Well, yeah, it is too late. We ordered an Acer with 8200 and it'll be here in a day or two.

I know it's minimal. It's not on the supported list. But the Wiki writeup says it supports DirectX 10, which means it supports more than is required for Spore. Hopefully I won't regret it.

If it turns out it just isn't acceptable, there is a PCI-e x16 slot for a future graphics card.