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Can I run Alan Wake 2 with a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti?

A 2017 card against a 2023 game: the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti still clears minimum in Alan Wake 2, and recommended stays 32% out of reach at index 22.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti shipped in 2017, 6 years before Alan Wake 2, and 13 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Alan Wake 2. It sits 33 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 15 · 11 GB · 2017
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at minimum

Playable at the lowest supported settings, with nothing in reserve.

Headroom
25% clear on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended blocked by GPU
  3. high blocked by GPU + VRAM
  4. ultra blocked by GPU + VRAM

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 15 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 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 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 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti sits at index 15 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".

Where to look: Radeon RX 7700 XT (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Alan Wake 2, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 12 22 38 63 15
CPU index 42 55 78 90 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 11 GB
System memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 90 GB 90 GB 90 GB 90 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Questions

Will a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti run Alan Wake 2?
A 2017 card against a 2023 game: the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti still clears minimum in Alan Wake 2, and recommended stays 32% out of reach at index 22. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 11 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 11 GB of video memory does in Alan Wake 2.

More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti runs across every game we track.