Will this run ksp

[Canadabear07]

It's a Lenovo G500s.  How will it run? 

[corvustech]

• Intel Core i5 3230M 2.6 GHz (3 MB Cache)
• 6 GB DDR3
• 1000 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
• 15.6-Inch Screen
• Intel HD 4000 Graphics  <------ Here's your big red flag. 
• Windows 8, 5-hour battery life

 

ATI or nVidia. Intel graphics = you french fried when you should have pizza'd, and you're gonna have a bad time.   This is true of any 2.5D (i.e. not sprites) game. 

[Canadabear07]

I don't care about looks.  Will it run good on lowest settings? 

[Canadabear07]

Anyone? 

[bncrock]

Mmmmm, ehh, smeh. It'll run ok. The cpu is fine and dandy so physics won't cause much of an issue but that integrated graphics is gonna give yiu dwindling framerates, expecially on planets and moons. I had a similar processor (though it was gen 2 not 3 but it is more powerful with 4 cores and 3.0 ghz pre turbo boost) in my desktop, which was a cheap prebuilt, and it ran at 20-30 fps with a 25ish average (less on planets).

[corvustech]

The graphics card (HD4000) is actually a component of the processor itself in this case.   It does support Shader Model 3.0 which is the bare minimum.  It's going to take a processor core and 512MB of your 3GB of RAM to function as a video card.  That really means you'll have 2.5GB of usable RAM in the machine and the minimum spec is 3GB.   Expect long load times and unplayable lag, especially since the next patch has some graphical improvements.  If you can upgrade the RAM first, that could be a game changer for you in the literal sense. 

[Canadabear07]

It's got 8 ram

[Harry Rhodan]

2 hours ago, corvustech said:

• Intel Core i5 3230M 2.6 GHz (3 MB Cache)
• Intel HD 4000 Graphics  <------ Here's your big red flag.

There's also a version of this machine with a Pentium 2020M with a significantly less potent Intel HD graphics.