Gaming
Can the Alienware 16 Area-51 run Tropico 6?
Minimum requirements
Meets minimum requirements
Meets recommended requirements
The publisher lists GeForce GTX 750 (tier 2), Radeon HD 7870 (tier 3); we compare against the highest-class alternative, so the requirement is tier 3. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU is tier 6; the requirement is tier 3. 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 3. GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU: PASS. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 3. 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 3. 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 3.
Which configuration do you have?
This laptop is sold with 5 graphics options and the answer can differ. Pick yours — nothing is stored.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU is tier 6; the requirement is tier 3.
- 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 3.
- GPU option (unpaired with CPU options) — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU: Meets the minimum requirements. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU is tier 7; the requirement is tier 3.
- 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 3.
- 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 3.
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.
- Tropico 6 system requirements · publisher requirements
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units · secondary source (Wikipedia), spec facts only
- Manufacturer spec page for this configuration · manufacturer
- https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/LOQ/LOQ_15AHP10/LOQ_15AHP10_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2025-g614/spec/ · manufacturer
- https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/LOQ/LOQ_15IRX10/LOQ_15IRX10_Spec.pdf · manufacturer
- https://rog.asus.com/us/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-18-2025/spec/ · manufacturer
Published requirements
Minimum requirements
- CPU
- AMD or Intel, 3 GHz (AMD A10 7850K, Intel i3-2000)
- GPU
- AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 2GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon HD 7870, Geforce GTX 750) · DirectX 11
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 16 GB
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit; macOS: MacOS Mojave (10.14)
Recommended requirements
- CPU
- AMD or Intel, 3.3 GHz (AMD FX 8300, Intel i5 3000)
- GPU
- AMD/NVIDIA dedicated GPU, 4GB dedicated VRAM (Radeon R9 380, Geforce GTX 960)
- RAM
- 16 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) — Tropico 6 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.