Alan Wake 2 PC Performance Tested! Low, Med, High, FSR, DLSS 3.5, Path Tracing and More!

Alan Wake 2 release date is tomorrow and many PC gamers will want to know if the extremely demanding system requirements are for real. In this video I benchmark Alan Wake 2 PC performance on a variety of GPUs and settings from the system requirements list to see how they stack up. I also test the performance of a GTX 10 series GPU to see if the mesh shaders requirement makes the game unplayable. I also take a brief look at DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction and the game’s “fully ray traced“ path tracing mode. Test system specs (ResizeBAR/SAM ON): CPU: Ryzen 7800X3D Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite Mobo: ROG Strix X670E-a RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30: SSD: Samsung 980 Pro Case: Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB PSU: Thermaltake 1650W Toughpower GF3 Monitor: LG C1 48 inch OLED Keyboard: Logitech G915 TKL (tactile) Mouse: Logitech G305 What equipment do I use to make my videos? Camera: Sony a6100 Camera Lens: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 Camera Capture Card: Elgato CamLink 4K ‎ PC Capture Card: Mic: My actual mic (AT 3035) is out of production but this is a similar mic (AT 2020) Portable Mic attached to camera: Rode Video Micro Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen: Greenscreen: Emart Collapsable Lights: Neewar Dimmable USB LED RGB Strip Backlight on desk: Sponsor my channel monthly by clicking the “Join“ button: Donate directly to the channel via PayPal: Disclaimer: I may earn money on qualifying purchases through affiliate links above. Chapters: 0:00 Alan Wake 2 System Requirements made headlines- let’s test them out! 1:41 GTX 1070 vs Alan Wake 2 8:20 RTX 2060 6GB vs Alan Wake 2 (min system requirement) 12:04 RTX 3060 12GB vs Alan Wake 2 (Medium Recommended GPU sys req) 16:44 Looking at perf scaling from low to high on RTX 3060 18:00 RTX 3070 (Is it really only 1080p Med 60 with DLSS P like sys req?) 21:49 RTX 4070 vs Alan Wake 2 25:02 4K DLSS P (1080p internal res) vs Native 1080p performance 26:45 RTX 4070 vs Medium Path Tracing (Forest Scene) 28:41 RTX 4070 vs Ray Tracing/Path Tracing (Town Scene) 33:11 RTX 4090 vs Alan Wake 2 38:20 Final Thoughts- were the system requirements and headlines for real?