Gaming
Can the Alienware 16 Area-51 run Call of Duty?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Likely meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 970 (tier 4), Radeon RX 470 (tier 4), Arc A580 (tier 5); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 5. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU is tier 6; the requirement is tier 5. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 5. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 5. 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 5. 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 5.
Which configuration do you have?
This laptop is sold with 5 graphics options and the answer can differ. Pick yours — nothing is stored.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU is tier 6; the requirement is tier 5.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 5.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 5.
- 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 5.
- 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 5.
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.
- Call of Duty system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://www.amd.com/en/support/downloads/drivers.html/graphics/radeon-600-500-400/radeon-rx-400-series/radeon-rx-470.html · manufacturer
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Arc · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
- https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/LOQ/LOQ_15AHP10/LOQ_15AHP10_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2025-g614/spec/ · manufacturer
- https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/LOQ/LOQ_15IRX10/LOQ_15IRX10_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-18-2025/spec/ · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-6600
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 470, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / 1060 or Intel Arc A580 · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 8 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-6700K
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 6600XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or Intel Arc B580 · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 12 GB
- OS
- Windows 11 64 Bit (latest update)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Call of Duty on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 9/19/2026
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.