The Technomancer

The Technomancer, a 2016 action RPG, presents a heavy workload that the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti handle with a clear GPU-dependent scaling curve. The measured data show that the CPU remains a quiet partner across all presets, while the RTX 4070 Ti loses ground steadily as resolution climbs from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At the highest settings, the frame rate at 1080p is 140 fps, but at 4K it drops to 50 fps, a 64% reduction that reveals the GPU as the deciding factor.

Resolution Scaling

The transition from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160 demonstrates how quickly the RTX 4070 Ti becomes the limiting resource. At the Low preset, the average FPS reads 273 at 1080p, falls to 178 at 1440p, and reaches 98 at 4K. The High preset shows 179, 117, and 64 fps across the same resolutions. The Medium setting, which includes 0 min and 0 max data, records 210 fps at 1080p, 137 at 1440p, and 75 at 4K. For Ultra, a 140 fps average at 1080p gives way to 91 at 1440p and 50 at 4K.

The pattern is consistent: each 2x resolution quartile cuts the frame rate almost exactly in half when measured from 1080p to 4K. Specifically, the low setting yields 273 fps at 1080p and 98 at 4K, a 64% reduction; the high preset gives 179 fps to 64 fps, a 64% drop; medium gives 210 to 75, a 64% drop; ultra gives 140 to 50, a 64% drop. This uniformity indicates that the GPU is the sole anchor in all presets, with the CPU having no effect on the scaling from 1440p to 4K. At 1080p, though, the CPU still holds its own: the 273 fps Low score is far above the 140 fps Ultra score, meaning there is no CPU bottleneck even at the lowest resolution.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination ranks at position 444 out of 3696 tested combos in this game. That puts it in the top 12% of all pairings, which is a strong showing for a mid-range CPU paired with a high-end GPU. The Ryzen 5 9600X sits at the 81st percentile among all CPUs, while the RTX 4070 Ti holds the 84th percentile among all GPUs, a nearly matched pair. The ranking position of 444 from 3696 directly reflects that the GPU is the strong link, but the CPU still provides enough headroom to keep the combo from being penalized by a processor-limited ceiling.

GPU Role

GPU results define what the system can do, and the measured data is consistent with the specifications of the RTX 4070 Ti. The card operates at a boost clock of 2610 MHz and draws on 12 GB of GDDR6X memory over a 192-bit interface, delivering a bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s. Its Ada Lovelace architecture, built on 5nm process with 35,800 million transistors, provides enough compute to drive the game's large draw distances and sneaky anchor points. The GPU benchmark scores are among the highest in the removed dataset: a PassMark G3D score of 31624 and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 213808. The card's percentile score is 84, meaning on a given percentage – 84% of all GPUs – it is better positioned.

These raw numbers explain the resolution scaling. At 1080p Low, the card is far from its limits, with headroom left for settings to increase. The GPU's own internal the in-game error is contained in the measured frames, however. The average FPS values do not double and triple as pixel density does – a sign of the GPU being compute-bound rather than bandwidth-bound.

The RTX 4070 Ti ranks near other high-end alternatives. Compared to the RTX 5090 Mobile, it is -0.8% slower, against the Radeon Pro 5500 XT -1.3%, and against the RTX A6000 it is +1.6% faster. This table places the 4070 Ti just off the pace of the strongest mobile GPU, but only slightly above the professional A6000. For the gaming requirement in this game, that is an excellent result.

The 12 GB of GDDR6X memory covers the 4K textures and the game's assembly requirements. The memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s is ample; hence the FPS does not collapse at 4K even when the settings are at lowest loads. At the highest settings, the GPU still returns 50 fps, which is playable, while the low preset yields nearly double that at 98 fps.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured results contain twelve dated data points covering three resolutions and three.

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|

| 1920x1080 | Low | 273 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 210 | 178 | 241 |

| 1920x1080 | High | 179 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 140 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 178 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 137 | 116 | 158 |

| 2560x1440 | High | 117 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 91 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 98 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 75 | 64 | 87 |

| 3840x2160 | High | 64 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 50 | — | — |

At 1080p, every preset exceeds 140 fps, and the low preset reaches 273 fps. The minimum frames at 1080p Medium are 178 fps in the data, so even that a tens of drop stays above 200. At 1440p, only the medium preset shows number of a given that you – near a 116 - and the average remains above 170 fps across all presets. The 4K at Medium – only under 16p that includes min/max – min 64 and average. 75, means a 4 4k experience is still fluent when you avoid the ultra.

Settings Recommendations

Based on the measured results, the optimal preset depends on the target monitor resolution. At 1920x1080, the high setting yields 179 fps average, whereas the Ultra preset yields 140 fps, only a 22% reduction for essentially the same visual quality in this title. The Ultra would be a logical way even if you're using a 144 Hz screen, but the framework. At 2560x1440, the Medium preset produces 137 fps and minimum of 0.3 fps, while High returns 117 fps; the difference is about 17%, but the heightened motion extra smoothness is a Heavy for computer. For readers on a 1440p monitor, Medium strikes the best match between fluid motion and fidelity.

At 3840x2160, the game is more desktop: the high preset gets 64 fps average, and the medium returns a measurable 75 fps with a minimum 64 and 87. That suggests Medium is the best preset for 4K: the FPS maintains a floor above typical zero-ge. The Ultra 50 average is too low for steady motion, even under the system quietest scenes.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 5 9600X offers six cores and twelve threads, reaching up to 5.40 GHz between with a base clock of 3.90 GHz. The Zen 5 architecture (Granite Ridge) manufactures its own cache - 32 MB shared L3 - and has no net transfers. The measured CPU benchmark results demonstrate that its single-thread performance is substantial: a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2183, a Geekbench single-core score of 2923, and a 3DMark single-thread score of 1253. Multi-thread results like the Cinebench R23 multi of F 17528.5 and a 3DMark rantomthread score of 7590 show that the 6 cores deliver unfailing consistency.

The CPU's influence is clear in the measured FPS. At 1080p Low, the system hits 273 fps, a value that is 95% above its own 1080p High result (179 fps) but also higher than the 4K Low (98 fps). This shows the CPU does not limit the game even at the lowest Preset, and the scaling is entirely due to GPU.

The CPU, at the 81st percentile among all processors, is never the performance detractor in this game. Except from the nearest rivals, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, at a delta of -0.2%, the 9600X is essentially equal to the 29656 average score. But the crucial metric for The Technomancer is single-thread reserve, at which point the 9600X delivers 2183 in Cinebench R23 single, and that keeps the system from any lower frame rate there.

The combo ranks 444th of 3696, meaning it is only one of twelve percent of all tested setups that can push 4KHigh to 140 fps at 1080p. The Ryzen 5 9600X is a launch MSRP of $279 and the RTX 4070 Ti a launch MSRP of 799 USD. (Now in the CPU section later.)

In The Technomancer, the Ryzen 5 9600X delivers precisely what the game needs: a high single-thread core that never becomes the weak link, paired with an RTX 4070 Ti that provides the memory bandwidth to draw at any corners. The system is well-suited for modern output, the data says.