Test Setup
Note that for this testing we are using an Intel Core i7-14700K CPU and Intel Z790 Platform with DDR5 7200MT/s. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 22H2 Fall 2022 update. We have the latest drivers installed. We are using the “Balanced” power profile in Windows Settings. Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is ENABLED in Windows. VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED. For NVIDIA GeForce drivers we are using NVIDIA-provided GeForce 545.92 which has Game Day support for Alan Wake 2 for best performance.
Manual Run-Through
For our manual run-through in Alan Wake 2, we are performing a custom run-through in the Return 1: Invitation portion of the game. We are walking from the start of this area, in a custom walk toward a cabin and down to the water, the run-through takes 4 minutes. This takes us through an outdoor forested environment. Compared to other parts of the game, such as in the town, the performance in this area is much lower, and so far has been the most demanding we have found, but we haven’t played the entire game, it is at least more demanding than other areas of the game we experienced so it should be a good test for the GPU.
Discussion (7 replies)
Join Discussion →Thanks for the detailed write-up. I'm sorely tempted to get this game even though I'm not really into the story due to how amazing it looks. I've been seeing videos popping up and I'm surprised at how good it can look in different parts.
Thank you as well for the write up. I got this game free with my video card. Plays great in 4K on my 4080 with max settings. After hearing about how demanding this game would be I am pleasantly surprised.
Ok so you were testing at 4k which is standard these days... but what video card were you using? Yes it was an Nvidia card... or was the intent here just to show how the options impacted an nvidia 4000 series video card?
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How the heck did I miss that?! Soorry my bad. I thought I went through every page looking for that exact table. My bad.
All of the graphs are labeled with GeForce RTX 4090 on them. It's written on every single graph.
Yea I read this and was like. what graphs... I went back and looked and I scrolled down... to the Join our discussion link... and NEVER went past the ad jump to see the pages link. The navigation thing at the top I always miss and almost never use because it doesn't look like there's anything to it. So yea I completely flubbed that one... thought it was a 1 page short article and didn't catch anything else.