DOOM: The Dark Ages Early Benchmarks Indicate a Great-Looking Game That Performs Well at 1080p/1440p but Needs a Powerful GPU for 4K

[Peter_Brosdahl]

DOOM: The Dark Ages arrives next week, and it's looking like most folks will be able to experience high frame rates using its Ultra Nightmare preset when gaming at 1080p or 1440p.

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[MadMummy76]

We are going backwards. 1080p was the peasant setting even 10+ years ago.

The current arrangement is too comfortable for AAA developers and video card manufacturers. Devs can use computationally expensive features that barely improve graphics if not outright making it worse, while nvidia sells their "nextgen" hardware with no real innovation or leap, so you can play a game that looks no better than the games from 5 years ago.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I know, but sadly, that is the state of things. On the plus side, at least textures and effects are making strides so that modern 1080p doesn't look as awful as it did back then. Just for kicks, I've been doing a lot of testing with newer games, with every IQ setting maxed, and then some if good mods are available to increase further, at 1080p, and I admit I'm impressed at how well it can natively be. For a while now, I've wondered why so many still game at it, beyond stupidly high FPS for competitive stuff, but it still has some merits. However, I ultimately still aim for native 4K when possible, especially if able to use DLAA.