The Technomancer

The Technomancer ships with a 2016 release date, and the pairing of an Intel Core i5-14600K with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a modern high-end combo for this action RPG. The measured data (the numbers below are from the FACT PACK) covers 12 CPU–GPU combinations across 1080p, 1440p, and 4K, with Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. The CPU launches at $319, the GPU at $1,199. Here is how it actually performs.

Resolution Scaling

The FPS pattern across resolutions is textbook GPU-limited scaling for this title. At High settings, the average frame rate goes from 195 at 1920x1080 to 128 at 2560x1440, then to 70 at 3840x2160. That is a drop of 67 fps from 1080p to 1440p and another 58 fps from 1440p to 4K. The severity of the 4K reduction — nearly halving the 1440p number — indicates the RTX 4080 is the primary bottleneck at 4K. At 1080p and 1440p, the same GPU manages far higher figures, meaning the CPU is not the limiting factor at those resolutions; the frame rate is being dragged down by the pixel count alone.

Low settings reinforce this. The 1080p Low average is 298 fps, dropping to 195 at 1440p and then to 107 at 4K. The step from 1440p to 4K is again roughly a 45% reduction, so 4K is where the GeForce RTX 4080’s absolute pixel throughput is taxed. Medium settings show the same shape: 229 fps at 1080p, 149 at 1440p, and 82 at 4K. Even the measured minimums on Medium tell the story — at 1080p the min is 194, at 1440p it is 127, and at 4K it drops to 70. The gap between settings becomes more pronounced at higher resolution. For instance, the spread from Low to Ultra at 1080p is 298 to 152, while at 4K the spread is 107 to 55. That indicates the title is not scaling linearly with GPU load; the 4K Ultra preset is extremely demanding on the RTX 4080, and the two processor configs cannot maintain the same frame rate as in 1080p.

Overall, the scaling reveals a GPU-bound regime at 4K, a lightly CPU-bound regime at 1080p (with 298 FPS the absolute ceiling), and a sweet spot somewhere near 1440p where the processor and GPU strike a more balanced ratio. For a 2016 game, the RTX 4080 is powerful enough to drive 4K at respectable settings, but at the cost of dropping the quality level by one or two steps.

FAQ

Q: What FPS does this combo get at 2560x1440 with High preset?

A: The measured average is 128 FPS, with the Medium preset at 149 FPS. Both are above typical 60 Hz displays.

Q: Can it run 3840x2160 at Ultra without dropping below 60?

A: No. The Ultra preset at 4K averages 55 FPS, so it falls short of 60. The High preset averages 70 and Medium 82, so you would need to use High or Medium to maintain 60+.

Q: How does this combo perform at 1920x1080 with Ultra?

A: It hits 152 FPS on Ultra, meaning a 144 Hz (or even 240 Hz) monitor is supported, though Ultra is the least performance-friendly setting at this resolution.

Q: Is the CPU or GPU the limit at 1080p High?

A: At 1080p High the average is 195 FPS. Since 1080p Low reaches 298 FPS, the GPU is not the bounding component; 298 FPS is a hard ceiling the processor can produce. At 1440p and higher, the GPU takes over as the limiting factor.

Q: Are these measurements based on actual data?

A: Yes, the FACT PACK explicitly states dataIsMeasured is true, and the values are from a combination test with this specific i5-14600K and RTX 4080.

Q: Does the CPU’s benchmark score matter for this title?

A: The CPU scores strongly on synthetic tests — its Cinebench R23 multi-core is 24491, Geekbench multi 16673, and PassMark multi 38682 — but The Technomancer is a 2016 game that is not particularly multithreaded. The game is clearly far more GPU-bound based on how FPS scales across resolutions.

GPU Role

The RTX 4080 uses the AD103 chip on Ada Lovelace architecture, with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus delivering 716.8 GB/s. Base clock is 2205 MHz and boost reaches 2505 MHz. The memory clocks 1400 MHz with a 22.4 Gbps effective rate. These numbers explain why the GPU can average 298 FPS at 1080p Low — there is ample bandwidth for a 2016 title. The 16 GB VRAM is far beyond what The Technomancer requires; the game’s legacy assets likely never use more than a fraction of that capacity, so there is no VRAM headroom in any of the measured settings. The GPU’s PassMark G3D score is 34457, and it ranks 86th percentile among all GPUs. That puts it roughly between the Radeon Pro W5700X (deltaPct -1.1) and RX 6750 GRE (deltaPct -2.6) in aggregate scores, yet in actual game FPS the RTX 4080 is clearly the stronger card, because synthetic benchmarks do not reflect a 2016 engine’s specific texture and shading workloads.

The only real GPU limitation shows in 4K Ultra: 55 FPS average, 70 FPS median, and 94 FPS max from the Medium run. Even with the beefy RTX 4080, the 4K Ultra preset is simply too heavy for a 60 FPS target. Yet at 1440p the Ultra is 100 FPS and 1080p Ultra is 152 FPS. The GPU’s dedicated RT and tensor cores (76 and 304) are unnecessary for a non-ray-traced game, but they do not hurt performance — the game runs on conventional rasterization and the raw FP32 power (48.74 TFLOPS) is ample.

Measured FPS Breakdown

| Resolution | Settings | Avg FPS | Min FPS | Max FPS |

|------------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|

| 1920x1080 | High | 195 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Low | 298 | — | — |

| 1920x1080 | Medium | 229 | 194 | 263 |

| 1920x1080 | Ultra | 152 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | High | 128 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Low | 195 | — | — |

| 2560x1440 | Medium | 149 | 127 | 172 |

| 2560x1440 | Ultra | 100 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | High | 70 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Low | 107 | — | — |

| 3840x2160 | Medium | 82 | 70 | 94 |

| 3840x2160 | Ultra | 55 | — | — |

The data shows a convex scaling: at 1080p, Low and High differ by 103 FPS (298 vs 195), while at 4K the same pair sees a 37 FPS gap (107 vs 70). The performance penalty from Low to Ultra is strongest at 4K (107 to 55 → 52 FPS difference) and narrowest at 1080p (298 to 152 → 146 FPS difference). Medium consistently splits the difference between the two extremes in every resolution. The only resolution where the CPU appears to cap the frame rate is 1080p, where Low hits 298 FPS — likely near the CPU’s single-thread ceiling, since the same GPU at 1440p Low only reaches 195 FPS. Beyond 1080p, the GPU takes over.

How This Combo Ranks

Out of 3696 possible CPU–GPU combos tested in this game, this configuration places 213rd. That places the i5-14600K + RTX 4080 __self__ in the top ~5.8 percent of tested pairs (though the exact percentile is not given, the stricter rank alone tells that it is an upper-tier pairing). The CPU alone is 90th percentile among all CPUs, and the GPU is 86th percentile; the composite rank better than either component’s own percentile, which makes sense because the game is not heavily multithreaded and the RTX 4080 is more than sufficient for 2016 visuals. The nearest CPU rivals in the aggregate list — the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H, AMD EPYC 4345P, Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX, and Intel Core Ultra 5 245 — all fall within 0.7% of the i5-14600K’s synthetic scores, which explains why the selection of a CPU would not make a major difference in this title as long as it can push high single-thread frequency. For the GPU, the nearest score competitors (RTX 4080 SUPER, Radeon Pro W5700X, RX 6750 GRE, Radeon 8060S) sit within 2.7% in PassMark, yet the ) actual FPS numbers from this combo show it outdelivering those? The pack does not include their game FPS, so we only state the aggregate.

Overall, this combo is not bottlenecked: the measured 4K High result of 70 FPS and 4K Medium of 82 FPS are playable, and the 1440p Ultra at 100 FPS is smooth. The rank reinforces that a user with a 1440p/160Hz display will enjoy the headroom.

Settings Recommendations

For 1080p, every setting delivers above 140 FPS, so there is no reason to turn below Ultra unless you target the absolute maximum refresh rate: Ultra 152 FPS, High 195, Medium 229, Low 298. If the display is 240 Hz, choose Medium or Low; for 165 Hz, High is enough. At 1440p, the jump from High to Ultra is 128 to 100 FPS, a 28 FPS penalty; Ultra remains playable for a 100 Hz monitor, but High is the more stable choice if you want a consistent 144+ FPS. At 4K, the only preset that reaches 60 FPS are High (70) and Medium (82); Ultra falls to 55, and it is for both very close. Therefore, to play on a 4K monitor with a target of 60 FPS, set the quality to High; the 70 FPS average gives acceptable margin, and the Medium preset (82) gains an extra 12 FPS while roughly halving the graphical load from Ultra. The 4K Low preset yields 107 FPS, but the visual quality drop is noticeable in a 2016 game, so High is the recommended trade-off. In summary: 1080p: use Low for high-frequency displays, 1440p: use High for 120+ Hz, 4K: use High for the safest 60 FPS experience. Medium at 4K offers a small FPS bonus for those who prefer smoother motion over visual detail in a game that does not need much to look good native.