Best Settings to Play Doom: The Dark Ages at 1440p

Here are the best settings to play Doom: The Dark Ages at 1440p desktop resolution.

May 15th is just around the corner, and Doom: The Dark Ages is the most anticipated game right now, although individuals who have purchased the Premium Edition are playing it right now. Id Tech 8 game engine unleashed accurate lighting with a complete RT-based game design. While 4K resolution showcases the game’s graphical progress, 1440p offers an excellent balance between visuals and performance for budget buyers and enthusiasts alike. Best Doom: The Dark Ages at 1440p resolution settings are below.

Note: At 1440p, with a high-end GPU such as the RTX 4090 or RTX 5080, you will be CPU-bound if you are not pairing it with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D or a Core i7 14700K (with tuned DDR5)

Best Settings for Doom: The Dark Ages (1440p Optimized)

The only thing they fear (Image via Bethesda Softworks) — The Slayer in Doom: The Dark Ages (Image via Bethesda Softworks)

A Few Keynotes to Consider:

For high framerates, consider using DLSS / FSR, whichever applies. Frame generation helps a lot, suiting the game’s adrenaline nature and eliminating potential CPU bottlenecks, if any.
These settings were made with the GPU tier RTX 3060 Ti, with the RTX 5090 in mind, so some values will be lower than your expectations. AMD GPUs within the RX 6700 to 7900 XTX will be considered.
Unlike many games, Dark Ages doesn’t show drastic performance changes when dropping from Ultra Nightmare to Medium. However, what shows a big difference is the use of upscaling and frame generation.

Best Settings Explored

Setting	Value
Window Mode	Fullscreen
Monitor	Primary monitor
Aspect Ratio	16:9 (or your native)
Resolution	2560×1440
Refresh Rate	Highest available
Vertical Sync	Off (Turn it on if you don’t have a FreeSync or G-Sync compatible monitor)
Present From Compute	On
Resolution Scaling Mode	Off
Resolution Scale	100% (Greyed out)
Performance Metrics	Off (Keep it on during benchmarks)
Field of View	90–100 (As per preference)
Chromatic Aberration	Off
Depth of Field	Off
Sharpening	As per preference
Film Grain	Off
Upscaler	DLSS for NVIDIA / FSR for AMD
DLSS/ FSR Super Resolution	Quality (Performance for more FPS)
DLSS / FSR Sharpness	46%
DLSS Frame Generation	Off (On for RTX 40/50 series for a significant FPS boost)
NVIDIA Reflex Mode	On
Enable HDR	Off (Turn it on only if you have a proper HDR monitor)
Gamma	As per preference
Motion Blur	Off
Motion Blur Amount	Low
Motion Blur Quality	High
Overall Quality Slider	Custom
Texture Pool Size	1536-2048
Shadow Quality	Medium
Reflections Quality	Medium
Lights Quality	High
Particles Quality	Ultra
Decal Quality	Ultra
Water Quality	Ultra
Volumetrics Quality	Medium
Texture Filtering Quality	Ultra Nightmare
Geometric Quality	High
Shading Quality	High

That wraps up the 1440p setting requirement for Doom: The Dark Ages. Remember that the game’s mandatory ray tracing makes it even more demanding than previous DOOM titles. Thankfully, ID’s fantastic optimization makes excellent use of AMD, Intel, and Nvidia hardware.

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