Doom Eternal’s free next-gen update will be made available in June.
Coming June 29, news of the free update to Doom Eternal was shared during the Xbox + Bethesda showcase which took place earlier today.
This free update optimizes Doom Eternal for the next-gen consoles and will offer improved visuals, increased performance, and support for ray-tracing, or 4K resolution at 60 FPS, or an optional 120 FPS mode.
The next-gen update is also coming to PC, and will feature ray-tracing on compatible machines.
Here’s the breakdown:
Xbox Series X
- Performance Mode: 1800p – 120 FPS
- Balanced Mode: 2160p – 60 FPS
- Ray Tracing Mode: 1800p – 60 FPS
Xbox Series S
- Performance Mode: 1080p – 120 FPS
- Balanced Mode: 1440p – 60 FPS
- Ray Tracing Mode: Not Available
PlayStation 5
- Performance Mode: 1584p – 120 FPS
- Balanced Mode: 2160p – 60 FPS
- Ray Tracing Mode: 1800p – 60 FPS
PC
- Ray Tracing Mode: Availability and performance depends on PC hardware
All modes feature dynamic resolution scaling. Balanced and Performance Modes are not available with Ray Tracing.
Performance Mode will also require a 120hz compatible display, while Balanced Mode will require a 4K compatible display.
For a look at what ray-tracing does to the game, check out the video above of it running on a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti at 4K.
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