The Technomancer

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rate data for The Technomancer with the Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 shows a clear progression across the four available presets. At 1920x1080, the Low preset delivers 144 FPS, which drops to 112.9 FPS on Medium, 95.5 FPS on High, and 74 FPS on Ultra. This spread indicates that the game engine scales predictably with graphical load, and the Ultra preset still maintains a playable average despite being the most demanding.

For the best experience per the measured rows, the High preset at 1920x1080 offers the most balanced outcome. It provides 95.5 FPS, which is comfortably above the 60 FPS threshold for smooth gameplay, while retaining substantially more visual fidelity than the Medium preset at 112.9 FPS. The jump from Medium to High costs 17.4 FPS, but the visual improvement in a 2016 Action RPG typically justifies that trade-off. The Ultra preset at 74 FPS remains viable, yet the 21.5 FPS penalty over High suggests diminishing returns.

At 2560x1440, the High preset delivers 64.3 FPS, which is just above the 60 FPS target. This makes 1440p High the recommended configuration for users with 1440p displays. The Medium preset at 74.7 FPS offers more headroom, but the High preset's 64.3 FPS still provides a smooth experience. The Ultra preset at 51 FPS falls below the ideal threshold, and the Low preset at 91.7 FPS sacrifices too much visual quality for the additional performance.

At 3840x2160, no preset achieves 60 FPS. The Low preset reaches 52.2 FPS, Medium hits 38.7 FPS, High manages 34.5 FPS, and Ultra drops to 26.4 FPS. For 4K users, the Low preset is the only reasonable choice for playable frame rates, though the visual compromise is significant. The data suggests that 4K gaming with this combo requires substantial settings reductions.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i5-12400 brings six cores and twelve threads to this pairing, with a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 4.40 GHz. This 12th-generation Alder Lake processor operates on a 10 nm process node and supports both DDR4 and DDR5 memory across a dual-channel bus. The CPU's benchmark results indicate strong multi-threaded capability: the Cinebench R23 multicore score reaches 15935, while the single-core score is 2249. The 3DMark tests show a scaling pattern from 910 in single-thread to 5873 in 16-thread and 5890 in max-thread workloads.

In The Technomancer, the CPU's role appears secondary to the GPU at higher resolutions. The frame rate progression from 1080p to 4K follows a pattern consistent with GPU-bound rendering, where the CPU has sufficient headroom to feed the graphics card. At 1080p Low, the 144 FPS result suggests the CPU can drive high frame rates without becoming a bottleneck, as this resolution places more relative demand on processor throughput. The passmark multithread score of 18747 and the data compression score of 226908 indicate robust general-purpose performance that handles game logic and physics without issue.

The CPU's percentile ranking of 77 against all processors places it in the upper quarter of tested CPUs. Its average benchmark score of 19850 sits nearly identical to the Intel Core i7-9700, which scores 19831 with a delta of 0.1 percent, and the Intel Core i7-8700 at 19894 with a delta of -0.2 percent. This near-parity with older i7 parts suggests the i5-12400 punches above its class, providing ample processing power for The Technomancer's demands. The single-thread performance, reflected in the 3DMark single-thread score of 910 and Cinebench R20 single-core score of 944, ensures that the game's primary simulation thread runs efficiently.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 uses the Navi 33 chip on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, fabricated on a 6 nm process by TSMC. It carries 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU's base clock is 1720 MHz, with a boost clock of 2655 MHz and a game clock of 2250 MHz. Memory operates at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective speed. The shading units number 2048, with 128 texture mapping units and 64 render output units, alongside 32 ray tracing cores.

In The Technomancer, the GPU's VRAM capacity and memory bandwidth are decisive factors at higher resolutions. The 4K results show a steep performance cliff: High settings yield 34.5 FPS, which is only 36 percent of the 1080p High result of 95.5 FPS. This drop aligns with the GPU's 8 GB VRAM being heavily taxed at 3840x2160, where texture data exceeds comfortable capacity. The 288.0 GB/s bandwidth becomes a limiting factor when the memory subsystem must move larger frame buffers.

The GPU's benchmark scores place it in the 63rd percentile of all GPUs, with an average score of 20258. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, scores 20146 with a delta of 0.6 percent, meaning the RX 7600 is slightly ahead despite the XT variant's name suggesting otherwise. The RX 7600 also outperforms the AMD Radeon RX 460 (20088, delta 0.8 percent) and the Intel Arc B570 (20556, delta -1.5 percent). The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile trails by 1.3 percent with a score of 20534. These close margins indicate the RX 7600 sits in a competitive mid-range segment.

The GPU's raw compute capabilities include 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 169.9 GPixel/s pixel rate, which translate to solid rasterization throughput for a game from 2016. The 339.8 GTexel/s texture rate handles the game's texture-heavy environments adequately at 1080p and 1440p, but the 4K results show where the hardware reaches its limits.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of the Intel Core i5-12400 and AMD Radeon RX 7600 ranks 1113 out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places the pairing in the lower third of the overall distribution, which may seem surprising given the individual component scores. The CPU's 77th percentile and GPU's 63rd percentile do not translate into a top-tier gaming combination for this specific title.

The ranking suggests that The Technomancer favors configurations with different balance points. The combo's position at 1113 out of 1656 means roughly 67 percent of tested combos achieve higher frame rates in this game. This could reflect the game's age and its optimization patterns, which may favor older architectures or specific hardware combinations that the data set captures. The i5-12400 and RX 7600 are both modern parts, and their performance characteristics may not align perfectly with the game's engine.

However, the measured FPS data tells a more nuanced story. At 1080p, the combo delivers 95.5 FPS on High settings, which is a strong result for demanding gameplay. The 1440p High result of 64.3 FPS remains playable. The ranking likely incorporates all tested resolutions and settings, where the 4K results pull the overall position down. The 4K Ultra result of 26.4 FPS and 4K High of 34.5 FPS are weak points that hurt the aggregate ranking.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate scaling from 1080p to 4K reveals the limiting component. At High settings, the FPS drops from 95.5 at 1920x1080 to 64.3 at 2560x1440, a reduction of 32.7 percent. Moving to 3840x2160, the FPS falls to 34.5, which is a 63.9 percent reduction from the 1080p baseline. This steep decline indicates the GPU is the primary bottleneck, as the pixel count quadruples from 1080p to 4K while the frame rate does not scale proportionally.

The Low settings show a similar pattern: 144 FPS at 1080p drops to 91.7 at 1440p (36.3 percent reduction) and 52.2 at 4K (63.8 percent reduction). The consistency of these percentage drops across settings suggests the GPU's memory bandwidth and compute throughput are the limiting factors. The CPU's role remains constant across resolutions, meaning the frame rate differences stem from the GPU's rendering load.

The resolution scaling data also highlights the GPU's VRAM constraint. The 8 GB capacity is sufficient for 1080p and 1440p, but at 4K, the game's textures and frame buffers likely exceed this limit, causing additional performance penalties beyond raw compute scaling. This explains why the 4K results are disproportionately low compared to the resolution pixel count increase.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values are: Low at 144 FPS, Medium at 112.9 FPS, High at 95.5 FPS, and Ultra at 74 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 31.1 FPS, while the gap between Medium and High is 17.4 FPS, and between High and Ultra is 21.5 FPS. These differences show that the Low preset provides a substantial performance boost, but the Medium and High presets offer progressively smaller returns for their visual gains.

At 2560x1440, the results are: Low at 91.7 FPS, Medium at 74.7 FPS, High at 64.3 FPS, and Ultra at 51 FPS. The Low preset remains above 90 FPS, making it suitable for high-refresh-rate 1440p displays. The Medium preset at 74.7 FPS provides good performance, while High at 64.3 FPS is just above the 60 FPS threshold. Ultra at 51 FPS falls below ideal smoothness.

At 3840x2160, the results are: Low at 52.2 FPS, Medium at 38.7 FPS, High at 34.5 FPS, and Ultra at 26.4 FPS. None of these reach 60 FPS, and only the Low preset approaches a playable range. The Medium preset's 38.7 FPS represents a 25.9 percent drop from Low, while High at 34.5 FPS is another 10.9 percent lower. The Ultra preset at 26.4 FPS is 49.4 percent below the Low preset, making it unsuitable for smooth gameplay.

The data shows that this combo delivers its best experience at 1080p with High settings, where the 95.5 FPS average provides a strong balance of visual quality and performance. The 1440p High configuration at 64.3 FPS is also viable for users prioritizing resolution. The 4K results are consistently below 60 FPS, indicating that this hardware combination is not suited for 4K gaming in The Technomancer without significant settings compromises.