The Technomancer

The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG, presents a demanding workload for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB combination. The benchmark data for this pairing shows a system that is decisively GPU-limited, with frame rates collapsing as resolution and quality settings increase. The RTX 3050 4 GB, with its 4 GB GDDR6 memory and 128-bit bus, becomes the primary bottleneck, while the Ryzen 7 5800XT's 8-core, 16-thread configuration provides ample headroom that is never fully utilized in this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the highest average frame rate this combo achieves at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080 with Low settings, the system reaches an average of 100.5 FPS. This drops to 66.8 FPS at High settings and 53.5 FPS at Ultra, showing a clear performance scaling tied to the GPU's workload.

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

A: The AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT has an average benchmark score of 29774. Its nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE, scores 29740, putting the 5800XT just 0.1% ahead. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS scores 29856, placing it 0.3% behind that rival.

Q: Is the 4K resolution playable with this setup?

A: No. At 3840x2160, the average frame rates are 37.3 FPS on Low, 26.0 FPS on Medium, 24.9 FPS on High, and 18.0 FPS on Ultra. These results indicate the GPU cannot maintain a smooth experience at this resolution under any settings.

Q: What is the performance difference between Low and Ultra settings at 1440p?

A: At 2560x1440, the average frame rate drops from 67.8 FPS on Low to 34.9 FPS on Ultra. This represents a significant 32.9 FPS reduction, or approximately a 48% decrease in average performance.

Q: Where does this specific CPU and GPU combination rank among all tested combos in this game?

A: The combo ranks 1495 out of 1656 total tested combinations in The Technomancer. This places it in the lower percentile of systems, reflecting the GPU's limitations in this specific title.

Q: What is the GPU's memory configuration and bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB features 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, providing a bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s. The memory clock is listed as 1500 MHz with 12 Gbps effective speed.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is the defining component in this pairing, and the data shows it is the limiting factor across all tested scenarios. Its 4 GB VRAM capacity, coupled with a 128-bit memory bus and 192.0 GB/s bandwidth, proves insufficient for the demands of The Technomancer at higher resolutions and settings. The GPU's base clock is 1545 MHz with a boost clock of 1740 MHz, and it contains 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs.

The GPU's memory configuration is particularly telling. With only 4 GB of GDDR6, the card struggles to hold the necessary textures and frame data as resolution increases. At 3840x2160, even Low settings yield only 37.3 FPS, while Ultra settings collapse to 18.0 FPS. This pattern strongly suggests that the GPU is both bandwidth and capacity constrained. The Ryzen 7 5800XT, with its 32 MB of L3 cache and dual-channel DDR4 memory support offering 51.2 GB/s bandwidth, is not the bottleneck. The CPU's 3DMark single-thread score of 959 and multi-thread score of 7680 indicate it has the processing power to feed the GPU, but the RTX 3050 4 GB simply cannot translate that into higher frame rates.

The GPU's performance percentile of 50 places it in the middle of all GPUs, but its end-of-life production status and 90 W TDP suggest a modest design. The pixel rate of 55.68 GPixel/s and texture rate of 111.4 GTexel/s are the physical limits that the game's engine must work within. In The Technomancer, the RTX 3050 4 GB's 7.127 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is consistently overwhelmed, making it clear that any attempts to increase visual fidelity will be met with severe frame rate penalties.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals a textbook case of GPU-bound performance. At 1080p High, the system achieves 66.8 FPS, which is a playable level. Moving to 1440p High, the average drops to 41.6 FPS, a 25.2 FPS reduction that represents a 38% performance loss. At 4K High, the average plummets to 24.9 FPS, which is 41.9 FPS lower than the 1080p result, a 63% decrease.

This scaling pattern indicates that the rendering load is increasing faster than the GPU's capabilities. The RTX 3050 4 GB's 192.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is likely saturated at higher resolutions, causing the severe frame rate drops. At Low settings, the scaling is less punishing: 100.5 FPS at 1080p drops to 67.8 FPS at 1440p, a 32.7 FPS reduction, and then to 37.3 FPS at 4K, a further 30.5 FPS drop. The fact that even Low settings cannot maintain a 60 FPS average at 4K confirms that the resolution itself is the primary obstacle.

The data suggests that the CPU is not a limiting factor in this scaling. The Ryzen 7 5800XT's single-core performance, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 3359, is more than adequate for this 2016 title. The bottleneck is entirely on the GPU side, as evidenced by the fact that the frame rate drops are consistent with the increase in pixel count. The jump from 1080p to 1440p represents a 78% increase in pixels, and the observed frame rate drops of 38% at High settings align with a heavily GPU-limited scenario.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the RTX 3050 4 GB delivers its best results. Low settings produce an average of 100.5 FPS, which is the only configuration in the entire dataset that exceeds the 100 FPS threshold. Medium settings drop to 75.2 FPS, High settings to 66.8 FPS, and Ultra settings to 53.5 FPS. The difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p is 47.0 FPS, showing that quality settings have a substantial impact even at the lowest resolution.

Moving to 2560x1440, the performance becomes more moderate. Low settings maintain a respectable 67.8 FPS average, but Medium drops to 50.4 FPS, High to 41.6 FPS, and Ultra to 34.9 FPS. The gap between Low and Ultra widens to 32.9 FPS, but the overall reduction from 1080p is significant. The 1440p results show that this combo is only suitable for lower quality presets if a 60 FPS target is desired.

At 3840x2160, the results are consistently poor. Low settings yield 37.3 FPS, Medium drops to 26.0 FPS, High to 24.9 FPS, and Ultra to 18.0 FPS. None of these averages are close to a playable 60 FPS, and even the 30 FPS console-like standard is only met on Low settings. The 4K data reveals that the RTX 3050 4 GB's 4 GB memory buffer is likely overflowing, causing severe performance degradation. The scaling from Medium to High at 4K is nearly negligible (26.0 to 24.9 FPS), suggesting that the card is hitting a hard limit beyond which additional settings changes have minimal impact.

How This Combo Ranks

In the grand scheme of tested hardware combinations for The Technomancer, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB pairing ranks 1495 out of 1656 total combos. This places it in the bottom 10% of all tested systems, which is a poor showing for a CPU that ranks in the 86th percentile among all processors. The discrepancy between the CPU's strong benchmark position and the combo's low game rank underscores the fact that the GPU is the overwhelming bottleneck.

The Ryzen 7 5800XT's average benchmark score of 29774 is competitive with its nearest rivals, with a delta of only 0.1% from the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5755GE and 0.3% from the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS. This indicates that the CPU is performing at an expected level. However, the RTX 3050 4 GB's 50th percentile ranking among all GPUs, combined with its lack of any benchmark scores in the data, suggests it is a mid-tier part that is out of its depth in this game at higher settings.

The combo's rank is a direct result of the GPU's limitations. With the RTX 3050 4 GB being an end-of-life product with a 90 W TDP, it is simply not equipped to handle the demands of The Technomancer at high resolutions. The data shows that this system is only viable for 1080p gaming at Medium to High settings, where it can achieve 66.8 to 75.2 FPS. For any user expecting 1440p or 4K performance, this combo will disappoint, as the frame rates at those resolutions are consistently below the 60 FPS threshold. The rank of 1495 out of 1656 reflects this reality, positioning the system as a lower-tier option for this specific game.