Introduction – That is what a next-generation sport appears like
Alan Wake 2 is now obtainable on PC, and it appears unimaginable. The sport is crammed with element, it accommodates many superior graphical options, and utilises the newest GPU {hardware} options. Like Management earlier than it, Alan Wake 2 is a graphical showcase on PC and consoles. Furthermore, the sport has graphical options that may deliver even the newest graphics playing cards to their knees.
When Treatment launched their PC system necessities for Alan Wake 2, we knew that the sport was going to be heavy on graphics playing cards. When maxed out, the sport makes heavy use of ray tracing, and on PC the sport helps Nvidia’s DLSS 3.5 function set and AMD’s FidelityFX Tremendous Decision 2 expertise. Most PC avid gamers are anticipated to play Alan Wake 2 with some type of upscaling or Body Era enabled. That’s how demanding this sport will be.
Making use of the newest {hardware} options
Treatment created Alan Wake 2 with the DirectX 12 Final function set in thoughts. We’ve got already talked about the sport’s intensive use of DXR ray tracing, however the sport’s function DX12U assist doesn’t finish there. Mesh Shaders are important to reaching strong efficiency ranges in Alan Wake 2. This is the reason the sport has a lot geometric element, and why the sport runs so poorly on older graphics playing cards.
With Alan Wake 2, Treatment are exhibiting avid gamers what will be achieved if builders let go of legacy {hardware} assist. Mesh Shaders arrived with Nvidia’s RTX 20 sequence in 2018. It took 5 years for a excessive profile PC sport to make specific use of this function, and shifting ahead we anticipate a variety of video games to make use of it. It’s time for builders to completely embrace the DirectX 12 Final function set.
Assessment Contents
GPU Drivers
When testing Alan Wake 2 on PC, we utilised the most recent Nvidia and AMD GPU drivers that had been obtainable to us on the time of the sport’s launch. These drivers had been Radeon’s AMD Software program Adrenalin Version model 23.20.17.05 driver, and Nvidia’s GeForce 545.92 WHQL drivers for Home windows 10/11.
Take a look at Setup – New Take a look at Rig
This 12 months, OC3D will likely be conducting new sport testing and GPU opinions on a brand new take a look at system. Because of Corsair, Intel, and ASUS, we have now created a brand new testing system that can enable us to correctly take a look at new graphics playing cards and the most recent PC releases. This technique options Intel’s i9-13900K processor and a ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming motherboard, with all different elements coming from Corsair.
Our new take a look at system is powered, cooled, and operated utilizing Corsair elements. The OS we will likely be utilizing is Home windows 11, and the case we will likely be utilizing is Corsair’s airflow-optimised iCUE 5000T. We will likely be diving deeper into the {hardware} choice for this new gaming system with a future article, and you’ll anticipate to see this method in all of our future GPU and sport opinions.
System Specs
Beneath are the total specs of our new GPU/Video games testing system, in addition to hyperlinks to the entire elements that we used.
OC3D GPU/Video games Take a look at System Specs (Affiliate Hyperlinks under)
CPU – Intel i9-13900K
Cooling – Corsair iCUE H150i Elite CAPELLIX XT
Motherboard – ASUS ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi
Reminiscence – Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB (32GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Reminiscence
Storage – Corsair MP600 PRO NH 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD
Case – Corsair iCUE 5000T RGB
Energy Provide – Corsair HX1500i
OS – Home windows 11
Nvidia GPUs Examined
When testing new video games, we prefer to utilise numerous graphics playing cards to see how effectively titles run on each previous and new PC {hardware} configurations. To do that, we utilise a big choice of each AMD and Nvidia graphics playing cards, together with newly launch graphics playing cards from Nvidia’s RTX 40 sequence to older GeForce graphics playing cards like Nvidia’s RTX 2060.
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WindForce
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Eagle
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Eagle
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Founders Version
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GB
AMD GPUs Examined
On the Radeon aspect of the GPU spectrum we’re at present in a position to take a look at the next choice of GPUs. This contains each RX 7000 and RX 6000 sequence GPUs.
- Radeon RX 7900 XT
- Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Radeon RX 6800
- Radeon RX 6700 XT
- ASUS ROG Radeon RX 6600 XT Strix
- PowerColor RX 6600 Fighter
