[STEAM] How to fix lag and crashes in Doom The Dark Ages

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Doom The Dark Ages is available on early access with the full launch coming soon, but the performances so far have been dodgy to say the least.

While console users have found things pretty smooth till now, the same can't be said about those who are on PC. A major issue earlier prevented Nvidia users from being able to start early access on time, but that problem has been fixed. However, freezes, crashes, and lag-related incidents have been pretty common, and here are some tips and tricks to try in the meantime.

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It appears that the current version of the game on PC has some optimization issues. If you're using an Nvidia graphics card, make sure to update your drivers. There's a false error message that pops up when you start the game for the first time. You can ignore it and proceed to play, but make sure that your drivers are updated to the latest version.

It's better to cap the max FPS to 60 for the time being. This will smooth the FPS; if you don't put a limit, there's a chance for the client to push it to an unrealistic target, and cause stutters in the process. There are a few incidents on

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' Steam forum about some players encountering crashes when the FPS drops suddenly from stuttering. Putting a cap on maximum FPS will hopefully prevent that issue.

For the time being, it's better to reduce the overall graphic settings from the optimum (even if your hardware can handle it). This will reduce the load on your setup, and ensures that stutters and lags, however occasional they might be, don't happen at all. Additionally, you can turn off V-Sync as that will decrease the load on your setup.

These are the current settings I have been running on my system. It uses an RTX 3060 and Ryzen 5600G (not amazing, but gets the work done). This set of settings has prevented any incidents of crashes and FPS drops on a consistent basis. There's been a bit of random stutters, but it's ignorable (happens if there are too many enemies at the same location).

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Window Mode: Fullscreen/Borderless Window

Monitor: Your default device

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Resolution: 1920x1080 (it can be 1440P as well)

Refresh Rate: Value that matches your monitor

Vertical Sync: Off

Present From Compute: On

Resolution Scaling Mode: Dynamic

Resolution Scaling Target FPS: 60

Performance Metrics: Off

Field of View: 90

Chromatic Aberration: On

Depth of Field: On

Sharpening: 1.5

Film Grain: 1

Upscaler: Personal Preferences

Nvidia Reflex Mode: On

Enable HDR: Off

Motion Blur: Off (Can be kept on during cutscenes)

Motion Blur: High

Motion Blur Quality: Medium

Overall Quality Slider: Custom

Shadow Quality: Medium

Reflection Quality: Medium

Lights Quality: Medium

Particles Quality: Medium

Decal Quality: Medium

Water Quality: Medium

Volumetrics Quality: Medium

Texture Filtering Quality: High

Geometric Quality: Medium

Shading Quality: Medium

Directional Occlusion: Off

I am hopeful that Bethesda will be pushing out a day-one patch with the full release, which should fix plenty of optimization issues that have taken place on PC so far.

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