Gaming
Can the Sword 15 A12UC run Borderlands 3?
Minimum requirements
Probably can't run it
Just below the minimum requirements (one tier below the required graphics)
Does not meet recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 680 (tier 4), Radeon HD 7970 (tier 4); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 4. Sword 15 A12UC-295 (single-SKU MSI spec sheet) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU: NEAR_MISS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU is tier 3; the requirement is tier 4. That is one tier below the requirement.
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.
- Borderlands 3 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/2021-rog-strix-g15-series/spec/ · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570
- GPU
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 75 GB
- OS
- Windows 7/10 (latest service pack)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 75 GB
- OS
- Windows 7/10 (latest service pack)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Borderlands 3 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.