The Lab is a free set of game demos from Valve based on Portal designed to show off the capabilities of the HTC Vive and room-space VR.

The Lab System Requirements

23 Nov 2018 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10
Processor: Intel® i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970, AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or better, Video Output: HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort 1.2 or newer
Additional Notes: 1x USB 2.0 or better port also required

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 7 64
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz / AMD FX-8350
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
System Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 11 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For The Lab Requirements

As an HTC Vive launch title The Lab's system requirements are exactly the same as for the VR headset itself. To hit High settings at 90FPS for VR will require a GTX 970 or R9 290, alongside a powerful quad-core processor.

FPS System Benchmark

49 FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is The Lab for PC? The Lab is excellently optimized

Where does The Lab rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Casual, Sandbox, Sci fi

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The Lab System Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core i5-4590 3.3GHz

FX-8350

GeForce GTX 970 4GB

Radeon R9 290

4 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

1 GB

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Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core i5-4590 3.3GHz

FX-8350

GeForce GTX 1070

Radeon RX 580 8GB

8 GB

16 GB

Win 7 64

DX 11

1 GB

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Average Frames Per Second

Low Setting

Premium Only FPS

Medium Setting

Premium Only FPS

High Setting

Premium Only FPS

Ultra Setting

Premium Only FPS

The Lab PC Release Date:

5 Apr 2016

Alternative Game Tags: the lab, aperture labs, lab, portal, portal aperture lab, htc vive lab, htc vive, the lab, steamvr

The Lab vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

Avg. AAA Recommended Requirements

CPU

Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

25%

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

13%

RAM

12GB

25%

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The latest system requirements News for The Lab

Valve Announces The Lab - A Collection Of Room-Scale VR Experiences For The Vive

Mar-08-2016 [pc]

Valve’s announced a new game! Errr, sort of anyway. The Lab, set to be fully unveiled at the Game Developers Conference next week, is a free collection of virtual reality experiments designed to sho...

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