> >
> > It could also mean the system is overheating. Friends with laptops and integrated
> > graphics have had that problem in the past.
>
> Yeah, I considered overheating as a possibility, but I'm sure that's not the case for
> two reasons...
>
> 1) No other graphically intensive games cause it to crash, even after many hours of
> playing
>
> 2) Sims 3 often crashes immediately upon entering the game, even right after booting
> the computer (it's still relatively cold).
>
>
> Personally, I believe that the game is somehow exhausting the shared memory of the
> video card. I'm convinced that there's a coding problem somewhere in the game engine,
> but EA is unwilling to even acknowledge the problem. They'd rather write off anyone
> playing on a laptop with Intel graphics, even if it's a DX10 capable part.
Does Sims use OpenAL, per chance?
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