As it turns out, my mom's laptop is actually BETTER for the game than MY Laptop.
So we switched PCs.
Basically, I upgraded from this...
...to this:
Unfortunately, it STILL bottlenecks at higher graphics settings.
DxDiag:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/21/2017, 21:27:12
Machine name: ***
Machine Id: {***}
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 15063) (15063.rs2_release.170317-1834)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
BIOS: F.26
Processor: AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5602MB RAM
Page File: 4444MB used, 2757MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.15063.0000 64bit Unicode