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Running Apex Legends on a integrated GPU.
So, I just installed Apex Legends on a PC I knew it would never run on, because I'm hopeful and poor. I installed it on my HP 630 Notebook that I got back in 2009, with 4Gb Ram @ 1333MHz, dual core ...
As you suspect, your machine is below spec and will not play this game.
This is a straight up compatibility issue and not something you can get around by using a specific setup/configuration.
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