\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Doom Eternal launched earlier this year, continuing the story of the Doom Slayer as he battles the forces of hell. Developer id talked up the improvements in the new Tech 7 engine prior to launch, noting Doom Eternal was even capable of 1,000 frames per second rendering. At the time, that was a theoretical ceiling. After all, no computer in the world could push 1,000 frames of Doom! Well, it\u2019s not theoretical anymore thanks to some liquid nitrogen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bethesda, which published Doom Eternal with id, has posted a video on its Polish YouTube page showing a massively overclocked gaming rig breaking the 1,000 FPS threshold. The hardware is high-end, but it\u2019s not an outlandish setup with multiple video cards and server-style components. Here are the specs of Bethesda\u2019s test system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The most expensive component on the list is the video card, which runs around $1,200. The CPU is a comparative bargain at $300, and the motherboard is $100 more. As expensive as that all is, I\u2019m sure there are a few people watching the video on a gaming rig with even more powerful components.<\/span><\/p>\n Even with all that hardware, Doom Eternal won\u2019t hit 1,000fps without some help. That help comes in the form of a nifty custom heatsink filled with liquid nitrogen. At -321 degrees Fahrenheit (-196 degrees Celsius) liquid nitrogen is widely used as a coolant and preservative. And yes, it has occasionally been used for extreme overclocking as seen in the video. It\u2019s not a viable long-term cooling solution as the nitrogen evaporates very rapidly, but it allowed Bethesda to push the CPU to 6.6GHz (from 4.9GHz) and the GPU to 2.4GHz (from 1.66GHz).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"https:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/\"](\"https:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/doom_eternal-640x353.jpg\")
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