Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 was launched in October of 2023 and runs on the Northlight Engine. The game features high-quality assets, volumetric fog, animated foliage, advanced volumetric lighting, high-detail character models, and dense foliage. It also features full Ray Tracing and Path Tracing options that can be enabled with ray-traced reflections and shadows, along with DLSS Ray Reconstruction. It also supports RTX Mega Geometry, DLSS, and FSR Upscaling and Frame Generation. For our testing, we are going to use the in-game graphics preset options for the main quality option, as well as the Ray Tracing preset as needed. Our testing scenario is a manual run-through in the INITIATION 5 – ROOM 665 map.
Native Resolution
The graph below is at the “Ultra” quality preset at 1080p. We are comparing against an AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB video card to match VRAM to VRAM capacity.
In Alan Wake 2, we are playing at 1080p on the graphics preset of “High Quality,” which is the game’s highest graphics setting. We can see that the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB OC allows a very playable experience, providing 83.9FPS average framerate, so the experience is both smooth and enjoyable. Enabling DLSS Upscaling brings that to 115.7FPS average. This game is very playable at 1080p and the highest settings on the 8GB GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. The Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB is also playable, and about 4% faster, but both are very similar in gameplay. When we overclock the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB OC performance increases by 5% to 88.3FPS average, and with DLSS 120FPS average is possible at 1080p and highest settings.
Ray Tracing w/ DLSS Upscaling
On the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB OC, we can enable “Ultra” preset Ray Tracing, which is the highest possible Ray Tracing setting. We are running at 1080p with Quality DLSS Upscaling, and the performance is still averaging above 60FPS. The PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB OC is 26% faster than the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB video card with Ray Tracing at 1080p and Upscaling. When we overclock the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB OC performance increases by 5%, and the game is even smoother with an average in the high 60’s.
Discussion (4 replies)
Join Discussion →That is a powerhouse of a 1080p gamer. Very nice... I'd call it budget it it's still almost as much as a modern console... oof.
I admit I jumped on the 8GB hate bandwagon of late, but very happy to see how well this card performs at 1080p.
I remember doing some tests with my 4090 a couple of years ago at 1080p with settings maxed to just see what FPS my rigs were capable of, but I was also shocked by how nice modern games can look at 1080p w/ current textures, RT, etc., so a value-priced card like this providing the same visuals is a great deal. I even noticed how the Amazon price dropped to $349 for now.
i think a lot of folks are doing a 180 now that more RAM requires a credit check and reverse mortgage
Maybe Ram Doubler will make a comeback.
Paying $350 for 8GB in 2026. That's a hard no from me dawg. It'll probably be consider a hot deal in a few months. The dark times have returned.
Linux and indie gaming is on the rise, I kid you not. Younger gamers with little cheddar grow weary of corpo greed. But not just the cash strapped either. My son has a 5800X3D, 32GB 3600, 7800XT. You know what he and his friends are playing? Vintage Story. It will run on a decade old potato. Tarkov is the only game they play that is hard to run. Also indie. Almost everything they play is indie.