Can an Intel I5-3570k Ivy Bridge run Dragon Age: Inquisition?

This game has only moderate requirements for its CPU hardware, however, there has never been any IGP given away free inside of an Intel processor that meets the game's video requirements.  A real, discrete GPU on its own separate circuit board is required, and in the same manner as most games must have, is by far the more important hardware device. 

DA: I  Minimum PC Specs

    OS: Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64-bit (with Service Pack on Windows 7)
    CPU: AMD quad core CPU @ 2.5 GHz, Intel quad core CPU @ 2.0 GHz  
    System RAM: 4 GB
    Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 4870 / NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
    Graphics Card Memory: 512 MB
    Hard Drive Space: 26 GB
    DirectX 10

Thanks for the feedback. I asked my original question because after three days of troubleshooting, an EA game advisor informed me my i3 doesn't have enough physical cores to run Inquisition and that's why it keeps crashing. My GPU in this case isn't the problem, so I'm looking for something to replace my i3 with, as that was identified as the issue. Thanks! 🙂

I have run DA:I on four different processors: A Xeon E5620, an i5-3570K, a mobile i5-2520M and a mobile i7-2740M. DA:I ran on all 4 processors without issue. The mobile processors are dual-core, hyperthreaded CPUs just like your i3. That's why I'm really puzzled as to why the game won't run on your desktop i3. AFAIK, as long as you have at least four logical processors, the game should run.

That said, the game runs great on my slightly overclocked i5-3570K with a Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 (and previously a GTX 670.) Before you invest in a new processor, though, I'd try investigating further why your i3 won't run the game.

@Leora85 Aah, now I understand. Thank you for the clarification. 

@Jhelzei Thanks for the info. I tried troubleshooting for 3 days until the EA adviser I was in communication with informed me that the game has been so heavily patched since launch that my CPU can't run it anymore. I believe it was because of the physical number of cores it possesses -- it's technically a quad core with four threads but only two actual physical cores exist. It was a very frustrating process and definitely more so because I could run the game fine until reasons outside my control made it so I couldn't. At least I know now. I hope this information helps someone else who may be in a similar situation.

@emenyspotted

Actually, when I had replied to you, I really had thought I had been adequately specific, however, since apparently, I was not clear enough, my thanks to Ms Niah_Dark as well! 

Update -- just in case this helps someone else. Since I could run the game before, changing the game properties to make it run in compatibility mode, then repairing it through Origin, restarting my computer, temporarily disabling my antivirus, and running in windowed mode made it run again. Yay!