The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 paired with the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT delivers a performance profile in The Technomancer that is heavily dictated by resolution, with the GPU becoming the clear limiting factor as pixel count rises. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combo produces 212 FPS, which drops to 137.5 FPS at High settings and 110 FPS at Ultra. Moving to 2560x1440, the same settings yield 137.7 FPS, 87.7 FPS, and 67.9 FPS respectively. At 3840x2160, the frame rates fall further to 71.5 FPS (Low), 49.8 FPS (High), and 37.3 FPS (Ultra). The scaling pattern shows a roughly 35% reduction in FPS from 1080p to 1440p at High settings, and a further 43% drop from 1440p to 4K at the same settings. This steep decline indicates that the RX 7800 XT is operating near its limits at 4K, while the CPU has ample headroom to feed frames at lower resolutions.

Resolution Scaling

The data reveals a classic GPU-bound scaling curve. From 1080p Low at 212 FPS to 1440p Low at 137.7 FPS, the frame rate drops by 35%. The same settings comparison from 1440p to 4K shows a 48% reduction, landing at 71.5 FPS. These proportional losses are consistent with a rendering pipeline where the GPU's pixel throughput is the dominant constraint. At 1080p High, the combo achieves 137.5 FPS, which is over twice the 4K High result of 49.8 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens with resolution: at 1080p, the delta between Low and Ultra is 102 FPS, while at 4K, the same delta shrinks to 34.2 FPS. This compression at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU is saturated with pixel work, leaving less performance headroom for quality settings to differentiate themselves. The 4K Medium result of 59.9 FPS sits only 10.1 FPS above the 4K High result, indicating that the incremental cost of High over Medium is modest when the GPU is already heavily loaded.

How This Combo Ranks

In the database of tested combinations for The Technomancer, this CPU-GPU pairing ranks 620th out of 1656 combos, placing it in the 62.6th percentile of all tested configurations. This mid-tier ranking reflects a balance where the RX 7800 XT is strong enough to push frame rates well above playable thresholds at 1080p and 1440p, but not powerful enough to crack the upper echelon of 4K performance. The rank suggests that a substantial number of tested combos deliver higher average FPS, likely due to more powerful GPUs or more favorable CPU-GPU balance. However, the combo's position is not a reflection of weakness; the measured FPS at 1440p High (87.7 FPS) and 1080p Ultra (110 FPS) demonstrate that this pairing is well-suited for high-refresh-rate gaming at mainstream resolutions. The rank of 620 out of 1656 means it outperforms roughly 62% of all recorded configurations, which is a solid standing given the game's release year and the hardware generation involved.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is the primary driver of frame rate in this game, as evidenced by the resolution scaling data. With 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth, the card has ample memory capacity and throughput for The Technomancer's textures and geometry at any setting. The GPU's boost clock of 2430 MHz and game clock of 2124 MHz, built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with 3840 shading units, provide the raw compute necessary for the observed frame rates. The card's 60 RT cores and 96 ROPs contribute to its pixel rate of 233.3 GPixel/s, which directly impacts performance at higher resolutions. The measured results show that at 4K Ultra, the card produces 37.3 FPS, a figure that aligns with its 76th percentile ranking among all GPUs in the database. The GPU's 37.32 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p gameplay at high settings, but the 4K results indicate that the card is approaching its practical ceiling for this title. The 2:1 FP16 ratio of 74.65 TFLOPS suggests potential for optimizations, but The Technomancer does not appear to leverage this in a way that boosts measured FPS.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest frame rate this combo achieves in The Technomancer?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 212 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. At Ultra settings, the maximum drops to 110 FPS at the same resolution.

Q: How does the combo perform at 4K with High settings?

A: At 3840x2160 with High settings, the average FPS is 49.8. This is the only 4K setting that falls below 50 FPS, while Low produces 71.5 FPS and Medium produces 59.9 FPS.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limiting factor at 1440p?

A: The data suggests the GPU is the limiting factor at 1440p. The frame rate drops from 137.7 FPS at Low to 87.7 FPS at High and 67.9 FPS at Ultra, a scaling pattern that indicates pixel throughput constraints rather than CPU limitations.

Q: What percentile does the GPU rank among all tested GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT ranks in the 76th percentile among all GPUs in the database. Its average benchmark score is 32619, placing it close to the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 which scores 32540.

Q: How does the CPU's benchmark score compare to its nearest rival?

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 has an average benchmark score of 27220, which is 0.7% higher than the Intel Core i9-9900K's score of 27043. The difference is minimal, indicating near-identical CPU performance.

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

A: At 1920x1080, High settings produce 137.5 FPS while Ultra produces 110 FPS, a difference of 27.5 FPS. The gap narrows at higher resolutions due to GPU saturation.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 provides the computational foundation for this combo, and its role becomes more apparent at lower resolutions where the GPU is not the bottleneck. With 8 cores and 16 threads based on the Zen 3 architecture (Cezanne), the CPU has a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz. Its 16 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support with 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth are sufficient to feed the GPU without introducing frame pacing issues. The CPU's benchmark results show a multi-threaded Cinebench R23 score of 20655 and a single-thread score of 2916, indicating strong per-core performance for a 65 W TDP part. In The Technomancer, the CPU's influence is visible in the 1080p results: at Low settings, the 212 FPS figure is likely constrained by the CPU's ability to process draw calls and game logic, as the GPU has significant headroom at this resolution. The 3DMark results reinforce this: the 16-thread score of 6628 and max-thread score of 6617 show consistent scaling across core counts, while the single-thread score of 901 suggests that the game may benefit from the boost clock in lightly threaded scenarios. The CPU's 84th percentile ranking among all CPUs, with an average score of 27220, places it marginally ahead of the Intel Core i9-9900K (27043) and Intel Core i7-12700H (27006), confirming that it is not a weak link in this pairing. The fact that frame rates at 1080p Low (212 FPS) are over four times higher than at 4K Ultra (37.3 FPS) demonstrates that the CPU can sustain high throughput, and the GPU's rendering workload is what ultimately determines the playable experience at higher resolutions.