I was surprised after installing build11 of the patch how fast the first two saves were after the first turn and after the 3rd turn.
Then I didn't dsave for another 6 turns and the old superlong save with crash occurred. The error message was out of memory. I have my virtual memory set to 4 GB. I have 1 GB of physical memory. I had even eliminated a couple of ship designs from shipyards, though I did not have any ships with those designs. Ihad about 2 dozen of my own SuperNova class ships huge with the ultimate advantium ,and the end of research line defenses and weapons. I do NOT believe in bling so I had no special hulls or ornamentation.