Game:

Alan Wake 2 (2023)

Duration: 5:41

1,937 views

42

Alan Wake II is the second game to officially support full path tracing, and the first to ship with the feature. Let's see if it makes a difference! Is it worth the frame rate? It's a dark game so watch in full screen to spot more differences!


Alan Wake II is a very stylistic and pretty game, and is one that looks incredible on even lower settings. In this video we'll find out how much of it's beauty comes from ray tracing, or path tracing. Thankfully it supports the newest DLSS 3.5 with ray reconstruction, so details are sharp and ghosting is a minimum. There are a number of handcrafted environments with a ton of detail, it's easy to wander around and take it in! With frame regeneration, we are able to appreciate these graphics today with more than playable frame rates. Without DLSS you average around 20fps in 4K!!

PC Specs:
-Mainboard: ASUS Strix z690-E
-CPU: Intel 13900KS
-CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken z73
-RAM: G. Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 (2x32)
-GPU: Gigabyte Gaming OC #rtx4090
-PSU: Corsair RM1000x
-Case: Corsair 5000d
-Monitor: LG C2 42"
-Mic: Rode Videomic NTG
-Headphone Amp: Schiit Jotunheim
-Headphones: Sennheiser HD 650

Other Statistics