Remedy Unveils 'Alan Wake 2' PC Requirements; Requisites DLSS/FSR2, Nvidia GPUs Solely Listed for Higher Ray Tracing Settings

With a few days left for Remedy Entertainment to release their upcoming title, Alan Wake 2, the studio reveals the system requirement of the game with their fans. The system requirements for Alan Wake 2 seem to be hefty as the game will require at least a GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600 to run it on low graphic settings with 30 fps. While going through the system requirements, fans must understand that the system requirements revealed by Remedy are on the assumption that players will be using DLSS or FSR2. DLSS and FSR2 are deep learning technologies by Nvidia and AMD, which are meant to improve the gaming experience by restructuring and upscaling the graphics. 

After Remedy revealed the complete list of PC system requirements, one of the fans responded, "An RTX 3070 is starting to become low-end real quick," while another one said, "Can we please get specs without upscaling? That's kind of worrying tbh." Since the system requirements mention the usage of DLSS and FSR2, fans are worried about the game's optimisation. 

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Complete List Of PC System Requirements for Remedy's Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2 requires an SSD memory space of 90 GB to store the game with 16 GB RAM. Let's take a look at the PC requirements without enabling Ray Tracing.
 

Minimum 

• Graphics Preset: Low
• Resolution: 1080p
• FPS: 30
• GPU: GeForce RTX 2060/Radeon RX 6600
• VRAM: 6 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Quality
• CPU: Intel i5-7600K or AMD equivalent

Recommend (With 1440p Resolution)

• Graphics Preset: Medium
• Resolution: 1440p
• FPS: 30
• GPU: GeForce RTX 3060/Radeon RX 6600 XT
• VRAM: 8 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Balanced
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

Recommend (With 1080p Resolution)

• Graphics Preset: Medium
• Resolution: 1080p
• FPS: 60
• GPU: GeForce RTX 3070/Radeon RX 6700 XT
• VRAM: 8 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Performance
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

Ultra

• Graphics Preset: High
• Resolution: 2160p
• FPS: 60
• GPU: GeForce RTX 4070/Radeon RX 7800 XT
• VRAM: 12 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Performance
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

Remedy also released a set of system requirements for players who want to play Alan Wake 2 with Ray Tracing enabled.

Low

• Graphics Preset: Medium/Ray tracing low
• Resolution: 1080p
• FPS: 30
• GPU: GeForce RTX 3070/Radeon RX 6800 XT
• VRAM: 8 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Quality
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

While going through the Medium and High-Ray tracing settings, Remedy does not mention any AMD graphic cards. It could mean that to access the higher settings, players must have an Nvidia GPU. Fans will have to wait for an official statement from Remedy to know for sure. 

Medium

• Graphics Preset: Medium/Ray tracing medium/Path tracing on
• Resolution: 1080p
• FPS: 60
• GPU: GeForce RTX 4070
• VRAM: 12 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Quality
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

High

• Graphics Preset: High/Ray tracing high/Path tracing on
• Resolution: 2160p
• FPS: 60
• GPU: GeForce RTX 4080
• VRAM: 16 GB
• DLSS/FSR2: Performance
• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent

Alan Wake 2 will be available on PC on 27 October 2023 via Epic Games Store, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Fans can pre-order the Standard Edition for $ 59.99 and the Deluxe Edition for $ 79.99 from Alan Wake's official website.