A AMD RX 7800 XT paired with a Intel Core i5-12400F lands around 158 fps in Fortnite at 1080p with High textures, Medium 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.
Your CPU is limiting FPS here
Intel Core i5-12400F is holding back your AMD RX 7800 XT at 1080p in Fortnite. A faster CPU could get you closer to ~190 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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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.