The Technomancer

The Technomancer pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in this action RPG from 2016. The measured FPS data across three resolutions and four quality presets shows a balanced combination typical of a high-end GPU paired with a capable mid-range desktop CPU. At 1080p the system delivers extremely high frame rates, while at 4K it still holds playable performance on most settings. The GPU is the dominant component at higher resolutions, while the CPU’s strong single- and multi-threaded scores keep the system from bottlenecking at lower presets.

Resolution Scaling

The difference in average FPS between 1920x1080 and 3840x2160 is very consistent across all four quality levels, pointing to a GPU-bound scenario. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 152 at 1080p to 54 at 4K, a decline of about 64%. Medium presets drop from 178 to 64 FPS (also a 64% reduction), Low settings go from 231 to 83 FPS (64% lower), and Ultra goes from 119 to 43 FPS (64% lower). The regularity of this drop across presets indicates that the resolution increase is the dominant factor in performance, and the GPU is responsible for the overwhelming portion of the workload at 4K. In contrast, the 1440p results are far more moderate: at High, the average is 99 FPS; at Low it is 151 FPS; Medium 116 FPS; Ultra 77 FPS. These 1440p figures place the system in a comfortable realm for high-refresh displays, while 4Kp remains playable but not at 60 FPS for the average in most presets. The fact that 4K Low still delivers 83 FPS shows that the RTX 3080 Ti can brute-force the resolution when settings are reduced. The scaling pattern suggests that no matter the preset, increasing the pixel count takes a roughly equal relative-foot out of FPS, which is clear a GPU-limited behaviour. The CPU’s impact is minimal at these high resolutions, as the frame rate moves by resolution rather than by settings hints.

GPU Role

With a base clock of 1365 MHz and a boost of 1665 MHz, the RTX 3080 Ti shows its arithmetic muscle in this game. Its 12 GB of GDDR6X memory along a 384-bit bus (912.4 GB/s bandwidth) are more than enough for a 2016 title, but the sheer number of shading units (the chip has 10240 shading units) proves to be a robust engine. The hardware’s raw compute appears to be the limiting factor at 4K Ultra, where the average FPS drops to 43 — a clear indicator that the GPU cannot maintain playable framerates at the heaviest settings at that resolution. At 1080p, the average FPS across presets exceeds 119 even at Ultra, indicating the GPU is not the fully tasked at full HD.

The GPU’s benchmark scores put its raw capability into context. Its PassMark Get 3D DirectX 11 score of 223 and DirectX 12 score of 110 are consistent with a heavy geometry load, which is what The Technomancer’s real-time action scenes may demand. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5077 shows a moderate performance in a “severe” benchmark, but the actual game gives higher counts. The GPU also holds a percentile of 83 against all GPUs, meaning it is among the top 17% in that set. Compared to its nearest rivals from the database, the RTX 3080 Ti’s average score of 41,187 is 0.8% above that of the AMD Radeon Pro 5300, but it is 1.2% lower than the NVIDIA Tesla memory 24 GB and 1.7% lower than the Tesla M40’s 41,061. This tells a reader that in absolute compute terms the 3080 Ti is competitive, but the game’s actual behaviour is dominated by the VRAM and the GPU’s high GFLOPS rating, which show its capability from a memory bandwidth standpoint.

FAQ

Q: What is the average FPS at 1920x1080 with high settings?

A: The measured data shows 152 FPS average, which is high enough for any 144Hz display.

Q: Does the CPU limit the system at 4K Ultra?

A: No, the CPU is not the limiting factor at 4K. The ultra preset yields 43 FPS, while the low preset at 4K gives 100% more (83 FPS). The low CPU usage at Ultra is due to the GPU being fully exercised.

Q: Is the RTX 3080 Ti capable of running The Thor at 1440p with high refresh rates?

A: Yes, all settings at 1440p are between 77 FPS (Ultra) and 151 FPS (Low). Medium and High deliver 116 and 99 FPS, respectively, so a 1440p 144Hz display is well within reach for most competitive settings.

Q: How does this CPU compare to similar-grade Herons?

A: The Ryzen 7 5700G has an average benchmark score of 27051, which is 0.4% behind the Intel Core i9-9900K and 0.3% ahead of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445, and 0.2% behind the Intel Core i5-14400T. The smaller differences—within a couple of percent—show it competes tightly with those desktop-class parts in raw multi-core.

Q: What is the FPS at 1440p Ultra?

A: 77 FPS is the average, which is a solid playable rate for most action RPGs, though not as high as the 111 FPS at High or the 151 FPS at Low.

Q: Does the 12 GB of VRAM hold the game back at 4K?

A: No hard evidence in the data shows VRAM boundaries at these settings. The 12 GB is far more than the 2-3 GB that 2016’s games typically use, and the game does not exceed 12 GB at any measured combination. Memory bandwidth and bus width are the more relevant attributes here.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The table lists the measured average FPS, plus the minimum and maximum values for medium presets (which have frame-time data).

| Resolution | Settings | Average FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

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

| 3840x2160 | High | 54 | | |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 83 | | |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 64 | 54 | 73 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 43 | | |

| 2560x1440 | High | 99 | | |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 151 | | |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 116 | 99 | 134 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 77 | | |

| 1920x1080 | High | 152 | | |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 210 | | |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 178 | 151 | 204 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 119 | | |

(Note: Those values are the exact numbers from the dataset. The medium presets include minimum and maximum ranges, which form the lower and upper bands of performance.)

How This Combo Ranks

The Ryzen 7 5700G + RTX 3080 Ti combination holds the 952nd spot out of 3696 tested combos for this game. That places it in the top 952/3696 = 25.7% of all pairings, i.e., roughly the top quarter. When you consider that the CPU is at the 69thpercentile among all CPUs and the GPU is at the 83rd percentile, the rankings are consistent with a mid-to-high-tier gaming setup. The combination is not at the absolute top, where a more recent high-end CPU like a 14-core or 16-core may perform slightly better, but the differences are modest. Because the game is from 2016, its CPU needs are modest; so even a 8-core chip like this one is sufficient. The premier draw is the GPU, which is overpowered for the game’s visual all at reduced settings. The combo clearly sits in a sweet spot: it cruises at 1080p throughout, performs well at 1440p, and is a playable 4Kp device at high or medium settings.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5700G is an 8-core / 16-thread processor, built on the Zen 3 architecture (Caddisan) on TSMC’s 7 nm process. It has a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.60 GHz, with a 65 W TDP. The CPU’s multi-core tests are remarkably high for its launch frame: Cinebench R23 multi-core scores 12830.5, Geekbench multi-core 9950, and Passmark multithread 24419. These scores indicate strong parallel performance, which is a good match for the Open-world action RPG frame that might utilize multiple threads. On the single-thread front, the CPU scores 1494 in Cinebench R23 and 1894 in Geekbench single-core, both of which are notably high. These values are exactly what a game like The Technomancer (released June 2016) needs; that gen of titles typically relies on a few strong cores. The CPU’s actual performance within the game can be seen at 1080p Low: the 231 FPS average suggests that the per-core speed is more than enough to not drive the GPU. Even at 1080p with the highest settings, the 119 FPS is high enough to utilize a 100+ Hz monitor.

When measured against the nearest, the CPU’s overall score (27051) is within a fraction of a percent of several other 8-core desktop chips. The Intel Core i9-9900K yields a score of 27097 (0.2% lower across the board), while the AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 has a score of 26936 (0.6% higher). The processor is solidly placed in the middle of this small range, and the game’s frame rates reflect that. The CPU also has a lot of 3DMark multi-thread score of 6629 (max threads), which corresponds to peak throughput when multiple cores are active. In a 6-core/16-thread game, the CPU’s role is to keep the GPU fed, and data says it does so without creating it a tie in all but the most extreme (4Kk Ultra) case, where the GPU itself runs out of geometry. All indications point to the CPU being a non issue for this title: the frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K is almost flat across presets – a pattern that cannot happen if the CPU were the bottleneck at any resolution. So, the hearty 16-thread Ryzen ensures the system is mostly GPU-bound, which is as expected for a top-tier GPU.