Gaming
Can the Dell Pro Max 16 run Battlefield 2042?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Does not meet recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (tier 3); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 3. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 4; the requirement is tier 3. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 5; the requirement is tier 3. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: LIKELY. NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 3; the requirement is tier 3.
Which configuration do you have?
This laptop is sold with 3 graphics options and the answer can differ. Pick yours — nothing is stored.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 4; the requirement is tier 3.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 5; the requirement is tier 3.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: Likely meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 3; the requirement is tier 3.
How this was judged
Graphics chips are compared by class (an 8-tier rubric), not by benchmark score. The same tier as the requirement is only ever “likely”. Read the tier rubric and its limitations.
- Battlefield 2042 system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
- https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_P1_Gen_8/ThinkPad_P1_Gen_8_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
- https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-pro-max-mc14250-laptop/dell-pro-max-mc14250-owners-manual/gpudiscrete?guid=guid-4c4dbc78-d958-4370-a96a-02f53b310db2&lang=en-us · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600, Core i5 6600K
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 560,Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, Intel Core i7 4790
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Battlefield 2042 on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/20/2026
The laptop’s figures come from its verified specification page. Requirements are the publisher’s and can change. This compares the laptop with the publisher’s listed native requirements — it does not account for emulation, translation layers or cloud gaming. See how we verify the specs.