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Remedy ships update for Alan Wake 2 with new optimisations to support older GPUs

Alan Wake 2 was a pretty demanding game at launch, but after spending some additional time optimising the game further, Remedy now has the game at a point where it can actually lower the game's PC system requirements. 

The minimum PC system requirements for Alan Wake 2 have now been updated, recommending an RX 5600 XT or GeForce GTX 1070 to play the game at 1080p with low settings. The new optimisations are all present in the game's new 1.0.16.1 update, which is now available to all PC players. Currently, Alan Wake 2 is exclusive to the Epic Games Store.

Initially, Remedy had not recommending older GTX 10 series or RX 5000 series graphics cards due to the use of DirectX 12 Ultimate features like mesh shading, which aren't officially supported on those GPUs. However, it has since improved rendering without mesh shaders and as a result, those with older systems will now be able to play the game.

The game is still an intensive one to run, so do keep that in mind. Getting 60FPS on a GTX 10 series GPU will likely be a struggle.

New performance improvements will also impact newer GPUs. Digital Foundry has done some testing with the new patch already, benchmarking the older Pascal-era GPUs, as well as newer GPUs like the RTX 4070. In the case of the RTX 4070, they noted a 14 percent performance uplift.

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KitGuru Says: I'm still working my way through Alan Wake 2 after switching away from Xbox to the PC version. Have you tried the game with the new update? Have you noticed improved performance? 

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