The Technomancer

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER pairing in The Technomancer presents a clear case of GPU-bound performance at higher resolutions, with the CPU’s 12 cores and 24 threads providing ample headroom even at 1080p. The data shows a system that scales predictably with settings, offering a wide range of playable configurations from 4K High to 1080p Ultra.

CPU Role — cores, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor based on the Zen 4 architecture (Raphael), running on the AMD Socket AM5 platform. Its base clock of 4.70 GHz and boost clock of 5.60 GHz place it among the faster desktop CPUs for single-threaded workloads, which is reflected in its 3DMark single-thread score of 1093 and Geekbench single-core score of 2617. This strength in single-core performance is directly relevant to The Technomancer, a 2016 Action RPG that relies heavily on a few primary threads for game logic and draw calls.

In this game, the CPU’s role is most evident at 1080p with lower settings, where the GPU has less work to do per frame. At 1920x1080 Low, the combo achieves an average of 259 FPS, which is 90 FPS higher than the 1080p High result of 170 FPS. This 52.4% jump when dropping from High to Low settings indicates that at Low, the rendering load is light enough for the CPU to push frame rates to their ceiling, while at High, the GPU begins to take on a more significant portion of the workload. The CPU’s 3DMark 8-thread score of 7798 and max-thread score of 12536 suggest it can handle the game’s multi-threaded tasks without becoming a bottleneck, as even at 1080p Ultra (133 FPS) the system maintains a high frame rate.

The 64 MB of shared L3 cache and dual-channel DDR5 memory support (83.2 GB/s bandwidth) provide fast access to game data, which is crucial for maintaining consistent frame pacing. The CPU’s percentile ranking of 91 versus all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 53288, places it just 0.2% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P and 0.6% behind the Intel Core i7-14700F. These nearest rivals show that the 7900X is a high-end part, but the game’s performance is not limited by CPU compute at any of the measured settings. The data suggests the CPU is never the limiting factor; instead, it provides a stable foundation for the GPU to operate at its full potential. At 4K Ultra, where the average FPS drops to 48, the CPU is clearly idle, waiting on the GPU to render each frame.

FAQ — 4-6 Q&A pairs answerable from FACT PACK data

*Q: What is the highest average FPS achievable with this combo in The Technomancer?*

A: The highest measured average FPS is 259 at 1920x1080 with Low settings. This is the peak of the data set, and it is 30 FPS higher than the next closest setting (1080p Medium at 199 FPS), indicating that Low settings unlock the CPU’s full potential in this title.

Q: How does the combo’s performance at 4K High compare to 4K Medium?

A: At 3840x2160, the High preset delivers an average of 61 FPS, while the Medium preset averages 71 FPS. This 10 FPS difference (a 16.4% increase from High to Medium) shows that the Medium preset provides a more comfortable margin above 60 FPS, with the Medium row also recording a minimum of 61 FPS and a maximum of 82 FPS, whereas the High row has no min/max data recorded.

Q: Is the RTX 4070 SUPER a bottleneck at 1080p Ultra?

A: The data shows an average of 133 FPS at 1080p Ultra, which is a 35 FPS drop from the 1080p High result of 170 FPS. This gap indicates that the GPU is becoming the limiting component as settings increase, but the frame rate remains very high, suggesting the bottleneck is only relative to the CPU’s ability to push even higher numbers, not a usability issue.

Q: What is the combo’s ranking among all tested configurations?

A: The combo ranks 592nd out of 3696 total combos tested in The Technomancer, placing it in the top 16% of all configurations. This rank reflects the high-end nature of the CPU and GPU pairing, though it is not near the absolute top due to the game’s age and the presence of more powerful modern parts.

Q: How much FPS does dropping from Ultra to High save at 2560x1440?

A: At 2560x1440, the Ultra preset averages 87 FPS, while the High preset averages 111 FPS. This is a 24 FPS improvement (a 27.6% increase) when moving from Ultra to High, making High a significantly more comfortable setting for high-refresh-rate monitors.

Q: Does the combo maintain 60 FPS at 4K with any settings?

A: Yes, the data shows that at 3840x2160, both Medium (71 FPS average) and High (61 FPS average) presets exceed the 60 FPS threshold. The Low preset at 4K reaches 93 FPS, while the Ultra preset falls below at 48 FPS, so only the top preset fails to maintain 60 FPS.

Resolution Scaling — how FPS drops from 1080p to 4K and what it says about the limiting component

The measured FPS data reveals a clear scaling pattern as resolution increases, confirming that the GPU is the dominant limiting factor in The Technomancer. At High settings, the average FPS drops from 170 at 1920x1080 to 111 at 2560x1440, a 34.7% reduction, and then to 61 at 3840x2160, a further 45.0% reduction from 1440p. This steep decline is characteristic of a GPU-bound scenario, where rendering more pixels directly increases the workload on the RTX 4070 SUPER’s 7168 shading units and 80 ROPs.

The Low settings row shows an even more dramatic scaling curve, with 259 FPS at 1080p, 169 FPS at 1440p (a 34.7% drop), and 93 FPS at 4K (a 45.0% drop from 1440p). These percentage drops are nearly identical to the High settings row, suggesting that the scaling factor is resolution-dependent rather than settings-dependent. This indicates that the GPU’s pixel throughput, measured at 198.0 GPixel/s, is the primary constraint as resolution increases. The CPU, with its 3DMark max-thread score of 12536, has enough compute headroom to feed the GPU at all resolutions, but the rendering pipeline becomes progressively more strained.

The Medium settings row provides min and max FPS data, which helps illustrate the scaling. At 1080p Medium, the average is 199 FPS with a range of 169 to 229 FPS. At 1440p Medium, the average drops to 130 FPS with a range of 111 to 150 FPS, and at 4K Medium, the average is 71 FPS with a range of 61 to 82 FPS. The consistent narrowing of the FPS range at higher resolutions suggests that the GPU is working closer to its limit, reducing the variability that comes from CPU-side frame generation. The 4K Ultra result of 48 FPS, which is below the 60 FPS target, confirms that this combo cannot handle the game’s heaviest settings at the highest resolution, a direct consequence of the GPU’s 12 GB GDDR6X memory and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth being saturated.

Settings Recommendations — which preset gives the best experience per the measured rows

Based on the measured FPS data, the Medium preset offers the best balance of visual quality and performance across all resolutions. At 3840x2160, Medium delivers an average of 71 FPS with a minimum of 61 FPS, ensuring that even the lowest frame rate stays above the 60 FPS threshold. This is a 10 FPS improvement over High (61 FPS average) and a 23 FPS improvement over Ultra (48 FPS average), making Medium the only 4K preset that provides a consistent playable experience without dipping below 60 FPS.

At 2560x1440, the Medium preset averages 130 FPS with a minimum of 111 FPS, which is more than sufficient for high-refresh-rate monitors (144Hz or 165Hz). The High preset at 1440p averages 111 FPS, which is also playable, but Medium offers a 19 FPS margin that accommodates more demanding scenes. The Ultra preset at 1440p averages 87 FPS, which is still smooth, but the 43 FPS drop from Medium to Ultra suggests diminishing returns on visual fidelity for a significant performance cost. For 1920x1080, Medium averages 199 FPS with a minimum of 169 FPS, making it ideal for 240Hz displays, while High averages 170 FPS and Ultra averages 133 FPS.

The data strongly favors Medium as the recommended preset for this combo. It provides the widest headroom above 60 FPS at 4K, and at lower resolutions, it delivers frame rates that exceed the refresh rates of most gaming monitors. The Low preset, while offering the highest FPS (259 at 1080p, 169 at 1440p, 93 at 4K), likely sacrifices too much visual quality for a game that is not competitive in nature. Ultra, on the other hand, only reaches 48 FPS at 4K, which is below the playable threshold, and offers marginal gains over High at lower resolutions. For a consistent experience across all three resolutions, Medium is the clear choice.

How This Combo Ranks — use comboRankInGame vs other tested combos

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER combination ranks 592nd out of 3696 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the 84th percentile of all configurations. This top-16% ranking is a strong result, especially considering the game’s 2016 release date, which means many newer, more powerful parts have been tested since. The rank reflects the high-end nature of both components, but it is not near the top of the leaderboard, which would be dominated by flagship CPUs and GPUs from later generations.

To contextualize this rank, the CPU’s average benchmark score of 53288 places it 0.2% ahead of the AMD EPYC 7313P (53206) and 0.6% ahead of the Intel Xeon 634 (52974), but 0.3% behind the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469) and 0.6% behind the Intel Core i7-14700F (53620). This clustering shows that the 7900X is a mid-to-high-tier CPU in terms of raw compute, but in The Technomancer, the GPU plays a larger role in determining the final rank. The RTX 4070 SUPER’s average benchmark score of 43223 is 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB (43262) and 0.1% ahead of the RTX 5050 Mobile (43268), but 0.2% behind the Quadro M6000 (43301) and 1% behind the RTX 4090 Mobile (43667). This places the GPU in a competitive position among its peers.

The combo’s rank of 592 out of 3696 is a reflection of the balance between the CPU’s 91st percentile ranking and the GPU’s 83rd percentile ranking. The system is not limited by CPU compute, as evidenced by the high frame rates at 1080p, but the GPU’s performance ceiling at 4K Ultra (48 FPS) is what prevents a higher rank. The data suggests that combos with more powerful GPUs, such as the RTX 4090 Mobile class, would rank higher, as they would maintain higher FPS at 4K Ultra. However, for the vast majority of gaming scenarios, this combo’s rank indicates it is a well-matched pairing that delivers high performance without a significant bottleneck.

Measured FPS Breakdown — resolution by resolution, settings by settings, exact numbers

The measured FPS data for this combo in The Technomancer is as follows. At 1920x1080, the Low preset averages 259 FPS, the Medium preset averages 199 FPS with a minimum of 169 FPS and a maximum of 229 FPS, the High preset averages 170 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 133 FPS. This shows a clear progression where each settings tier reduces the average FPS by approximately 30-40 FPS, with the largest single drop occurring from Low to Medium (60 FPS difference) and from High to Ultra (37 FPS difference).

At 2560x1440, the Low preset averages 169 FPS, the Medium preset averages 130 FPS with a minimum of 111 FPS and a maximum of 150 FPS, the High preset averages 111 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 87 FPS. The scaling from 1080p to 1440p shows a consistent reduction of approximately 34-35% across all settings, confirming a resolution-bound scaling pattern. The Medium preset’s minimum FPS of 111 at 1440p is notably higher than the 4K Ultra’s average of 48 FPS, highlighting the significant impact of resolution on frame rate.

At 3840x2160, the Low preset averages 93 FPS, the Medium preset averages 71 FPS with a minimum of 61 FPS and a maximum of 82 FPS, the High preset averages 61 FPS, and the Ultra preset averages 48 FPS. At 4K, only the Low and Medium presets maintain an average above 60 FPS, with High exactly at 61 FPS and Ultra falling below. The Medium preset’s min FPS of 61 is a critical data point, as it shows that even in the worst-case scenario, the system stays above the 60 FPS target. The Ultra preset at 48 FPS is the only configuration that is not playable at a smooth frame rate, suggesting that the game’s highest settings are too demanding for this GPU at 4K.

GPU Role — VRAM, clocks, and how they relate to this game's results

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is the primary driver of The Technomancer’s performance, as evidenced by the FPS scaling across resolutions. Its AD104 chip, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, features 7168 shading units, 224 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, with a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz. The GPU’s 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus provides 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, which is sufficient for the game’s textures at 4K, as the data shows playable frame rates at 4K Medium and High.

The GPU’s clock speeds are critical to understanding the 1080p results. At 1080p Low, the average FPS of 259 suggests that the GPU is not fully utilized, as the CPU is likely the limiting factor at this low settings level. However, at 1080p Ultra (133 FPS), the GPU’s boost clock of 2475 MHz and its 35.48 TFLOPS of FP32 compute are pushed closer to their limits. The 52.4% FPS difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p indicates that the GPU’s shading and texture units are heavily engaged when all graphical features are enabled. The 224 TMUs, with a texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s, are likely the bottleneck at Ultra settings, as the game’s texture-heavy environments require significant texture filtering.

At 4K, the GPU’s 80 ROPs and 198.0 GPixel/s pixel rate become the limiting factor. The drop from 4K Medium (71 FPS) to 4K Ultra (48 FPS) is a 32.4% reduction, which is more severe than the 1080p Medium-to-Ultra drop (33.2% reduction from 199 to 133 FPS). This suggests that at 4K, the additional rendering features in Ultra significantly increase the pixel shading workload, overwhelming the ROPs and causing the frame rate to fall below 60 FPS. The GPU’s memory bandwidth of 504.2 GB/s is adequate for 4K, as the Medium and High presets maintain playable frame rates, but the Ultra preset’s higher texture quality may strain the 12 GB VRAM capacity, though no VRAM-limited artifacts are recorded in the data.

The GPU’s percentile ranking of 83 versus all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 43223, places it just 0.1% behind the Quadro M6000 24 GB and 0.1% ahead of the RTX 5050 Mobile. This positioning is consistent with its role in this game: a strong mid-high tier GPU that can handle 4K in most titles, but struggles with the heaviest settings in The Technomancer due to its age and lack of modern optimization. The measured FPS data shows that the RTX 4070 SUPER is well-suited for 1440p gaming, where it delivers over 100 FPS on High and Medium settings, and is capable of 4K gaming with moderate settings, but it is not a 4K Ultra powerhouse for this particular title.