Doom's 'Nightmare' graphics: image quality compared and benchmarked

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"Requires" 5GB of VRAM but only looks slightly better.

More Doom image quality comparisons

If you'd like to see more image quality comparisons, we've got you covered. Again, pay attention to the shadows, as that's where you'll see the biggest changes (and even those aren't too noticeable).

Doom Nightmare image quality

Doom Nightmare image quality

Doom Ultra image quality

Doom Ultra image quality

Doom High image quality

Doom High image quality

Doom Medium image quality

Doom Medium image quality

Doom Low image quality

Doom Low image quality

Doom Nightmare image quality

Doom Nightmare image quality

Doom Ultra image quality

Doom Ultra image quality

Doom High image quality

Doom High image quality

Doom Medium image quality

Doom Medium image quality

Doom Low image quality

Doom Low image quality
Jarred Walton
Jarred Walton

Jarred's love of computers dates back to the dark ages when his dad brought home a DOS 2.3 PC and he left his C-64 behind. He eventually built his first custom PC in 1990 with a 286 12MHz, only to discover it was already woefully outdated when Wing Commander was released a few months later. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and has been working as a tech journalist since 2004, writing for AnandTech, Maximum PC, and PC Gamer. From the first S3 Virge '3D decelerators' to today's GPUs, Jarred keeps up with all the latest graphics trends and is the one to ask about game performance.