my laptop has a very hard time with the asuran areas of gw....sometimes it crashes other times I get really weird graphics. Cant tell you why--but I know it has problems with those areas.
Only problem I ever had graphics wise was trying to vanquish the burning forest area in eotn. It would literally freeze my computer and require a reboot every time. New graphics card, no problems.
i'm not aware that anyone ever "hyped" anything about rata sum. however, it's certainly true that certain intel integrated graphics cannot handle rata sum and other asuran areas. fortunately, i have the fix.
I made it their and I dont see the hype about the intel graphics cards failing
Some Integrated Intel graphics have serious problems with the graphics in Rata Sum and some other areas.
It's possible that you have a newer IIG that doesn't have those problems and/or it's possible that your computer has a discrete video card in addition to the IIG.