Alan Wake 2 minimum requirements and recommended specs on PC

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1440p Recommended Requirements
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Low Ray-Tracing Reqs
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High Ray-Tracing Reqs

The Alan Wake 2 minimum requirements for PC show that it's a technically demanding game and requires a souped-up PC to run smoothly, especially with ray-tracing. With that said, I recommend taking these spec requirements with a small pinch of salt, as we've seen adequate performance for Alan Wake 2 on lower-end machines compared to the suggestions of these official specs. For example, we've managed to run the game on high settings with ray-tracing at low or medium on a variety of different 2060/2070 machines. To help your machine handle the Dark Place and more, I've listed all the Alan Wake 2 recommended requirements, from basic 1080p 60FPS to full ray-tracing.

Alan Wake 2 Minimum Requirements

Graphics preset - Low
Resolution - 1080p
FPS - 30
GPU - GeForce RTX 2060 / Radeon RX 6600
VRAM - 6GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Quality
CPU - Intel i5-7600K or AMD equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

Alan Wake 2 1440p Recommended Requirements

Graphics preset - Medium
Resolution - 1080p
FPS - 60
GPU - GeForce RTX 3070 / Radeon RX 6700 XT
VRAM - 8GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Performance
CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

Alan Wake 2 1080p Recommended Requirements

Graphics preset - Medium
Resolution - 1440p
FPS - 30
GPU - GeForce RTX 3060 / Radeon RX 6600 XT
VRAM - 8GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Balanced
CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

Alan Wake 2 Ultra Requirements

Graphics preset - High
Resolution - 2160p
FPS - 60
GPU - GeForce RTX 4070 / Radeon RX 7800 XT
VRAM - 12GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Performance
CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

Alan Wake 2 Low Ray-Tracing Requirements

Graphics preset - Medium / Ray-Tracing Low
Resolution - 1080p
FPS - 30
GPU - GeForce RTX 3070 / Radeon RX 6800 XT
VRAM - 8GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Quality
CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

Alan Wake 2 Medium Ray-Tracing Requirements

Graphics preset - Medium / Ray-Tracing Medium / Path-Tracing On
Resolution - 1080p
FPS - 60
GPU - GeForce RTX 4070
VRAM - 12GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Quality
CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

Alan Wake 2 High Ray-Tracing Requirements

Graphics preset - High / Ray-Tracing High / Path-Tracing On
Resolution - 2160p
FPS - 60
GPU - GeForce RTX 4080
VRAM - 16GB
DLSS / FSR2 - Performance
CPU - Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent
RAM - 16GB
OS - Windows 10/11 64-bit
Storage - 90GB SSD

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