The Technomancer

The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, presents a demanding workload that scales significantly with both resolution and graphical presets. The benchmark data pairs the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, revealing a combination where the GPU is the dominant performance driver across most settings. The RX 7900 XTX, with its 24 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 384-bit bus, delivers substantial bandwidth that proves crucial at higher resolutions. The measured frame rates show a clear hierarchy, with the Ultra preset imposing a heavy toll at 4K, while lower settings allow the hardware to stretch its legs, particularly at 1080p where the CPU begins to influence peak performance.

FAQ

Q: What is the performance difference between the Low and Ultra presets at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves an average of 93.9 FPS, while the Ultra preset drops to 50.7 FPS. This represents a significant 46% reduction in frame rate when moving to the highest visual quality settings.

Q: How does the RX 7900 XTX compare to its nearest competitor in the benchmark database?

A: The GPU has an average benchmark score of 44019, placing it 0.8% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile, which scores 43667. It trails the AMD Radeon Pro 580 by 0.4% (44195) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti by 2% (44900).

Q: Which resolution provides the highest average frame rate for this combo?

A: The 1920x1080 (1080p) resolution yields the highest frame rates. With the Low preset, the combination reaches an average of 163.9 FPS, which is the maximum measured across all tested configurations.

Q: Is the Ryzen 5 2600 a bottleneck for the RX 7900 XTX in this game?

A: The data suggests a CPU limitation emerges at 1080p. The gap between the Low (163.9 FPS) and High (137.7 FPS) presets at this resolution is 26.2 FPS, which is smaller than the gap observed at 1440p, indicating the CPU is capping performance before the GPU can fully scale.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested configurations for this game?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX combination is ranked 495 out of 1656 total combos, placing it in the top 30% of tested hardware pairings for The Technomancer.

Q: Does the 24 GB VRAM on the RX 7900 XTX provide any specific advantage here?

A: While the fact pack does not provide VRAM usage data for The Technomancer, the card's 24 GB GDDR6 memory and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth are the physical resources that allow it to maintain high average FPS at 4K, where texture data demands are highest. The 384-bit bus width is a key enabler for this bandwidth.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is the clear performance anchor in this pairing. Its specifications are formidable: a boost clock of 2498 MHz and a game clock of 2365 MHz on the Navi 31 chip. The memory subsystem is equally important, featuring 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus, resulting in a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s. This massive bandwidth is likely a critical factor in the card's ability to handle the high-resolution textures and geometry in The Technomancer, as frame rates remain playable even at 4K Ultra.

The GPU's compute power, rated at 61.39 TFLOPS FP32, drives the raw rendering. However, the measured data shows that the CPU, the Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores and 12 threads, can limit this power at lower resolutions. At 1080p, the frame rates are high, but the scaling between presets is less pronounced than at higher resolutions, suggesting that the CPU's single-thread performance, as indicated by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1579, becomes a constraining factor. The GPU's role shifts from being the sole bottleneck at 4K to a co-bottleneck with the CPU at 1080p, where the engine's draw call overhead can't fully saturate the GPU's capabilities.

Settings Recommendations

For the best balance of visual fidelity and performance, the High preset is the recommended starting point. At 2560x1440, it delivers an average of 116.8 FPS, which is a smooth experience on high refresh rate monitors. Moving to 4K, the High preset maintains an average of 65.5 FPS, which is suitable for 60Hz displays. The Medium preset offers a slight performance boost (73 FPS at 4K) but the jump to High provides a more substantial visual quality increase for a smaller relative performance cost.

The Ultra preset is not recommended for 4K gaming, as the average of 50.7 FPS dips below the 60 FPS target that many consider standard. At 1440p, Ultra produces 89.9 FPS, which is excellent, but the High preset's 116.8 FPS leaves more headroom for demanding scenes. For maximum frame rates, the Low preset is viable, particularly at 1440p where it hits 139.8 FPS. However, the visual compromise is steep. Given the hardware's strength, the High preset provides the best compromise, offering high fidelity without sacrificing smoothness. At 1080p, the High preset's 137.7 FPS is still excellent, and the CPU limitation means that dropping to lower settings yields diminishing returns.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data reveals a consistent pattern across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, the frame rates are highest, with the Low preset leading at 163.9 FPS. The Medium preset achieves 145.6 FPS, High drops to 137.7 FPS, and Ultra is the slowest at 129 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 34.9 FPS, showing that even at the lowest resolution, the preset choice has a noticeable impact.

Moving to 2560x1440, the scores decrease across the board. The Low preset averages 139.8 FPS, which is a 24.1 FPS drop from its 1080p counterpart. Medium follows at 129.1 FPS, High at 116.8 FPS, and Ultra at 89.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 49.9 FPS, indicating that the GPU is becoming more stressed as the pixel count increases.

At 3840x2160, the performance is significantly lower. The Low preset is the only one to maintain an average above 90 FPS, hitting 93.9 FPS. The Medium preset drops to 73 FPS, High to 65.5 FPS, and Ultra falls to 50.7 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 4K is 43.2 FPS. The pattern shows that Ultra is consistently the most demanding, while Low provides the most headroom. The data confirms that the GPU is the primary scaling factor, as the performance deltas between presets become larger at higher resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1080p to 4K provides clear insight into the system's bottleneck. At the Low preset, the average FPS drops from 163.9 at 1080p to 93.9 at 4K, a reduction of 42.7%. This is a substantial hit, but the frame rate remains high because the GPU is still not fully saturated by the lower graphical load. For the High preset, the drop is from 137.7 FPS to 65.5 FPS, a 52.4% decrease. The Ultra preset sees a similar relative drop, from 129 FPS to 50.7 FPS, a 60.7% reduction.

These scaling percentages are telling. The fact that the performance hit from 1080p to 4K is more severe at Ultra (60.7%) than at Low (42.7%) suggests that the RX 7900 XTX is being pushed to its limits by the combination of high resolution and maximum settings. The GPU's 960.0 GB/s bandwidth is likely being taxed by the massive data throughput required at 4K Ultra. Conversely, the relatively smaller percentage drop at Low settings suggests that the CPU is starting to become a limiting factor at 1080p, preventing the GPU from reaching even higher frame rates. This dual-bottleneck behavior is typical for high-end GPUs paired with mid-range CPUs from an older generation. The data shows that the RX 7900 XTX is best utilized at 1440p, where it can deliver high frame rates across all presets, while 4K is only viable with High settings or lower.