Dendio said:
I hated oblivion but gave skyrim a shot and love it. I hear about people on pc's and ps3's having lag issues that turn into crashes on save files with long gameplay hours. There is a rumor going around that this problem is due to a memory leak that builds on itself the longer one plays the game. Now I have noticed more lag now than I had at level 1, and I have had a crash to desktop while in mid conversation. Will this memory leak damage my pc through something called thrashing?
Im about 57 hours in.
Thanks
Open Task Manager while you're playing and tell me how much RAM is being used. While you're at it, tell me how much RAM you have in your system and whether you're on 32 bit.
And no, you should not be able to damage components with non-retarded drivers and specifications just by running a resource-heavy program on them unless the specification says that they can't be used at full load for significant periods of time.
Disclaimer: technically you CAN damage components in this way, but it really shouldn't happen.