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[RADV] Doom: The Dark Ages - Black screen with audio continuing when Frame Generation is enabled (RX 9070 XT)

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9964 · opened 2026-07-11 by akermehmet · updated 2026-07-11 · 1 comments · github
Aakermehmet 2026-07-11 github

Hello,

I am experiencing a severe rendering issue in Doom: The Dark Ages. When I enable the "Frame Generation" setting, the display immediately freezes or goes to a black screen. However, the game has not crashed; the background audio continues playing normally, and UI interaction sounds can still be heard.

Interestingly, Path Tracing and all other settings at "Ultra Nightmare" work perfectly fine at 4K resolution. The crash is strictly isolated to the Frame Generation toggle.

Steps to Reproduce:

Launch Doom: The Dark Ages via Proton.

Go to Video Settings.

Enable FSR and toggle "Frame Generation" ON.

The screen goes black immediately, but audio continues.

System Information (From In-Game Benchmark):

OS: Ubuntu 26.04 (Running via Steam Proton)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Vulkan Driver: RADV GFX1201

Mesa Version: Mesa 26.0.3-1ubuntu1

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz

System RAM: 32 GB

Please let me know if you need any specific Proton logs (PROTON_LOG=1) or Vulkan API traces to help debug this issue.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-07-11 github

Hello @akermehmet, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/8690#issuecomment-4948889050.

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