The Technomancer

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for this combo at 1080p with High settings?

A: The recorded average is 50 FPS at 1920x1080 with High settings. This places the combo in a range that is playable for many action RPGs, though not at high refresh rates.

Q: How does the GPU compare to its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER?

A: The RX 580 has an average benchmark score of 12928, while the GTX 1660 SUPER scores 12986. The delta is -0.4%, meaning the RX 580 is effectively within statistical noise of that rival, with a negligible performance deficit.

Q: What is the best preset for 1440p gaming according to the data?

A: At 2560x1440, the Low preset delivers 50 FPS average, which is the highest recorded FPS at that resolution. Medium delivers 38 FPS, High delivers 33 FPS, and Ultra drops to 25 FPS.

Q: Does the CPU bottleneck the GPU at 1080p?

A: The data indicates that at 1920x1080, the FPS scales significantly with settings (76 FPS at Low down to 39 FPS at Ultra), which suggests the GPU is the primary limiting factor rather than the CPU, as the frame rate responds strongly to graphical load.

Q: What is the combo's rank among all tested processor and graphics card combinations for this game?

A: The combo ranks 3373 out of 3696 total tested combos for The Technomancer. This places it in the lower percentile of all configurations in the database.

Q: What is the minimum FPS recorded at 1080p Medium settings?

A: The minimum FPS recorded at 1920x1080 with Medium settings is 50 FPS, with a maximum of 67 FPS, resulting in a 58 FPS average.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580 uses the Polaris 20 chip on a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries. It operates with a base clock of 1257 MHz and a boost clock of 1340 MHz, with memory clocked at 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective). The 8 GB of GDDR5 memory runs across a 256-bit bus, yielding a memory bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. The GPU contains 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 42.88 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 193.0 GTexel/s. Floating point performance is rated at 6.175 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16.

In The Technomancer, the GPU's role is decisive. At 3840x2160, the highest recorded average is 27 FPS on Low settings, while Ultra drops to 14 FPS. This indicates that the RX 580's compute and memory resources are insufficient for 4K gaming at playable frame rates. At 2560x1440, the picture improves, with Low hitting 50 FPS and High at 33 FPS. At 1920x1080, the GPU delivers 76 FPS on Low, 58 FPS on Medium, 50 FPS on High, and 39 FPS on Ultra. The scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p is a 37 FPS drop, showing that the GPU's shading units and memory bandwidth are heavily taxed by higher quality settings.

The GPU's PassMark G3D score is 8813, and its percentile versus all GPUs is 53. Its nearest rival, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, scores 12940 with a delta of -0.1%, placing the RX 580 at near parity. The GTX 1660 SUPER is 0.4% faster, while the Radeon 740M is 0.5% slower. These small deltas confirm that the RX 580 sits in a narrow performance band, and the measured FPS in this game reflects that positioning.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured FPS rows, the optimal preset depends on the target resolution. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset provides a 58 FPS average with a minimum of 50 FPS and a maximum of 67 FPS. This is the highest preset that maintains an average above 60 FPS, though the minimum dips to 50. The High preset at 1080p delivers 50 FPS average, which is still playable but with less headroom. Low at 1080p delivers 76 FPS, but the visual quality reduction is substantial for an action RPG where environmental detail matters.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset is the only one that achieves 50 FPS average. Medium delivers 38 FPS with a minimum of 32 and a maximum of 44, which is borderline for smooth gameplay. High at 1440p drops to 33 FPS, and Ultra falls to 25 FPS. For a responsive experience at 1440p, Low is the only viable choice from the recorded data.

At 3840x2160, no preset reaches 30 FPS. The best is Low at 27 FPS, followed by Medium at 21 FPS, High at 18 FPS, and Ultra at 14 FPS. The data shows that 4K is not a practical target for this combination. The Medium preset at 1080p offers the best balance of visual quality and frame rate, with the minimum FPS of 50 still within a playable range.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the recorded averages are 76 FPS for Low, 58 FPS for Medium, 50 FPS for High, and 39 FPS for Ultra. The Medium preset has a measured minimum of 50 FPS and a maximum of 67 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 37 FPS, representing a 48.7% reduction from the Low preset's average.

At 2560x1440, the averages are 50 FPS for Low, 38 FPS for Medium, 33 FPS for High, and 25 FPS for Ultra. The Medium preset shows a minimum of 32 FPS and a maximum of 44 FPS. The drop from 1080p Low to 1440p Low is 26 FPS, from 76 to 50, a 34.2% decrease. The drop from 1080p Ultra to 1440p Ultra is 14 FPS, from 39 to 25, a 35.9% decrease.

At 3840x2160, the averages are 27 FPS for Low, 21 FPS for Medium, 18 FPS for High, and 14 FPS for Ultra. The Medium preset has a minimum of 18 FPS and a maximum of 24 FPS. Comparing 1080p to 4K, Low drops from 76 to 27 FPS, a 64.5% reduction. Medium drops from 58 to 21 FPS, a 63.8% reduction. High drops from 50 to 18 FPS, a 64.0% reduction. Ultra drops from 39 to 14 FPS, a 64.1% reduction. The consistency of these percentage drops, all near 64%, indicates a uniform scaling penalty across settings when moving to 4K.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and the AMD Radeon RX 580 ranks 3373 out of 3696 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places it in the 8.7th percentile of all configurations, meaning roughly 91% of tested combos perform better. The rank reflects the GPU's age and mid-range positioning, as well as the CPU's mid-range standing.

The CPU itself, the Ryzen 5 3600, has an average benchmark score of 17035 and a percentile of 71 versus all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-1260P with a score of 17007 (0.2% slower), the Intel Core i5-11400 with a score of 17067 (0.2% faster), and the AMD EPYC 7573X with a score of 17070 (0.2% faster). The CPU is not the limiting factor in this game, as its processing power is sufficient for the GPU to be the bottleneck. The GPU's percentile of 53 versus all GPUs, combined with the CPU's percentile of 71, suggests that the CPU has more headroom than the GPU. The combo rank of 3373 is driven primarily by the GPU's performance ceiling.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the 3000 series, based on the Zen 2 architecture (Matisse). It has a base clock of 3.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.20 GHz, with a TDP of 65 W. The CPU is manufactured on a 7 nm process by TSMC, with 3,800 million transistors on a 74 mm² die. The cache hierarchy includes 64 KB L1 per core, 512 KB L2 per core, and 32 MB of shared L3 cache. Memory support is DDR4 with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s. The CPU uses PCIe Gen 4 with 16 lanes.

In The Technomancer, the CPU's role is secondary to the GPU. The benchmark data shows that at 1080p, the FPS scales from 76 at Low to 39 at Ultra, which is a strong GPU-bound response. If the CPU were the limiting factor, the FPS would not vary as much with graphics settings. The CPU's Cinebench R23 scores are 15045 multicore and 2124 single-core, and its PassMark multithread score is 17700. These scores indicate ample processing power for a 2016 action RPG. The 3DMark scores, including 4605 for 16 threads and 696 for single thread, further confirm that the CPU can feed the GPU at 1080p and 1440p without introducing a significant bottleneck. At 4K, the GPU is clearly the limiting component, as the CPU has far more performance headroom than the GPU's 14 to 27 FPS range.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 is steep and consistent. For the Low preset, the average drops from 76 FPS at 1080p to 50 FPS at 1440p, then to 27 FPS at 4K. This represents a 34.2% drop from 1080p to 1440p and a further 46.0% drop from 1440p to 4K. For the Medium preset, the averages are 58 FPS at 1080p, 38 FPS at 1440p, and 21 FPS at 4K. The High preset goes from 50 FPS at 1080p to 33 FPS at 1440p and 18 FPS at 4K. The Ultra preset starts at 39 FPS at 1080p, falls to 25 FPS at 1440p, and bottoms out at 14 FPS at 4K.

The percentage drop from 1080p to 4K is nearly uniform across all settings: Low drops 64.5%, Medium drops 63.8%, High drops 64.0%, and Ultra drops 64.1%. This uniformity indicates that the scaling is driven by pixel count rather than by settings-specific effects. The pixel count from 1080p to 4K is a 4x increase, but the FPS drops by roughly 64%, not 75%. This suggests that the GPU is not purely pixel-bound; memory bandwidth and fill rate constraints play a role, but the RX 580's 256.0 GB/s bandwidth and 42.88 GPixel/s pixel rate are insufficient for 4K.

The data shows that the limiting component at 4K is the GPU. The CPU's performance, as measured by its Cinebench and PassMark scores, does not scale with resolution in a way that would explain the FPS drop. The Ryzen 5 3600 has a 71st percentile ranking among all CPUs, while the RX 580 has a 53rd percentile among GPUs. At 1080p, the GPU is still the primary limiter, as evidenced by the large FPS spread between Low and Ultra settings. At 4K, the GPU becomes the dominant constraint, with the CPU providing more than enough throughput to avoid being a bottleneck. The recorded data supports the conclusion that this combination is best suited for 1080p gaming, with 1440p only viable at Low settings, and 4K outside the playable range.