i got 256mb ram and what i have to do its close everything put my pc on 16 bit low detail and go to controll pannel, system, advanced, preformance settings and click adjust for best preformance i also dont have a background image or nothing and mine only crashes when i get blowed up by like 2 tanks at the same time or something with a big hugh yelloish flash...but i lag like hell anyway but not as bad and dont crash no where near as much with my system is running in this ugly type of gasynes windows crap