The Technomancer

Resolution Scaling

The Technomancer presents a clear scaling pattern across the three tested resolutions. At 1080p High settings, the combo delivers 157.2 FPS average. Moving to 1440p High drops that to 120.2 FPS, a 23.5% reduction. At 4K High, the average falls to 65.2 FPS, which is 45.8% below the 1440p result and 58.5% below the 1080p figure. This steep decline as resolution increases indicates that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti becomes the primary limiting factor at higher pixel counts, while the Intel Core i5-10400F has ample headroom at lower resolutions.

The gap between Low and Ultra settings widens dramatically with resolution. At 1080p, the spread from Low (181.1 FPS) to Ultra (143.6 FPS) is 37.5 FPS, a 20.7% performance cost for maximum quality. At 1440p, the spread grows to 62.3 FPS (159.0 Low vs 96.7 Ultra), representing a 39.2% penalty. At 4K, the spread becomes 48.8 FPS (100.8 Low vs 52.0 Ultra), a 48.4% reduction. The widening percentage gap suggests that Ultra settings impose a relatively consistent computational burden, but the absolute FPS loss becomes more severe as the GPU works closer to its limits.

The 4K Ultra result of 52.0 FPS sits just below the 60 FPS threshold commonly considered smooth for action games. The 4K High result of 65.2 FPS clears that bar, while 4K Medium reaches 80.6 FPS. At 1440p, all settings exceed 96 FPS, with Low hitting 159.0 FPS. At 1080p, even Ultra maintains 143.6 FPS, indicating that the GPU is never the bottleneck at this resolution — the frame rates are high enough that CPU limitations would likely emerge with a faster graphics card.

FAQ

Q: Is the RTX 5070 Ti powerful enough for 4K gaming in The Technomancer?

A: Yes, for most settings. The data shows 4K High averaging 65.2 FPS and 4K Medium at 80.6 FPS. However, 4K Ultra drops to 52.0 FPS, which falls below the 60 FPS threshold. Players seeking maximum quality at 4K would need to accept sub-60 performance or reduce settings.

Q: How does the CPU affect performance at 1080p?

A: At 1080p, the GPU is not the limiting factor — the i5-10400F's 6 cores and 12 threads with a 4.30 GHz boost clock are sufficient to feed the RTX 5070 Ti. The evidence is the narrow 20.7% gap between Low (181.1 FPS) and Ultra (143.6 FPS) at 1080p, suggesting the CPU can sustain high frame rates across all settings.

Q: What is the performance difference between 1440p and 4K at High settings?

A: The 1440p High average is 120.2 FPS, while 4K High is 65.2 FPS. This represents a 45.8% reduction in frame rate when moving from 1440p to 4K, showing that the GPU's rendering load scales significantly with pixel count.

Q: Does the RTX 5070 Ti's 16 GB VRAM matter for this game?

A: With 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 896.0 GB/s bandwidth, the card has substantial memory resources. The Technomancer is from 2016, and the data shows no indication of VRAM limitations — even at 4K Ultra, the card maintains playable frame rates, suggesting memory capacity is not a constraint.

Q: How does the combo rank among all tested configurations?

A: This pairing ranks 367th out of 1,656 tested combos for The Technomancer, placing it in the top 22.2% of all combinations. This is a strong showing, though not elite, reflecting the CPU's mid-range position rather than any GPU deficiency.

Q: What frame rate can I expect at 1080p with Medium settings?

A: The measured average is 164.4 FPS. This is within 9.2% of the Low setting result (181.1 FPS), indicating that Medium settings extract most of the available performance while delivering improved visual quality.

GPU Role

The RTX 5070 Ti is the dominant component in this pairing for The Technomancer. Its 8960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs provide the raw throughput needed for the game's rendering tasks. The boost clock of 2452 MHz and base clock of 2295 MHz are relatively close, suggesting stable sustained performance under load. The card's FP32 compute of 43.94 TFLOPS gives it substantial headroom for the game's effects.

The memory subsystem is a key strength. The 16 GB GDDR7 capacity on a 256-bit bus produces 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. For a game released in 2016, this bandwidth is far beyond what the title requires, meaning memory bandwidth is never a bottleneck in the measured results. The GPU's 87th percentile ranking among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 52,086, confirms it sits near the top of the performance hierarchy. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, scores 52,085 — a 0% difference — indicating these cards are functionally equivalent in synthetic tests.

The GPU's role becomes more pronounced at higher resolutions. The scaling data shows that at 4K, the FPS drops are proportionally larger when moving from Medium to Ultra (80.6 to 52.0, a 35.5% reduction) compared to the same setting change at 1080p (164.4 to 143.6, a 12.7% reduction). This pattern indicates that the GPU's compute and memory resources are increasingly taxed as pixel count rises, making it the clear limiting factor at 4K Ultra.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the i5-10400F and RTX 5070 Ti ranks 367th out of 1,656 tested combos for The Technomancer. This places it in the top 22.2% of all configurations, a solid upper-mid-tier result. The ranking reflects the balance between the CPU and GPU — the i5-10400F is a capable processor with a 73rd percentile standing among all CPUs, while the GPU sits at the 87th percentile. The combo's rank is closer to the CPU's percentile than the GPU's, suggesting that the processor is the more constraining component in this pairing for this particular game.

The CPU's nearest rivals help contextualize its performance. The AMD EPYC 7552 scores 14,115 (0.4% higher), the AMD Ryzen 3 7320C scores 14,277 (0.8% higher), the Intel Core i5-8500 scores 14,332 (1.1% higher), and the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2546 scores 14,336 (1.2% higher). These deltas are all within 1.2%, meaning the i5-10400F is effectively tied with these processors in synthetic benchmarks. However, for gaming specifically, the i5-10400F's 6 cores and 12 threads provide adequate parallelism for The Technomancer, which is unlikely to fully utilize more than a few cores given its 2016 release date.

The combo's rank of 367 suggests that many higher-end CPUs paired with similar or better GPUs outperform it. However, the measured FPS data shows this combo still delivers excellent playability at all resolutions except 4K Ultra. The ranking is more a reflection of the CPU's mid-range position than any fundamental performance deficiency.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6-core, 12-thread processor from the Comet Lake architecture, built on Intel's 14 nm process. Its base clock of 2.90 GHz and boost clock of 4.30 GHz provide solid single-thread performance, as evidenced by its Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1,453 and Geekbench single-core score of 1,454. The 12 MB of shared L3 cache helps with data locality in gaming workloads.

For The Technomancer, the CPU's role is primarily to feed the GPU with draw calls and game logic. The benchmark results indicate that at 1080p, the CPU is not the bottleneck — the FPS remains high across all settings, with Low hitting 181.1 FPS and Ultra at 143.6 FPS. The 20.7% gap between these settings suggests the GPU is still doing most of the work even at 1080p, as the CPU can maintain high frame rates regardless of graphics load.

However, the CPU's limitations become apparent when comparing its synthetic scores to modern alternatives. Its Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10,297 and PassMark multithread score of 12,115 place it in the mid-range tier. The 3DMark 16-thread score of 4,748 and 8-thread score of 3,929 show scaling up to 12 threads, but the single-thread score of 688 indicates modest per-core performance. For a game like The Technomancer that likely relies on a few heavily utilized threads, this per-core strength is more important than raw multi-core throughput.

The CPU's 73rd percentile ranking means it outperforms roughly three-quarters of all CPUs, but its nearest rivals show it is clustered with older server and embedded processors rather than modern gaming CPUs. The 65W TDP and dual-channel DDR4 support at 42.7 GB/s memory bandwidth are adequate but not exceptional. In this pairing, the CPU provides enough performance to avoid being the primary bottleneck at 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the GPU takes over as the limiting factor entirely.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1080p, the RTX 5070 Ti with the i5-10400F delivers its highest frame rates. Low settings average 181.1 FPS, Medium 164.4 FPS, High 157.2 FPS, and Ultra 143.6 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 16.7 FPS (9.2%), Medium to High costs 7.2 FPS (4.4%), and High to Ultra costs 13.6 FPS (8.7%). The relatively small penalties suggest the GPU has ample headroom at this resolution, with the CPU potentially becoming the limiting factor at the very highest frame rates.

At 1440p, the averages drop to 159.0 FPS for Low, 141.1 FPS for Medium, 120.2 FPS for High, and 96.7 FPS for Ultra. The percentage penalties between settings become more pronounced: Low to Medium costs 11.3%, Medium to High costs 14.8%, and High to Ultra costs 19.6%. This trend shows the GPU beginning to struggle with the increased pixel count, though all settings remain well above 90 FPS.

At 4K, the performance curve steepens significantly. Low averages 100.8 FPS, Medium 80.6 FPS, High 65.2 FPS, and Ultra 52.0 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 20.0% (20.2 FPS), Medium to High costs 19.1% (15.4 FPS), and High to Ultra costs 20.2% (13.2 FPS). The consistency of these penalties indicates that each settings tier imposes a similar relative load on the GPU. The 4K Ultra result of 52.0 FPS is the only measured configuration below 60 FPS, making it the one scenario where the combo fails to deliver smooth gameplay.

Comparing settings across resolutions reveals the GPU's scaling efficiency. At Low settings, moving from 1080p to 1440p costs 12.2% (181.1 to 159.0), and from 1440p to 4K costs 36.6% (159.0 to 100.8). At Ultra settings, the same transitions cost 32.7% (143.6 to 96.7) and 46.2% (96.7 to 52.0). The larger percentage drops at Ultra settings indicate that the GPU's compute units are more heavily utilized at maximum quality, making resolution increases proportionally more expensive.