Gaming
Can the Alienware 16X Aurora run Dark Souls III?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 750 Ti (tier 2), Radeon HD 7950 (tier 3); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 3. 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 3. 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 3.
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 5060 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU is tier 6; the requirement is tier 3.
- 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 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.
- Dark Souls III 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://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/LOQ/LOQ_15AHP10/LOQ_15AHP10_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
- https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/LOQ/LOQ_15IRX10/LOQ_15IRX10_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-6300
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950 · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD FX-8350
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Dark Souls III 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.