I have, apparently, a poor graphics card

It's a
Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family. The specs are decent (as far as I know), at 1.7GB RAM, and shaders at version 4.0. My problem is that I can't seem to run any "decent" games (mainly I'm looking forward to
Star Wars: The Old Republic). This card technically meets the requirements but
"Can You RUN It" tells me I can't run it. If it helps, it's the same deal with Left4Dead; I meet the minimum requirements but this site says I can't run it.
Overall, I am quite confused as to how these graphics/video cards actually work since I have the requirements. I'm seriously in a rut about this, I just don't get how I meet the requirements but it still doesn't work

Thanks in advance for any help

(btw, I did run L4D a while back. it did run on my comp, and my comp surpassed the min reqs, but it was still extrememly laggy)
Info on my graphics card:
http://www.intel.com...hics/intelgm45/Specs on SWTOR:
http://www.swtor.com/info/faq#171060