DOOM (Vulkan)

By now, we all know the legacy of the original 1993 DOOM, and 2016 DOOM seeks to fulfill its birthright of shooting things until they die. The fast-paced arena-shooter-style gameplay relies heavily on high framerates for an optimal experience as you twist and turn to eviscerate demons. Notably, thanks to a post-release update, DOOM supports the low-level Vulkan API, successor to AMD's Mantle and comparable to DX12 and Metal. One of the higher profile Vulkan games out there, DOOM could be considered a flagship Vulkan game, using the API successfully to achieve greater performance than what could be accomplished in OpenGL.

Doom - 3840x2160 - Ultra Quality

Doom - 2560x1440 - Ultra Quality

Doom - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality

Doom - 99th Percentile - 3840x2160 - Ultra Quality

Doom - 99th Percentile - 2560x1440 - Ultra Quality

Doom - 99th Percentile - 1920x1080 - Ultra Quality

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  • Stuka87 - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    Good to see a GPU review up! Shame they are all impossible to buy for anything close to MSRP.
  • matt321 - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    I believe there's an error in the first chart. The 1070 TI FE has a 1x 8pin power, not 1x 6pin.
  • damianrobertjones - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    Once again: I don't really care about the max fps achieved by these cards, although nice to have, as I'm FAR more interested in the minimum rates. Can the cards maintain a healthy 60 fps, at all times, or do they dip (it low)? Etc.
  • milkod2001 - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    at 1440p yes, it can
  • TitanX - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    Guess my 580 will continue to soldier on the the time being..even in my next system build.
  • dave_the_nerd - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    A 970 would have been a nice addition to the benchmarks, since it was an incredibly common gaming card and the 1070 family is the logical upgrade path.

    Love your work though! :-)
  • CiccioB - Thursday, February 1, 2018 - link

    A 980Ti would look nice too in those charts...
  • b1gtuna - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    Wait, 1080 costs $1K USD? I bought one at $650 in December...
  • Le Québécois - Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - link

    Same, I bought one for S550 just before Christmas. The funny thing is that I wasn't planning on a 1080, I wanted the 1070 but the price difference was only $50, probably because it was already being affected by the shortage.

    Seeing I was replacing a 6yo HD 7970, I'd say it's a good thing I didn't wait any longer.
  • Lord of the Bored - Thursday, February 1, 2018 - link

    Man, I was GOING to upgrade back in early December, but I didn't like the pricing situation and was gonna wait a week or two for the next funnybux crash to drive prices back down.
    ...
    Yeah, that didn't work out so well.

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