Seem to recall something about it checking the amount of dedicated video memory and not running if there was none, which is the case for integrated graphics? Just for this situation, Intel released a driver version a few years ago that reports a fake amount of dedicated video memory, 128 Mb by default, which can be changed (or disabled) by editing a registry setting, as there's no visible option in the software. May want to check your driver version if that's the case.

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas ran fine on my 620.

I can't lauch Fallout 3 through galaxy, or it crashes though.

D:OS (as mentioned already i think) requires dx11, which the 2000 doesnt do.

KOTOR 2 on the other hand is another requiring a custom exe fix. I think it might still be linked in the games subforum here. Almost certain its on the steam discussions.

Try this:-
https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout3/mods/17209

But you still need to:
* Give the site payment details, which can be a barrier for some people.
* Wait fir it to ship. (aliexpress can take a long time to ship things, at least if you're in the US, due to it having to ship from Asia.)
* Install the GPU. Some people might not be comfortable opening their PCs, and some people might be gaming on laptops which typically don't let you install a new GPU.

Thanks- It runs fine, I just have to launch it through the exe file.

I play a lot of games on my Laptop which doesn't have a GPU. I recently got a new one with HD4000 graphics, but before that I had one with HD3000. Since laptop screens are smaller, I always play on 720p, since this gives a huge performance boost.

Games I've played in 720p on Intel HD3000:
Mass Effect Trilogy (don't know about Andromeda) is playable, but not that fluid, which some people don't like when playing a shooter. You'll get used to it.
Borderlands is perfectly playable.
Life is Strange sometimes feels a bit choppy, but is still playable.
Telltale's Sam&Max games work great.
Telltale's Back to the Future works great.
Torchlight 2 didn't stutter or lag at any time.
Shovel Knight runs like a charm.
Dust: An Elysian Tail doesn't feel any different than it does on my GTX 1060.
Final Fantasy VII and VIII are playable. Battles do feel a bit laggy sometimes, but they were never that smooth, even on my desktop with a GTX 1060. It's a different kind of lag, but not necessarily better or worse.
Morrowind definitely had less frames than on my desktop, but there was still enough room to increase render distance of some objects.
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky works great.

Then there's a ton of older or less demanding games (Deus Ex, Thief, Blackwell series, etc.) that ran flawless, even at native 1080p. But they'd run on a potatoe, so I'm not even trying to remember all of them.

Games I've played in 720p on Intel HD4000:
Life is Strange: Before the Storm... A borderline case. I wanted to play it on my laptop, lying on the couch. I guess I could've get used to it being choppy and laggy, but the cooling fans became a tad too loud for my taste. Should work on any PC with more air flow.
Final Fantasy IX ran great.
Grandia II was a bit choppy.

Thank you both! I'll look into it as soon as I find myself with a little bit more time to spare (this has been a difficult year so far). I've tried all sort of things with KOTOR 2 in the past, but it's been a few years, so I don't remember exactly what I've tried and what I haven't. I had given up already and simply put the game aside until the day I could get a different graphic card, but if I can make it work with what I have it's worth to keep trying.

I found the thread I was on about: https://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_knights_of_the_old_republic_series/kotor_ii_and_intel_hd_solution

Intel Integrated Graphics is far better than most people give it credit for.

The computer I'm posting this from was built in 2014 and has the premium version of Intel Integrated Graphics (Iris Pro???)

It runs nearly all of the last-generation "AAA" games on (at least) medium-low settings.

Skyrim (regular, not Special Edition) works with occasional CPU lag on medium-low settings.
Mass Effect 1 and 2 run buttery smooth on medium or even medium-high settings.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution runs great on medium settings.
Borderlands 1 and 2 run fine on it with medium settings - nearly no CPU lag.
Warframe runs well on it, although it's been a few years since I tested that.
World of Warcraft ran properly on it until Blizzard made their game engine horribly inefficient in the most recent expansion.
Guild Wars 2 - been there, done that, no problems.
Spec Ops: The Line - got that in a Humble bundle giveaway promotion IIRC. Runs smoothly on medium settings.

In fact, I'm going to say that any last-generation AAA game that this computer can't handle on medium-low settings must be a shoddy console port or poorly written POS, where the problem is between the developer's keyboard and chair.

The idea that "you can't make a gaming computer without a graphics card" is a lie. It's very possible if you're willing to turn the graphics down.

Pillars of Eternity 1 runs very well on a 620.

Not a lot of people are aware of this, but most Intel HD chips have had Vulkan hardware support ever since Ivy Bridge (Vulkan 1.0, but only available in Linux), with Skylake and above supporting Vulkan 1.1 on Windows and Linux (via the official drivers).

This means you can use things like DXVK to potentially speed up any DX9+ games on your Intel HD graphics chip.

Even DX8 games can be given the same treatment, if you use DXVK with d3d8to9.

I've been using this approach on an N5000 Pentium Silver powered laptop (passively cooled) with UHD Graphics 605 to play things like Anno 1701 @ 720p High close to 60 fps. And this isn't even a particularly powerful Intel graphics chip.

My GPU broke again last Saturday, so I am happy to have my integrated Intel GPU until I get it fixed or buy a new one. It is like a spare tire in a car, or having two kidneys.

After todays release of Wolfenstein: The New Blood, I figured I'd have a look and see what the state of running on an intel is... according to a mass of youtube videos, it runs pretty well on low settings. One even had a link to a low end config (pre tweaked), though I've lost the link now.


Edit: and having played through it (and the dlc) late last year, the first Dishonored ran quite nicely too.