Alan Wake 2’s impressive visuals come at a cost, making it one of the most demanding games of the year in terms of hardware. If your PC is, however, still rocking an older GPU, a recent Vulkan renderer mod might help you run the game and increase its performance.
The emphasis here is on “might”, and even paokkerkir, the creator of Alan Wake 2’s Vulkan Renderer mod, is upfront about the possibility that it might not yield significant benefits for every user.
Alan Wake 2 Vulkan Renderer Mod
Their goal is to “make the game more playable for cards without [support for] Mesh shaders,” one technology that plays a significant role behind the sequel’s higher system requirements.
Installing Alan Wake 2 Vulkan Renderer mod can lead to improved performance for those using older cards, but paokkerkir stresses that you shouldn’t expect miracles.
AMD Support is confirmed to be “hit and miss,” and this has been reflected in the experience of users who rely on the manufacturer’s GPUs for their gaming needs.
The exact impact of the mod tends to vary from 5-10 FPS to 20+ FPS when it works, but several users report crashes as well as being unable to use it at all.
One solution for Alan Wake 2’s Vulkan renderer mod crashing on boot involves disabling the nVidia overlay, but getting it to work could prove to be a gamble.
Nevertheless, if you’re interested in giving it a shot, you can pick it up from Nexus Mods.
For more on Alan Wake 2, read our review, which delves deeper into why it’s one of the best games of the year, and article covering whether or not the sequel is available on Nvidia GeForce Now.
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