Hi
Thanks for the reply,
My motherboard problem wasnt a major crash - there was a problem with the power supply to the board cutting out, I'm no expert so you could be right re memory problems - I've had no problems with other games.
With regard to the graphical issues these seem to show up mainly (but not restricted to) on the choosing of your opponents on startup - these incluse the boxes around the characters missing, half missing etc.
The last time I tried to play the game I got a weird written message behind all the graphics in the game - this caused the game graphics to flash between the written page & play screen about 5 times a second. too fast to read anything - however was a full page of writting.
These problems only seem to show up after 5 mins or so - I'm trying to create a new game (looking for decent starting world - naughty, naughty). I get to create about 5 games on average before problems occur.
The main issue doesnt seem to be the graphical problems (as these happen occasionally rather than as a rule) but the game either hangs & I have to close via Task manager or closes to desktop with the generic "Gal 2 has stopped working" message.
Looking in the reports to Microsoft that happens automaticallty these seem to indicate an APPcrash (whatever that is!?)
My motherboard was a slight upgrade as the chipset wasnt still available although the old card was only 14 months old. The graphics card is the same ie nvidia 8800gt.
I have tried resizing to my resolution on my desktop (1280*960) -{currently playing game at {1078*768} to be the same both by altering the desktop res & the ini file but doesnt seem to make any difference - I didnt fiddle with these settings at all before motherboard change.
If you require any specific data please include idiot proof instructions on how to provide it - thanks
Ploppy3