In need of help): System requirements

[Z-Nasty]

Okay, so I was scrolling through co-op steam games to play with my girlfriend (we're long distance so we don't have much to do) and we stumbled upon Dead Island- As I go to check the system requirements it reads:

Minimum:
OS: OS X 10.8 and newer
Processor: Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GT 640M 512MB

and I have a MBP late 2011 13 inch
OS: 10.7.5
Processor: Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz
Graphics: Intel HD graphics 3000 384 MB
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Can I still run this game?

 

[Barney63]

Your system doesn't meet the minimum requirements, however it will probably play it (poorly) if you upgrade to 10.8


Barney

 

[snaky69]

Okay, so I was scrolling through co-op steam games to play with my girlfriend (we're long distance so we don't have much to do) and we stumbled upon Dead Island- As I go to check the system requirements it reads:

Minimum:
OS: OS X 10.8 and newer
Processor: Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GT 640M 512MB

and I have a MBP late 2011 13 inch
OS: 10.7.5
Processor: Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz
Graphics: Intel HD graphics 3000 384 MB
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Can I still run this game?

Let me put it simply. You want a computer with numbers equal or higher than those shown.

You have an i5 @ 2.5GHz, whereas they recommend an i7 @ 2.7GHz

You have half the recommended RAM. 4GB vs 8GB.

You also have an integrated graphics card (and a crappy one at that). The Intel 3000HD is fine for word processing and such, but for gaming, it pretty much sucks. The nVidia recommended would run circles around your 3000HD (it is roughly twice as powerful) and has dedicated VRAM (512MB) to boot. The 3000HD uses the computer's RAM as VRAM. Computer RAM is much slower than dedicated VRAM.

Rule of thumb of computers: bigger number is better, be it a model number or a frequency (MHz, GHz). Any graphics card with Intel in its name is called an "integrated" graphics card and is usually crappy. Dedicated cards are usually made by nVidia or ATI.

You might be able to play your game, at the very very lowest resolution and detail level. Don't expect stellar performance.

 

[Meister]

This is why I discourage gamers from buying macbooks...