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Remedy is lowering the official minimum system requirements for Alan Wake 2<\/em> on PC. The sequel launched in October without full support for Nvidia\u2019s GTX 10-series of GPUs because Remedy opted for mesh shading that\u2019s part of DirectX 12 Ultimate and not supported by GPUs like Nvidia\u2019s GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD\u2019s RX 5600 XT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Now, Remedy has<\/a> \u201coptimized rendering for GPU\u2019s that don\u2019t support mesh shaders,\u201d meaning the minimum GPU requirements now include the GeForce GTX 1070 and Radeon RX 5600 XT instead of the more powerful GeForce RTX 2060 and Radeon RX 6600. That\u2019s good news for owners of older PC gaming rigs, especially as Alan Wake 2<\/em> had some pretty hefty GPU requirements to begin with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You should now be able to play Alan Wake 2<\/em> at 1080p \/ 30fps on the GTX 1070 and RX 5600 cards, but if you\u2019re still hanging on to a GTX 1060, then you might even be able to get a more playable frame rate now. Digital Foundry<\/em> got an early look<\/a> at the new Alan Wake 2<\/em> patch earlier this week and found some demanding areas on a GTX 1060 now output at 26fps instead of 18fps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Even modern GPUs get some performance improvements from this latest patch, with the RTX 4070 seeing nearly a 14 percent frame rate jump, according to Digital Foundry<\/em> tests. Update 1.0.16.1 is available for Alan Wake 2<\/em> today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n