It's not the cutscenes that require the graphical power; it's the 3D graphics. - Edit 1
Before modification by lord-of-shadow at 28/07/2010 11:22:44 PM
If you are playing a 3D game, you pretty much need a graphics card. I'm sure there are exceptions here and there, but they're just that: exceptions.
Starcraft 2, unlike 1, is in 3D, and it makes use of a lot of 3D features - lighting, shadows, etc. - that put a GPU to use.
It's not a graphically demanding game by any stretch of the imagination. I could have run it on recommended settings 6 or so years ago, and I'm not the sort of guy to buy top-of-the-line PCs.
Starcraft 2, unlike 1, is in 3D, and it makes use of a lot of 3D features - lighting, shadows, etc. - that put a GPU to use.
It's not a graphically demanding game by any stretch of the imagination. I could have run it on recommended settings 6 or so years ago, and I'm not the sort of guy to buy top-of-the-line PCs.