Ok, since this game is so flipping buggy, I have read that there is some kind of log made by the computer when it crashes. I also understand that it is supposed to be more helpful then a dxdiag. What I would like to know is were is this crash log and how the heck do I find it so I can post it before this games crashing makes me go bazzerk? :brokencomputer: :flamethrower: :shocking: :banghead: :swear: :flame: :gun:

Im not aware of a special fallout 3 new vegas crash log. Theres your windows event viewer. Best thing you can do is post a dxdiag and explain in as much detail as you can about the crash.
What is happening when the crash occurs (include exception code if there is one you can search the event viewer). When did the crash start occurring and how often does it occur? Where in the game does it occur (can you load a game successfully?)

I've mentioned debugdiag to some people and Ill post it here again if tyou want to try it.

There is something you can try. Just to be clear are you getting crash exception 0xc0000005 (you can verify in event viewer)?
You can download a program called debugdiag (from microsoft) and catch the crash. The program will create a memory dump and you can anolyze
this for issues.

Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=28bd5941-c458-46f1-b24d-f60151d875a3&displaylang=en

Download debugdiag.msi (not the x64 version). You may have to go to the install directory to execute the right program. The anolyze only shortcut is installed in the program directory
but not the debugdiag.exe. C:\Program Files (x86)\DebugDiag <-- It should be debugdiag.exe

Its not too hard to get a crash dump from here. Install the program "as admin" by right clicking. Then run it again "as admin".
If the wizard (select rule type) pops up, you want to run fallout 3 nv before proceeding. Afterwards, select crash->a specific process->FalloutNV.exe.

--(only do this if your getting the c0000005 exception when you crash) you probably are
On the next wizard screen you want to select exceptions at the bottom. On the first chance exception screen select add exception.
Find c0000005 (access violation) and select mini-userdump from the action type drop-down menu.
--

Click OK and finish out the wizard.
You should see your rule listed in the rules tab. The status should e active and the userdump count 0. Simply go into the game and get it to crash.
After the crash the userdump count should be set to 1. A minidump file is created jsut follow the path listed under user dump.
The mini-dump should be a small file (~200 KB more or less).

You can try anolyzing a mini-dump or a full-dump from there to get some clues about what is causing the crash.

Ok, thank you very much for the info. I think it was the event viewer I was trying to refer too. I have downloaded the program you mentioned, and when i know if it is the c0000005 error or not, i will give it a try. Thanks again.

So far i have not completly solved my crashing prob with this game, but I did find one thing that was contributing to my crashes. As much as i didn't like doing it, I found that I can play much longer if I shut down my anti-virus. If you seem to have crashes every few mins, you might want to try this as well. Just please don't forget to start it up again before going online. I give no promises that this will help, but it might be worth a try anyway.

last time I but a game without extensive review. bethesda apparently does no internal testing. as long as they get nice console sales they have sold the PC out. a public company doesn't give a [censored] about how they became successful to begin with.

this game is virtually PC unsupported get used to and remember it your next game purchase.

Ok, I seem to have narrowed down my probs with this game crashing on me. Now whenever it crashes, I get a blue screen that says Something about an NMI parity error. I get this after about 2 hours of play. Does anyone know how to correct this? Any checking I have done on it says it means I have a bad memmory chip, but I have had them all checked, and they all check out fine. Thank you for any help you can give me.