Best Settings for RTX 5090, 5070, 5070 Ti, 4090, 4070, 4070 Ti

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Best Settings for RTX 5090, 5070, 5070 Ti, 4090, 4070, 4070 Ti

Being a current-gen release, DOOM: The Dark Ages comes equipped with all manner of technical upgrades, including support for ray tracing (which is mandatory this time around) and upscaling tech such as DLSS 4 and FSR 4.

This does beg the question, what might be the best (estimated) settings for The Dark Ages, especially with regards to Nvidia’s heavy hitters such as the RTX 4090 and RTX 5090. A more thorough breakdown of the game’s technical aspects as well as its recommended presets can be found in the sections below.

Why optimizing settings matters in Doom: The Dark Ages

Doom: The Dark Ages is built on top of the in-house id Tech 8 game engine, and thus relies on Vulkan to process its graphics. Vulkan is a lot more performant than OpenGL or DirectX, and should net you more frames.

However, id Tech 8 comes with a crutch – mandatory ray tracing. This requirement means that older GPUs (such as the GTX 1070) cannot run the game at all, and cards that do run it face a lot more processing load.

As such, optimizing settings is required, and using a more reasonable preset of settings should allow for a more pleasant experience.

System requirements for Doom: The Dark Ages

Here are the official PC system requirements for Doom: The Dark Ages.

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PC system requirements for The Dark Ages are quite high | Image Credits: id Software

Minimum

• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or an Intel COre i7 10700K
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super or an AMD RX 6600 (8 GB VRAM)
• Storage: 100 GB
• Preset: Low, 1080p@60 FPS

Recommended

• Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or an Intel COre i7 12700K
• RAM: 32 GB
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 or an AM RX 6800 (10+ GB VRAM)
• Storage: 100 GB
• Preset: High, 1440p@60 FPS

Doom: The Dark Ages seems to be quite an intensive game, demanding a modestly powerful CPU. The PC system requirements mandate a minimum of 8 cores and 16 threads, along with a GPU that is capable of ray tracing.

The game also has an 8 GB minimum VRAM requirement, which should make running it all the more difficult. Assuming you can jump over the minimum PC system requirements, The Dark Ages should run perfectly fine for most machines, with upscaling enabled.

Best settings for RTX 5090, 4090, 4070 Ti in Doom: The Dark Ages

Here are the optimized settings:

• Window Mode: Fullscreen
• Aspect Ratio: Keep to your display’s native aspect ratio
• Resolution: Keep to your display’s native screen resolution 
• Refresh Rate: 120
• Vertical Sync: Off
• Present Form Compute: Off
• Field of View: 95
• Sharpening: 1.50
• Film Grain: 0.00
• Upscaler: DLSS
• DLSS Super Resolution: Quality
• DLSS Sharpness: 40%
• DLSS Frame Generation: Off
• Nvidia Reflex Mode: Off
• Motion Blur: Off; personal preference
• Overall Quality Slider: High (this applies to all presets under it)

All 3 cards should perform exceptionally well in the game. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5090 in particular are some of the strongest cards available, and should be able to handle The Dark Ages at 4K resolutions with 60+ FPS (DLSS enabled).

The RTX 4070 Ti is a lot less powerful than the RTX 5090, and should fare better with a more toned-down settings preset.

Best settings for RTX 5070 Ti, 5070, 4070 in Doom: The Dark Ages

Here are the optimized settings:

• Window Mode: Fullscreen
• Aspect Ratio: Keep to your display’s native aspect ratio
• Resolution: Keep to your display’s native screen resolution 
• Refresh Rate: 120
• Vertical Sync: Off
• Present Form Compute: Off
• Field of View: 95
• Sharpening: 1.50
• Film Grain: 0.00
• Upscaler: DLSS
• DLSS Super Resolution: Balanced
• DLSS Sharpness: 40%
• DLSS Frame Generation: Off
• Nvidia Reflex Mode: Off
• Motion Blur: Off; personal preference
• Overall Quality Slider: Medium (this applies to all presets under it)

All 3 cards should perform largely the same, but the RTX 5070 Ti should fare a bit better thanks to having access to DLSS 4. The three cards are best suited for 1440p gaming, with Medium-High settings (DLSS enabled).

Additional ray tracing is to be avoided for these cards.

Ray tracing and DLSS/FSR/XeSS: Worth enabling?

Doom: The Dark Ages has ray tracing enabled globally by default. As such, it is not possible to turn it off at all, and it affects performance by quite a fair margin. You will need an RT-capable GPU, which might lessen AMD’s gains here by a bit.

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RT is enabled by default | Image Credits: id Software

Make sure to keep the ray tracing at its basic levels to ensure smoother performance.

Upscaling is almost mandatory for Doom: The Dark Ages, as the game runs quite poorly at native resolutions. DLSS, as always, has a distinct edge over the others, and should be your preferred upscaler.

FSR and XeSS are available to all, and FSR is generally good enough for most users, at the Balanced or higher presets.

Doom: The Dark Ages best settings summary table

GPU	Resolution	Preset	DLSS Preset
RTX 5090, 4090	4K	High	Quality
RTX 5070 Ti, 4070 Ti	1440p	Medium	Balanced
RTX 5070, 4070	1440p	Medium	Balanced

Final thoughts: Future proofing and expected updates

Ray tracing is only going to be mandatory from now on, and you’re going to require beefy GPUs to simply be able to run the game. An RTX 3050 (8 GB) is likely to become the next standard for entry-level gaming.

That being said, Nvidia’s RTX 5000 series is likely to last you quite a long time, even outside of Doom: The Dark Ages.

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