According to Remedy, Alan Wake 2 isn't meant to run on GeForce GTX 10 or Radeon RX 5000 Series

With DLSS and FSR 2 required to play Alan Wake II on Low settings, it also requires a GPU that supports Mesh Shaders - a double-whammy for GTX 1080 owners.

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Alan Wake 2 won't run on old GPUs due to lack of DX12 Ultimate

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Alan Wake II doesn't officially support RDNA1 or Pascal and older

Alan Wake 2 FSR VS Native RX5700XT, Ryzen 5 3600 1080p, 1440p

Alan Wake 2 does not support RDNA1 (5000 series) cards according

Alan Wake 2 can run on GPUs without Mesh Shaders - OC3D

23% of PC gamers probably can't play Alan Wake 2. Here's why

Alan Wake 2 can run on GPUs without Mesh Shaders - OC3D

Alan Wake 2 isn't compatible with older PC graphics cards - OC3D

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Alan Wake 2 Requires Mesh Shaders, Excluding Most Older GPUs

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