DOOM Eternal Tested on Low-end Graphics Cards

[Julio Franco]

Doom Eternal keeps receiving praises so we've doubled down on testing by benchmarking 40 GPUs at 1080p using the low quality preset. This works out to be a good guide for gamers who haven't upgraded GPUs in several generations or as a second-hand GPU guide for Doom Eternal.

Read the full article here.

https://www.techspot.com/article/2001-doom-eternal-older-gpu-test/

 

[Vulcanproject]

Low settings with RS on this game is still very nice. That is one thing to say, 'low' doesn't mean sub console quality. There is a high watermark here.

7970GHz is super impressive. GTX680 is essentially the same generation albeit a few months older than the GHz revision, they were generally pretty close to equal on 2012 games. If anything the GTX680 was slightly faster. It's crazy how it even crushes the 780Ti.

That surely has to be drivers for this specific game.

I also noticed with some modern cards the impact memory has on this game, which appears quite significant. For example there the 4GB RX570 and the 8GB RX570 are miles apart. The 8GB card is leagues ahead. They are identical in core and clocks, the only thing that changes for those variants is memory.

I wonder how much of it is the mentioned bugs, there are a few odd things about how this game runs on certain cards.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

It is really nice to see that the game runs really well on lower-end graphics cards from 2 generations ago and can handle consoles including Switch.

Thing is: the graphics are cartoony to me. Brighter and more colorful than Doom 2016.

I really would like to see a DOOM that's more realistic looking like Crysis.

 

[Yynxs]

Excellent comparisons article and chart.

 

[veLa]

Fascinating how AMD cards age significantly better than NVIDIA cards do. Either it's NVIDIA failing to support older hardware with optimized drivers while AMD does, or perhaps AMD's architecture is simply more future proof.

 

[polord]

If you have a low end card, I not think they will have a 9900k cpu, so maybe test with low end cpu also...

 

[Nobina]

If you have a low end card, I not think they will have a 9900k cpu, so maybe test with low end cpu also...

That would be realistic but this is a GPU test, nothing beyond that.

 

[veLa]

If you have a low end card, I not think they will have a 9900k cpu, so maybe test with low end cpu also...

By using a high end CPU you remove the bottleneck and see how each video card directly compares.

 

[harm9963]

No 290X, but the 290 is rocking.

 

[loki1944]

If you have a low end card, I not think they will have a 9900k cpu, so maybe test with low end cpu also...

Exactly, these kinds of comparisons are essentially meaningless without a realistic matching cpu.

 

[ZackL04]

Tough to see 780ti so low, used to faster than a 290 at release and later a GTX 970 Traded blows

Obviously Nvidia has totally forgotten about 700 series owners

Foil hat removed, I understand AMD’s more core architecture is the real difference maker here. Just means these old 290’s and 390’s are awesome value if you have a big enough power supply for them

 

[SoloCamo]

Exactly, these kinds of comparisons are essentially meaningless without a realistic matching cpu.

This train of thought is incorrect when you are simply trying to see how gpu's stack up. Why bother intentionally limiting performance?

Besides, for the sake of testing I even paired an oc'ed Vega 64 with a FX-9590 and at 1080p ultra nightmare the frames were ridiculously high.

You'd have to drop down to an unrealistically low end cpu to see any meaningful bottleneck in this title.

 

[Nightfire]

Exactly, these kinds of comparisons are essentially meaningless without a realistic matching cpu.

Stop with the CPU nonsense already. It is Vulkan using idtech7. Tom's did a CPU analysis and a dual core Pentium is sufficient for even a 2080ti.

 

[Nightfire]

Probably the only game where a 6 GB 280x would make sense. You could run ultra Nightmare with a little help from DR perhaps. I agree that this game needs a tru low setting as they are all very close.

 

[EClyde]

I remember tweaking text files to get 30 fps in Quake. This was a nice post cause now I know what my R9 280 will get. I have a 6GB Asus GTX 1660 I may swap it out.

 

[Lounds]

Tough to see 780ti so low, used to faster than a 290 at release and later a GTX 970 Traded blows

Obviously Nvidia has totally forgotten about 700 series owners

Foil hat removed, I understand AMD’s more core architecture is the real difference maker here. Just means these old 290’s and 390’s are awesome value if you have a big enough power supply for them

That's mainly due to GNC being in current gen consoles, so the underlining code for a lot of modern games still suits old GNC Radeon cards. AMD fine wine indeed.

 

[toooooot]

Fascinating how AMD cards age significantly better than NVIDIA cards do. Either it's NVIDIA failing to support older hardware with optimized drivers while AMD does, or perhaps AMD's architecture is simply more future proof.

I made a mention of that in another bench article. It is well known that Nvidia stops optimizing the older products so they fall further and further down.

 

[Sandy1311]

For some reason, my 750ti ph runs the game at over 60 fps with most of the settings on high

 

[ZackL04]

That's mainly due to GNC being in current gen consoles, so the underlining code for a lot of modern games still suits old GNC Radeon cards. AMD fine wine indeed.

GCN* exactly what I was refering to, more cores at a lower speed, a broad pipeline

 

[Steve]

For some reason, my 750ti ph runs the game at over 60 fps with most of the settings on high

That's not normal, sure you have a 750 Ti? Here is a random example:

 

[bluetooth fairy]

It was stated in the above video "update your drivers, wash your hands", the problem now can also be restated to "hands unwashed".

Two GTX 1650 4G on both diagrams, is it normal? I guess one of the is GTX 1060 6G.

As of "a bit bloody odd performance in DE", I've seen a bit different results for RX 570 4G vs GTX 1060 3/6G in 1080p on low, with Radeon above both Geforces. On Tom's Hardware, for example.

 

[cgarciae]

Low-end PC? Surprised streaming service like stadia / gforce now weren't mentioned as a side note since they solve this issue.

 

[SoloCamo]

Low-end PC? Surprised streaming service like stadia / gforce now weren't mentioned as a side note since they solve this issue.

A fast paced shooter with increased latency? No thanks.

 

[fps4ever]

It is amazing how much the 980 Ti holds up even today, especially at 1080P.

My lowly 780 Ti isn't doing so well. :-(

 

[ZackL04]

It is amazing how much the 980 Ti holds up even today, especially at 1080P.

My lowly 780 Ti isn't doing so well. :-(

And thats a near factory clocked 980ti, add another 40O hmz or so overclock and imagine what its putting down. They overclock like a mofo, too bad they dont support adaptive sync, I would have never moved to a 1070