The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F paired with the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT delivers a high-refresh-rate experience in The Technomancer, placing in the 64th percentile of tested combos. The data shows a combination that can push past 100 FPS at 1440p High settings while maintaining solid 4K performance, though the GPU clearly becomes the limiting factor as resolution climbs.

FAQ

*Q: What is the combo's overall ranking in The Technomancer?*

A: This pairing ranks 591st out of 1656 tested combos, placing it in the top 36% of all configurations tested for this game.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7500F compare to its nearest CPU rivals?

A: The CPU's average benchmark score of 24993 sits within 0.4% of the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (24897) and 0.1% of the Intel Core i7-11850H (24974). It slightly trails the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (25057) and Ryzen 5 8400F (25064), both by 0.3%.

Q: Where does the RX 6800 XT stand against other GPUs?

A: With an average benchmark score of 49982, it outperforms the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER by 2.6% and the Intel Arc A550M by 0.5%. The NVIDIA RTX A1000 leads it by 1.7%, while the NVIDIA CMP 50HX trails by 1.9%.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1080p gaming?

A: At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves 217.5 FPS, while High hits 139.3 FPS. Medium delivers 165.8 FPS, and Ultra drops to 112.1 FPS. The data suggests High is the sweet spot for balancing visual quality with a comfortable margin above 140 FPS.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K Ultra settings?

A: Barely. At 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, the average FPS falls to 36.9, which is below the 40 FPS threshold many consider playable. Dropping to High at 4K brings it to 52.6 FPS, which is far more practical.

Q: How much performance is lost between 1080p and 4K at High settings?

A: At High settings, the average FPS drops from 139.3 at 1080p to 94.3 at 1440p, then further to 52.6 at 4K. This represents a 62.2% reduction from 1080p to 4K, indicating the GPU is the primary constraint at higher resolutions.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is built on the RDNA 2.0 architecture with a Navi 21 chip fabricated on TSMC's 7 nm process. It houses 4608 shading units, 288 texture mapping units, and 128 raster operation pipelines, with 72 ray accelerators for hardware-accelerated ray tracing. The GPU operates with a base clock of 1825 MHz, a game clock of 2015 MHz, and a boost clock of 2250 MHz, giving it substantial raw throughput.

Memory configuration is a major strength. The 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus delivers 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is critical for The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG that can consume significant video memory at higher resolutions. The pixel rate of 288.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 648.0 GTexel/s feed the 128 ROPs efficiently, which explains why the card scales reasonably well into 4K.

The GPU's FP32 performance of 20.74 TFLOPS provides the computational headroom needed for the game's effects. The data shows this card is not the bottleneck at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the combination achieves 217.5 FPS, a figure that likely approaches the CPU's limit. As resolution increases, the GPU load becomes proportionally heavier, and by 4K Ultra, the 36.9 FPS result shows the GPU fully saturated. The performance gap between High (52.6 FPS) and Ultra (36.9 FPS) at 4K is substantial — a 29.8% drop — indicating Ultra settings impose a heavy shader and memory load that this GPU struggles to sustain at that resolution.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 7500F is a 6-core, 12-thread Zen 4 processor codenamed Raphael, built on TSMC's 5 nm process. It runs with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz, though the data does not indicate the sustained all-core clock. The 32 MB shared L3 cache and 1 MB per-core L2 cache provide ample on-die storage for game data, while the dual-channel DDR5 memory interface offers 83.2 GB/s of bandwidth.

In synthetic benchmarks, this CPU shows strong single-thread performance with a 3dmark_single_thread score of 974 and a Geekbench single-core score of 2759. Multi-threaded results are equally respectable: Cinebench R23 multicore reaches 22799, and the 3dmark_16_threads score is 6376. The PassMark multithread score of 26825 places it in the 82nd percentile of all CPUs.

For The Technomancer, the CPU's role is most evident at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the 217.5 FPS result approaches what the CPU can feed to the GPU. The difference between 1080p Low (217.5 FPS) and 1440p Low (137.3 FPS) is dramatic, but this is largely a GPU limitation. When comparing 1080p Medium (165.8 FPS) to 1440p Medium (107.6 FPS), the same pattern holds. The CPU's 6 cores and 12 threads are sufficient to keep frame rates high, and the data suggests the processor is not the primary constraint in any tested configuration — the GPU takes over that role as resolution scales.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 1656 tested combinations, this pairing ranks 591st. That places it in the upper third of all configurations, which is impressive given the game's age and the modern hardware involved. The percentile position reflects a balanced pairing where neither component dramatically underperforms.

The GPU's 87th percentile ranking among all GPUs is slightly higher than the CPU's 82nd percentile, suggesting the graphics card is the stronger component relative to its peers. This explains the scaling behavior: the GPU has more headroom relative to its competition than the CPU, so pushing resolution up taps into that strength. The CPU's nearest rivals are a mix of desktop and mobile parts — the Intel Core i7-11850H (mobile) and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (mobile) both score within 0.4% — which shows the 7500F competes well even against high-end laptop chips.

The combo's position in the rankings is not surprising given the GPU's 2.6% advantage over the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in average benchmark score. This is a pairing that punches above its weight class in raw rasterization, which is what The Technomancer primarily relies on.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a classic GPU-bound scenario. At Low settings, the average FPS drops from 217.5 at 1080p to 137.3 at 1440p, then to 75.3 at 4K. That is a 65.4% reduction from 1080p to 4K. At High settings, the drop is from 139.3 to 94.3 to 52.6 across the same resolutions — a 62.2% reduction.

The scaling becomes steeper at higher quality presets. From 1440p High (94.3 FPS) to 4K High (52.6 FPS), there is a 44.2% drop. From 1440p Ultra (71.2 FPS) to 4K Ultra (36.9 FPS), the drop is 48.2%. This non-linear scaling is typical of GPU-bound rendering, where the number of pixels quadruples from 1440p to 4K but the FPS does not quarter — instead, it drops by roughly half, indicating memory bandwidth and fill rate are being taxed.

Conversely, the scaling from 1080p to 1440p is much gentler. At High settings, the drop is from 139.3 to 94.3 FPS (32.3% reduction). This suggests that at 1080p, the CPU or some other system bottleneck prevents the GPU from fully stretching its legs. The gap between 1080p High and 1440p High is smaller than the gap between 1440p High and 4K High, confirming the GPU becomes the limiting component as resolution increases.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the combination delivers strong results across all presets. Low settings produce 217.5 FPS, Medium reaches 165.8 FPS, High hits 139.3 FPS, and Ultra manages 112.1 FPS. All four presets exceed 100 FPS, making this an excellent 1080p configuration for high-refresh-rate monitors.

Stepping up to 2560x1440, the averages remain very playable. Low settings yield 137.3 FPS, Medium provides 107.6 FPS, High delivers 94.3 FPS, and Ultra holds 71.2 FPS. The 94.3 FPS at High is close to the 100 FPS mark, and even Ultra stays above 70 FPS, which is smooth for most players.

At 3840x2160, the picture changes considerably. Low settings still manage 75.3 FPS, which is respectable. Medium drops to 60.6 FPS, High falls to 52.6 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 36.9 FPS. The jump from Medium to High at 4K costs 8 FPS, while the jump from High to Ultra costs nearly 16 FPS. Players targeting 4K should stick with High or Medium settings to maintain a playable frame rate, as Ultra's 36.9 FPS falls below the 40 FPS threshold commonly cited for minimum playability.