TweakTown

DOOM: The Dark Ages path tracing upgrade vs standard ray-tracing

TL;DR: NVIDIA will release the Path Tracing Patch for DOOM: The Dark Ages on June 18, enhancing in-game lighting with advanced ray-traced effects. This upgrade offers more vibrant visuals and ...
TweakTown

DOOM: The Dark Ages levels up with Path Tracing and DLSS Ray Reconstruction

TL;DR: id Software's DOOM: The Dark Ages, running on id Tech 8, features advanced ray-traced global illumination and RT gameplay mechanics. A June PC update will add Path Tracing with DLSS 4 ...
GameSpot

Doom: The Dark Ages Makes Hell Look Better Than Ever With Latest Path Tracing Update

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Doom: The Dark Ages is a great-looking game, leveraging the ray tracing enhancements that the latest iteration of iDTech affords the blood-soaked ...
GameSpot

Doom: The Dark Ages PC Specs Revealed, Requires Ray Tracing Compatible GPU

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Bethesda and Id Software have revealed the PC specs for Doom: The Dark Ages. They provided specifications for the minimum, recommended, and ultra ...
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Doom: The Dark Ages PC performance analysis: Always-on ray tracing isn't a problem and even a cheap gaming laptop copes just fine

To get a measure of how Doom: The Dark Ages runs across a range of gaming PCs, I used Bethesda's PC system requirements to choose what systems to test it on. With ray tracing permanently used and no ...
IGN

Doom: The Dark Ages Performance Review

With IDTech and Doom needing no introduction, we get knee deep in Hell once more with Doom: The Dark Ages Performance review. What does the Doom Ray Tracing features add? How well does Doom run on PS5 ...
TechSpot

Doom: The Dark Ages gameplay details, release date, and system requirements revealed

Highly anticipated: As Bethesda and id Software start the final hype cycle before the launch of Doom: The Dark Ages on May 15, the official PC system requirements reveal that ray tracing, a ...
Digital Trends

Doom: The Dark Ages requires a GPU with ray tracing

Doom: The Dark Ages got an official release date today at Xbox’s Developer Direct — and we even had a chance to go hands-on with the game — and alongside the announcement of a May 15 release, ...
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Gamers were wrong: Ray-tracing makes a difference

For several years now, ray-tracing has been viewed as an unnecessary graphics feature that's more responsible for tanking your PC's performance rather than providing a better gaming experience. And to ...

The most popular PC games still rarely use hardware ray tracing

PC Gamer recently noted that, among the 21 most popular PC games of 2025, only five make use of hardware-accelerated ray tracing. While the demanding technology ...
Game Rant

DOOM: The Dark Ages PC Settings and Performance Review

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the GameRant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...