When Remedy shared the main Alan Wake 2 system requirements simply one week before launch, the specifications stirred a large debate amongst PC players.
Not just were some graphics cards, particularly the GTX 10 Series and RX 5000 Series, left due to their absence of hardware Mesh Shaders assistance; even current and capable GPUs were apparently relegated to lower-than-expected efficiency.
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3070, for example, was noted as just efficient in 60 frames per 2nd when running a 1080p resolution rebuilded from 540p (with DLSS set to Performance Mode) and at Medium graphics pre-programmed. That raised numerous eyebrows on the efficiency, to state the least.
Digital Foundry's Alex Battaglia resolved numerous of those issues in a devoted video, concluding that Alan Wake 2 is not too requiring at all. He explained Remedy's long-awaited survival scary follow up as potentially the best-looking video game ever made (concurring with Wccftech's Hassan and Francesco), which's real even for the rasterized variation at Medium predetermined.
That's due to the fact that Alan Wake 2 makes use of numerous innovative technical functions. Even with ray tracing off, there is a kind of software application ray tracing consisted of below the screen area reflections. It's a bit like Unreal Engine 5's software application variation of Lumen. The software application international lighting method is likewise extremely strong and a significant factor for the video game's extremely attractive visuals. Fit together Shaders, on the other hand, are utilized thoroughly throughout the video game to increase geometric information.
When it concerns efficiency, a GeForce RTX 3070 can really manage 1440P resolution with DLSS set to Balanced and accomplish over 80 frames per second. With this headroom, users can set graphics settings like anisotropic filtering, shadows, and reflections to High while still preserving over 60 frames per second. In other words, this isn't the brand-new Crysis in bringing PCs to their knees.
Obviously, if you do not have a high-end PC and wish to witness the complete magnificence of course tracing and DLSS 3.5 (Ray Reconstruction), there's constantly the alternative to opt for NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud platform.