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Old 10-08-2017, 11:57 AM   #18
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Default Re: Minimum spec?

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Originally Posted by GranitePenguin View Post
That's more than sufficient. It just means you don't have a discreet GPU; that's perfectly fine. If it makes you feel any better, I am getting excellent performance on a 6-year old MBP playing through Wine. Their specs are pretty modest.
To translate a little: computer graphics come in "discrete" and "integrated" flavors. Discrete means that graphics are handled through a physically separate component; a "video card." Integrated graphics are built into the motherboard or even the main processor chip itself. Once upon a time, this was a Big Deal and trying to run games without a discrete graphics solution would only result in heartbreak and tears. Now, not so big a deal; modern computers tend to have memory and clock cycles to spare, especially home PCs.
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