The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 5 7400F paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 delivers a performance profile in The Technomancer that is heavily skewed toward high refresh rate gaming, with the most balanced experience found at the Medium preset across all tested resolutions. The data indicates that the Ultra preset is the only setting tier that challenges this combination, while the High preset offers a near-perfect middle ground for those seeking visual fidelity without sacrificing frame rate stability.

Settings Recommendations

The benchmark results clearly show that the Medium preset provides the best overall experience for this hardware combination. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset achieves an average of 237 FPS with a minimum of 201 FPS and a maximum of 273 FPS, placing it well above the 144 Hz threshold and even approaching the 240 Hz territory for competitive play. The 201 FPS minimum is particularly notable, as it ensures that even the most demanding scenes do not dip below the refresh rate of most high-end monitors.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset delivers 155 FPS on average, with the same minimum (132 FPS) and maximum (178 FPS) pattern as the 1080p result scaled by resolution. This makes it the only preset at 1440p that comfortably clears the 144 FPS barrier, which is a critical threshold for smooth gameplay on high-refresh-rate panels. The High preset at 1440p falls to 132 FPS average, which is still playable but begins to show the GPU working harder.

For 4K gaming, the Medium preset is the recommended choice as well, producing 85 FPS on average with a minimum of 72 FPS. While the High preset at 4K achieves 73 FPS average, the Medium preset’s minimum of 72 FPS versus the High preset’s lack of a reported minimum suggests that Medium offers a safer frame time envelope. The Low preset at 4K reaches 111 FPS, but the visual sacrifice is significant for only a 26 FPS gain over Medium.

The Ultra preset is the least efficient option. At 1080p, it produces 158 FPS average, which is 79 FPS lower than Medium. At 1440p, Ultra drops to 103 FPS, and at 4K it falls to 57 FPS. The data suggests that Ultra’s additional graphical effects tax the GPU disproportionately, making it unsuitable for maintaining high refresh rates. Players prioritizing frame rate consistency should avoid Ultra, while those with 60 Hz 4K displays might find the 57 FPS average acceptable, though it is below the ideal 60 FPS target.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080’s memory configuration is a central factor in The Technomancer’s performance scaling. With 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, the GPU provides a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s. This bandwidth is sufficient to feed the Blackwell 2.0 architecture’s 10,752 shading units across all tested settings, as evidenced by the linear frame rate progression from Low to Medium to High at each resolution. The 960.0 GB/s figure is particularly relevant at 4K, where the difference between Low (111 FPS) and High (73 FPS) shows that the memory subsystem is not the bottleneck—the shading workload is.

The GPU’s clock behavior, with a base of 2295 MHz and a boost of 2617 MHz, supports the measured results. The 2617 MHz boost clock allows the RTX 5080 to maintain high utilization even at lower resolutions like 1080p, where the Ryzen 5 7400F’s single-thread performance becomes more influential. The fact that the 1080p Low preset hits 265 FPS average suggests the GPU is not idling; it is processing frames as fast as the CPU can feed them.

The RTX 5080’s 56.28 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is directly reflected in the scaling from Medium to High settings. At 1440p, the drop from Medium (155 FPS) to High (132 FPS) is 23 FPS, a 14.8% reduction that aligns with the increased shader complexity. The 336 TMUs and 112 ROPs handle texture and rasterization duties efficiently, as shown by the consistent frame times at Medium settings across all resolutions. The GPU’s 16 GB memory is never a limiting factor in this game, as even the Ultra preset at 4K does not exhibit memory-related stutters in the average FPS data.

How This Combo Ranks

This combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 ranks 156th out of 2,825 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the top 5.5% of all configurations tested. This ranking is impressive given the game’s age and the CPU’s mid-range positioning. The Ryzen 5 7400F’s 6 cores and 12 threads, based on Zen 4 architecture, provide sufficient multi-threaded performance for the game’s engine, while the RTX 5080 handles the graphical load.

The CPU’s benchmark scores contextualize its contribution. The Ryzen 5 7400F achieves a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 21,765 and a single-core score of 3,072, placing it in the 83rd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rival, the Intel Core i5-14600T, scores an average of 32,707 versus the Ryzen’s 32,750, a delta of 0.1%. This near-parity means the CPU is not a unique bottleneck. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score of 36,565 and its 87th percentile ranking among all GPUs further confirm that this combo’s high ranking comes from balanced hardware.

The ranking is particularly strong considering the game’s release date of 2016. Modern hardware often overpowers older titles, but the data shows that The Technomancer still scales meaningfully with GPU power, as evidenced by the 4K Ultra result of 57 FPS. The combo’s 156th place suggests that only a handful of more powerful configurations (likely with newer flagship GPUs) achieve higher frame rates at the same settings.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured FPS values show a clear tiered progression. The Low preset averages 265 FPS, which is the highest recorded for this combo. The Medium preset drops to 237 FPS, with a minimum of 201 FPS and a maximum of 273 FPS, indicating tight frame pacing. The High preset averages 202 FPS, while the Ultra preset falls to 158 FPS. The gap from Low to Ultra is 107 FPS, showing that the Ultra preset’s visual features are computationally expensive even at 1080p.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset achieves 202 FPS, which matches the 1080p High preset exactly. The Medium preset averages 155 FPS (minimum 132, maximum 178), while High averages 132 FPS and Ultra averages 103 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p is roughly linear: Medium drops from 237 to 155 FPS (a 34.6% reduction), which aligns with the pixel count increase of 78%. This suggests the GPU is the primary scaling factor, not the CPU.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset delivers 111 FPS, Medium averages 85 FPS (minimum 72, maximum 98), High averages 73 FPS, and Ultra averages 57 FPS. The Medium preset’s minimum of 72 FPS is notable, as it stays above the 60 FPS threshold, while the Ultra preset’s 57 FPS average falls below it. The data shows that the RTX 5080 can handle 4K at Medium settings comfortably, but Ultra is only for players willing to accept sub-60 FPS performance.

The only settings row with both minimum and maximum values is the Medium preset across all resolutions, which provides the most complete picture of frame time consistency. The 1080p Medium range of 201-273 FPS (a 72 FPS spread) is wider than the 1440p range of 132-178 FPS (46 FPS spread), indicating that CPU-side variations are more pronounced at lower resolutions where the GPU is less taxed.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial but predictable. At the Medium preset, the average FPS falls from 237 at 1080p, to 155 at 1440p, to 85 at 4K. This represents a 35.9% reduction from 1080p to 1440p, and a 64.1% reduction from 1080p to 4K. The pixel count increase from 1080p to 4K is 4x, so the 2.79x FPS reduction (237/85) indicates that the GPU is not perfectly scaling with pixel count, which is typical for modern architectures.

At the Low preset, the scaling is more aggressive: 265 FPS at 1080p, 202 at 1440p, and 111 at 4K. The 1080p to 4K reduction is 58.1%, which is slightly less severe than Medium’s 64.1%. This suggests that at Low settings, the game becomes more CPU-bound at 1080p, as evidenced by the 265 FPS ceiling. The Ryzen 5 7400F’s 4.70 GHz boost clock is likely the limiting factor at 1080p Low, preventing the GPU from reaching even higher frame rates.

The Ultra preset shows the most dramatic scaling: 158 FPS at 1080p, 103 at 1440p, and 57 at 4K. The 1080p to 4K reduction is 63.9%, closely matching the Medium preset’s scaling. This consistency across Medium and Ultra suggests that the limiting component at higher resolutions is the GPU’s shading throughput, not the memory bandwidth or CPU. The fact that the High preset’s 4K result (73 FPS) is only 14.9% lower than Medium’s 85 FPS, while the gap at 1080p is 14.8% (237 to 202), indicates that the GPU’s efficiency curve is flat across resolutions for this game.

The resolution scaling data points to the RTX 5080 being the primary bottleneck at 4K and the Ryzen 5 7400F becoming more significant at 1080p. The 1080p Low result of 265 FPS is likely near the CPU’s maximum frame generation capability for this game, as the 1440p Low result of 202 FPS is exactly the same as the 1080p High result, suggesting a hardware ceiling around 200-265 FPS depending on settings.

FAQ

*Q: What is the best resolution to play The Technomancer with this combo?*

A: The data shows that 2560x1440 at Medium settings provides the best balance, with 155 FPS average and a minimum of 132 FPS. This resolution offers a significant visual upgrade over 1080p while maintaining frame rates above 144 Hz, which is not achievable at 4K.

Q: Is the Ultra preset playable on this hardware?

A: At 1080p, Ultra averages 158 FPS, which is playable. At 1440p, the average drops to 103 FPS, still above 60 FPS. At 4K, Ultra averages 57 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target. The Medium preset is recommended over Ultra for consistent frame pacing.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7400F perform relative to its closest rivals?

A: The Ryzen 5 7400F has an average benchmark score of 32,750, which is 0.1% higher than the Intel Core i5-14600T (32,707) and 0.2% higher than the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (32,697). It is 0.2% lower than the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H (32,812) and 0.3% higher than the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 (32,662).

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra settings at 4K?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 111 FPS, while the Ultra preset averages 57 FPS. This is a 54 FPS difference, representing a 48.6% reduction in frame rate when switching from Low to Ultra. The Medium preset sits in between at 85 FPS.

Q: Does the 16 GB VRAM on the RTX 5080 affect performance in this game?

A: The game was released in 2016 and does not appear to exceed the 16 GB memory capacity at any tested setting, as the frame rate scaling is consistent with shading workload rather than memory limitations. The 960.0 GB/s bandwidth provides ample headroom for all presets.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to all other tested configurations?

A: This combo ranks 156th out of 2,825 tested combinations, placing it in the top 5.5% of all results. This high ranking is driven by the RTX 5080’s strong 3D performance, as indicated by its 36,565 PassMark G3D score, alongside the Ryzen 5 7400F’s solid multi-core capability.