Remedy has confirmed the claims for Alan Wake 2 for PC and finally we got a big surprise because are higher than previous leaks suggested. However, keep in mind that these requirements may be inflated and the game may end up running at lower settings.

Alan Wake 2’s requirements make it one of the most demanding games out there, although they are a bit confusing and the truth is that some things that don’t quite sit well with me. For example, for low quality 1080p gaming you need an RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600, but for medium quality 1440p gaming you need an RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT.

Radeon RX 6600 is more powerful than GeForce RTX 2060 a The Radeon RX 6600 XT is only 15% more powerful than the first, but that 15% magically allows us to go to 1440p and increase the graphics quality. No, it doesn’t make any sense, but the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB also only beats the GeForce RTX 2060 by 16%.

We can see the same trend in other lists of requirements for Alan Wake 2, which are quite confusing and I think not well planned. With everything, At least they didn’t make the mistake of raising the CP level requirementBy increasing the resolution or the level of graphic complexity. That said, let’s look at them in detail.

Minimum requirements for Alan Wake 2

• Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Intel Core i5-7600K or Ryzen 3 2300X CPU.
• 16 GB of RAM.
• GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600 graphics card.
• DLSS 2/FSR 2 in quality mode.
• 6 GB of graphics memory.
• 90 GB of free space on the SSD.

With this configuration we can play in low quality, 1080p and maintain 30 FPS.

Alan Wake 2 Recommended requirements for 1440p

• Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i9-9900 processor.
• 16 GB of RAM.
• GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card.
• DLSS/FSR 2 in balanced mode.
• 8 GB of graphics memory.
• 90 GB of free space on the SSD.

You can play with this configuration medium quality and 1440p resolution at 30 FPS. To keep it playing 1080p and 60 FPS With medium quality, we will need GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6700 XT and configure DLSS or FSR 2 in performance mode.

Alan Wake 2 Recommended requirements for 4K

• Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i9-9900 processor.
• 16 GB of RAM.
• GeForce RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card.
• DLSS/FSR 2 in performance mode.
• 12 GB of graphics memory.
• 90 GB of free space on the SSD.

With this configuration, we can play it in high quality and 4K resolution while maintaining 60 FPS.

Recommended requirements for Alan Wake 2 with low RT

• Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i9-9900 processor.
• 16 GB of RAM.
• GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card.
• DLSS/FSR 2 in quality mode.
• 8 GB of graphics memory.
• 90 GB of free space on the SSD.

These components will be able to advance the game in medium quality Low ray tracing, 1080p resolution and 30 FPS.

Recommended Alan Wake 2 PT enabled requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i9-9900 processor.
• 16 GB of RAM.
• GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card.
• DLSS/FSR 2 in quality mode.
• 12 GB of graphics memory.
• 90 GB of free space on the SSD.

With this configuration we can play in 1080p with medium quality, ray tracing on media and path tracing on maintaining 60 FPS. No performance equivalence was given in ray tracing but The closest would be the Radeon RX 7900 XT.

Recommended requirements Alan Wake 2 with PT and 4K enabled

• Windows 10 or Windows 11.
• Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i9-9900 processor.
• 16 GB of RAM.
• GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card.
• DLSS/FSR 2 in performance mode.
• 16 GB of graphics memory.
• 90 GB of free space on the SSD.

This configuration will be powerful enough to run the game at 2160p with high quality, high ray tracing and high path tracing while maintaining 60 FPS. There is no GeForce RTX 4080 equivalent in AMD’s catalog when it comes to ray tracing, because the Radeon RX 7900 XTX only matches the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti at best.

Alan Wake 2 is coming October 27 on PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC.