Gaming
Can the ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 run Hogwarts Legacy?
Minimum requirements
Likely meets minimum requirements
Does not meet recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 960 (tier 3), Radeon RX 470 (tier 4); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 4. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: LIKELY. NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 4; the requirement is tier 4. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 5; 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 RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: Likely meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 4; the requirement is tier 4.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU is tier 5; 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.
- Hogwarts Legacy 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
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz)
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 85 GB
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 Ghz)
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or INTEL Arc A770 · DirectX 12
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 85 GB
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Hogwarts Legacy 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.