However, how difficult Indiana Jones and Doom: The Dark Ages are to run could mean we're moving into a forced ray tracing future. Not all games are quite as beefy, and the Civilization 7 ...

Heavy optimisation and developer engine familiarity will likely help with performance, but again, according to the specs, you'll need a ray tracing capable GPU to get your Doom on later this year.

Outside of the VRAM requirements, Doom: The Dark Ages also requires a GPU with ray tracing hardware. The game will support path tracing, as well as DLSS 4, according to Nvidia’s Jacob Freeman. DOOM: ...