The Technomancer

The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, presents an interesting scaling challenge for the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 combination. The measured data shows a wide performance envelope across four presets and three resolutions, with the GPU often acting as the primary constraint at higher settings. The RTX 5070, occupying the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, demonstrates substantial headroom, while the Ryzen 5 5600G, in the 78th percentile for CPUs, proves sufficient to feed the frame rates observed at lower settings.

Settings Recommendations

For a balanced experience that prioritizes visual fidelity without sacrificing smoothness, the High preset is the clear recommendation at both 1440p and 1080p. At 2560x1440, High produces an average of 106.8 FPS, which is a significant 23.9 FPS improvement over the Ultra preset’s 83 FPS. This margin ensures better frame pacing and responsiveness in combat. At 1920x1080, High delivers 167.7 FPS, a comfortable margin above the 127.6 FPS seen on Ultra. The data indicates that the jump from High to Ultra incurs a substantial performance cost for what is likely a marginal visual gain in this title.

Players targeting maximum visual quality on a 4K display should be cautious. The Ultra preset at 3840x2160 yields only 48.6 FPS average, which is below the 60 FPS threshold many consider ideal for a smooth action RPG experience. The High preset at 4K, at 59.2 FPS, is borderline, and users may prefer to drop to Medium, which provides 66.9 FPS, to ensure a consistent frame rate. The Low preset is not recommended for general play, as it likely strips away too much of the game's atmosphere, though it serves as a useful reference point for the system's ceiling.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is the dominant component in this pairing, and its 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus with 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth provides ample resources for The Technomancer. The GPU’s role becomes increasingly critical as resolution and settings climb. At 1080p Low, the frame rate reaches 230.2 FPS, indicating that the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates and the GPU is not yet saturated. However, the scaling from Low to Ultra at 1080p shows a drop from 230.2 FPS to 127.6 FPS, a 44.6% reduction, which is almost entirely a function of the GPU’s workload increasing with more complex shading and effects.

The GPU’s clock behavior, with a base of 2325 MHz and a boost of 2512 MHz, is typical for a high-end Blackwell 2.0 part. The performance deltas against its nearest rivals are narrow, with the RTX 5070 sitting just 0.2% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 and 0.6% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 in average benchmark scores. This places the RTX 5070 in a strong position for this game, but the 4K Ultra result of 48.6 FPS shows that even this GPU has limits when pushed to the maximum. The data suggests that the RTX 5070 is the primary determinant of frame rate at 1440p Ultra and 4K, where the pixel fill rate and shading demands outpace the CPU’s influence.

FAQ

Q: What is the best settings preset for a 60 FPS experience at 4K?

A: The Medium preset at 3840x2160 provides an average of 66.9 FPS, which is the only preset at that resolution to comfortably exceed 60 FPS. The High preset falls just short at 59.2 FPS, while Ultra drops to 48.6 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1080p with Low settings?

A: The data shows a 230.2 FPS average at 1080p Low, which is the highest result in the entire dataset. This suggests the Ryzen 5 5600G is capable of feeding the RTX 5070 sufficiently, and the system is not severely bottlenecked by either component at this extreme.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 compare to the RTX 3090 in this game?

A: According to the benchmark data, the RTX 5070's average score is 0.6% higher than the RTX 3090's. This indicates a very close performance level between the two, with the newer card holding a slight edge in general compute, which translates to comparable FPS in The Technomancer.

Q: What performance drop is expected when moving from 1440p High to 4K High?

A: The average frame rate at 2560x1440 High is 106.8 FPS, which drops to 59.2 FPS at 3840x2160 High. This represents a substantial 47.6 FPS reduction, highlighting the significant rendering load increase that 4K imposes on the GPU.

Q: Is the Ultra preset ever the best choice for this system?

A: The Ultra preset only yields a 127.6 FPS average at 1080p, which is still very playable. However, at 1440p it drops to 83 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 48.6 FPS. Given the performance penalty, High is generally the optimal choice for balancing quality and speed.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 5600G hold back the RTX 5070?

A: The benchmark results show the CPU’s multi-threaded score (Cinebench R23) is 16758, placing it in the 78th percentile. At lower resolutions like 1080p Low, where the GPU has less work, the system reaches 230.2 FPS, suggesting the CPU is not a significant hindrance in this game.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured data provides a clear picture of performance across all settings. At 1920x1080, the results are consistently high. The Low preset averages 230.2 FPS, Medium drops to 194.4 FPS, High settles at 167.7 FPS, and Ultra is the slowest at 127.6 FPS. This shows a clear linear progression of cost as fidelity increases, with a 102.6 FPS difference between the lowest and highest presets.

Moving to 2560x1440, the frame rates remain strong but the gap narrows. Low produces 164.5 FPS, Medium achieves 126.9 FPS, High delivers 106.8 FPS, and Ultra yields 83 FPS. The relative performance drop from Low to Ultra is 49.5%, which is more pronounced than at 1080p, indicating the GPU is starting to become more of a factor.

At 3840x2160, the rendering load becomes the dominant constraint. The Low preset averages 88.7 FPS, which is still very playable. Medium follows at 66.9 FPS, High manages 59.2 FPS, and Ultra falls to 48.6 FPS. The data shows that at 4K, even the Low preset’s 88.7 FPS is lower than the High preset’s 106.8 FPS at 1440p, demonstrating the massive cost of higher resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals important characteristics of this system. At the High preset, the average frame rate drops from 167.7 FPS at 1080p to 106.8 FPS at 1440p, a 36.3% reduction. Moving further to 4K High yields 59.2 FPS, which is a 64.7% drop from the 1080p result. This steep decline indicates that the RTX 5070’s rendering capabilities, particularly its pixel throughput (201.0 GPixel/s) and memory bandwidth (672.0 GB/s), are being heavily taxed by the increased pixel count.

The scaling pattern is similar for the Low preset. It starts at 230.2 FPS at 1080p, falls to 164.5 FPS at 1440p, and ends at 88.7 FPS at 4K. The relative drop from 1080p to 4K is 61.5%. This suggests that while the GPU is the primary limiting factor at higher resolutions, the CPU’s performance (with a max thread score of 5455 in 3DMark) still allows for high frame rates when the resolution is low. The data points to the RTX 5070 as the decisive component for resolution scaling, as the frame rate penalties are consistent with a GPU-bound workload. The Ryzen 5 5600G, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, provides sufficient single-thread performance to avoid becoming a bottleneck until frame rates approach the 230 FPS range seen at 1080p Low.