The Technomancer

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for The Technomancer with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 shows a steep and consistent performance cliff as resolution scales upward. At 1080p Low, the combo delivers 66.8 FPS, which drops to 42.5 FPS at 1440p Low and further to 24.2 FPS at 4K Low. This progression reveals a clear pattern: the GTX 1650 becomes the dominant limiting factor as pixel count rises.

The scaling from 1080p to 1440p at Low settings shows a 36.4% reduction in frame rate (from 66.8 to 42.5 FPS), while the jump from 1440p to 4K at Low settings costs another 43.1% (from 42.5 to 24.2 FPS). These are not linear drops; they are amplified by the GPU's limited 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 128-bit memory bus, which provide only 128.1 GB/s of bandwidth. Higher resolutions demand more memory throughput, and this card saturates quickly.

At High settings, the pattern is similar but more compressed. The combo starts at 47.7 FPS at 1080p, falls to 30.4 FPS at 1440p, and bottoms out at 18.6 FPS at 4K. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 36.3%, nearly identical to the Low-setting percentage, but the 1440p-to-4K drop is only 38.8%, slightly less severe because the GPU is already struggling.

Ultra settings tell the harshest story. At 1080p Ultra, the combo manages 34.5 FPS; at 1440p Ultra, it falls to 25.2 FPS; and at 4K Ultra, it collapses to 11.4 FPS. The 4K Ultra result is a playability failure, and the data indicates that no resolution above 1080p is viable for Ultra presets. The limiting component is unambiguously the GTX 1650, which ranks at the 43rd percentile among all GPUs and sits just 0.5% behind the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 in average benchmark score.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution for this combo in The Technomancer?*

A: 1080p is the only resolution where the combo achieves playable frame rates across all settings. At 1080p Low, it reaches 66.8 FPS; at Medium, 50.7 FPS; at High, 47.7 FPS; and even at Ultra, it holds 34.5 FPS. Every 1440p result falls below 42.5 FPS, and 4K results range from 11.4 to 24.2 FPS.

Q: How does the GTX 1650 compare to its nearest rivals in raw GPU benchmarks?

A: The GTX 1650 has an average benchmark score of 8713, placing it at the 43rd percentile. It sits 0.4% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile and the AMD Radeon 550X (both at 8746 and 8749 respectively), while leading the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 by 0.5% and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 by 0.5%.

Q: Does the Ryzen 5 5600X bottleneck the GTX 1650 in this game?

A: Benchmark results indicate the CPU is not the primary constraint. The Ryzen 5 5600X delivers a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 18578 and a single-core score of 2622, ranking in the 78th percentile of all CPUs. The FPS drops between resolutions are consistent with GPU-bound behavior, not CPU limitations.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the combo produces 66.8 FPS on Low and 34.5 FPS on Ultra, a difference of 32.3 FPS. This 48.4% reduction from Low to Ultra shows that the GTX 1650 has enough headroom at 1080p Low to nearly double the frame rate compared to max settings.

Q: Is the 4K Ultra setting ever playable with this combo?

A: No. The 4K Ultra result is 11.4 FPS, which is far below any playable threshold. Even 4K Low only reaches 24.2 FPS, making 4K impractical for this pairing in The Technomancer regardless of settings.

Q: How does the combined system rank among all tested combos for this game?

A: The combo ranks 1598 out of 1656 total tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 3.5% of all systems benchmarked in The Technomancer. This low rank is driven primarily by the GPU's placement at the 43rd percentile versus the CPU's 78th percentile.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 is the decisive component in this pairing, and its specifications explain why the frame rates plateau so early. The card features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 128.1 GB/s of bandwidth. Its base clock runs at 1485 MHz with a boost of 1665 MHz, and it offers 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output units. The pixel rate is 53.28 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 93.24 GTexel/s, with FP32 performance at 2.984 TFLOPS.

These numbers matter because The Technomancer is an Action RPG from 2016 that was not designed for massive VRAM requirements, but the 4 GB frame buffer still becomes a wall at higher resolutions. At 4K, the GPU must push four times the pixels of 1080p, and the data shows this card cannot cope. The 4K Ultra result of 11.4 FPS versus the 1080p Ultra result of 34.5 FPS illustrates a 66.9% performance collapse, which aligns with the memory bandwidth ceiling.

The GPU's benchmark profile reinforces this view. Its PassMark G3D score is 7880, and its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 305. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 39112 and Vulkan score of 35966 show compute capability, but the DirectX 11 PassMark score of 58 and DirectX 12 score of 35 indicate that the card is far more comfortable with older APIs. The Technomancer launched in 2016, so it relies on DirectX 11-style rendering, which suits the GTX 1650's strengths but does not overcome its raw pixel throughput limits.

At 1080p, the GPU has just enough headroom to deliver playable results. The gap between Low (66.8 FPS) and High (47.7 FPS) at 1080p is 19.1 FPS, showing that the card responds to settings changes but runs out of steam quickly. The GTX 1650's nearest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro P2200, scores 0.5% higher in average benchmarks, yet the P2200 is a workstation card with different driver optimizations, so the gaming results here are specific to this TU117 chip.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combo delivers its best performance across all settings. Low settings produce 66.8 FPS, Medium produces 50.7 FPS, High produces 47.7 FPS, and Ultra produces 34.5 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 16.1 FPS, while the step from Medium to High costs only 3.0 FPS, suggesting that Medium and High presets share similar rendering loads. The jump from High to Ultra costs 13.2 FPS, indicating that Ultra enables effects that heavily tax the GPU.

At 2560x1440, all results fall below the 60 FPS threshold. Low settings yield 42.5 FPS, Medium yields 32.2 FPS, High yields 30.4 FPS, and Ultra yields 25.2 FPS. The spread between Low and Ultra at 1440p is 17.3 FPS, which is narrower than the 32.3 FPS spread at 1080p. This compression occurs because the GPU is already limited by pixel throughput, so settings changes have diminishing returns.

At 3840x2160, the results are marginal at best. Low settings produce 24.2 FPS, Medium produces 20.5 FPS, High produces 18.6 FPS, and Ultra drops to 11.4 FPS. The difference between Low and High at 4K is only 5.6 FPS, confirming that the GPU is fully saturated. The 4K Ultra result is 11.4 FPS, which is 23.1 FPS lower than the 1080p Ultra result.

The 1080p Medium result of 50.7 FPS is notable because it comes within 3.0 FPS of the High preset (47.7 FPS), while the 1440p Medium result of 32.2 FPS similarly tracks within 1.8 FPS of High (30.4 FPS). This pattern repeats at 4K, where Medium (20.5 FPS) and High (18.6 FPS) are separated by only 1.9 FPS. The data suggests that Medium and High presets are nearly interchangeable in this game for this GPU, while Ultra imposes a significant additional cost.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X is a strong processor that is not the bottleneck in this configuration. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. The CPU runs on the Zen 3 architecture (Vermeer) built on a 7 nm process, and it supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Its 32 MB L3 cache and 512 KB L2 per core provide ample data for game logic.

Benchmark results place this CPU in the 78th percentile of all processors, with an average benchmark score of 20680. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score is 18578, and the single-core score is 2622. The Geekbench multi-core score is 8673, with a single-core score of 2111. In 3DMark tests, it scores 5582 for 16 threads and 917 for single-thread, showing strong scaling across core counts.

The nearest rivals for this CPU are the AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT (0.3% lower average score), Intel Core i7-10700 (0.3% lower), Intel Core i5-12490F (0.5% lower), and Intel Xeon 6325P (0.7% higher). These deltas are all under 1%, meaning the 5600X is squarely in the mainstream performance tier. For The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, the CPU's capabilities far exceed what the game demands, especially when paired with a GPU that ranks at the 43rd percentile.

The measured FPS data shows no signs of CPU limitation. If the CPU were the bottleneck, frame rates would remain flat across resolutions; instead, they drop sharply from 1080p to 4K, which is the signature of a GPU-bound scenario. The Ryzen 5 5600X's PassMark multithread score of 21858 and single-thread score of 3364 confirm that it can feed frames to the GTX 1650 without stalling, even at 1080p Low where the GPU is working least.

Settings Recommendations

The optimal preset for this combo in The Technomancer is Medium at 1080p, which produces 50.7 FPS. This is the best balance of visual quality and playability, as it stays above the 30 FPS minimum for action games while delivering 16.1 FPS more than Low and just 3.0 FPS less than High. The Medium preset also avoids the severe performance penalty of Ultra, which costs 16.2 FPS compared to Medium at 1080p.

For players who prioritize smoothness over visuals, 1080p Low is the choice, delivering 66.8 FPS. This is the only setting in the entire dataset that exceeds 60 FPS, making it suitable for fast-paced combat. The 1080p High preset at 47.7 FPS is also viable, offering a 3.0 FPS advantage over Medium but falling below the 50 FPS mark.

At 1440p, the recommended preset is Low at 42.5 FPS, as all other settings fall below 33 FPS. The 1440p Medium result of 32.2 FPS is borderline, and Ultra at 25.2 FPS is not recommended. At 4K, no preset is truly playable; the best result is Low at 24.2 FPS, which is below the playable threshold for an action RPG.

The Ultra preset should be avoided entirely. At 1080p, it produces 34.5 FPS, which is a 32.3 FPS drop from Low. At 1440p, it produces 25.2 FPS, and at 4K, it produces 11.4 FPS. The data shows that Ultra settings impose a disproportionate cost on this GPU, likely due to memory-intensive effects that exhaust the 4 GB frame buffer.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 ranks 1598 out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the bottom 3.5% of all systems benchmarked for this game. This rank is driven almost entirely by the GPU, which sits at the 43rd percentile among all GPUs, while the CPU sits at the 78th percentile. The mismatch between these two percentile ranks explains why the system underperforms: a strong processor is paired with a weak graphics card, and this game is clearly GPU-bound.

The low rank is consistent with the measured FPS data. At 1080p Ultra, the combo delivers 34.5 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target that many modern systems achieve. At 1440p, even Low settings only reach 42.5 FPS, and at 4K, all results fall below 25 FPS. These numbers place the combo firmly in the entry-level segment for this game, suitable only for 1080p gaming at medium-to-low presets.

The GPU's nearest rivals in benchmark scores are all within 0.5% of the GTX 1650, meaning that swapping to a similar-tier card would not meaningfully change the ranking. The CPU's nearest rivals are also within 0.7%, so the pairing's rank is stable within its component tier. However, the gap between this combo and higher-performing systems is substantial, as indicated by the 1598 rank out of 1656 total combos. For The Technomancer, this pairing is best suited to 1080p gaming with settings tuned to Medium or Low, and it offers no viable path to high-refresh-rate or high-resolution play.