Can I run Alan Wake 2 with a Arc B580?
In Alan Wake 2 the Arc B580 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2060 6GB that defines minimum, and 5% short of the GeForce RTX 3070 that defines recommended.
The Arc B580 is the fastest card we track that still stops here in Alan Wake 2: everything above it on our index reaches further, and 12 slower cards land in the same place.
Runs at minimum
Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.
- Headroom
- 75% clear - a wide margin
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 21 against the 22 that Alan Wake 2 asks for at the recommended tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.
That readout is the best this card can do in Alan Wake 2: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.
The same card with three different processors
In Alan Wake 2 the processor beside a Arc B580 changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.
| Processor | Index | Verdict | Bottleneck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 1600 | 30 | Will not run | processor |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 70 | Runs at minimum | graphics card |
| Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 95 | Runs at minimum | graphics card |
Cheapest way up one tier
graphics card: Radeon RX 7700 XT
The Arc B580 sits at index 21 and the recommended tier starts at 22.
That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the recommended tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the Arc B580 clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 12 | 22 | 38 | 63 | 21 |
| CPU index | 42 | 55 | 78 | 90 | 0 |
| Video memory | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| System memory | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 90 GB | 90 GB | 90 GB | 90 GB | - |
Check your whole rig
Add your processor and memory for a verdict about your machine rather than about this card.
Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a Arc B580 run Alan Wake 2?
- In Alan Wake 2 the Arc B580 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2060 6GB that defines minimum, and 5% short of the GeForce RTX 3070 that defines recommended. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
- Is 12 GB of video memory enough for Alan Wake 2?
- Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 12 GB of video memory does in Alan Wake 2.
More on this card: what the Arc B580 runs across every game we track.