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Minisforum MS-A2 Can it Play DOOM: The Dark Ages? Minisforum MS-A2 Series Part 8 Ultimate #homelab

Friday, August 8th, 2025

 

Minisforum MS-A2 Can it Play Doom The Dark Ages Minisforum MS-A2 Series Part 8 Ultimate #homelab

DOOM: The Dark Ages Demo on a Minisforum MS-A2 + RTX 3090 eGPU!? ?

You read that right — I’ve upgraded the tiny Minisforum MS-A2 with a serious punch: an OcuLink-connected eGPU dock and a NVIDIA RTX 3090. Now the question is… can it finally handle DOOM: The Dark Ages?

In this video, I run the DOOM: The Dark Ages demo on this mini PC beast-hybrid and test just how much performance you can squeeze out of a small form-factor PC when paired with high-end external graphics.

?? System Setup:

Minisforum MS-A2 (Ryzen AI Mini PC)

Minisforum eGPU Dock with OcuLink

NVIDIA RTX 3090 GPU

128GB RAM, NVMe SSD

Windows 11

? What You’ll See:

Full DOOM: The Dark Ages demo gameplay

Performance stats, FPS, temps

Commentary on eGPU setup, compatibility, and bottlenecks

Was it worth upgrading the MS-A2 with an RTX 3090?

? Have questions about the eGPU dock, OcuLink, or the MS-A2? Drop them in the comments!

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Minisforum MS-A2 Can it Play DOOM? Minisforum MS-A2 Series Part 7 Ultimate #homelab

Thursday, August 7th, 2025


 

In today’s video, I ask the age-old question: Can it run DOOM?
Spoiler: Classic DOOM (1993)? Oh yeah — it runs great. Smooth, fast, and just as demon-slaying as ever.

DOOM: The Dark Ages though? ? …Well, that’s a different story.

I test out the Minisforum MS-A2, a compact mini PC powered by AMD’s latest tech, to see how it handles both the original retro shooter and the upcoming next-gen entry in the DOOM franchise. From pixelated corridors to modern hellscapes, how far can this tiny system go?

Specs Overview:

CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 9 9955HX

GPU: AMD 610 Radeon Graphics 2GB

RAM/Storage: 128GB RAM/Samsung 990 PRO 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD

What You’ll See:

Running Classic DOOM

Attempting to tackle DOOM: The Dark Ages

Honest performance impressions

A few laughs along the way

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Retro ’80s – the compact cassette tapes from the 80’s

Friday, September 9th, 2016
Compact cassette tapes from the 80s

Compact cassette tapes from the 80's

Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane
Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again
Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt
Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it

…

Andre has a red flag, Chiang Ching’s is blue
They all have hills to fly them on except for Lin Tai Yu

Lyrics from Peter Gabriel 3, “Games Without Frontiers”, I’ve been finding it a little boring driving to work, listening to Radio 1 & 2, so decided to dig out some OLD compact cassette tapes from the 80’s, and considering these have not been played since the 80’s sound very good and fresh, in my car stereo!

Yes, I can here you asking, who has a cassette tape player in their car, these days!

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