‘Doom’ Is About To Get A Whole Lot Faster With ‘Vulkan’

When “Bethesda” released “Doom,” no one could have predicted the massive success the reboot would achieve. As it turns out, by returning to its fast-paced FPS roots that made the original such a massive hit, with upgraded graphics and gameplay mechanics, fans of the lagging franchise got exactly what they were looking for. “Id Software” isn’t done yet, though, as PC players of the game are now getting “Vulkan” support via its latest path, which will make the game run even smoother.

As Digital Trends puts it, the latest installment of “id Software’s” flagship title managed to reinvigorate the series after the flop that was “Doom 3.” By adding the “Vulkan” patch for the PC, the developers intend to make sure that the momentum that the title initiated continues. This is what id Software CTO Robert Duffy wrote in a blog post.

“When we were looking to adopt Vulkan for Doom, the main question we asked ourselves was: ‘What’s the gamer benefit?’ Ultimately the biggest benefit will be high framerates,” Duffy wrote. “There are a number of game-focused reasons super-high frame rates matter, but primarily its movement and player feel. The game just feels amazing running that fast, so we made it a priority to try to really exploit the available hardware on PC.”

The patch will also supposedly allow even older GPUs to run the game smoothly when they couldn’t before, thus causing framerate issues that made playing “Doom” problematic. This means that fans who have lower-end rigs won’t have to be afraid that getting the game will yield unsatisfactory results with their underperforming video cards, according to Extreme Tech.

This isn’t to say that the game didn’t run well on both AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards already. With higher end GPUs, reaching a consistent 100 FPS is not unheard of. The “Vulkan” support patch essentially makes a performance engine run better by making it more efficient.