Path Tracing and DLSS 4 in DOOM: The Dark Ages in June—new details from Computex
At NVIDIA's Computex 2025 presentation, they showed an improved version of DOOM: The Dark Ages with support for full RTX effects. Path tracing, DLSS 4, and NVIDIA Reflex technology will be available in June as part of a separate patch.
The main feature of the patch will be the full path tracing mode, which includes global illumination, realistic reflections, complex light scattering and shadows. The graphics in the game change significantly - this can be seen by comparing screenshots with Ray Tracing enabled and full-fledged Path Tracing: reflections are enhanced, light penetrates into the depths of scenes, and fire and light sources become physically accurate.
An important advantage is realized due to DLSS 4 with Transformer Upscaling and Multi-Frame Generation, which on GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards provides up to 7x performance gains in 4K with path tracing enabled. This technology not only speeds up rendering, but also improves visual quality, making the image sharper and more stable. Compared to DLSS turned off, you can see how much the transformer model eliminates noise and adds detail.
The exact release date for the path tracing patch for DOOM: The Dark Ages is still unclear, but NVIDIA has stated it's "Coming in June."
