Can I run Half Life Alyx?

[Spider-Man]

I'm on an Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop. The system menu is garbage and I can't find the GPU or CPU someone please help

[Der-Kleine]

So after googling for an Acer NItro 5 with a Ryzen 5 2500U, my guess is that this is your laptop:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-nitro-5-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-560x-1tb-hard-drive-black/6301650.p?skuId=6301650&intl=nosplash

The Radeon RX 560X in that not only doesn't have the 6GB of required VRAM, it's also less than half as powerful as the GTX 1060 and RX 580 listed as the minimum requirements.

And since we're talking about a laptop, you won't be able to upgrade it to change that, so you'd need a completely new PC.

[CORYINJAPAN]

Originally posted by Daemon:

Originally posted by Der-Kleine:

Mostly, yes. If you used DX Diag, I'm not entirely sure what that would look like if you have multiple GPUs, since what you listed is the integrated graphics of the Ryzen 5 2500U.

It's possible you have an additional dedicated graphics card that is more powerful than the Vega 8, however either way I'm pretty sure that that CPU falls bellow the minimum requirements. Though I can't be sure with the information you have provided, I doubt the rest of your laptop would mee the minimum requirements either, given the CPU that its pared with (which is rather on the low-end side).

Aw crap. That really sucks. I guess I'll just buy the modifications I need first

If you plan on spending more money on a new computer. Just go on youtube, learn how to build a PC, and build a mini PC if you need it to be portable. Since instead of having to buy a whole new laptop. You can just upgrade a part/s that is insufficient. You will be happier in the long run. Unless you really need your computer to be a laptop. You should get an MSI laptop or something similar. Dont buy over priced alienware.

[Spider-Man]

Originally posted by CORYINJAPAN:

Originally posted by Daemon:

Aw crap. That really sucks. I guess I'll just buy the modifications I need first

If you plan on spending more money on a new computer. Just go on youtube, learn how to build a PC, and build a mini PC if you need it to be portable. Since instead of having to buy a whole new laptop. You can just upgrade a part/s that is insufficient. You will be happier in the long run. Unless you really need your computer to be a laptop. You should get an MSI laptop or something similar. Dont buy over priced alienware.

Ok thanks for the help guys. Did you see how HL:A ends?

[CORYINJAPAN]

Originally posted by Daemon:

Originally posted by CORYINJAPAN:

If you plan on spending more money on a new computer. Just go on youtube, learn how to build a PC, and build a mini PC if you need it to be portable. Since instead of having to buy a whole new laptop. You can just upgrade a part/s that is insufficient. You will be happier in the long run. Unless you really need your computer to be a laptop. You should get an MSI laptop or something similar. Dont buy over priced alienware.

Ok thanks for the help guys. Did you see how HL:A ends?

No! I am on chapter 7 atm. I will probably end up finishing it today. I've been taking my time. I am at 12 hours already and barely on 7 lol. Supposed to be a 13 hour experience...but it will likely take me 20 hours total. Since I like to see the sights and savor this gem of a masterpiece.

oh and btw. If you build your own you will easily save at least 2-4 hundred dollars. On top of that you will get much better parts for the same or less of a cost. Since prebuilts always cheap out on power supplies (which you dont want) and fans, case, etc. There are solid prebuilts out there, but usually over priced for what you get, by at least a couple hundred.