The Technomancer

# Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rates for The Technomancer with the Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER reveal a clear hierarchy across the four quality presets. At 1920x1080, the Ultra preset delivers 135.5 FPS, which is already well above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay. However, the data shows that Medium produces 197.4 FPS at the same resolution, a substantial 46% improvement over Ultra, while High sits between them at 169.8 FPS. For players targeting high refresh rate displays, Medium at 1080p offers the best balance, as the jump from Medium to Low (212.6 FPS) provides only a 7.7% gain while sacrificing visual quality.

Moving to 2560x1440, the same pattern emerges. Ultra runs at 88.3 FPS, which remains playable, but High reaches 112.4 FPS and Medium hits 133.1 FPS. The step from High to Medium costs some visual fidelity but yields an 18.4% frame rate increase. At 4K, the situation changes dramatically. Ultra drops to 46.9 FPS, dipping below the 60 FPS threshold, while High manages 61.8 FPS and Medium reaches 69.9 FPS. The data suggests that High is the optimal preset for 4K gameplay, as it maintains playability while Medium only adds 13% more performance at a noticeable visual cost.

Across all resolutions, the Low preset consistently delivers the highest frame rates, peaking at 212.6 FPS at 1080p. Yet the diminishing returns between Low and Medium at 1080p — only 7.2% — indicate that Medium is the better choice for most users. The recommendation is resolution-dependent: Medium for 1080p and 1440p, High for 4K.

GPU Role

The RTX 4070 SUPER's specifications underpin its performance in The Technomancer. With 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, the card delivers 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU operates at a base clock of 1980 MHz and boosts to 2475 MHz, housing 7168 shading units, 224 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. Its 35.48 TFLOPS of FP32 compute power and 56 RT cores suggest a card built for demanding titles, though The Technomancer is a 2016 Action RPG that predates ray tracing requirements.

The GPU's pixel rate of 198.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 554.4 GTexel/s explain why the card scales so well across resolutions. At 4K Ultra, the card produces 46.9 FPS, but dropping to High yields 61.8 FPS — a 31.8% improvement from lowering settings alone. The VRAM capacity appears sufficient, as no memory-related bottlenecks are evident in the measured data; frame rates scale predictably with resolution increases rather than collapsing at higher settings.

The RTX 4070 SUPER's percentile ranking of 84 among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 42576, places it near the NVIDIA RTX A6000 (42653, -0.2% delta) and AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE (42723, -0.3% delta). This competitive positioning explains its ability to push high frame rates even at 4K, where it still delivers playable performance on Medium and High presets.

FAQ

Q: Can this system run The Technomancer at 4K with playable frame rates?

A: Yes, but only on certain presets. The data shows 61.8 FPS at 4K High and 69.9 FPS at 4K Medium, both above the 60 FPS threshold. Ultra falls short at 46.9 FPS.

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

A: Medium at 2560x1440 provides 133.1 FPS, which is 50.8% higher than Ultra's 88.3 FPS. High offers 112.4 FPS, making Medium the best balance of visual quality and performance for high refresh rate monitors.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 SUPER compare to its nearest rivals in benchmark scores?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER scores 42576 on average, which is 0.2% lower than the NVIDIA RTX A6000 (42653) and 0.3% lower than the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE (42723), while outperforming the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (41991) by 1.4%.

Q: Is the CPU a bottleneck at 1080p?

A: The data suggests the GPU remains the limiting factor even at lower resolutions. At 1080p Low, the system reaches 212.6 FPS, and the Intel Core i5-11400F's multi-threaded benchmark score of 5652 in 3dmark_max_threads indicates sufficient processing power for this title.

Q: What frame rate can be expected at 4K with the Ultra preset?

A: The measured average is 46.9 FPS at 3840x2160 with Ultra settings, which falls below the 60 FPS target. This preset is best avoided at 4K unless lower frame rates are acceptable.

Q: Does lowering settings from Ultra to Low provide a consistent performance boost across resolutions?

A: No, the benefit varies. At 1080p, Low (212.6 FPS) is 56.9% faster than Ultra (135.5 FPS). At 1440p, the gain is 88.6% (166.5 vs 88.3 FPS). At 4K, the improvement is 99.6% (93.6 vs 46.9 FPS), showing that settings impact is amplified at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of Intel Core i5-11400F and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER achieves a rank of 310 out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer, placing it in the top 18.7% of all systems evaluated. This strong showing reflects the balanced nature of the pairing. The CPU itself sits at the 75th percentile among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 17181, while the GPU ranks at the 84th percentile with an average score of 42576.

The CPU's nearest rivals in average benchmark score include the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189, 0% delta) and Intel Core i7-1260P (17212, -0.2% delta), indicating that the i5-11400F performs competitively with mobile chips that consume less power. However, the desktop-oriented 6-core, 12-thread design with a 65W TDP provides consistent sustained performance that benefits gaming workloads.

The GPU's ranking among the top 16% of all graphics cards, combined with the CPU's top 25% placement, creates a system that excels in this Action RPG. The rank of 310 suggests that only 309 combinations of CPUs and GPUs deliver higher frame rates in The Technomancer, which is impressive given that many of those combos likely feature more expensive flagship components.

Resolution Scaling

Examining the frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K reveals how the system scales under increasing resolution load. At Ultra settings, the transition from 1920x1080 (135.5 FPS) to 2560x1440 (88.3 FPS) represents a 34.8% drop, while moving from 1440p to 3840x2160 (46.9 FPS) costs another 46.9%. The total drop from 1080p to 4K at Ultra is 65.4%, which is consistent with the pixel count increase of 4x — though not a perfect linear scaling, indicating some CPU involvement at lower resolutions.

At Medium settings, the scaling is steeper: 197.4 FPS at 1080p drops to 133.1 FPS at 1440p (32.6% reduction), then to 69.9 FPS at 4K (47.5% reduction from 1440p). The overall drop of 64.6% from 1080p to 4K closely mirrors the Ultra pattern. Low settings show similar behavior: 212.6 FPS at 1080p, 166.5 FPS at 1440p (21.7% drop), and 93.6 FPS at 4K (43.8% drop from 1440p), for a total reduction of 56.0%.

This scaling pattern suggests the GPU becomes increasingly dominant as the limiting factor at higher resolutions. The smaller percentage drops at Low settings indicate that the CPU provides a larger relative contribution at 1080p, where the GPU has more headroom. At 4K, the RTX 4070 SUPER's 504.2 GB/s memory bandwidth and 35.48 TFLOPS compute capacity are fully utilized, making resolution the primary determinant of performance.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The complete measured frame rate data for The Technomancer with this hardware configuration is as follows:

At 1920x1080, the system delivers 212.6 FPS on Low settings, 197.4 FPS on Medium, 169.8 FPS on High, and 135.5 FPS on Ultra. The spread between Low and Ultra is 77.1 FPS, representing a 56.9% performance difference.

At 2560x1440, frame rates are 166.5 FPS on Low, 133.1 FPS on Medium, 112.4 FPS on High, and 88.3 FPS on Ultra. The gap between Low and Ultra narrows to 78.2 FPS, or 88.6% — a wider relative difference than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the system produces 93.6 FPS on Low, 69.9 FPS on Medium, 61.8 FPS on High, and 46.9 FPS on Ultra. The absolute difference between Low and Ultra is 46.7 FPS, but the relative difference is 99.6%, showing that settings have the greatest proportional impact at 4K.

Notably, the Medium preset at 1080p (197.4 FPS) outperforms High at 1440p (112.4 FPS) by 75.6%, while High at 1440p (112.4 FPS) nearly matches Low at 4K (93.6 FPS) with an 20.1% advantage. These cross-resolution comparisons illustrate how resolution and settings interact to determine final performance.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-11400F brings 6 cores and 12 threads to this pairing, with a base clock of 2.60 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This Rocket Lake architecture chip, built on Intel's 14 nm process, features 12 MB of shared L3 cache and supports dual-channel DDR4 memory with 51.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Its benchmark results show a single-thread score of 868 in 3dmark and 2029 in Cinebench R23, with multi-thread scores of 5652 (3dmark max threads) and 14372 (Cinebench R23 multicore).

In The Technomancer, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU, as evidenced by the frame rate scaling. At 1080p Low, the system achieves 212.6 FPS, suggesting the CPU can feed the GPU adequately even at high frame rates. The CPU's 75th percentile ranking among all processors, with an average benchmark score of 17181, places it slightly above the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U (17189, 0% delta) and marginally below the Intel Core i7-1260P (17212, -0.2% delta).

The 6-core, 12-thread configuration with a 65W TDP provides sufficient threading for an Action RPG from 2016, which likely does not utilize more than a few cores heavily. The CPU's memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s and PCIe Gen 4 support ensure that data transfer to the RTX 4070 SUPER is not a bottleneck. The measured frame rates across all resolutions and settings indicate a well-balanced system where the GPU is the primary determinant of performance, with the CPU providing ample headroom for the game's computational demands.