The Technomancer

Settings Recommendations

The measured frame rate data for The Technomancer with the Intel Core i7-12700K and AMD Radeon RX 580 shows a clear pattern: the Low preset is the only option that consistently delivers playable performance across all resolutions. At 1920x1080, Low produces 78.6 FPS average, which is 21.5 FPS ahead of the next best preset (High at 50.1 FPS). This gap widens at higher resolutions, where Low maintains 50.3 FPS at 2560x1440 and 29.7 FPS at 3840x2160, while every other setting falls below 40 FPS at 1440p and below 24 FPS at 4K.

The Medium preset represents a middle ground for users with a 1080p display, delivering 57.1 FPS average. This is 9.1 FPS faster than High (50.1 FPS) and 16.1 FPS faster than Ultra (41.0 FPS) at the same resolution. At 1440p, Medium drops to 39.6 FPS, which may be tolerable for slower-paced Action RPG gameplay, but the data indicates this is borderline. At 4K, Medium falls to 23.4 FPS, making it unsuitable for smooth play.

For the best experience per the measured rows, the recommendation is to use the Low preset at 1920x1080 for a consistently smooth frame rate. If visual fidelity is a priority and the display is 1080p, Medium offers a meaningful improvement over Low with a still-viable 57.1 FPS average. The High and Ultra presets are only recommended for 1080p users who prioritize image quality over frame rate stability, as Ultra at 1080p still manages 41.0 FPS. At 1440p and above, only Low is recommended, as all other presets produce average frame rates below 40 FPS.

GPU Role

The AMD Radeon RX 580's specifications directly explain the performance ceiling observed in this game. The GPU features 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 256.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Its Polaris 20 chip, built on a 14 nm process, contains 5,700 million transistors across a 232 mm² die. The core operates at a base clock of 1257 MHz with a boost clock of 1340 MHz, while memory runs at 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective).

These specifications position the RX 580 at the 53rd percentile of all GPUs in the database. Its average benchmark score of 13559 places it nearly identical to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (13564, deltaPct 0.0%) and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (13549, deltaPct 0.1%). The RX 580's FP32 throughput of 6.175 TFLOPS and texture rate of 193.0 GTexel/s are modest by modern standards, which aligns with the observed frame rates in The Technomancer.

The 8 GB VRAM capacity is not the limiting factor in this game, as even at 4K Ultra the game only demands enough memory to render scenes, and the frame rate drops more dramatically than VRAM exhaustion would suggest. Instead, the GPU's raw compute performance is the bottleneck. The measured FPS scaling from Low to Ultra at any given resolution shows a consistent drop of roughly 45-50% — for example, at 1080p, performance falls from 78.6 FPS at Low to 41.0 FPS at Ultra. This pattern indicates that the RX 580's shading units (2304) and ROPs (32) are saturated by the game's rendering workload at higher settings.

The GPU's DirectX 12 support (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3 capability are adequate for The Technomancer, which launched in 2016. The pixel rate of 42.88 GPixel/s and the 185 W TDP with a suggested 450 W PSU round out a picture of a mid-range part from 2017 that is showing its age in this title.

FAQ

Q: What is the best resolution to play The Technomancer with this combo?

A: The data shows 1920x1080 is the only resolution where any preset achieves above 50 FPS on average. At 2560x1440, only the Low preset exceeds 50 FPS (50.3), while at 3840x2160, even Low only reaches 29.7 FPS.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Intel Core i7-12700K has an average benchmark score of 35684, placing it at the 89th percentile of all CPUs. It is 0.3% behind the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 (35802) and 0.7% behind the Intel Core i5-14500HX (35940), while being 0.6% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13700T (35468) and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Core i7-13800H (35416).

Q: Is the RX 580's performance consistent with its benchmark position?

A: Yes. The RX 580 sits at the 53rd percentile of GPUs with an average score of 13559, and its nearest rival is the GTX 570 with a deltaPct of 0.0%. The measured frame rates in The Technomancer reflect this mid-range positioning, with playable results only at 1080p on lower presets.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between Low and Ultra at 1080p?

A: At 1920x1080, Low delivers 78.6 FPS average while Ultra delivers 41.0 FPS. This represents a 37.6 FPS (or roughly 48%) reduction in performance when moving from the lowest to the highest preset.

Q: Can this combo handle 4K gaming in The Technomancer?

A: The measured data shows no preset at 3840x2160 reaches 30 FPS. The best 4K result is Low at 29.7 FPS, with Medium at 23.4 FPS, High at 17.8 FPS, and Ultra at 16.3 FPS. None of these are consistently smooth for action gameplay.

Q: How does the GPU's memory configuration influence results?

A: The RX 580's 8 GB GDDR5 memory with 256.0 GB/s bandwidth is sufficient for the game's demands. The performance degradation from 1080p to 4K is more attributable to compute limits than memory capacity, as the frame rate drops proportionally across all settings rather than collapsing at higher resolutions.

How This Combo Ranks

This particular combination of the Intel Core i7-12700K and AMD Radeon RX 580 ranks 1527 out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places the combo in the bottom 8% of all configurations tested, which is consistent with the GPU's mid-range positioning relative to the CPU's high-end standing.

The CPU is not the limiting factor here. The Core i7-12700K's benchmark results — 29241 in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 4128 in single-core — place it well above the 50th percentile. Its nearest rivals include the Intel Core i7-13700T (deltaPct 0.6%) and the Intel Core i5-14500HX (deltaPct -0.7%), all within 1% of each other. This CPU has ample headroom for the game's CPU demands.

The GPU, however, anchors the combo's ranking. With an average benchmark score of 13559 and a 53rd percentile standing, the RX 580 is a mid-range part from 2017. The combo's rank of 1527 out of 1656 suggests that pairing this strong CPU with this modest GPU creates a significant bottleneck in GPU-bound scenarios like The Technomancer. The measured FPS data confirms this: the CPU's 12 cores and 20 threads (with a 5.00 GHz boost clock) are never the constraint, as frame rates scale almost entirely with GPU settings and resolution.

Resolution Scaling

The frame rate behavior across resolutions reveals a GPU-bound workload. Moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 at the Low preset reduces average FPS from 78.6 to 50.3, a 36% drop. From 1440p to 3840x2160, Low drops from 50.3 to 29.7, another 41% reduction. This scaling pattern is consistent with a GPU that is being pushed to its limits by pixel throughput demands.

At the High preset, the scaling is similar: 50.1 FPS at 1080p drops to 31.4 FPS at 1440p (37% reduction), then to 17.8 FPS at 4K (43% reduction). The Ultra preset shows the steepest absolute decline: 41.0 FPS at 1080p, 23.2 FPS at 1440p, and 16.3 FPS at 4K. The near-linear scaling with pixel count (which quadruples from 1080p to 4K) confirms that the RX 580's rendering pipeline is the limiting component.

The CPU's role in this scaling is negligible. The i7-12700K's 3DMark scores — 1043 single-thread, 2065 for 2 threads, 4011 for 4 threads, and 9979 for max threads — indicate strong multi-threaded performance that would not bottleneck at any resolution tested. The observed FPS drops are entirely attributable to the GPU's inability to maintain fill rates at higher pixel counts, particularly given its 32 ROPs and 193.0 GTexel/s texture rate.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS values by preset are as follows: Low delivers 78.6 FPS, Medium delivers 57.1 FPS, High delivers 50.1 FPS, and Ultra delivers 41.0 FPS. The gap between Low and Medium is 21.5 FPS, demonstrating that the Low preset significantly reduces rendering load. The step from Medium to High costs 7.0 FPS, while High to Ultra costs 9.1 FPS.

At 2560x1440, performance drops across all presets: Low averages 50.3 FPS, Medium 39.6 FPS, High 31.4 FPS, and Ultra 23.2 FPS. Notably, the 1440p Low result (50.3 FPS) is nearly identical to the 1080p High result (50.1 FPS), suggesting that the GPU's workload at these two settings is comparable. The Medium preset at 1440p (39.6 FPS) is slightly below the 1080p Ultra result (41.0 FPS).

At 3840x2160, all presets fall below 30 FPS: Low averages 29.7 FPS, Medium 23.4 FPS, High 17.8 FPS, and Ultra 16.3 FPS. The difference between High and Ultra at 4K is only 1.5 FPS, indicating that the GPU is fully saturated at this resolution regardless of settings. The scaling from 1080p Low (78.6 FPS) to 4K Low (29.7 FPS) represents a 62% reduction, while the same scaling for Ultra (41.0 to 16.3 FPS) is a 60% reduction. This consistency reinforces that the RX 580's compute capacity is the binding constraint across all configurations tested.