Gateway Parts - Can other parts of my computer be good enough to somehow compensate for my bad graphics card?

Can other parts of my computer be good enough to somehow compensate for my bad graphics card?

So, I recently bought this laptop on sale at office depot. It's from the Gateway M series, the M-6827. Here are its specs: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.00 GHz 3.00 GB Memory (RAM) 32-bit Operating System Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 More specs at: http://www.premiumgeeks.com/laptop/gateway-laptop/gateway-m-6827-specs/ As far as I can tell my laptop looks pretty good as far as games go. With the exception of the graphics card. Now for the weird part. I can run games that require a higher level of graphics card without lowering the settings. Games like Civilization 4 and Battlefield 2142 Northern Strike run fine on my computer. I'm debating whether or not I should get Elder Scrolls 4 (Oblivion) for my computer because I'm unsure as to whether or not I can run it without a better graphics card.

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Typically those games require a dedicated graphics processor. You might be able to run the game on low settings.