Best Settings to Play Doom: The Dark Ages at 4K

Doom: The Dark Ages is releasing on May 15, 2025, with a renewed focus on combat and visual fidelity. Here are the 4K graphics settings.

Picture of DOOM: The Dark Ages — Doom: The Dark Ages (Image via Bethesda Softworks)

Bethesda’s newest title in the Doom franchise, Doom: The Dark Ages, is all set to release on May 15, 2025, but those who purchased the Premium Edition of the game can play it two days early. Regardless of when you play, the most important thing is the experience, and that is top-notch. However, unlike the previous Doom titles, Doom: The Dark Ages leans heavily towards the graphical aspects to deliver the most realistic and brutal world of Doom.

Therefore, the game is best experienced in 4K, which won’t be easy on the GPUs, even on $1000+ GPUs. That’s why we have compiled a list of the best settings to play Doom: The Dark Ages at 4K with a good balance between graphical fidelity and performance.

What Are the Best Settings To Play Doom: The Dark Ages at 4K?

Picture of Doom Slayer looking down menacingly — Doom Slayer looking down menacingly (Image via Bethesda Softworks)

Doom: The Dark Ages is particularly demanding on the GPU, as its system requirements indicate. You will need a powerful GPU like the RTX 4070 Super or above to get a decent 60 FPS gameplay experience at 4K with the right settings, which are listed below:

Setting	4K Gaming
Window Mode	Fullscreen
Monitor	Primary monitor
Aspect Ratio	16:9 (or your native)
Resolution	3840×2160
Refresh Rate	Highest available
Vertical Sync	Off (Turn it on if you don’t have a FreeSync or a G-Sync compatible monitor)
Present From Compute	On (Greyed out)
Resolution Scaling Mode	Off (Greyed out)
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	Default/As per preference
Film Grain	Off
Upscaler	DLSS
DLSS Super Resolution	Quality or Balanced, depending on your FPS
DLSS Sharpness	46%
DLSS Frame Generation	Off
FSR/XeSS	Off
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	Ultra Nightmare
Overall Quality Slider	Custom
Texture Pool Size	2048–3072
Shadow Quality	High
Reflections Quality	Medium
Lights Quality	Ultra
Particles Quality	High
Decal Quality	Ultra Nightmare
Water Quality	Ultra
Volumetrics Quality	High
Texture Filtering Quality	Ultra Nightmare
Geometric Quality	Ultra Nightmare
Shading Quality	Ultra

Here are a few things you should keep in mind:

Use DLSS/FSR quality settings according to your GPU. If you have a powerful GPU, set the upscalar to Quality. If you have a mid-range GPU, set it to Balanced mode. However, if you have a budget GPU, set DLSS/FSR to Performance.
Try not to use Frame Generation in this game since it is not recommended in FPS titles like this.
Don’t play the game at Low Graphics Settings since it will not deliver a huge performance increase.

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