does Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 work with second life

[NiteHolgado]

does Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 work with second life

[Lindal Kidd]

One person reported that yes, it did work when he tried it in a store.  Other people report that it does NOT work.  I would not recommend any integrated graphics solution for SL.  A discrete Nvidia or AMD Radeon graphics card would be much better.

[Peggy Paperdoll]

Yes the HD 3000 Intel graphics accellerator will work.  Medium graphics settings in preferences are about the highest you can get away with.........but you will have a noticable amount of texture lag.  In busy areas that lag will be significant.  The graphics will not handle shadows or depth of field well (if it handles at all).  But, it will work.  Depending on what you want from your SL experience will determine if it's good enough (I wouldn't want what the chipset has to offer for SL.......it just isn't designed for an invironment like SL).

If you can stuff as much system RAM in the computer as it will take it will improve the performance somewhat.  8 GB would be nice.