lumen and Nanite is one of the most demanding configurations in any free-to-play title.

Pick one and commit. Mixing the two goals — UE5 lighting with competitive frame rates — produces a setup that neither looks good nor plays well, and building duels punish input latency more than they reward visual fidelity.

Separates the Performance mode renderer from the Unreal Engine 5 Lumen/Nanite path, which have very different hardware requirements.