Gaming
Can the Titan 18 HX AI A2XW run Black Desert?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Recommended requirements: not rated yet
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 970 (tier 4), Radeon RX 480 (tier 4); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 4. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 4. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 4.
Which configuration do you have?
This laptop is sold with 2 graphics options and the answer can differ. Pick yours — nothing is stored.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 4.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 4.
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.
- Black Desert system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2025-g614/spec/ · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-18-2025/spec/ · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i3 (4th Generation)
- GPU
- GeForce GTX 970, Radeon RX 480
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 80 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 (8th Generation), AMD Ryzen 5 2000 Series
- GPU
- GeForce GTX 1660 Super
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 80 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Black Desert 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.