The Technomancer

FAQ

Q: Can this PC run The Technomancer at a stable 60 frames per second?

A: At 1920x1080, every preset clears the 60 FPS threshold, with Ultra averaging 68 FPS. At 2560x1440, only Low and Medium presets stay above 60 FPS, with Medium averaging 67.1 FPS. At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 60 FPS; the best result is Low at 43.5 FPS.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p gaming on this combo?

A: The database lists Medium as the best playable setting at 2560x1440, delivering an average of 67.1 FPS. High falls just short at 55.2 FPS, and Ultra drops to 45 FPS.

Q: How much performance headroom is there at 1080p with this hardware?

A: The data shows significant headroom. At Low settings, the average FPS reaches 130.3, which is more than double the 60 FPS playable threshold. Even at Ultra, the average of 68 FPS leaves a modest 8 FPS buffer above the threshold.

Q: Is the RTX 2060 the limiting factor at 4K in this game?

A: The measured results indicate the GPU cannot sustain playable framerates at 3840x2160 regardless of preset. The jump from Low to Ultra at 4K spans 43.5 FPS down to 22.5 FPS, which shows the rendering load at this resolution outpaces what this graphics card can deliver.

Q: How does this CPU compare to its nearest rivals in synthetic benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 7500F has an average benchmark score of 24964, which is nearly identical to the Intel Core i7-11850H at 24935 (0.1% slower), the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F at 25005 (0.2% faster), and the Intel Core i7-13620H at 24911 (0.2% slower). The Intel Core 5 210H trails at 24872, a 0.4% gap.

Q: What are the GPU's closest performance equivalents according to the database?

A: The RTX 2060's average benchmark score is 15290. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 scores 15283 (0.0% delta), the AMD Radeon 680M scores 15270 (0.1% slower), the RTX 3050 OEM scores 15199 (0.6% slower), and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 scores 15171 (0.8% slower). These are all within a 0.8% band.

Similar Performance Alternatives

The recorded benchmark data places the AMD Ryzen 5 7500F in a very tight cluster of CPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database include the Intel Core i7-11850H, which scores 24935 against 24964 for the 7500F, a difference of just 0.1%. The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is marginally ahead at 25005, a 0.2% delta. The Intel Core i7-13620H sits at 24911, also 0.2% behind, while the Intel Core 5 210H trails by 0.4% with a score of 24872. For practical purposes, any of these processors would deliver nearly identical frame pacing in The Technomancer, since the spread between the fastest and slowest of these rivals is less than one percent. The 7500F's single-thread score of 974 in 3DMark and its Cinebench R23 single-core result of 3218 indicate strong per-core performance, which matters for older action RPGs that may not scale perfectly across all threads.

On the graphics side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 has an average benchmark score of 15290. Its nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 at 15283, a negligible 0.0% difference. The AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics score 15270, just 0.1% lower. The RTX 3050 OEM comes in at 15199, a 0.6% gap, and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 scores 15171, 0.8% lower. This means a system with any of these GPUs would produce nearly identical FPS numbers in The Technomancer, assuming the same CPU and memory configuration. The practical takeaway is that if you already own one of these alternative GPUs, the playable settings table for the RTX 2060 should transfer almost directly. The RTX 2060 does support DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, which could matter for driver-level optimizations, but the raw scores suggest the rendering throughput is comparable.

When pairing the CPU and GPU together, the bottleneck profile in The Technomancer will be similar to any system using the Intel Core i7-11850H or Ryzen 5 8400F with a GTX 580 or Radeon 680M class GPU. The database shows that at 1080p Low, the average FPS of 130.3 is high enough that the CPU's single-thread performance becomes the more relevant factor, but the 7500F's 3DMark single-thread score of 974 places it well above the threshold needed to feed this GPU at that resolution. At 4K, the GPU workload dominates, and the CPU choice among these rivals will matter even less.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for The Technomancer with this configuration covers three resolutions and four preset levels. All values are average FPS, as the database does not include minimum or maximum frame time data for this title.

At 1920x1080, the results are consistently above the 60 FPS playable threshold. The Low preset produces an average of 130.3 FPS. Medium drops that to 97.7 FPS, a 25% reduction from Low. High yields 84.2 FPS, and Ultra brings the average down to 68 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra represents a 47.8% performance loss, which is moderate for a game from 2016. The step between Medium and High costs 13.5 FPS, while the step from High to Ultra costs 16.2 FPS. Even at Ultra, the 68 FPS average provides an 8 FPS cushion above the playable threshold, so users with 60 Hz displays will not experience drops below the refresh rate in typical scenes.

At 2560x1440, the picture changes. Low settings average 86.2 FPS, which is still comfortably playable. Medium averages 67.1 FPS, just above the threshold. High falls to 55.2 FPS, which misses the 60 FPS mark by 4.8 FPS. Ultra averages 45 FPS, a 33.4% reduction from Medium. The gap between Low and Ultra at this resolution is 41.2 FPS, which shows that the GPU is starting to feel the pixel-count pressure. The database's verdict confirms that only Low and Medium are playable here, with Medium being the best playable preset at 67.1 FPS.

At 3840x2160, none of the presets clear 60 FPS. Low averages 43.5 FPS, Medium 33.7 FPS, High 28.6 FPS, and Ultra 22.5 FPS. The scaling from Low to Ultra is a 48.3% drop, very similar to the 1080p scaling, which suggests the game's rendering pipeline scales predictably with preset changes regardless of resolution. The gap between 1440p Medium and 4K Medium is 33.4 FPS, which highlights how much additional load 4K imposes. For 4K users, even the lowest preset falls 16.5 FPS short of the playable threshold, so this combination is not viable at that resolution for this game.

The Verdict

The Technomancer is playable with this hardware at 1920x1080 across all presets. The database's verdict lists High, Low, Medium, and Ultra as all clearing the 60 FPS playable threshold, with Ultra averaging 68 FPS. If you want the highest visual quality without sacrificing smoothness, Ultra at 1080p is the clear choice. The 8 FPS buffer above the threshold is modest but sufficient for a 60 Hz display, although users sensitive to frame dips may prefer High at 84.2 FPS for extra headroom.

At 2560x1440, the verdict changes. Only Low and Medium are playable, with Medium being the best playable option at 67.1 FPS. This is a comfortable margin above 60 FPS, but it is only 7.1 FPS, so scenes with heavy particle effects or crowd density could dip below the threshold. Low at 86.2 FPS offers a much larger safety margin if you prioritize consistency over visual fidelity. High and Ultra at this resolution are not recommended, as they average 55.2 FPS and 45 FPS respectively, both below the playable mark.

At 3840x2160, the verdict is clear: this combination cannot run the game at a playable framerate. No preset reaches 60 FPS, and the best case is Low at 43.5 FPS. Even if you tolerate sub-60 performance, the average framerate is low enough that gameplay will feel sluggish during combat. The recommendation is to avoid 4K with this CPU-GPU pairing for The Technomancer, or to consider lowering the resolution to 1440p, which delivers a playable experience at Medium settings.

CPU and GPU Roles

The measured data reveals how the balance of CPU and GPU load shifts across resolutions in The Technomancer. At 1920x1080, the framerates are high enough that the GPU is the dominant constraint, but the CPU's single-thread performance still matters. The Ryzen 5 7500F's 3DMark single-thread score of 974 and Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3218 indicate strong per-core throughput, which helps maintain the 130.3 FPS average at Low settings. If the CPU were significantly slower, the Low preset result would likely cap lower, but the data shows this processor is not the limiting factor at 1080p.

As resolution increases to 2560x1440, the GPU workload grows faster than the CPU workload. The average FPS at Medium drops from 97.7 at 1080p to 67.1 at 1440p, a 31.3% reduction. This scaling is consistent with a GPU-bound scenario, where the CPU has enough headroom to feed the graphics card without becoming a bottleneck. The 7500F's multi-thread scores, such as 22799 in Cinebench R23 and 26825 in Passmark multithread, suggest it can handle the game's AI and physics processing even at higher resolutions, but the frame rate is dictated by the RTX 2060's pixel output.

At 3840x2160, the GPU is unequivocally the limiting component. The average FPS at Medium is 33.7, which is less than half of the 1080p Medium result. The CPU's performance contribution at this resolution is negligible; even a significantly faster processor would not raise these framerates because the RTX 2060's 6 GB of GDDR6 memory and 336.0 GB/s bandwidth cannot feed the 4K frame buffer fast enough. The GPU's Passmark G3D score of 14111 and FP32 throughput of 6.451 TFLOPS are simply insufficient for this title at 4K.

The preset scaling also informs the CPU versus GPU split. At 1080p, moving from Low to Ultra costs 62.3 FPS, which is a large absolute drop and indicates that the game's higher presets add substantial shading and texture work that taxes the GPU. At 1440p, the same preset step costs 41.2 FPS, and at 4K it costs 21 FPS. The diminishing absolute cost at higher resolutions is typical of a GPU-bound scenario where the base framerate is already low. In all cases, the CPU's role is to maintain a minimum frame delivery rate, and the 7500F's benchmark scores show it comfortably does so for this game.

How This Combo Ranks

The database ranks this CPU-GPU combination at 2958 out of 3696 tested combos for The Technomancer. This places it in the lower third of all configurations, which is consistent with the GPU's age and its 58th percentile score among all GPUs. The CPU, by contrast, is much stronger, ranking in the 77th percentile of all CPUs with an average benchmark score of 24964. The ranking gap between the CPU and GPU shows that the graphics card is the weaker link in this pairing for this specific game.

The combo's position at 2958 out of 3696 means there are 738 tested configurations that perform worse. This is not a flattering placement, but it is important to contextualize it. The RTX 2060's nearest GPU rivals, like the GTX 580 and Radeon 680M, would produce similar rankings when paired with comparable CPUs. The RTX 2060's launch MSRP was 349 USD, and its end-of-life production status reflects its age, but the measured FPS data shows it can still handle this 2016 action RPG at 1080p and 1440p with medium settings.

For users considering an upgrade path, the data suggests that replacing the GPU would yield the largest ranking improvement. The CPU has headroom, as evidenced by its 77th percentile standing, but the GPU's 58th percentile limits the overall combo. If you were to pair this Ryzen 5 7500F with a faster graphics card, the combo rank would move substantially higher, since the CPU is not the bottleneck at any resolution tested. Conversely, keeping the RTX 2060 and upgrading to a faster CPU would produce minimal gains in this game, because the measured FPS at 1440p and 4K is already GPU-limited. The practical advice from the database is: if you play The Technomancer at 1080p or 1440p, this combo works, but do not expect to push 4K, and prioritize a GPU upgrade over a CPU upgrade if you want more performance in this title.