Alan Wake 2 PC hardware requirements – Studio Remedy recommends using NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR techniques

In just a week, another long-awaited premiere will take place – this time it will be a survival horror game called Alan Wake 2 from Remedy Entertainment. The production, which has been a long-awaited continuation of the title writer’s adventures, will debut on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. This will also be the first major AAA premiere where Path Tracing will be available from the day of release. How will this ultimately affect hardware requirements? The creators remained silent on this topic for a long time, but the veil of secrecy was finally revealed.

Remedy Entertainment has published the full hardware requirements for Alan Wake 2. It is significant that in all given requirements it is recommended to enable NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR techniques.

Alan Wake 2 for free with the purchase of selected graphics cards and laptops with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 systems

Remedy has published the hardware requirements for Alan Wake 2 and it must be admitted that they look so good that you may start to worry about how the game will work at launch. It is worth emphasizing that in all published requirements, one of the upscaling methods (NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR 2) should be constantly enabled. To play in Full HD at the lowest graphics settings and at 30 frames per second, we need cards such as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600, combined with 6 GB of RAM (it seems that Alan Wake 2 will not have an excessive appetite for RAM). . Next, Remedy issued “Recommended” requirements, divided into two subgroups: one for gaming in Full HD and 60 frames per second and the other for 1440p resolution and 30 FPS (medium details in both cases). In this case, you will need more powerful cards from the NVIDIA Ampere or AMD RDNA 2 generation. The recommended upscaling level (DLSS or FSR 2) is balanced for playing at 1440p, or performance for playing at Full HD and 60 FPS. To play in upscaled 4K resolution (using DLSS / FSR 2 in Performance mode), in high details and at 60 frames, we need more powerful cards, i.e. GeForce RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 7800 XT.

Alan Wake 2 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X was created to play at 30 frames per second

The requirements increase significantly (in the case of cards, because the processors are still the same; usually AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or its equivalent from Intel) after enabling Ray Tracing. With medium details in upscaled Full HD (and Ray Tracing set to the lowest level), we already need NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT cards. We’re only talking about playing at 30 frames per second. Higher RT levels do not take into account Radeons at all, which may mean that even the top Radeon RX 7900 XTX will be too weak here. The second column of requirements still concerns the upscaled Full HD resolution and generally medium graphics settings. RT is also available on Medium here, but Path Tracing is also enabled. Smoothness is 60 frames per second. In this scenario, we need at least a GeForce RTX 4070 and DLSS should be enabled in Quality mode. Finally, we have the highest details in scaled 4K resolution (with the help of DLSS Performance) – high overall details plus maximum Ray Tracing and Path Tracing at 60 FPS. In this case, it is recommended to have at least an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 card.

Source: Remedy