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Can I run Alan Wake 2 with a Radeon RX 6950 XT?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT lands 32% above what Alan Wake 2 asks at recommended and 24% below the 38 it would need for high.

Ranked 15 of the 47 cards we track, with 5 of them carrying more video memory - and 14 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Alan Wake 2.

estimated index 29 · 16 GB · 2022
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
32% clear on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 29 against the 38 that Alan Wake 2 asks for at the high 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 6950 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 well system memory
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well system memory

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super

The Radeon RX 6950 XT sits at index 29 and the high tier starts at 38.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high 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: GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 6950 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 29
CPU index 42 55 78 90 0
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 16 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 6950 XT run Alan Wake 2?
The Radeon RX 6950 XT lands 32% above what Alan Wake 2 asks at recommended and 24% below the 38 it would need for high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 16 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 16 GB of video memory does in Alan Wake 2.

More on this card: what the Radeon RX 6950 XT runs across every game we track.