Alan Wake 2 | OPTIMIZATION GUIDE | Every Setting Tested | Best Settings

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[@cruelworld1902]

Best channel for optimizing games. Thank you, I really find your videos very helpful.

[@takemeseriouslyplx2124]

I literally started playing the game an hour ago and searched for your optimization guide but got sad that you hadn't posted one yet and now I just saw this on my home page... what are the odds? love it.

[@adriabd]

Same just started and wanted the best settings without warming up my laptop.

[@curtishand6180]

Let us know how far in you have to get before you get to play as Allan Wake

[@Хорошийигровойканал]

@@curtishand6180 its like 3 and a half hours

[@d_shi]

about 3 hours give or take@@curtishand6180

[@TheAziriusShow]

​@@curtishand6180An hour and a half i think if you go through everything at a decent pace.

[@KeyboardSavant]

After seeing your Lords of the Fallen coverage, it's no surprise that you have produced yet another exceptional optimization guide. Nicely done!

[@enricod.7198]

Speaking about that..I'd like to see a shorter video with the unreal engine 5 unlocker..you can enable virtual shadow maps with that, which are disabled by default and makes shadows way more accurate.

[@pollittono]

I was waiting for this video, thanks a lot!

[@deyandimitrov7287]

Man, I was looking forward to this video the whole day and you did not disappoint! Thank you, best AW2 optimization guide out there, I even like it better than the Digital Foundry one. Turns out that when you tweak the settings a bit, the game is not as heavy to run as it seems and it's a really small compromise to visual quality. Truly outstanding!

[@kukuricapica]

Digital Foundry will have yet Optimized settings. I'm still waiting for Alex's video to explain to people why this games is so good looking at least when played on highest settings. Great video though. I'm subscribed.

[@mrjtfang2]

@@kukuricapica Highly detailed environments that make heavy use of realistic lighting, particularly with the extra flair of pathtracing.

[@SkeleTonHammer]

Really appreciate your videos. Not only is the testing exhaustive, but you seem to actually know what you're talking about and you describe/understand the settings correctly. A lot of people don't know what a lot of these settings actually do, and since I've been a game dev for 15 years and am intimately familiar with all of them, it can be frustrating watching other videos where they just guess at what they think a setting does.

[@azulceleste9877]

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[@luisfernandom.juraski8717]

Thank you, your videos are really helpful!

[@FaceMyLogic]

The video I was waiting for 🙌 this guy does it best frfr

[@blazingangel187]

Post processing, volumetric lighting and transparency are by far the settings that affect performance the most, so if you're encountering lots of stuttering especially in open areas, make sure you set these to the lowest setting for a smoother experience

[@phabran]

Full settings at 12:44.

[@TiagoAlvarez1986]

Man, I'm finding your settings better explained and more nuanced that Alex's over at DF. Great job!

[@querojogarbem276]

Estava esperando o seu video, valeu. Abraços do Brasil I was waiting for your video, thanks. Hugs from Brazil

[@sisoMK]

The KING of benchmark, very easy to follow and straight to the point, keep up the great work with those videos man!!!

[@deyandimitrov7287]

Man, that Depth of field thing was bugging me hard... I don't like it in any game, but here it was even worse. Everything flickers and shimmers when it's on. Happy that this is gone now, everything is very clear and detailed and no shimmering, thanks to this channel.

[@peymandehghan3023]

I almost always liked your videos at the first second I enter them because I know how thorough and good they are; thank you for all the games you reviewed and best settings you provide.

[@M4RT1980]

Thanks. Always look forward to your videos. Averaging around 75 - 80 fps in the town with my 6750XT and 5600x CPU with your settings.

[@tarkungZ]

Wow , this is litereally the best graphic setting explanation for alan wake 2 so far.

[@NoahiShere2667]

The post-processing quality Has huge improvements to image quality when using upscalers, especially fsr, when used on high the post processing effects are applied post-upscaling, so it gets rid of a lot of the shimmering mainly present when using fsr even in it's quality mode, hence the noticeable impact on performance.

[@keyycee5547]

i hope you can do this for living, this are the cleanest videos of that kind

[@ledooni]

Very detailed and well done. Combined with DF‘s settings overview I think we got the perfect representation and a good idea of which settings to choose. Thanks a lot!

[@gamersmudngrubshow6119]

We all appreciate your hard work for these optimization videos. Personally, you're my go-to now for opt videos as you are thorough and concise.

[@KetamineKhan]

ong so many other people just set the settings to low and call it an “optimization guide” but with him he actually favors performance and quality at the same time

[@the_unded6173]

Holy Moly been waiting for This! Thank you!!🎉🎉

[@MikoDnst]

Just discovered your channel, and I can say that your optimization guides are the most detailed, indicative and simple. You earned a subscriber!

[@felipenachmanowicz9393]

I have a RTX 4080 and even with DLSS quality I need to optimize in order to reach 60ish frames across the board with path tracing. Especially in the forest. The forest is a GPU killer.

[@balemdl866]

High path tracing isn't really worth it for performance

[@abeermustafaahmad2971]

THANK YOU, KING!

[@seafafrage6934]

YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE KING. thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@titiwin25]

My man .... always here when you need him !!!!! Legend !!! Thank you !

[@laureaasdasd]

Just WOW! This is very useful for many many games! GREAT JOB!

[@laureaasdasd]

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[@gamesfantasy3568]

Thank you, your optimisation guides are very helpful and I appreciate the work you put into making these videos.

[@kenobi639]

Straightforward, thorough and to the point. Excellent video. Subbed

[@lespaul678]

Excellent video, right to the point, easily explained with comparisons. Subscribed.

[@AlpKazancoglu]

Good Work , I always do your settings before i play any game

[@bsigns1935]

This video is WAY BETTER than Digital Foundry one, DA just recommend us to use the console setting and leave it on low setting. Thank you for this video

[@AshLordCurry]

I was waiting for this before playing the game, you're amazing!

[@DidoFidoUno]

this is the best game related video i have ever seen on an place....thank you bro you are a true legend

[@NinossoniN]

Thank you for your work, and so nice to see someone who could milk their content and drag things out but doesnt!

[@Anxious_Egotistic]

Thank you so much, you're a lifesaver ❤ I popped open the game two days ago and was disappointed by the performance on the same gpu, and didn't have the patience to try and mix and match the settings (especially that I noticed running into this problem where tuning the settings multiple times specifically DLSS, even after switching it to performance it works but the performance is horrible so a restart is needed.I've actually seen some people talking about having the same issue)

[@maki1532]

Was waiting for this. Thank you

[@nlikeflynn8837]

Bro thank you so much for this! With these optimized settings and the dlss to fsr frame gen mod I can finally have a great looking game w/ rt on my 3080ti all at a clear resolution and high fps!

[@daz1876]

My go to page whenever i start a new game. Keep up the good work

[@leathersausage]

This video is soooooo good, omg! Thank you for your effort in doing these comparisons!!!

[@ChangedEver]

Hey man, thank you for your detailed settings preferences! You helped me get my game to run so much smoother and saved me a tremendous amount of time trying to figure it out myself! Subbed!

[@vairuuentreparatuu]

This is the video that i was waiting for!!!

[@df5826]

Wanted to drop a comment because today I finally dialed in the settings so it's running silky smooth on my 3070ti at 4k. I'm using all of your settings as you suggested but the post processing is at Medium since they don't seem to have the low option anymore and I bumped up the Spotlight quality to Medium as well but I also run it at Ultra Performance. Thanks for your well thought out and presented video, it was a great help.

[@johnhakim7037]

your optimization guides make any game run so well! another great video! I was really hoping my rtx3060 laptop will hold with this game I think I can lock 40fps at 1080p with these settings

[@jaysontomjose5713]

It does. 100%

[@SureShotz12]

You are the GOAT of optimization guides, keep up the good work!

[@neverminder666]

Thank you very much, this video was exactly what I was looking for. No nonsense walktrough of settings and a recommendation is all I needed. I cannot believe I had to go trough 6 Videos just showing how great or bad the game runs on their system...

[@lukario223]

Thanks! I was waiting for it

[@carolinagamer2874]

I have not been disappointed in any way with your optimized guides. Youre doing great work. I subscribed and hit the like button on my way out 👍👍

[@onlypvpcaterina-6669]

New update patch allows raytracing to run properly 20 series, So i use your recommendations and raytracing, Looks and runs great now, Thank you for you reccomendation in this video, I love the ones in the last of us part 1 too, Many thanks, I subbed ! ❤👍

[@edwingeorge6760]

What settings are you using with your ray tracing for it to run ok?

[@onlypvpcaterina-6669]

@@edwingeorge6760 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3_Gomeud7KgsNk , This guy settings utilize what is needed to make a difference and what dont, But i used the raytracing reconstruction aswell only on town/city on night time and the shore concert, It does nothing for the game in the daytime really especially in the forest, This guy does some really nice settings in games.

[@cesaritox09]

Nice vid, it really help me out with my 6600 gpu. I was also tired of how the game look like a bit blurry so I edited the render ini and gosh it def looks way better.

[@alexn5344]

Thank u man, game looks rly sharp after your optimization! Subscribed!

[@Erocketfries]

My favorite optimization youtuber

[@DouglasCarvalho_]

A excellent job as always translate, good job man

[@Willpolita]

The video I was most waiting so far

[@leanbeefpapi]

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[@ptown77]

Good guide! Bottom line is playing this at 1440p with my 4070 Ti is just better with these settings more or less in mind and RT off. Too much instability and lag with RT on, even with DLSS. The software-based lighting and "RT" effects look pretty impressive as is.

[@johnhughes9766]

Awesome video, just what I was looking for, great job I even subscribed

[@Stardomplay]

Excellent video. Definitely will be my substitute channel for optimized settings from Digital Foundry!

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[@Gamer-Luck]

keep up the good work ma men!

[@shottypwningz4068]

Amazing guide! 🙏 Thank you man, saving us

[@DravenxEyeless]

Your analyzing is on par with what Digital Foundry does, very neat and to the point, as well. Got a sub!

[@Sethologik]

Thank you for your work. I can see how much time you spend on this. Very.very good and important video.

[@DexterMullen]

Amazing work man!

[@XxxTheCoolKidxxX]

Great upload. The general store area (at night), in the Culdron Lake camping grounds, was the most demanding area for me. I like how this game does not need a high frame rate to be immersive.

[@panzer948]

That's a good point. I have a 4080 super and started game a max 4K settings and saw I was only running 20 to 30 fps in those forest scenes. But... it was smooth thus having that frame counter turned on was the biggest disappointment.

[@BloodMorfina]

Thx for the comparative settings! U are a best!

[@manaspandey7141]

Best youtuber ever literally ir channel is the goat ❤

[@mohammad-zabih]

HOLY SHIT THIS GEAME LOOKS GOOD :O some of the effects are better than real life LOL

[@Jaem-ml4lx]

Thank you my brother! Your the best!

[@mohammad-zabih]

by FAR the best Channel for Optimizations :) and i mean FAAAR

[@Monsux]

What even the reviewers miss on this game. The 720p when scaled to 4k with DLSS looks just insane with full ray tracing + path tracing. This does require turning off multiple settings on ini file + setting a DLSS sharpening (I'm using 70 sharpening). Do this and the game runs and feels amazing. No idea how Nvidia and Remedy pulled this out, since this would require some insane AI training. The final image is just so sharp and detailed. I have tried playing with 1080p and 1440p, but always come back to 720p with max graphics. I don't care about max graphics that much, but 720p is the only resolution that offers my GPU the full lightning overhaul, so I can go all out. On forest area some graphic settings need to tune down, but even at LOW presets with max path tracing, the game looks sick. The best part, even at 720p, there's no flickering. This does take some VRAM (11GB+ with full settings when using 3080 Ti), but offers path tracing to low - mid level RTX 30 & 40 GPUs.

[@Pandorum92]

You are my number 1 youtuber for the optimized settings. Always waiting for you videos before start playing 🙂

[@TheForgetfulzee]

Thank you for your work! Appreciate your contents!

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

A very well put together optimisation video!

[@brandonbaka1375]

Volumetric Lighting High to Medium is a solid 7-10fps gain, I think same goes for Post Processing.

[@davimoreirax]

Awesome video. Thanks a lot!

[@tenkai6664]

Pure Gold, Thank you ❤

[@EndGxme]

Keep up the good work Bud! Videos like this are very useful for some👍

[@buddye2]

youre the GOAT of game settings , im playing on a 2060, rysen 5600x running 45/60 fps after your tips !!!

[@Silent-1983]

Thank You ! Much appreciated!

[@romanstat2746]

Great effort! Thank you a lot ❤

[@craisert]

hey your videos are very helpful, i watched this and the cyberpunk one to help me see what i like best on my graphic settings, also your accent is kinda calming, i hope you can keep making this guides, i would like to see one for battlefield 1 because i search here in youtube but the rest of the videos are so dumb

[@mikoajcylwik734]

I have applied this settings with Path Tracing enabled and gained 8 fps extra at 4K from 52 to 60 fps (in the most demanding area) with DLSS Perf + FG on my RTX 4080. I thing extra 15% boost is quite decent without graphics quality impact. Average now i have between 70 and 85 fps depends from location.

[@herogamerbr12]

DLSS PERFORMANCE? Jesus thats bad

[@mikoajcylwik734]

@saltmaker5353 FSR Perf looks unacceptable but DLSS at 4K for me is fine and looks much crisper than 1440p native on my 55 inch TV. DLSS implementation in AW ii is preaty decent i would say. Maybe on PC monitor DLSS looks bad but i can't compare.

[@mikoajcylwik734]

@@saltmaker5353 That is right, I am sitting about 3m from TV end that is the reason why DLSS Perf seems good to me.

[@Twiztz]

@@herogamerbr12 DLSS Performance is for 4K, u might have 1080p/2K so every DLSS looks bad

[@herogamerbr12]

@@Twiztz I have a 1440p monitor and set DLSS to quality always. Get rid of sharp edges, aliasing problems and add bit of blur, nothing ridiculous. It looks beautiful. I played 4K with Perf DLSS and it was bad. Balanced at least. Thats the way to go

[@bquietson]

This is super helpful, thank you.

[@existential_]

Great work! Digital Foundry for some reason released an Optimized Settings video but it's trying to match the PS5, that's not what optimized settings means. You also included config file tweaks which is going above and beyond. I also came across your Remnant II video as well. DF is releasing more videos on console versions which I don't care about.

[@fin4658]

Such great detailed comparions, keep up the great videos.

[@marxista]

love you benchmarking!

[@davidsenkyrik5068]

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[@dimanassiniovas4251]

Thank you,big work, you are amazing with your optimization guide for games,like and subscribed :)

[@oropher1234]

Seeing as i set my quality settings according to the worst performing sections of a game (mostly), i would have liked to see some extra quality on the city levels. I already run Maxed Out with path tracing... However i use Frame Generation, and that one isn't needed in the city levels. However in the forest levels it evens out the nasty drops in dens area's with water around. So in the city levels the game could benefit from an even more extensive path tracing solution. I don't really like turning off FrameGen for a specific level, as it may leave me desiring to keep running it without framegen and i'd be running in circles like Alan himself. It would make the experience inconsistent.

[@furyfurious364]

yea i fell you but i just leave frame gen on for both. when im playing as saga my fps can range from 60-80 fps and alan 80-120 everything maxed with pathtracing at medium. my gpu is a 4070

[@KDA333]

@@furyfurious364 what res ?

[@batuhanninan]

Congratulations, a lot of effort. A great guide to finding the best rate for everyone.

[@ArmFallOffBoii]

You're a life saver. Ty!

[@engulfinglightning98]

tnks for this! u save me a lot of time!

[@m.heyatzadeh]

I liked your explanation thought the video, as it was very helpful. The game does a good job in its provided presets in graphics menu. The settings you've mentioned are almost similar to the medium preset with some small differences. This is by far the most demanding game I've come across.

[@jbba48]

great video as always

[@AlexG4242]

Wainting for this. Many Thanks

[@Paris-STR]

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[@mken9143]

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