Doom: The Dark Ages Settings for Low-end PC: RTX 3060, RTX 4060 & RTX 3060 Ti

Doom: The Dark Ages is set to release this week on Steam and Game Pass. One of the most anticipated titles of May, it’s also among the more optimized releases in recent memory. Built on the ID Engine 8, the game scales incredibly well on high-end CPUs, pushing 100 FPS even on entry-level systems. It includes upscaling, frame generation, and multi-frame generation, allowing for a fluid experience across a range of PCs.

Windows/System Settings to Optimize

• Enable Resizable BAR.
• Turn on Game Mode.
• Enable Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) and Windowed Optimizations.
• Use the Windows “High Performance” power profile and set your GPU power management mode to the same.
• Overclock your GPU if you’re narrowly missing the 60 FPS mark.
• Ensure you use the proper XMP/EXPO memory profile (if available).
• Here’s a guide with more detailed instructions.
• Doom The Dark Ages PC Optimization & Performance Guide

Doom The Dark Ages: PC Specs (60 FPS)

Doom: The Dark Ages Benchmarks

Doom: The Dark Ages averages over 60 FPS on the GeForce RTX 4060 laptop GPU using the maximum quality settings at 1080p. You can easily yield averages of over 100 FPS using frame generation, but the texture pool needs to be reduced to 2048 or 2560. A consistent 60 FPS gameplay at 1440p is attainable in the same way.

GeForce RTX 3060 owners will average a bit over 50 FPS using the above settings. You’ve got three options. You can switch to performance-mode upscaling, reduce reflection quality to low or off (disable RT), or turn off directional occlusion.

Or, you can opt for FSR 3-based frame generation and reduce the texture pool to 2048. Unfortunately, the current build features a buggy implementation of FSR that makes the game lock up.

Doom: The Dark Ages VRAM Usage

Doom: The Dark Ages uses nearly 9 GB of graphics memory using the maximum quality settings at 1080p. Upscaling brings it down to 8.5-8.7 GB, but frame generation demands a texture pool reduction, or you won’t feel its benefits. QHD uses over 11 GB at native, and close to 9 GB using balanced-mode upscaling.

Doom: The Dark Ages Optimized Settings for Low-end PC