{"id":1198603,"date":"2026-02-18T15:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Q7oooNvKm7Bod5hXdvGDzV"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:04:48","slug":"doom-the-dark-ages-is-unplayable-on-handheld-gaming-pcs-at-the-moment-but-its-not-because-the-hardware-isnt-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/doom-the-dark-ages-is-unplayable-on-handheld-gaming-pcs-at-the-moment-but-its-not-because-the-hardware-isnt-good-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Doom: The Dark Ages is unplayable on handheld gaming PCs at the moment but it&#8217;s not because the hardware isn&#8217;t good enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class='jwplayer__widthsetter'>\n<div class='jwplayer__wrapper'>\n<div id='futr_botr_p4s2yp83_NJExfM5n_div' class='future__jwplayer'>\n<div id='botr_p4s2yp83_NJExfM5n_div'><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re only a few days away from the public launch of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/doom-the-dark-ages-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doom: The Dark Ages<\/a>, id Software&#8217;s newest entry in the 32-year-old franchise. Take a leaf from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which used the id Tech 7 engine, the new Doom uses ray tracing all the time for global lighting, reflections, and shadows. As I discovered in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/doom-the-dark-ages-pc-performance-analysis-always-on-ray-tracing-isnt-a-problem-and-even-a-cheap-gaming-laptop-copes-just-fine\/\" target=\"_blank\">my performance analysis<\/a>, it&#8217;s not quite as demanding on your rig as you might expect, and even a handheld gaming PC can run the id Tech 8-powered shooter. Well, for a few seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The above video has been captured on an Asus ROG Ally, set to its 30 W performance mode, with Doom: The Dark Ages configured to use the Low graphics preset, along with FSR Performance upscaling. As you can see, it manages to pull a consistent 30 fps&#8230;for nearly 40 seconds, before the drivers bailed out.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, the game launched with a big warning about how the ROG Ally&#8217;s GPU drivers were old and not recommended for use with Doom: The Dark Ages, so it&#8217;s not like the above crash is unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>However, the frustrating part of all of this isn&#8217;t the crash or the blurry, heavily upscaled graphics. It&#8217;s the fact that updating the GPU drivers for the ROG Ally is far harder than it needs to be. Unlike with AMD&#8217;s desktop and laptop graphics processors, where I can download the latest Adrenalin software, I&#8217;m stuck waiting for Asus to release better drivers for the ROG Ally.<\/p>\n<p>This seems to be a perennial problem with any handheld gaming PC that uses an AMD Ryzen Z1 processor for CPU and GPU duties. Any other APU from AMD&#8217;s lineup can be updated via Adrenalin, but not the Z1s\u2014they have to be done by the handheld PC&#8217;s vendor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"RGrvwybX7cuupiRAehy7xE\" name=\"doom_the_dark_ages_screenshot_01\" alt=\"A screenshot from the PC version of Doom: The Dark Ages, using the Ultra quality preset\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doom-the-dark-ages-is-unplayable-on-handheld-gaming-pcs-at-the-moment-but-its-not-because-the-hardware-isnt-good-enough.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Bethesda Softworks)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sure, the likes of the Ally, Steam Deck, and other portable PCs are really up for handling a fully ray-traced game, and I could only get 30 fps by use of FSR Performance, which makes everything so blurry that all the ray-traced goodies are somewhat lost.<\/p>\n<p>That said, on a little 7-inch screen, it doesn&#8217;t look too bad, and I&#8217;d be happy to stomp around with my shield and shotgun for a quick blast. But until Asus decides to update the GPU drivers for the Ally, there&#8217;s no chance of that happening, and as more games become RT-only over the years, handheld vendors will need to do a better job at staying up-to-date with drivers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3ec59577-4f03-432b-be8b-1b226b56b91d\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best handheld gaming PC\" data-dimension48=\"Best handheld gaming PC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"G3q8TJoeGnSJnYj5gp6AJC\" name=\"1646303119.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/doom-the-dark-ages-is-unplayable-on-handheld-gaming-pcs-at-the-moment-but-its-not-because-the-hardware-isnt-good-enough-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-handheld-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"3ec59577-4f03-432b-be8b-1b226b56b91d\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best handheld gaming PC\" data-dimension48=\"Best handheld gaming PC\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best handheld gaming PC<\/strong><\/a>: What&#8217;s the best travel buddy?<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/steam-deck-oled-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam Deck OLED review<\/strong><\/a>: Our verdict on Valve&#8217;s handheld.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-steam-deck-accessories-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best Steam Deck accessories<\/strong><\/a>: Get decked out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/handheld-gaming-pcs\/doom-the-dark-ages-is-unplayable-on-handheld-gaming-pcs-at-the-moment-but-its-not-because-the-hardware-isnt-good-enough\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re only a few days away from the public launch of Doom: The Dark Ages, id Software&#8217;s newest entry in the 32-year-old franchise. Take a leaf from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which used the id Tech 7 engine, the new Doom uses ray tracing all the time for global lighting, reflections, and shadows. As I discovered in my performance analysis, it&#8217;s not quite as demanding on your rig as you might expect, and even a handheld gaming PC can run the id Tech 8-powered shooter. Well, for a few seconds. The above video has been captured on an Asus ROG Ally, set to its 30 W performance mode, with Doom: The Dark Ages configured to use the Low graphics preset, along with FSR&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/doom-the-dark-ages-is-unplayable-on-handheld-gaming-pcs-at-the-moment-but-its-not-because-the-hardware-isnt-good-enough\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1198604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[10825,66],"class_list":["post-1198603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-handheld-gaming-pcs","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Doom: The Dark Ages is unplayable on handheld gaming PCs at the moment but it&#039;s not because the hardware isn&#039;t good enough | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;re only a few days away from the public launch of Doom: The Dark Ages, id Software&#039;s newest entry in the 32-year-old franchise. 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