We are only two days away from the launch of Alan Wake 2, a highly anticipated title from Remedy Entertainment that promises, and let’s keep our fingers crossed that we’ll once again dive into a harrowing story like the one that captivated us so much in 2010, this time with two interconnected protagonists. It’s not an easy call, but given the time the studio has taken to bring this sequel to market, we have some reasons for optimism.

As for the optimization, a few days ago we checked the technical specifications, which, without looking bad, contained some hints that did not seem in line with the rest, which gave us some doubts. A few hours later, we learned that Remedy’s CEO made the public announcement Optimization was very present during development Alan Wake 2 and that in fact, if what was shown in the game last May was anything to go by, improvements have been made since then.

In the case of the console version of Alan Wake 2, we know that the enhancement technology it has is FSR because the PlayStation 5 and Xbox graphics adapters are from AMD. As you already know, the possibilities are wider in this regard on PC, as each manufacturer (AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) has its own technology, and in addition, the first two are compatible with GPUs of all manufacturers. NVIDIA’s enhancement technologies are proprietary, that is, they can only be used on computers with graphics adapters of this brand and That’s probably why they’re unbeatable in terms of performance (I’m talking about enhancement technologies)..

As we expected, NVIDIA has confirmed it Alan Wake 2 will launch with full ray tracing and DLSS 3.5so gamers enjoying it on a PC with a GeForce RTX GPU (remember that DLSS 3.5, like DLSS 2, is compatible with the RTX 20, 30 and 40 series) will be able to enjoy the performance benefits offered by AI beam reconstruction , which results in much more realistic lighting (and consequently the environment).

In this way and with a focus on performance, the first tests with Alan Wake 2 in conjunction with NVIDIA hardware reveal more than remarkable results and The same can be said about the visual part if we are talking about path tracing., although in this case we’ll need the brute power and specialized features of the current generation’s top models. A clear example of this can be found in the video mentioned in the paragraph above, which personally left me with an immense desire to play it sooner rather than later. But to quantify it, here’s the data provided by NVIDIA:

• In 4K, with all settings maxed out and full ray tracing enabled, frame generation, ray reconstruction and super resolution will cause frame rates to multiply astronomically. On GeForce RTX 4090 performance multiplied by 4.1which allows its owners to play Alan Wake 2 in all its glory more than 120 FPS in 4K. The GeForce RTX 4080 multiplies its performance 4.7 times and the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti multiplies the performance 4.7 times to set the maximum 4K game to almost 80 FPS.
• At 1440p, the GeForce RTX 40’s refresh rate increases by an average of 3x with full ray tracing and all other settings maxed out, enabling 80 FPS+ gaming on the GeForce RTX 4070 and above.
• At 1080p, the most popular gaming resolution, performance increases by an average of 2.7 times, allowing owners of the fastest cards to play. up to 190 FPS.

In order to enjoy this performance with Alan Wake 2 on a PC with an NVIDIA graphics adapter, it will of course be necessary to update the NVIDIA Game Ready drivers to the latest version, which yes, it comes out tomorrow thursday, so users have everything ready from the first moment the game is available. And yes, for those who don’t have a high-end computer to enjoy these graphics, the good news is that they will be able to do so via GeForce Now.