Today, NVIDIA released a new GeForce driver (Game Ready version 576.40) for DOOM: The Dark Ages. The game is coming out on Thursday, May 15, but early access begins tomorrow for those who purchased the Premium Edition. This is also the edition that comes with the GeForce RTX 50 Series bundle announced earlier this month.
The game supports various NVIDIA GeForce RTX technologies, such as DLSS Super Resolution (on RTX 20 and upward GPUs), DLSS Frame Generation (on RTX 40 and upward GPUs), and DLSS Multi Frame Generation (on RTX 50 GPUs). NVIDIA says that owners of the latest graphics cards can expect up to 4x faster frame rates when enabling all these technologies at once. DOOM: The Dark Ages, powered by id Tech 8, also already supports ray tracing. However, with a post-launch update, its visuals will be further improved with full-fledged path tracing.
DOOM: The Dark Ages received an 8.5/10 score here on Wccftech from reviewer Chris Wray:
DOOM: The Dark Ages is a rip-tearing fun ride that reigns in some of the excesses of DOOM Eternal, bringing the gameplay closer to DOOM (2016), while adding meat to the story in a long, meaty, campaign across over twenty stages. Put simply, if you liked DOOM and DOOM Eternal, you will like this, even if there are a few minor missteps.
Later this week, as already announced, DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation
With today's GeForce driver, NVIDIA also whitelisted DLSS overrides in the NVIDIA app for the following PC games:
- Bodycam
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Commandos Origins
- Lost Skies
- Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
- Necrophosis
- New World: Aeternum
- No More Room in Hell 2
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds
- Spirit of the North 2
- Steel Seed
- Tempest Rising
- The Talos Principle: Reawakened
- Warframe
The NVIDIA GeForce driver also adds support for seven new G-Sync Compatible displays:
| Manufacturer | Model | HDR | Size | Panel Type | Resolution | VRR Range |
| Acer | X32 V5 | Yes | 31.5 | OLED | 3840x2160 (4K) | 48-165Hz |
| AOC | 25G42E | Yes | 24.5 | IPS | 1920x1080 (FHD) | 48-180Hz |
| AOC | 24G42HE | Yes | 23.8 | IPS | 1920x1080 (FHD) | 48-200Hz |
| AOC | 25G4SRE | Yes | 24.5 | IPS | 1920x1080 (FHD) | 48-310Hz |
| AOC | Q27G40SE | Yes | 27 | IPS | 2560x1440 (QHD) | 48-300Hz |
| I-O DATA | GDQ271JAQ | Yes | 27 | IPS | 2560x1440 (QHD) | 60-200Hz |
| Dell | AW2725D | Yes | 27 | IPS | 2560x1440 (QHD) | 24-280Hz |
Lastly, the following bugs were fixed, according to the official driver changelog:
Fixed Gaming Bugs
- [Monster Hunter Wilds] Random stability issues [5204023]
- [RTX 50 series] Dead Space Remake displays shadow flicker [5241013]
Fixed General Bugs
- [RTX 50 series] Colors may appear slightly saturated in games when in game-resolution
is below the native resolution of the monitor [5158681] - [RTX 50 series] ASUS PG32UQXR/Asus ROG PG248QP/Asus ROG PG32UCDM display
may boot to black screen [5088957] - Slight stutter may be observed on certain LG TVs at lower refresh rates when G-SYNC
is enabled [5198025]
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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