The Technomancer

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for The Technomancer across three resolutions reveals a clear pattern of GPU-bound scaling, though the degree of scaling varies significantly by settings preset. At High settings, the frame rate drops from 188.7 FPS at 1920x1080 to 124.7 FPS at 2560x1440, a reduction of 64 FPS, and then further to 67.2 FPS at 3840x2160. This progression shows that moving from 1080p to 1440p costs roughly one-third of the frame rate, while the jump from 1440p to 4K cuts performance by nearly half again.

The Low settings preset tells a different story. At 1920x1080, the combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti produces 244.6 FPS. At 2560x1440, that figure drops to 187.1 FPS, and at 3840x2160 it reaches 102 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p here is a 57.5 FPS drop, which is proportionally smaller than at High settings. This suggests that at Low settings, particularly at 1080p, the CPU begins to play a more substantial role in limiting performance, as the GPU has more headroom to render frames quickly.

Ultra settings exhibit the steepest scaling curve. The 1920x1080 result of 143.3 FPS falls to 96.3 FPS at 2560x1440, then to 53.7 FPS at 3840x2160. The 4K Ultra figure represents only 37.5% of the 1080p Ultra performance, indicating that the game's most demanding preset places heavy stress on the GPU's rendering pipeline. The Medium preset sits between these extremes: 222.9 FPS at 1080p, 143.5 FPS at 1440p, and 75.3 FPS at 4K.

The data indicates that at 1080p and 1440p with lower settings, the system is not purely GPU-limited. The 244.6 FPS Low result at 1080p is remarkably high, and the gap between Low and Medium at that resolution (244.6 vs 222.9 FPS) is only 21.7 FPS. This relatively small delta suggests that the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads are keeping up well with the GPU's output, but the game's engine has inherent overhead that prevents even the fastest settings from pushing much beyond 245 FPS.

At 4K, the GPU is unequivocally the limiting component. The spread from Low (102 FPS) to Ultra (53.7 FPS) spans 48.3 FPS, and even the Low preset cannot reach triple-digit frame rates at this resolution. The Technomancer, originally released in 2016, shows its age in terms of optimization, but the RTX 5070 Ti's raw compute power still delivers playable results across all settings at 4K.

Settings Recommendations

For users targeting the smoothest experience at 3840x2160, the Medium preset at 75.3 FPS represents the best balance of visual quality and performance. It sits 12.3 FPS above the 67.2 FPS High result, while the Ultra preset drops to 53.7 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold many players prefer. The Low preset at 102 FPS is certainly playable, but the visual compromise is substantial for a game that can run at Medium with a 27.3 FPS improvement over Low.

At 2560x1440, the recommendation shifts. High settings deliver 124.7 FPS, which is comfortably above the refresh rate of most 1440p monitors. The Medium preset at 143.5 FPS offers additional headroom for users with high-refresh displays, but the visual fidelity gain from High is generally worth the 18.8 FPS sacrifice. Low at 187.1 FPS is excessive for most displays and degrades image quality needlessly.

For 1920x1080, the Ultra preset at 143.3 FPS is the clear choice. It remains well above 60 FPS and provides the full visual experience. The gap between High (188.7 FPS) and Ultra (143.3 FPS) is 45.4 FPS, but both are far beyond any standard 1080p monitor's refresh rate. The Medium preset at 222.9 FPS and Low at 244.6 FPS are unnecessary unless the user has a 240 Hz display and prioritizes frame rate above all else. In that case, Low's 244.6 FPS is the only preset that can fully saturate such a display.

Across all resolutions, the data suggests that Medium or High presets provide the optimal experience. The Ultra preset's performance cost is steep, particularly at 4K where it loses 21.6 FPS compared to High. The RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB of GDDR7 memory is sufficient for even the Ultra preset's textures at 4K, so the frame rate drop is attributable to compute and shading demands rather than memory capacity limitations.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X brings 8 cores and 16 threads to this pairing, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.70 GHz. These specifications are critical for understanding how the CPU interacts with The Technomancer's engine. The game, released in 2016, was designed during a period when quad-core CPUs were the mainstream standard, but the 5800X's additional cores and threads allow for better handling of background tasks and any multi-threaded rendering paths the engine employs.

The CPU's Zen 3 architecture, built on a 7 nm process at TSMC, provides strong single-threaded performance, which is often more important for older game engines than raw core counts. Benchmark results support this: the 3DMark single-thread score is 943, while the 16-thread score reaches 7586. The Cinebench R23 single-core result of 3327 and multi-core result of 23571 further demonstrate that the CPU can handle both lightly-threaded legacy code and more modern workloads.

In The Technomancer, the CPU's influence is most apparent at 1080p with lower settings. The 244.6 FPS Low result suggests that the 5800X can feed frames to the RTX 5070 Ti at a very high rate, but the game's engine imposes an upper ceiling. The difference between Low and Medium at 1080p is only 21.7 FPS, and between Medium and High is 33.8 FPS, indicating that the GPU is still the primary bottleneck even at these settings. However, the fact that Low at 1080p (244.6 FPS) is only 57.5 FPS higher than Low at 1440p (187.1 FPS) shows that resolution scaling still dominates the performance equation.

The CPU's 32 MB of L3 cache and 51.2 GB/s memory bandwidth provide ample data throughput for game assets. The DDR4 memory support and dual-channel configuration are standard for the AM4 platform, and the 105 W TDP is modest for a desktop CPU of this capability. The 5800X's percentile ranking of 84 against all CPUs places it well above average, and its average benchmark score of 27606 is nearly identical to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 (27535, delta 0.3%) and the AMD Ryzen 5 8500GE (27708, delta -0.4%). This indicates that the 5800X is a solid mid-to-high-range CPU that will not hold back the RTX 5070 Ti in most gaming scenarios.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti achieves a rank of 155 out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places it in the top 9.4% of all configurations tested, a strong showing that reflects the balanced nature of this pairing. The rank is particularly noteworthy because the game is several years old, and newer CPUs and GPUs may have been tested with more optimized drivers or BIOS revisions.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 52086 places it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, and its nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 with a score of 52085, a delta of 0%. This parity suggests that the RTX 5070 Ti's performance in The Technomancer is comparable to a previous-generation flagship. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S trails by 419 points (-0.8%), while the NVIDIA RTX A1000 is ahead by 1260 points (2.5%). These rival comparisons are based on aggregate GPU benchmarks, not specifically on The Technomancer, but they provide context for the GPU's overall capability.

The CPU's rank of 155 out of 1656 is influenced by both components. A weaker CPU would likely bottleneck the GPU at 1080p Low settings, while a weaker GPU would drag down 4K Ultra performance. This combination avoids both pitfalls, delivering playable frame rates across the entire resolution and settings matrix. The rank also reflects the fact that The Technomancer's engine does not heavily utilize multi-threading, so the 5800X's 8 cores are sufficient without being overkill.

When compared to other tested combos, the 155th rank out of 1656 suggests that there are 154 configurations that perform better in this specific game. These could include newer CPUs like the Ryzen 7000 series or Intel 14th-gen parts paired with top-tier GPUs. However, the RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB VRAM and Blackwell 2.0 architecture ensure that it remains competitive even against newer hardware, and the 5800X's strong single-threaded performance keeps it relevant for games that do not scale well beyond a few cores.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB203 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It features 8960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs, along with 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores. These specifications translate to a pixel rate of 235.4 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 686.6 GTexel/s, figures that directly impact how The Technomancer renders its scenes.

The GPU's boost clock of 2452 MHz and base clock of 2295 MHz are relatively high, and the memory runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective speed. The 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus provides 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth, which is more than sufficient for The Technomancer's asset streaming needs. At 4K Ultra, the game demands substantial memory bandwidth, and the 5070 Ti's 896.0 GB/s ensures that textures load without stuttering.

The GPU's FP32 compute performance of 43.94 TFLOPS is a strong indicator of its raw shading capability. In The Technomancer, this translates to the 67.2 FPS result at 4K High and 53.7 FPS at 4K Ultra. The 14.2% drop from High to Ultra at 4K (67.2 to 53.7 FPS) is consistent with the increased shading load from additional effects and draw distance. At 1080p Ultra, the 143.3 FPS result demonstrates that the GPU is not the limiting factor at lower resolutions, where the CPU's frame delivery becomes more relevant.

The 5070 Ti's benchmark scores further contextualize its performance. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6604 and the PassMark G3D score of 32974 place it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 231226 and Vulkan score of 227554 indicate strong compute capabilities. The GPU's average benchmark score of 52086 is nearly identical to the RTX 4080 (52085, delta 0%), which suggests that in The Technomancer, the 5070 Ti performs on par with that prior-generation card, despite being based on newer architecture.

The 300 W TDP and dual-slot cooling solution are typical for a high-end GPU, and the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface provides ample bandwidth for data transfer with the CPU. The display outputs include one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b, supporting high refresh rates at 4K. The RTX 5070 Ti's 5 nm process node and 45,600 million transistors give it a density of 120.6 million transistors per square millimeter, a measure of its manufacturing sophistication.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured frame rates are 244.6 FPS on Low, 222.9 FPS on Medium, 188.7 FPS on High, and 143.3 FPS on Ultra. The progression from Low to Ultra shows a total reduction of 101.3 FPS, with the largest single drop occurring between High and Ultra at 45.4 FPS. The Medium to High drop is 34.2 FPS, while Low to Medium is 21.7 FPS. These figures indicate that the Ultra preset introduces rendering features that disproportionately impact performance, likely including higher-quality shadows, ambient occlusion, and post-processing effects.

At 2560x1440, the results are 187.1 FPS on Low, 143.5 FPS on Medium, 124.7 FPS on High, and 96.3 FPS on Ultra. The spread from Low to Ultra is 90.8 FPS, slightly smaller than at 1080p, but the relative drops are similar. Low to Medium loses 43.6 FPS, Medium to High loses 18.8 FPS, and High to Ultra loses 28.4 FPS. The 1440p results show that the GPU's rendering load increases significantly at this resolution, with the Low preset still exceeding 180 FPS but the Ultra preset falling below 100 FPS.

At 3840x2160, the frame rates are 102 FPS on Low, 75.3 FPS on Medium, 67.2 FPS on High, and 53.7 FPS on Ultra. The total spread is 48.3 FPS, which is much narrower than at lower resolutions. This compression indicates that at 4K, even the Low preset stresses the GPU heavily, and the incremental cost of higher settings becomes smaller in absolute terms. Low to Medium drops 26.7 FPS, Medium to High drops 8.1 FPS, and High to Ultra drops 13.5 FPS.

The 4K Low result of 102 FPS is notable because it is higher than the 1080p Ultra result of 143.3 FPS, but lower than the 1440p High result of 124.7 FPS. This suggests that resolution has a greater impact on performance than settings, at least across the measured range. The 5070 Ti's memory bandwidth of 896.0 GB/s is likely a key factor in maintaining playable frame rates at 4K, as The Technomancer's texture-heavy environments can quickly consume VRAM. With 16 GB available, there is no evidence of memory-related stuttering in the measured data.

The data shows that the RTX 5070 Ti and Ryzen 7 5800X combination is well-suited for The Technomancer at all tested resolutions and settings. Even the most demanding 4K Ultra preset achieves 53.7 FPS, which is above the 30 FPS console-style target and close to the 60 FPS standard for PC gaming. The 1080p Low result of 244.6 FPS demonstrates that the system has substantial headroom for users with high-refresh monitors, while the 4K High result of 67.2 FPS provides a comfortable margin for visually demanding play.