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Can the Raider 18 HX AI run The Last of Us Part I?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Likely meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 970 (tier 4), GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (tier 3), Radeon RX 470 (tier 4); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 4. Raider 18 HX AI A2XWHG-437US (single-SKU MSI spec sheet) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU is tier 7; 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.
- The Last of Us Part I 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
- https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2025-g614/spec/ · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, Intel Core i7-4770K
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 470 (4 GB), AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 (Version 1909 or Newer)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel Core i7-8700
- GPU
- AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB), AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT (8 GB), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (8 GB), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (8 GB)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 100 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 (Version 1909 or Newer)
Sources and limits
How we know this · Report an error
- Valve (Steam) — The Last of Us Part I 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.