Sims 3 and Intel Graphics Accelerator i5core???

[Renee]

Hi there,

I have purchased a new HP Elitebook with a Intel Graphics Accelerator i5Core video card. I installed the sims 3 on it and it ran smoothly up to a point when the screen went black a few times and the game crashed!  I got a note saying that: Display driver Intel Graphics accelerator Drivers for Windows XP(R) stopped responding and successfully recovered. But still the game keep crashing with the same msg and black screen till it reach a blue screen saying the game crashed. All my system requirements are correct. I have Windows 7 32bit... They said the game would run well on it!

Can someone help me??? I've set everygraphic detail to low and it still crashes even with 800x600

[DaveLembke]

I'd download and run Speedfan and look at your GPU temp. I am willing to bet that the videogame is roasting your GPU a common problem with laptops/netbooks and video games. The GPU overheats and leads to crashes, black screen, pixelation, etc