The Technomancer

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS for The Technomancer at 1080p with Ultra settings using this hardware combination?

A: The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 combination delivers an average of 114 FPS at 1920x1080 with Ultra settings.

Q: Does this CPU and GPU combo maintain playable frame rates at 4K resolution?

A: Yes. At 3840x2160, the average frame rates range from 41 FPS at Ultra settings to 80 FPS at Low settings, with the Medium preset producing a 61 FPS average and a minimum of 52 FPS.

Q: How does the Ryzen 5 7600 compare to its closest rival in CPU benchmarks?

A: The Ryzen 5 7600 has an average benchmark score of 26324, which is 0.2% higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (26274), 0.4% higher than the Intel Core i9-11900KF (26212), and 0.5% higher than the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U (26187). It trails the AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS by 0.3%.

Q: What is the GPU's performance percentile relative to all tested graphics cards?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 sits in the 68th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23172. Its closest rival, the NVIDIA P106-100, scores 23249, a 0.3% difference.

Q: What memory configuration does the RTX 3080 use, and what is its bandwidth?

A: The RTX 3080 uses 10 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s.

Q: At which resolution and settings does the combo achieve its highest average frame rate?

A: The highest measured average frame rate is 223 FPS, achieved at 1920x1080 with Low settings. The next highest is 171 FPS at 1080p Medium, followed by 146 FPS at both 1080p High and 1440p Low.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for The Technomancer reveals a clear hierarchy across presets, and the choice of settings depends heavily on the target resolution and refresh rate. At 1920x1080, the Medium preset delivers an average of 171 FPS with a minimum of 146 FPS and a maximum of 197 FPS. This is a substantial jump from the High preset's 146 FPS average, while the Ultra preset drops to 114 FPS. The Low preset pushes the engine to 223 FPS, but the visual sacrifice is typically not worth the extra frames when Medium already provides a comfortable margin above 144 Hz.

For 2560x1440, the Medium preset again stands out, producing an average of 112 FPS with a 95 FPS minimum and 129 FPS maximum. The High preset at 96 FPS is still very playable, but Medium offers a more consistent experience if the display supports 120 Hz or higher. The Ultra preset at 75 FPS is acceptable for slower-paced gameplay, but the 37 FPS drop from Medium to Ultra (from 112 to 75) is steep for the visual gains.

At 3840x2160, the situation changes dramatically. The Medium preset yields a 61 FPS average with a 52 FPS minimum, which is the only preset that stays above the 60 FPS threshold for the average while keeping the minimum reasonably close. High drops to 52 FPS, and Ultra falls to 41 FPS. The Low preset at 80 FPS is surprisingly strong, suggesting that the game's lower-end visuals scale well at 4K.

The optimal experience across all resolutions is the Medium preset. It provides the best balance of frame rate stability and visual quality, as evidenced by the min/max data available for that preset at each resolution. At 4K, Medium is the only preset that maintains an average above 60 FPS, making it the recommended choice for those prioritizing smoothness at high pixel counts. For competitive play or high-refresh monitors at 1080p, the jump from Medium to Low adds 52 FPS (from 171 to 223), but the visual degradation is typically not worth it unless chasing maximum frame rates.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 reveals a significant load shift onto the GPU. At the Medium preset, the average FPS drops from 171 at 1080p to 112 at 1440p, a reduction of 59 FPS. Moving to 4K brings the average down to 61 FPS, which is nearly a third of the 1080p figure. This steep decline indicates that the RTX 3080's rendering workload at 4K is substantially higher, and the GPU becomes the primary limiting factor.

The High preset tells a similar story: 146 FPS at 1080p, 96 FPS at 1440p, and 52 FPS at 4K. The delta between 1080p and 1440p is 50 FPS, and between 1440p and 4K is 44 FPS. The Low preset shows the same trend with 223, 146, and 80 FPS across the three resolutions. In all cases, the scaling is roughly linear in terms of pixel count, which is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario.

The CPU's role in this scaling is minimal. The Ryzen 5 7600, with its 6 cores and 12 threads, is more than capable of feeding the GPU at lower resolutions, as evidenced by the 223 FPS result at 1080p Low. The fact that frame rates drop so sharply at higher resolutions confirms that the RTX 3080's compute and memory throughput are the decisive factors. The GPU's 10 GB of GDDR6X memory and 760.3 GB/s bandwidth are being taxed heavily at 4K, where the game's textures and effects require more memory bandwidth.

The data suggests that The Technomancer is not particularly CPU-sensitive at these settings. The 1080p Low result of 223 FPS shows headroom in the CPU, but the 4K Low result of 80 FPS shows the GPU struggling to maintain high output. This is a classic GPU-bound title at higher resolutions, and the Ryzen 5 7600's Zen 4 architecture is not the bottleneck in any measured configuration.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 ranks 1040 out of 3696 tested combinations in The Technomancer. This places the combo in the top 28% of all configurations tested, indicating a strong but not elite performance tier. The rank reflects the balance of the CPU's 78th percentile standing among all CPUs and the GPU's 68th percentile among all GPUs.

The CPU's benchmark profile shows a well-rounded performer. With a 3DMark single-thread score of 999 and a multi-thread score of 6503, the Ryzen 5 7600 demonstrates both strong single-core and multi-core capabilities. Its Cinebench R23 scores of 1852 single-core and 12735 multi-core further reinforce this. The GPU's PassMark G3D score of 25086 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 4407 indicate solid DirectX 12 performance.

Relative to other combos, this ranking means that a significant number of configurations outperform it, likely those pairing higher-end GPUs with similarly strong CPUs. The RTX 3080's 68th percentile GPU score is the weaker link in this pair; the CPU's 78th percentile is higher. This suggests that the GPU is more likely to hold back overall performance in GPU-bound titles like The Technomancer at higher resolutions.

The nearest rival data for the CPU shows it is tightly clustered with the Ryzen 9 6900HX, Ryzen 7 7435HS, Core i9-11900KF, and Ryzen 5 8540U, all within a 0.5% delta of each other. This means the CPU choice is not a differentiator in most scenarios. The GPU's rivals, including the NVIDIA P106-100 and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16, are all within 0.4% of the RTX 3080's average score, which is a surprising proximity given the architectural differences.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is built on the Ampere architecture with the GA102 chip, manufactured on Samsung's 8 nm process. It contains 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die, and its 10 GB of GDDR6X memory operates at 1188 MHz with a 19 Gbps effective rate. The memory bus width is 320 bits, yielding a bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s. This memory configuration is critical for The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG that benefits from high bandwidth when rendering at 4K.

The GPU's clock speeds are 1440 MHz base and 1710 MHz boost. These clocks, combined with 8704 shading units, 272 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, produce a pixel rate of 164.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 465.1 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput is 29.77 TFLOPS. In practical terms, the measured FPS data shows the RTX 3080 delivering 80 FPS at 4K Low, which drops to 41 FPS at 4K Ultra. The 39 FPS gap between Low and Ultra at 4K highlights the significant load the game's higher presets place on the GPU.

The GPU's ray tracing capabilities, with 68 RT cores, and tensor cores, with 272, are not directly measured in this game's FPS data. However, the game's release date of 2016-06-27 predates the widespread adoption of ray tracing, so these features likely have minimal impact on The Technomancer's performance. The GPU's DirectX 12 Ultimate support (12_2) is present, but the game's engine may not fully utilize it.

The 68th percentile ranking among all GPUs places the RTX 3080 in the upper-midrange of tested hardware. Its average benchmark score of 23172 is closely matched by the NVIDIA P106-100 (23249) and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 (23250), though these rivals are not comparable in real-world gaming scenarios. The memory bandwidth of 760.3 GB/s is a standout feature, and in a game like The Technomancer that appears to scale with resolution, this bandwidth is likely a key factor in maintaining playable frame rates at 4K Medium.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data for The Technomancer covers three resolutions and four settings presets, with full min/max data only available for the Medium preset at each resolution. The following breakdown provides the exact measured averages.

At 1920x1080, the Low preset achieves an average of 223 FPS. The Medium preset averages 171 FPS with a minimum of 146 FPS and a maximum of 197 FPS. The High preset averages 146 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 114 FPS. The spread from Low to Ultra is 109 FPS, with the Medium preset offering the most complete data showing a 51 FPS range between minimum and maximum.

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 146 FPS. The Medium preset averages 112 FPS, with a minimum of 95 FPS and a maximum of 129 FPS. The High preset averages 96 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 75 FPS. The delta between Medium and High is 16 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 21 FPS. The Medium preset's minimum of 95 FPS ensures that even the lowest frame rates remain above the 90 FPS threshold.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 80 FPS. The Medium preset averages 61 FPS, with a minimum of 52 FPS and a maximum of 71 FPS. The High preset averages 52 FPS. The Ultra preset averages 41 FPS. The Medium preset's maximum of 71 FPS shows that the GPU can occasionally push above 60 FPS, but the 52 FPS minimum indicates some drops below the 60 FPS line. The Ultra preset at 41 FPS is the lowest measured average across all configurations.

Across all resolutions, the Medium preset provides the only complete min/max dataset, which allows for a precise assessment of frame time consistency. At 1080p, the 51 FPS range (146 to 197) represents a 29% variation relative to the average. At 1440p, the 34 FPS range (95 to 129) is a 30% variation. At 4K, the 19 FPS range (52 to 71) is a 31% variation. This consistent relative variation across resolutions suggests that the game's frame pacing is stable regardless of pixel count.

The Low preset at 1080p, producing 223 FPS, is the only configuration that exceeds 200 FPS. This is likely limited by the game engine's frame rate cap or CPU performance, as the RTX 3080's raw power at lower resolutions typically produces higher outputs. The High preset at 1440p (96 FPS) is nearly identical to the 4K Low preset (80 FPS), showing that the visual quality settings have a more significant impact on performance than resolution alone in this title.