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Can the Aspire 5 Spin 14 run Project Zomboid?

Project Zomboid by The Indie Stone: the publisher’s own minimum requirements, compared with this exact laptop.

Minimum requirements

Does not meet minimum 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. Intel Iris Xe Graphics (inferred): FAIL. Intel Iris Xe Graphics is tier 2; the requirement is tier 1. The publisher states 4 GB of video memory and this configuration only has shared/unified memory, so the result is capped at LIKELY. The publisher states 4 GB of dedicated video memory; this integrated GPU shares system memory and has none of its own. Assumption: we have no configuration list for this model, so the graphics are inferred from its Intel Core i5-1335U and assumed to be integrated-only (a version with a discrete GPU would rate higher). (Core i5/i7 U-series parts of 12th/13th generation use Intel Iris Xe Graphics (Core i5-1335U); the manufacturer notes Iris Xe needs dual-channel memory (single-channel configurations get UHD Graphics).)

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.

Published requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU
Intel 2.77GHz Quad-core
GPU
Dedicated graphics card with 4 GB of VRAM minimum, OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.2 support (generally 2012 or newer)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
10 GB
OS
Windows 10 / 11 - 64 Bit 64bit OS required; also available on macOS (macOS requirements are listed separately on the Steam page)

Sources and limits

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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.