Best Settings to Play Doom: The Dark Ages at 1080p

Enjoying Doom: The Dark Ages at 1080p desktop resolution requires you to make some tweaks. Here are the best settings you can have.

1080p resolution is the standard for most budget and mid-range gamers. This time, the id Tech 8 engine goes full-on RT from the ground up, which means mainstream 8 GB GPUs across Intel, Nvidia, and AMD are the talking point for this article. Below are the settings catered towards the 1080p resolution, mainly targeting 60 FPS on modern mainstream GPUs.

Note: This article mainly considers 8 GB GPUs as the go-to standard for 1080p resolution, suggesting upscaling such as DLSS / FSR. Due to the extremely low game render resolution, you may be CPU-bound if using CPUs below the Ryzen 5 5600 territory or the Core i5 13400 territory.

Best Settings for Doom: The Dark Ages (1080p Optimized)

A Few Keynotes to Consider:

When using Frame Generation, keep an eye on your VRAM meter. Monitor it via RTSS, and lower the settings if the VRAM starts to run out.
If you encounter stability issues, disable Nvidia Reflex or AMD Anti-Lag, as this helps in CPU-bound scenarios.
Use the AMD Adrenaline 24.5.1+ driver, which offers improved performance with FSR upscaling for AMD GPUs.

Best Settings Explored

Setting	1080p Recommendation
Window Mode	Fullscreen
Resolution	1920×1080
Refresh Rate	Highest available (e.g., 144Hz/165Hz)
Vertical Sync	Off (Enable if screen tearing occurs)
Present From Compute	On (Critical for 15–20% performance boost)
Resolution Scaling	Off
Field of View	90–100 (Higher values reduce performance)
Chromatic Aberration	Off
Depth of Field	Off (Minimal visual impact at 1080p)
Upscaler	DLSS Quality (NVIDIA) / FSR (AMD)
DLSS/FSR Sharpness	40–50%
Frame Generation	On for RTX 40/50-series or RX 7000-series (Off for sub-60 FPS base)
NVIDIA Reflex	On
Motion Blur	Off
Texture Pool Size	1024–1536 MB (Adjust based on VRAM)
Shadow Quality	Medium (High on 12 GB+ VRAM GPUs)
Reflections	Medium (Major performance hog; avoid Ultra)
Volumetrics	Low (High impact on CPU/GPU)
Texture Filtering	Ultra Nightmare (Minimal performance cost)
Ray Tracing	Medium (High for RTX 3070+/4060 Ti (8GB)

That concludes the Doom: The Dark Ages settings recommendations for 1080p resolution. Midrange cards like the 3060 and RX 6600 XT can do 60 FPS with these tweaks. If you own an 8 GB GPU that is faster or near the 3070 / 3070 Ti level, you can turn up shading and lighting effects and monitor VRAM usage.

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