Gaming
Can the Sword 15 A12UC run Hades?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists Feature-level-only requirement (DirectX / OpenGL / memory size, no chip named) (tier 1); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 1. Sword 15 A12UC-295 (single-SKU MSI spec sheet) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU is tier 3; the requirement is tier 1.
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.
- Hades system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX · 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
- Dual Core 2.4 GHz
- GPU
- 1GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 15 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1; also available on macOS (macOS requirements are listed separately on the Steam page)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Dual Core 3.0 GHz+
- GPU
- 2GB VRAM / DirectX 10+ support
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 20 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1; also available on macOS (macOS requirements are listed separately on the Steam page)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Hades 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.