Intel graphics are... not exactly the best there is...

Have you been adjusting the values of your video card? If so, try the default settings. I am also not an expert but it might be your refresh rate, frequency value.

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I know this is an old thread but I wanted to bump it up to see if there is anything that can be done to make the game playable?  

My desktop runs the game great, but a friend of mine wants to buy the new game & play it as well but only has a laptop with the standard, onboard Intel HD graphic chipset.  Pretty fast dual-core processor, 4gigs of ram.  

Thanks!

The replies here are ridiculous. This is a major issue, that there are not replies about this with any actual info is very frustrating. I have to assume anyone with the same Intel HD graphics card has the same issue, including me. Supposedly it's supposed to work fine, so what's the deal? 

Sins Rebellion works just fine on my Acer Aspire One with nothing else running. It gets a bit laggy late game, but its still playable . So that's an Intel Atom processor and some dinky video chipset. I'd say if your 4 gig ram system can't handle it, you're video card settings are screwed up.

Oh, and that's without the Sins Optimization Project installed. I have it now, but I used to use it without on this tiny machine. Hooked to a monitor, of course.