The Technomancer

Settings Recommendations

The measured data for The Technomancer with the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti reveals a clear hierarchy across presets. At 1080p, the Low preset achieves 203.6 FPS average, which is the highest measured result for this combination. However, this comes at a substantial visual cost in a game that relies on atmospheric environments. The High preset at 131 FPS average offers a more balanced experience, delivering 64.5% of the Low preset’s frame rate while presumably retaining significantly more graphical fidelity.

For users prioritizing smoothness over visual detail, the Medium preset at 156.5 FPS average represents the most sensible middle ground at 1080p. It maintains a comfortable margin above the 144 Hz refresh-rate threshold while still providing a meaningful upgrade over Low settings. The Ultra preset at 105.7 FPS average is playable but drops below the 144 Hz mark, making it less ideal for high-refresh displays.

At 1440p, the situation shifts. High settings produce 87.1 FPS average, which is adequate for 60 Hz displays but falls short of 144 Hz. Medium at 98.7 FPS average is the best balance here, staying above 90 FPS while offering better visual quality than Low at 132.9 FPS average. Ultra at 69.8 FPS average remains viable for 60 Hz monitors, but the gap between Medium and Ultra—28.9 FPS—suggests diminishing returns from the highest preset.

At 4K, the High preset delivers 48.2 FPS average, which is below the 60 FPS target. Medium at 55.7 FPS average is closer but still short. Low at 72.3 FPS average is the only 4K preset that clears 60 FPS. For 4K users, the data suggests either accepting Low settings or dropping to 1440p with higher presets. Overall, the best experience per the measured rows is Medium at 1080p or 1440p, depending on the display’s native resolution and refresh rate.

CPU Role

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X is a 16-core, 32-thread processor based on the Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer, built on TSMC’s 7 nm process. It operates at a base clock of 3.40 GHz and boosts up to 4.90 GHz. This is a desktop-class CPU with a 105 W TDP, supporting DDR4 memory on the AMD Socket AM4 platform with dual-channel bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

In The Technomancer, an Action RPG from 2016, the CPU’s role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The benchmark data shows that at 1080p Low, the combination reaches 203.6 FPS average, which indicates the CPU is capable of driving very high frame rates in this title. The 16-core configuration is likely overkill for a game of this era, but the high boost clock of 4.90 GHz and strong single-thread performance are what matter most. In synthetic benchmarks, the 5950X scores 944 in 3dmark_single_thread and 5450 in cinebench_r23_singlecore, figures that place it in the 93rd percentile among all CPUs.

The nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the Intel Core i5-14600K at 49166 (deltaPct -0.2), the Intel Core i5-14600KF at 49367 (deltaPct -0.6), and the AMD EPYC 4345P at 49595 (deltaPct -1.1). The 5950X’s average benchmark score of 49062 is within 1% of these competitors, suggesting that in CPU-bound scenarios, this processor is not a bottleneck. The 64 MB of L3 cache also helps with game data locality, though the exact impact in The Technomancer is not directly measured.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture with the GA104 chip, fabricated on Samsung’s 8 nm process. It features 6144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output units. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1575 MHz with a boost clock of 1770 MHz. Memory is 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, delivering 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The 290 W TDP and dual-slot design are notable for power and cooling requirements, but the benchmark data focuses on frame rates.

In The Technomancer, the GPU’s role becomes increasingly dominant as resolution rises. At 1080p High, the combination produces 131 FPS average, but at 4K High, it drops to 48.2 FPS average—a reduction of 63.2%. This scaling indicates that the GPU is the limiting component at higher resolutions. The 8 GB VRAM capacity is sufficient for this game’s era, and the GDDR6X memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s provides ample headroom for texture streaming.

The GPU’s percentile ranking is 74th among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 30849. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME at 30755 (deltaPct 0.3), the AMD Radeon RX 6700 at 31112 (deltaPct -0.8), and the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31142 (deltaPct -0.9). These deltas are all within 1.2%, indicating that the RTX 3070 Ti performs in a tightly contested tier. In The Technomancer, the 4K Ultra preset at 39 FPS average shows the GPU’s limits, while 1080p Low at 203.6 FPS average reveals its peak capability when the CPU is not strained.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks 657th out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the 60.3rd percentile of all configurations. This is a solid mid-to-upper tier ranking, though not exceptional for a high-end CPU and upper-midrange GPU pairing. The rank reflects the game’s age and its relative insensitivity to the massive 16-core CPU, while the GPU’s 74th percentile standing among all GPUs aligns more closely with the overall combo position.

Compared to the CPU’s 93rd percentile and the GPU’s 74th percentile, the combo’s 60.3rd percentile in this specific game suggests that The Technomancer does not fully utilize either component’s strengths. The game’s 2016 release date likely means it is optimized for older hardware, and the high core count of the 5950X provides no tangible benefit in a title that probably uses few threads. The RTX 3070 Ti’s performance is adequate, but the game’s engine may not scale well with modern GPU architectures.

The ranking also implies that many other combos—roughly 999 of them—achieve better frame rates in this title. This could be due to higher-clocked GPUs or CPUs with better per-core performance for this specific workload. The deltaPct values for the GPU’s nearest rivals (all within 1.2%) suggest that swapping the RTX 3070 Ti for a similar-tier card would not dramatically change the ranking. However, pairing this CPU with a higher-tier GPU could push the combo higher, as the CPU is unlikely to bottleneck in this game at any resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data shows clear scaling patterns across resolutions. From 1080p to 1440p, the High preset drops from 131 FPS to 87.1 FPS, a 33.5% reduction. From 1440p to 4K, it further drops to 48.2 FPS, a 44.7% reduction from 1440p. The cumulative drop from 1080p to 4K is 63.2%, indicating that the GPU is heavily taxed at higher resolutions.

The Low preset scales from 203.6 FPS at 1080p to 132.9 FPS at 1440p (34.7% drop) and then to 72.3 FPS at 4K (45.6% drop from 1440p). The Medium preset goes from 156.5 FPS at 1080p to 98.7 FPS at 1440p (36.9% drop) and then to 55.7 FPS at 4K (43.6% drop from 1440p). Ultra follows a similar trajectory: 105.7 FPS at 1080p, 69.8 FPS at 1440p (34.0% drop), and 39 FPS at 4K (44.1% drop from 1440p).

The consistency of these percentage drops—roughly 33–37% from 1080p to 1440p and 44–46% from 1440p to 4K—strongly indicates that the GPU is the primary limiting component. If the CPU were the bottleneck, the frame rate would remain relatively flat at lower resolutions and only drop when the GPU becomes saturated. Instead, the steady decline across all presets and resolutions points to the RTX 3070 Ti being the constraining factor, particularly at 4K where even Low settings cannot maintain 60 FPS (72.3 FPS average) but High falls below 50 FPS.

The data also shows that the gap between presets narrows at higher resolutions. At 1080p, Ultra is 105.7 FPS while Low is 203.6 FPS, a 97.9 FPS difference. At 4K, Ultra is 39 FPS while Low is 72.3 FPS, a 33.3 FPS difference. This compression suggests that as resolution increases, the GPU’s pixel throughput becomes the dominant cost, and the additional work from higher presets (likely shading and texture detail) has a proportionally smaller impact on total frame time. For users targeting 60 FPS, the data suggests that 1440p Medium or 4K Low are the viable options, while 1080p High or Ultra provides a comfortable margin for high-refresh displays.