The Technomancer

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for The Technomancer reveals a classic scaling curve that shifts from CPU-bound at 1080p to heavily GPU-bound at 4K. At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the combination of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 produces 229.9 FPS, which represents the absolute ceiling for this pairing. Moving to 2560x1440 Low drops that figure to 200.5 FPS, a reduction of roughly 13%, while 3840x2160 Low falls further to 121.7 FPS, a 39% decline from the 1440p result and a 47% drop from 1080p.

The scaling pattern becomes more pronounced as settings increase. At Ultra settings, the frame rate progression from 1080p to 1440p to 4K is 176.3 FPS, then 113.6 FPS, then 63.6 FPS. That 4K Ultra result is only 36% of the 1080p Ultra figure, indicating that the RTX 5090's rendering workload at 4K with maximum detail is enormous. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 58.1 FPS (121.7 versus 63.6), whereas at 1080p that same gap is only 53.6 FPS (229.9 versus 176.3). This compression at higher resolutions suggests the GPU becomes the limiting factor well before the CPU's 8-core, 16-thread configuration reaches its ceiling.

The Technomancer, released in 2016, was not designed with hardware of this generation in mind. The data shows that at 1080p Low, even a 7 nm Zen 3 processor with 96 MB of L3 cache can push past 230 FPS, but the gains from lowering resolution diminish as the GPU load grows. The 1440p High result of 145 FPS versus 1080p High's 200.3 FPS illustrates that 1440p still leaves headroom, but 4K High's 79.6 FPS shows the renderer's pixel throughput demands dominate. The scaling from High to Ultra at each resolution is consistent: 26.7% slower at 1080p, 21.7% slower at 1440p, and 20.1% slower at 4K. This diminishing penalty indicates that Ultra settings add shading complexity that the RTX 5090 handles relatively better at lower resolutions, where the CPU can feed frames faster.

FAQ

Q: Does the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D bottleneck the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 in The Technomancer?

A: The data suggests minimal CPU limitation at higher resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the combo produces 63.6 FPS, while at 1080p Low it reaches 229.9 FPS. The wide spread indicates the GPU is the primary constraint at 4K, but the CPU's 8 cores and 16 threads with 96 MB shared L3 cache are sufficient to drive very high frame rates at lower resolutions.

Q: What is the best settings preset for 1440p gaming with this combo?

A: The 2560x1440 Ultra preset delivers 113.6 FPS, which is above the 1440p High result of 145 FPS. Given the RTX 5090's 32 GB GDDR7 memory and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth, the Ultra preset at 1440p remains playable while providing maximum visual fidelity. The 200.5 FPS Low preset at 1440p shows the GPU can far exceed display refresh rates when settings are reduced.

Q: How does the RTX 5090's memory configuration affect 4K performance?

A: The 32 GB VRAM capacity and 512-bit bus width with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth are more than sufficient for The Technomancer's demands. The average FPS at 4K Ultra is 63.6, which is not memory-limited but rather constrained by the game's rendering engine and the GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 throughput.

Q: Is this CPU-GPU pairing ranked highly among tested combinations?

A: The combo holds rank 69 out of 1656 tested combinations in this game. This places it in the top 4.2% of all tested pairings, indicating that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and RTX 5090 together form a very competitive setup for The Technomancer.

Q: What frame rate can players expect at 1080p with maximum settings?

A: The measured 1920x1080 Ultra average is 176.3 FPS. This is 23.3% lower than the 1080p High result of 200.3 FPS, showing that Ultra settings impose a meaningful but not crippling penalty at this resolution.

Q: How does lowering settings from Ultra to Low affect 4K performance?

A: At 3840x2160, the Low preset achieves 121.7 FPS versus Ultra's 63.6 FPS, an improvement of 91.4%. This near-doubling of frame rate demonstrates that the RTX 5090's raw rasterization power is the deciding factor at 4K, not the CPU.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 carries the bulk of the rendering workload in The Technomancer, particularly at higher resolutions. Its 32 GB of GDDR7 memory across a 512-bit bus provides 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth, which the data shows is ample for this title. The GPU's 21,760 shading units and 176 ROPs deliver a pixel rate of 423.6 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 1,636.8 GTexel/s, figures that explain the high frame rates recorded at 1440p and below.

The clock speeds of 2017 MHz base and 2407 MHz boost are relatively modest for a flagship GPU, yet the architecture's efficiency yields 104.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. This compute capacity translates directly into the measured results: at 2560x1440 High, the combo hits 145 FPS, and at 1920x1080 High it reaches 200.3 FPS. The 4K Ultra result of 63.6 FPS, while lower, still represents a playable experience, and the 4K Low figure of 121.7 FPS shows the GPU can handle 4K when settings are relaxed.

The RTX 5090's memory subsystem is particularly relevant given The Technomancer's 2016 release date. The game's textures and geometry are modest by modern standards, so the 32 GB capacity is never stressed. The 1.79 TB/s bandwidth, however, ensures that even at 4K with High settings, memory throughput does not become a bottleneck. The GPU's 680 tensor cores and 170 RT cores are present but unused in this non-ray-traced title, meaning the measured performance reflects pure rasterization and compute workloads.

How This Combo Ranks

Among 1,656 tested CPU-GPU combinations in The Technomancer, this pairing of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 ranks 69th. This places it in the 96th percentile of all tested combos, a strong showing that reflects both the CPU's 83rd percentile ranking among all processors and the GPU's 94th percentile among all graphics cards. The CPU's average benchmark score of 26,574 sits within 0.4% of its nearest rivals, which include the Intel Core i9-11900K at 26,546 and the AMD Ryzen 5 7600 at 26,617. This tight clustering indicates that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is not the differentiating factor in this pairing's rank.

The GPU's average benchmark score of 84,306 places it just 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D at 84,241 and 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile at 84,171. The RTX 5090 is 1.3% faster than the AMD Radeon PRO W6600 and 1.6% slower than the NVIDIA CMP 40HX in aggregate benchmarks. These marginal differences among the top GPUs suggest that the combo's rank of 69 is driven more by the game's engine characteristics than by raw component scores.

The gap between this combo's rank and the top positions likely stems from The Technomancer's age and its reliance on single-threaded performance. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D's 3D V-Cache design, with 96 MB of shared L3 cache, helps in cache-sensitive workloads, but the game's engine may not fully exploit this advantage. The 8-core, 16-thread configuration with a 4.50 GHz boost clock is sufficient, yet the rank shows that other combinations with CPUs having higher single-thread scores achieve better results in this specific title.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the lowest resolution tested, the combo delivers its highest frame rates across all settings. The Low preset averages 229.9 FPS, Medium 212.5 FPS, High 200.3 FPS, and Ultra 176.3 FPS. The transition from Low to Ultra costs 53.6 FPS, a 23.3% reduction. These figures indicate that at 1080p, the CPU and GPU work in concert, with the RTX 5090's raw power ensuring that even Ultra settings remain far above typical display refresh rates.

Moving to 2560x1440, the data shows a clear step down. Low averages 200.5 FPS, Medium 173.8 FPS, High 145 FPS, and Ultra 113.6 FPS. The delta between Low and Ultra is 86.9 FPS, nearly double the 1080p gap. The 1440p High result of 145 FPS is 27.6% lower than the 1080p High figure, while 1440p Ultra is 35.6% lower than 1080p Ultra. This scaling suggests that pixel count begins to assert GPU dominance at 1440p.

At 3840x2160, the GPU's workload becomes the clear limiter. Low averages 121.7 FPS, Medium 94.6 FPS, High 79.6 FPS, and Ultra 63.6 FPS. The 4K Low result is only 52.9% of the 1080p Low figure, and 4K Ultra is just 36.1% of 1080p Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra at 4K is 58.1 FPS, which is proportionally smaller than at 1440p but still substantial. The 4K Medium result of 94.6 FPS sits between the High and Low figures at 1440p, illustrating how resolution scaling affects the RTX 5090's performance curve.

The full data set shows a consistent pattern: the Ryzen 7 5800X3D's 8 cores and 16 threads, with a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boost of 4.50 GHz, provide enough throughput to keep the RTX 5090 fed at 1080p and 1440p. At 4K, the GPU's 104.8 TFLOPS FP32 performance and 423.6 GPixel/s pixel rate are taxed heavily, resulting in the lower averages recorded. The measured FPS values across all twelve data points confirm that this pairing is best suited for high-refresh 1440p gaming or 4K with settings adjustments.