Does CS5 require a discrete graphics card?

My computer has a Core 2 Duo and 3GB of memory, but only onboard graphics. The CS5 Design Premium system requirements include "qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit colour, and 256MB VRAM". Does this mean I cannot run CS5? Or does it just mean that if I want the benefits of a graphics card, the card must meet those requirements?
I expected to be able to answer this question myself with a bit of web searching, but haven't been able to! Thanks in advance.

Thanks Bob, I'll go ahead and try it. As it happens, Photoshop is the part of the suite I anticipate using the least.
It's a shame the literature is unclear, though — I understand "requirements" to mean exactly that: a minimal specification without which the software will refuse to install. A graphics card could be on a separate "recommended" list.

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