Impressive PC Specs for Alan Wake 2 Amaze Fans With Their High Demands

Alan Wake 2's recommended PC requirements were recently revealed, astonishing fans with its hefty needs, according to an article by Kat Bailey on IGN. The specifications suggest that gamers may need to upgrade their Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) intending to fully enjoy the game with ray tracing turned on. It is recommended to have at least an RTX 4070 GPU and a minimum of 90 gigabytes of storage on an SSD hard drive. The specs are as follows:

Recommended without ray tracing: Resolution: 1440p, GPU: GeForce RTX 3060 / Radeon RX 6600 XT, VRAM: 8 GB, DLSS/FSR 2: Balanced, CPU: Ryzen 3700X or i7 10700, RAM: 16 GB, Storage: 90 GB SSD.

Recommended with ray tracing: Resolution: 1080p, GPU: GeForce RTX 4070, VRAM: 12 GB, DLSS/FSR 2: Quality, CPU: Ryzen 3700X or i7 10700, RAM: 16 GB, Storage: 90 GB SSD.

For a 4K/60fps experience with ray tracing, Remedy suggests a GeForce RTX 4080 card, considered one of the best on the market. Reactions from fans vary with some cracking under the high requirements, and others reminding that Alan Wake 2 could be one of the best-looking games so far. The game releases on October 27 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Bailey recommends potential upgraders to consider IGN's Best Graphics Cards 2023 list.