Well I got to play for about an hour last night, and boy, the different gameplay mechanics were fun to try and figure out. I did the exact settings of a gal civ II game that I had recently played and it was definately different. I didn't crash at all, I just had some issues with hotspots when trying to click on things. So far I'm really likeing this, thank god I found an industrial planet next to a huge asteroid field <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/smiles/Tongue.gif"
Xithis
Well I find that the ai is always agressive with me. I play on large maps tight clusters 6 ai on challenging, and they always are going for my territory. Also this could be because I like to ally with all of the minor races and defend thier homeplanets from the agression of the major races. For some reason the major races love to wipe these guys out. I suggest you try that approach one game, always keeps me on my toes.
Yeah sounds like an overheating issue of your card, I had similar issues with my computer that I built, and a 20" box fan from walmart (one of those all weather types) attached to the side of the machine fixed that real quick.
Since what Pharacon1 was soooo on topic.... That would be cool to get that information on demand if you wanted it. I would definately like to have a feature like that as well.