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Can I run Alan Wake 2 with a Radeon RX 6700 XT?

In Alan Wake 2 the Radeon RX 6700 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2060 6GB that defines minimum, and 23% short of the GeForce RTX 3070 that defines recommended.

Ranked 30 of the 47 cards we track, with 17 of them carrying more video memory - and 13 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Alan Wake 2.

estimated index 17 · 12 GB · 2021
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at minimum

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

Headroom
42% clear - a wide margin on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 17 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT sits at index 17 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 17
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 -

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

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Questions

Will a Radeon RX 6700 XT run Alan Wake 2?
In Alan Wake 2 the Radeon RX 6700 XT sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 2060 6GB that defines minimum, and 23% 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT runs across every game we track.