Gaming
Can the ROG Strix Scar 18 (2025) (G835) run Rise of the Tomb Raider?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 650 (tier 2); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 2. 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 2. 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 2. 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 2.
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 2.
- 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 2.
- 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 2.
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.
- Rise of the Tomb Raider system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_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
- Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
- GPU
- NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 64bit; macOS: Mac OS X 10.13.4
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3770K
- GPU
- NVIDIA GTX 980Ti 2560x1440 or NVIDIA GTX 970 1920x1080 · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 25 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 64 bit; 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) — Rise of the Tomb Raider on Steam — System Requirements · retrieved 10/6/2026
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.