It works in my 2017 laptop:
I have a quad core 7th gen i7, with an Nvidia 1050 GPU (old as fk!). It would be cheap to buy a laptop like that.
In terms of “can it work with an ‘integrated’ CPU/GPU?” (which mine also has - intel quad core i7s have this), technically this type of CPU actually has a GPU within the CPU. This is an interesting question. I am going to ask about it on their Discord…
I know nvidia, amd, and apple are working with them. I am not sure about Intel (as yet…).
But I get it - laptops can make music without separate GPUs. The reason I have one, is only because it was impossible to find a quad-core i7 without one (they are a Gamer’s CPU). I’m not a gamer myself - but I do currently offload anything I can to the GPU to save CPU usage for current audio projects …
I think it is fkn hilarious that my old laptop still supports this insanely new technology. Apple people won’t be as lucky as they are only working with GPU AUDIO company to make it work on M1s and above. Maybe there will be a hack, idk…
I was thinking about building a desktop computer with the highest spec CPU (because Vital and other plugins I love need massive CPU power), and any old GPU… but I am now appreciating that GPUs could become useful for audio production and I am waiting to see what happens.