The Technomancer

The Technomancer, an action RPG released in 2016, runs on an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X paired with an AMD Radeon RX 580. The measured frame rates across three resolutions and four quality presets reveal a system that is consistently GPU‑limited, with playable performance only at lower settings and modest resolutions. At 1080p, the Low preset delivers an average 76 FPS, while Medium drops to 58 FPS and High to 50 FPS; moving to 1440p caps the best average at 50 FPS (Low), and at 4K the maximum average is 27 FPS. The combo ranks 3,373rd out of 3,696 tested combinations, placing it in the bottom 91% of the database, a position driven by the GPU rather than the CPU.

Settings Recommendations

The measured data makes it clear that the Low quality mode is the only preset that can maintain a 60‑frame target at 1920×1080. Low scores 76 FPS on average, which is the highest of any configuration. Medium drops to 58 FPS, High falls to 50 FPS, and Ultra bottoms out at 39 FPS. Because Medium still holds a solid 58 FPS at 1080p, it remains a viable choice for players who want better visuals without sacrificing too much fluidity—the gap between Low and Medium is only 18 FPS, but the visual difference is typically meaningful. At 2560×1440, only the Low preset remains playable at 50 FPS; Medium yields 38 FPS, High 33 FPS, and Ultra 25 FPS, all of which are not recommended for reactions. At 4K, even Low (27 FPS) does not clear the 30 FPS comfort zone, so no preset is recommended for 3840×2160.

Thus, the recommended preset for the best experience—defined as the highest frame rate that still maintains a playable threshold—is Low at 1920×1080, offering an average of 76 FPS. For players who prefer a more visually rich presentation, Medium at 1080p is the only other preset that edges near a locked 60 FPS. There is no other configuration that reaches 60 FPS or above, making Low the clear choice for smooth action gameplay.

GPU Role

The Radeon RX 580 is an 8 GB GDDR5 card with a 256‑bit memory bus and a bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s. Its base clock is 1257 MHz, with a boost clock of 1340 MHz. The computing resources total 2304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output units. These raw figures place the GPU near the middle of the database: its average benchmark score is 12,928, which corresponds to a 53rd‑percentile rank relative to all tested GPUs. In the context of The Technomancer, this GPU is the primary performance bottleneck. The GPU’s memory capacity and bandwidth appear sufficient—no VRAM‑related stutters are visible in the measured data—but the limited raw execution power directly limits the frame rate, especially as resolution and quality preset increase.

Turning from Low to Ultra at 1080p reduces the average FPS from 76 to 39, a 60% decline. This is a classic sign of pixel‑fill and shading becoming a problem. The GPU’s fill rate of 42.88 GPixel/s and texture rate of 193.0 GTexel/s are the hardware ceilings that govern this game’s frame times. With only 32 ROPs, the RX 580 cannot feed high‑resolution framebuffers quickly enough to support 4K Ultra, which remains at 14 FPS average. Even in the lowest 4K setting, the 580 achieves only 27 FPS.

Resolution Scaling

As resolution climbs, the measured average frame rates show a steep, consistent decline. At Low settings, the averages are 76 FPS, 50 FPS, and 27 FPS for 1920×1080, 2560×1440, and 3840×2160 respectively. The drop from 1080p to 1440p is 26 FPS, and from 1440p to 4K is 23 FPS. The same scaling pattern is visible on every quality preset: for example, High yields 50–33–18 FPS, and Ultra yields 39–25–14 FPS. The fact that the absolute drop in FPS–not the percentage–is similar between resolution steps indicates that the GPU is the only traction. If the CPU were the restricting factor, the FPS would remain more constant as pixel count increases. Here, it is obvious that the RX 580 is not able to maintainhigher pixel counts, and the game becomes completely unplayable at 4K Ultra.

The Medium preset provides the only min/max data points within the measured set: at 1080p the range is 50–67 FPS, at 1440p it is 32–44 FPS, and at 4K it is 18–24 FPS. The tight range at 4K shows that even with a moderate drop in resolution the GPU remains at a constant load, with no substantial spikes. This strongly suggests a purely render‑bound engine, with no CPU or driver hit.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The dataset contains average frames (and for Medium, min and max) for all twelve resolution/quality combinations. A complete excerpt is given below.

| Resolution | Setting | Avg FPS | Min | Max |

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

| 3840×2160 | High | 18 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Low | 27 | – | – |

| 3840×2160 | Medium | 21 | 18 | 24 |

| 3840×2160 | Ultra | 14 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | High | 33 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Low | 50 | – | – |

| 2560×1440 | Medium | 38 | 32 | 44 |

| 2560×1440 | Ultra | 25 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | High | 50 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Low | 76 | – | – |

| 1920×1080 | Medium | 58 | 50 | 67 |

| 1920×1080 | Ultra | 39 | – | – |

At 4K, no combination yields an average above 27 FPS. The Low setting is the only one that breaks the 20 FPS ceiling, but all resolutions below 1080p fail to maintain a smooth 60 FPS at any other quality level. The data shows that The Technomancer can be played smoothly only at 1080p with Low or Medium presets; 1440p is awkward only at Low; 4K is only usable at Low with heavy sacrifice.

One observation is that the gap between High and Ultra is smaller at each resolution than the gap between Medium and High. For instance, 1080p High (50 FPS) versus Ultra (39 FPS) is an 11 FPS difference, while Medium (58) vs High (50) is 8 FPS. This is an indication that Ultra adds many extra effects that are particularly heavy on the GPU.

How This Combo Ranks

Within the entire test suite of 3,696 hardware combinations in the database, this particular CPU/GPU pair is near the bottom. With a rank of 3373, only 8.7% of comparable ensembled configurations performed slower. The rest, 91.3%, delivered a higher average frame rate in The Technomancer.

This low position is almost entirely due to the GPU. The CPU alone is a very capable processor; its 81st percentile relative to all CPUs and its average benchmark score of 29,123 place it in the top quarter of all CPUs. The GPU, meanwhile, is at the 53rd percentile with an average score of 12,928. The nearest CPU rivals for the Ryzen 7 5800X include the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H (score 29,093, +0.1% difference) and the Intel Core i5‑13500HX (29,270, −0.5% gap), all of which have very similar throughput. In contrast, the RX 580’s nearest rivals are not far: the NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti Mobile (12,940, −0.1%), the GTX 1660 SUPER (12,986, −0.4%), AMD Radeon 740M (12,870, +0.5%), and AMD FirePro W5100 (12,847, +0.6%). This indicates that the GPU sits just slightly below average for its class, but it is still far weaker than the strong CPU that drives the system. The result is a combo that is heavily imbalanced, where the GPU is the limiting factor in all tested scenarios.

CPU Role

The Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop processor built on a 7 nm Zen 3 (Vermeer) architecture, with 8 physical cores and 16 threads. Its base clock is 3.80 GHz, and it boosts to 4.70 GHz. It has a 32 MB L3 cache, supports dual‑channel DDR4 at a memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s, and is released in the late 2020. In benchmark tests, the CPU holds a strong 81st percentile rank, with an average benchmark score of 29,123.

In The Technomancer, the CPU does not appear to be a constraint. The game was released in 2016, and its rated engine is not particularly heavy on modern CPUs. The measured results show that even with the lowest GPU settings at 1080p, the average FPS is only 76, far below the CPU’s potential frame‑generating limit. The 12 threads of the 5800X are more than sufficient to feed a mid‑range GPU; the fact that FPS scales almost linearly with resolution indicates that the graphics pipeline is, not the CPU. The CPU’s single‑thread performance (a Cinebench R23 single‑core score of 1574) and multi‑thread performance (15,476) are both strong, but they are not exercised to their limits here because the GPU stalls the frame rate long before the CPU can produce more.

Comparison to the CPU’s nearest rivals reinforces this: the Intel Core Ultra 5 135H has a virtually identical average score (29,093, +0.1%) to the 5800X, yet the combo rank for this system is still the same because the GPU is the bottleneck. The CPU’s role in this game is therefore a neutral one—it provides enough headroom to run the game at the GPU’s maximum capacity, without any CPU‑induced drops.

FAQ

Q: Which settings produce the highest average fps at 1080p?

A: At 1920×1080, the Low preset yields 76 FPS, Medium 58 FPS, High 50 FPS, and Ultra 39 FPS. Low is the fastest.

Q: Are there any 4K settings that reach 30 FPS?

A: The maximum average FPS at 3840×2160 is 27 (Low). Medium only ranks 20 (18–24), High 18, and Ultra 14. No configuration reaches 30 FPS.

Q: How does the RX 580 perform relative to the CPU’s capability?

A: The CPU is ranked at the 81st percentile for its benchmarks, while the GPU sits at the 53rd percentile. The large gap in percentile scores indicates the GPU is the limiting factor for this game.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the CPU and GPU?

A: The CPU’s launch MSRP is $449, and the GPU’s launch MSRP is $229 USD.

Q: For which resolution the system is recommended?

A: The measured data only shows smooth (>60 FPS) results at 1080p using the Low preset. 1440p and 4K all remain below 50 FPS at best, so the system is only suitable for 1080p gaming in this title.

Q: How does this combo rank compared to other tested systems?

A: It ranks 3,373rd out of 3,696, meaning 91% of systems perform better in The Technomancer. Only 323 combinations perform worse.

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The dataset was measured directly on the hardware, and all figures are taken from the official fact pack.