"DOOM Eternal" is about to be released, and AMD and NVIDIA have simultaneously released new versions of drivers, which are specially optimized for this game.

This game is developed by id Software and published by Bethesda. It is also the second work in the DOOM series after the reboot in 2016. It has twice as many new demons as the previous game. It will be launched on Windows, PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia cloud gaming platform. Plans to launch on Switch.

According to official recommendations, if you want to obtain a smooth frame rate at 1080p resolution and high image quality, you need a GTX 1060 6GB, GTX 970 4GB or higher graphics card, Core i7-6700K, Ryzen 7 1800X or higher processor, and 8GB memory .

To get the ultimate 4K experience, we recommend RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, Core i9-9900K/Ryzen 7 3700X or higher processor, and 16GB memory.

AMD's new driver version 20.3.1, using the RX 5700 XT graphics card, 1080p and the highest image quality in "Doom: Eternal" can achieve a performance improvement of up to 5% compared to version 20.2.2.

At the same time, the new driver supports "Half-Life: Alyx" and "Ghost Recon: Breakpoint" (Vulkan). It also adds four new Vulkan extensions VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage, VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info, VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment, VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control, and fixes 18 bugs.

NVIDIA's new driver version 442.74, in addition to optimizing performance, configuration and bug fixes for "Doom: Eternal", also solves the problem of a black screen after switching the Alt+Tab shortcut key in "Red Dead Redemption 2".

However, the driver still has many bugs in "Doom: Eternal", especially under Windows 10 systems. Asnel reported an error when capturing super-resolution screenshots and the performance declined after turning on the Steam frame rate counter (NVIDIA said it was not just a problem with its own graphics card). problem), the screen flickers after turning off system HDR and turning on game HDR (HDR games need to be turned on in Windows color settings), and turning on Steam overlay on SLI systems causes blurred screens.