I recently got red faction guerrilla off steam and it seems to run, but in the menu it lags like crazy. If the game doesn't crash in the menu then I might get to the game but I get huge lag spikes that last up to 3 min. While playing, I get like 9 fps and constant lag spikes which cause the game to crash. The error that comes up when it crashes is "The instruction at “0x0087a240” referenced memory at “0x00000614”, the memery could not be “read”." my spec are: Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD Speed: 3114 Mhz 2 logical processors 2 physical processors HyperThreading: Unsupported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSE4: Unsupported Windows Version: Windows XP (32 bit) NTFS: Supported Video Card: Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT DirectX Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.11.9107 DirectX Driver Version: 6.14.11.9107 Driver Date: 27 Sept 2009 Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT VendorID: 0x10de DeviceID: 0x421 Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Logical Video Cards: 1 No SLI or Crossfire Detected Primary Display Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Primary Display Size: 18.50" x 11.54" (21.77" diag) 47.0cm x 29.3cm (55.3cm diag) Primary Bus: PCI Express 8x Primary VRAM: 512 MB Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x Sound card: Audio device: SB Live! Wave Device Memory: RAM: 3582 Mb Johnathan Hall Johnathan Hall

Faulty RAM? memtest86 UK MP's are thieving scumbags. EU members are worse.

ya your error is a memory error. your system has memory in the motherboard (system) and on the graphics card. if you run memtest86, you can stress the system ram without really hitting the graphics ram. do you have stability issues in any other (modern/new) 3d games? give that a test as well, or use something like 3DMark06/Vantage to stress your graphics card, and see if you can reproduce a crash. that'll get you started towards figuring out where the fault is occurring.

so i run the tests and no errors, so i started the game again and it still crashes oh and is there a way to test your video card memory on xp 3DMark06/Vantage said vista only the error signature is AppName: rfg.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.1 ModName: ntdll.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.5755 Offset: 0001b21a other info includes <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <DATABASE> <EXE NAME="rfg.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY"> <MATCHING_FILE NAME="binkw32.dll" SIZE="173056" CHECKSUM="0xEF4A5063" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.9.9.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.9.9.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1.9i" FILE_DESCRIPTION="RAD Video Tools" COMPANY_NAME="RAD Game Tools, Inc." PRODUCT_NAME="Bink and Smacker" FILE_VERSION="1.9i" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1994-2008, RAD Game Tools, Inc." 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