Thread: will mass effect work?

i tcan't really understand the specs of my dell inspiron 6400 laptop,the min. requirements for mass effect(from wikipedia):

CPU 2.4+ GHz Intel; 2.0+ Ghz AMD
Memory:1 GB (XP)
Graphics hardware :NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT or higher, ATI X1300 XT or higher

and then the specs of m laptop:
http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfb/notebo...00&cs=28&s=dfb

will the game work?

Go here http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/
Pick the game from the list.
Click the "Can you run it?" button.
Site only works with Internet Explorer or Firefox.

Set the .exe or in game settings, to process vertex mode to software instead of hardware.
turn the shadows off,in game or by console or by .CFG file
lower the resolution a little (or none if the other settings fixed it)

last resort....Overclock the processor.

What the hell? I can't even get the game to start, I get an error at the splash or after it goes fullscreen.