Gaming
Can the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) (G835) run Portal 2?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
The publisher lists GeForce 7600 series (legacy) (tier 1), Radeon X800 series (tier 1), Intel HD Graphics 2000 (tier 1); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 1. 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 1. 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 1. 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 1.
Which configuration do you have?
This laptop is sold with 3 graphics options and the answer can differ. Pick yours — nothing is stored.
- 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 1.
- 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 1.
- 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 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.
- Portal 2 system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_7_series · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2025-g614/spec/ · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
- GPU
- Video card must be 128 MB or more and with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher). · DirectX 9.0c
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 / Vista / XP
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — Portal 2 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.