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The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. ...

Base FPS
115
CPU dependence
1.1×
VRAM base
6 GB

Developer: Telltale Games · Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment

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Workload profile
Balanced

How this title tends to pressure your system during typical gameplay.

VRAM demand
Light (6 GB+)

Estimated VRAM floor for stable high settings at 1080p.

Base target
115 FPS

Reference FPS target before applying your exact CPU, GPU, and resolution.

Recommended Settings for The Walking Dead

These are title-specific settings with the biggest FPS gain for the least visual tradeoff.

Volumetric Quality
Medium

Improves frametime stability without visual degradation.

Upscaling (DLSS / FSR)
Quality

Boosts effective 1% low fps and reduces GPU load.

Build Configuration

Algorithm

Resolution-scaled hardware vectors combined with per-game load offsets. Details on Methodology.

Estimated Game FPS
112FPS

The Walking Dead · 1080p · realistic optimized settings.

Bottleneck Level
27%

Percentage of frames capped by the weaker component.

CPU-bound at 1080p

Intel Core i5-12400F can't keep NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super fully fed in The Walking Dead. Lower resolution amplifies the gap; a faster CPU would unlock frames.

Estimated System Load

CPU Load91%
GPU Load72%

Smart Upgrade Path

Auto-derived from your current build imbalance.

Suggested CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Rebalances your NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super — pushes projected bottleneck under 8%.

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