Summary
PC gamers will need powerful hardware to runDoom: The Dark Ages, as id Software revealed the specs required to play the game at different resolutions.Doom: The Dark Agesfollows in the footsteps ofIndiana Jones and the Great Circle, as it requires a solid-state drive (SSD) and a graphics card capable of utilizing ray tracing.
During the final segment of the 2025 Xbox Developer Direct broadcast, id Software closed the show with a look atDoom: The Dark Ages. A prequel to 2016’sDoom, the upcoming entry in the beloved FPS franchise will hearken back to the strafe-focused combat style of the originalDoomgames on PC. The Doom Slayer will have a new buzzsaw shield alongside an arsenal of powerful firearms as he carves a path of destruction across vast levels and dark environments.Doom: The Dark Ageswill be released on May 15, including a Day One launch on Xbox Game Pass on console, PC, and Xbox Cloud Gaming.
AlthoughDoom: The Dark Ageswill run on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, PC players need some beefy components to play the upcoming title.According to Bethesda,Doom: The Dark Ageswill join another of the company’s AAA titles,Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, in requiring an SSD anda GPU capable of ray tracing. PlayingDoom: The Dark Agesat 1080p and 60 frames per second (FPS) requires an 8-core CPU, starting with AMD’s Zen 2 and Intel’s 10th generation and up. The ray tracing requirement means that only the AMD Radeon RX 6000, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, or higher will be necessary. At least 16 GB of RAM and 100GB of storage space on an NVME SSD will also be needed. Jumping to 1440p high video settings will require components like the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X processor, an RTX 3080 graphics card, and 32 GB of RAM.
1080p / 60 FPS / Low Video Settings
1440p / 60 FPS / High Video Settings
2160p / 60 FPS / Ultra Video Settings
Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
CPU
AMD Zen 2 or Intel 10th Generation @3.2 GHz with 8 Cores / 16 threads or better (Examples: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, Intel Core i7 10700K)
AMD Zen 3 or Intel 12th Generation @3.2 GHz with 8 Cores / 16 threads or better (Examples: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, Intel Core i7 12700K)
GPU
Nvidia or AMD Hardware Ray Tracing Capable GPU With 8GB Dedicated VRAM or better (Examples: Nvidia RTX 2060 Super, AMD Radeon RX 6600)
Nvidia or AMD Hardware Ray Tracing Capable GPU With 10GB Dedicated VRAM or better (Examples: Nvidia RTX 3080, AMD Radeon RX 6800)
Nvidia or AMD Hardware Ray Tracing Capable GPU With 16GB Dedicated VRAM or better (Examples: Nvidia RTX 4080, AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT)
16 GB
32 GB
512 GB or Higher NVME SSD (100 GB Available)
The highest preset, Ultra 4K, requires an RTX 4080 or Radeon RX 7900 XT or newer graphics card. Alongside the ray tracing and SSD requirements,Doom: The Dark Ageswill utilize Nvidia’s Multi-Frame Generationand Ray Reconstruction technologies to increase performance. However, the Multi-Frame Generation and Ray Reconstruction features will require an RTX 50 series graphics card.
Between the visceral combat and its heavy soundtrack,Doom: The Dark Agesis one ofthe most anticipated games of 2025. Only time will tell how well the PC version of id Software’s upcoming shooter will perform.
