Core i3 sandy bridge and its integrade GPU + FFXI questionFollow

hello everyone,
and sorry if this has been ask before here.
my question is about the core i3 2100 and its GPU, i'm planning to build a low budget PC with that CPU and well i'm wondering if anyone has played FFXI using that CPUs graphics processor, using the H67 board, without the need to buy a GPU card(AMD,Nvidia) so i'm wondering if FFXI runs well on that or i really need to get a GPU card regarless?. i'm not looking for perfection here, just decent play and nothing fancy, after all this PC i'm building is just for FFXI and casual web browsing, anyways any advice or info is appreciated thanks .

Unless they recoded the game recently, Intel GMAs still chug trying to run it, I try to stay away from integrated cards to play any game.

i see, thanks for the info guys, i guess ill just get a GPU card, most likely a GeForce 560 Ti.

I don't know about the 2000 series, but i recently bought a new laptop with the i5-2410, which comes with the 3000 series GPU and it works well on the 14' laptop. No lag unless i'm in port jueno or other very high traffic area. Cheap GPU's are available for desktops and will probably work better for other games as well so that is a viable route if you plan to play other games.

It's well worth it to get even a lower end video card for a desktop PC, if only to give yourself more port options. You don't need a $250 latest and greatest by any means - I'm getting fabulous performance out of a $75 Radeon HD 5670, and it's low enough voltage that you shouldn't even have to get a horribly expensive PSU (my 400 watt PSU is running it without breaking a sweat.) And that card supportes EyeFinity and gives you three port options, including HDMI, so when you go to upgrade your monitor 3 years from now you'll still be set.

yes, it does.