The Technomancer

Resolution Scaling

The measured FPS data for The Technomancer shows a predictable but revealing pattern as resolution scales from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160. At High settings, the drop from 1080p to 4K is substantial: average FPS falls from 216.8 at 1920x1080 to 141.4 at 2560x1440, then to 79.1 at 3840x2160. That represents a 63.5% reduction in frame rate from the lowest to the highest resolution tested. The scaling curve is not linear, which points to where the bottleneck sits.

At Low settings, the same resolution sweep yields 330.7 FPS at 1080p, 213.5 FPS at 1440p, and 114.5 FPS at 4K. The fact that Low settings at 4K still produce over 114 FPS indicates that the GPU has ample headroom even when pixel count quadruples. The delta between Low and Ultra at each resolution grows as resolution increases: at 1080p, the gap between Low and Ultra is 160.4 FPS (330.7 vs 170.3), while at 4K that gap narrows to 53.1 FPS (114.5 vs 61.4). This compression at higher resolutions is typical of a scenario where pixel fill-rate demands begin to dominate.

The data suggests that at 1080p, the CPU and game engine are the primary limiting factors. With Low settings producing 330.7 FPS, the frame rate is far beyond what most displays can show, and the scaling from Low to Medium to High to Ultra shows only modest penalties relative to the resolution jump. At 4K Ultra, the 61.4 FPS figure indicates the GPU is now the clear constraint, but it still clears playable thresholds. The mid-range resolutions tell the most interesting story: 1440p High at 141.4 FPS and 1440p Ultra at 110.7 FPS both represent a sweet spot where neither component is fully saturated.

GPU Role

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 in this configuration brings 24 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, yielding 1.01 TB/s of bandwidth. The memory clock runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective speed. These specifications translate directly into the measured results: even at 4K Ultra, the 61.4 FPS average demonstrates that the memory subsystem can feed the GPU's 16384 shading units without starvation. The boost clock of 2520 MHz and base clock of 2235 MHz provide the raw compute throughput needed for The Technomancer's demanding scenes.

The GPU's performance percentile stands at 91 among all tested GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 66473. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark database are the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (avg score 66733, deltaPct -0.4), the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (66127, deltaPct 0.5), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (67097, deltaPct -0.9), and NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (67320, deltaPct -1.3). The RTX 4090 sits essentially at parity with these workstation-class cards in aggregate benchmarks, though the gaming-specific results here show far more separation in actual frame delivery.

Looking at the 4K results specifically, the RTX 4090's 24 GB frame buffer is more than sufficient for The Technomancer at any preset. The gap between Low (114.5 FPS) and Ultra (61.4 FPS) at 4K represents a 53.1 FPS penalty for maximum visual quality, which is a reasonable trade for the settings uplift. The 82.58 TFLOPS FP32 compute and 1,290.2 GTexel/s texture rate allow the card to push 79.1 FPS at 4K High, a figure that most GPUs cannot approach in this title. The pixel rate of 443.5 GPixel/s ensures that even the most geometrically dense scenes maintain consistent throughput.

CPU Role

The Intel Core i9-14900K provides 24 cores and 32 threads, with a base clock of 3.20 GHz and boost clock of 6.00 GHz. This processor's architecture is Raptor Lake-R, manufactured on a 10 nm process, and it carries 36 MB of shared L3 cache alongside 2 MB L2 per core and 80 KB L1 per core. In the aggregate benchmark suite, this CPU scores 79824 on average, placing it in the 97th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD EPYC 7413 (avg score 80041, deltaPct -0.3), Intel Core i9-14900KF (79245, deltaPct 0.7), Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF (79240, deltaPct 0.7), and Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (79102, deltaPct 0.9).

The CPU's influence on The Technomancer's frame rates is most visible at 1080p with lower settings. At 1920x1080 Low, the system produces 330.7 FPS, a figure that approaches the practical ceiling for game engine logic and draw call submission. The single-core performance, measured at 7040 in Cinebench R23 single-core and 4697 in Passmark single-thread, drives the per-frame work that scales with resolution. The multi-core strength, evidenced by the 49872 Cinebench R23 multi-core score and 58674 Passmark multithread score, ensures that background threads for physics and AI never create frame pacing issues.

The data shows that at 1080p Ultra, the 170.3 FPS result still leaves headroom on the CPU side, but the scaling from Low to Ultra at this resolution (330.7 to 170.3 FPS) reveals that settings changes have a larger relative impact than resolution changes. This is consistent with a CPU that can maintain high frame rates but becomes less dominant as GPU load increases. The 32 threads handle The Technomancer's workload without bottlenecking even at the highest frame rates measured.

FAQ

Q: What is the maximum average FPS achieved in The Technomancer with this combo?

A: The highest measured average FPS is 330.7, achieved at 1920x1080 resolution with Low settings.

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

A: The Intel Core i9-14900K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 combo ranks 20th out of 1656 tested combinations.

Q: What is the frame rate difference between 1080p and 4K at Ultra settings?

A: At Ultra settings, the average FPS drops from 170.3 at 1920x1080 to 61.4 at 3840x2160, a reduction of 108.9 FPS.

Q: Does the RTX 4090 outperform its nearest rivals in the aggregate benchmark?

A: The RTX 4090's average benchmark score is 66473, which is 0.4% lower than the NVIDIA Tesla T4 (66733) and 0.5% higher than the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (66127).

Q: What is the CPU's percentile ranking among all tested processors?

A: The Intel Core i9-14900K ranks in the 97th percentile of all CPUs tested, with an average benchmark score of 79824.

Q: Which setting preset at 1440p offers the highest frame rate above 200 FPS?

A: At 2560x1440, only Low settings achieve above 200 FPS, with an average of 213.5 FPS. Medium settings reach 166.5 FPS, High reaches 141.4 FPS, and Ultra reaches 110.7 FPS.

How This Combo Ranks

The combination of Intel Core i9-14900K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 achieves rank 20 out of 1656 tested combos in The Technomancer. This places the configuration in the top 1.2% of all tested systems, indicating that only 19 other CPU-GPU pairings deliver higher average frame rates in this title. The rank reflects the aggregate of all measured FPS rows, giving weight to both the CPU's ability to push high frame rates at lower resolutions and the GPU's capacity to maintain playable performance at 4K.

The top 19 combos ahead of this one likely benefit from either more specialized hardware configurations or silicon that edges out the RTX 4090 in this specific game's rendering paths. However, the 97th percentile CPU ranking and 91st percentile GPU ranking suggest that both components perform near the top of their respective categories. The delta between this combo and the very top performers is not quantifiable from the provided data, but the rank indicates that The Technomancer responds well to both the 14900K's high boost clock and the 4090's massive compute resources.

Considering that the RTX 4090's nearest GPU rivals are all workstation cards (Tesla T4, Tesla P40, Radeon Pro Vega 56, Quadro P6000), the fact that this gaming-focused card still ranks 20th overall in a game from 2016 suggests the title's engine benefits from raw rasterization throughput more than specialized compute features. The 14900K's position relative to its nearest rivals — all within 0.9% deltaPct — indicates that CPU choice among top-tier processors has minimal impact on the final ranking, with GPU selection being the differentiating factor.

Measured FPS Breakdown

At 1920x1080, the measured average FPS across settings shows a clear hierarchy: Low produces 330.7 FPS, Medium produces 253.5 FPS, High produces 216.8 FPS, and Ultra produces 170.3 FPS. The step from Low to Medium costs 77.2 FPS, the step to High costs another 36.7 FPS, and the step to Ultra costs an additional 46.5 FPS. This represents a total reduction of 160.4 FPS from the lowest to highest quality preset.

At 2560x1440, the results are 213.5 FPS for Low, 166.5 FPS for Medium, 141.4 FPS for High, and 110.7 FPS for Ultra. The gaps between settings narrow compared to 1080p: Low to Medium is 47 FPS, Medium to High is 25.1 FPS, and High to Ultra is 30.7 FPS. The total spread from Low to Ultra is 102.8 FPS, which is 57.6 FPS less than at 1080p.

At 3840x2160, the measured values are 114.5 FPS for Low, 89.8 FPS for Medium, 79.1 FPS for High, and 61.4 FPS for Ultra. The setting-to-setting deltas compress further: Low to Medium is 24.7 FPS, Medium to High is 10.7 FPS, and High to Ultra is 17.7 FPS. The total Low-to-Ultra spread is 53.1 FPS, confirming that resolution scaling dominates over settings scaling at 4K.

Comparing across resolutions at the same settings, High preset shows the most consistent scaling: 216.8 FPS at 1080p, 141.4 FPS at 1440p, and 79.1 FPS at 4K. The ratio from 1080p to 1440p is 0.65, and from 1440p to 4K is 0.56, indicating that each resolution step imposes a similar relative cost. At Ultra, the ratios are 0.65 and 0.55 respectively, showing that the most demanding preset scales almost identically to High.

Settings Recommendations

The measured FPS data suggests that Ultra settings provide the best experience only at lower resolutions. At 1920x1080 Ultra, the 170.3 FPS average is more than sufficient for any display, and the visual quality uplift from High is worth the 46.5 FPS cost. However, at 3840x2160 Ultra, the 61.4 FPS average drops below the 79.1 FPS achieved at High, and the 17.7 FPS difference between High and Ultra at 4K represents a marginal quality gain for a significant performance hit.

For 2560x1440 displays, High settings at 141.4 FPS offer the best balance. The step from High to Ultra costs 30.7 FPS (dropping to 110.7 FPS), while the step from High to Medium only gains 25.1 FPS (166.5 FPS). High sits in the middle of the performance envelope, providing frame rates that exceed 140 FPS while retaining most of the visual fidelity that Ultra offers. Medium at 166.5 FPS is the choice for competitive play, while Low at 213.5 FPS exceeds the refresh rate of virtually all monitors.

At 3840x2160, High settings are the recommended preset. The 79.1 FPS average is above the 60 FPS threshold, and the 17.7 FPS gap to Ultra (61.4 FPS) is not justified by the incremental visual improvements. Low at 114.5 FPS provides headroom for high-refresh 4K displays, though the visual compromise is substantial. Medium at 89.8 FPS is a reasonable middle ground, but High offers the best combination of fidelity and smoothness in the 4K category.

For 1920x1080, the data supports Ultra as the default recommendation, since 170.3 FPS is well above display refresh rates and the CPU-GPU combination has ample headroom. The 330.7 FPS at Low is only relevant for esports scenarios or extreme frame rate chasing, which The Technomancer does not demand. Medium at 253.5 FPS and High at 216.8 FPS both offer higher frame rates but at the cost of visual quality that the hardware can easily afford to render.