So I've slugged it out with this game from launch like so many have been doing. Was very thankful that I never have had (knock on wood) corrupt save games, but did suffer through the graphic stuttering and frame rate slow down. And as far as the random CTD's, I've been semi fortunate where it hasn't affected game play until today. I'm currently on the quest to make contact with the Brotherhood of Steel, and upon going into the elder's room, the game will crash, every time. I've looked at other forum posts and it seems like most CTD issues are random, but this one is happening in a very specific place over and over. Has anyone found and tricks or what not to get around this or should I just forget about this quest. On a side note, my experience with the CTD starting getting worse AFTER the latest patch. Thanks in advance for reading and/or replying.

What I noticed that before a crash, something weird can be seen on screen like, corrupted fonts of objects, rainbow colored objects or monotone colored objects, misplaced smoke, flying stones, and other really weird graphical glitch.

If I go back to an older save, manual save I can play for more than 30 minutes but after I see those weird things again its sure to crash after a few seconds.

I think the crash is still attributed to corrupted saves.

Well I managed to get a quick save in the elder's room, and it hasn't crashed yet. Just crazy that everyone has a 'home remedy' to try and fix it. Hope some tech guru nails this one down, then Bethesda can take credit for fixing it.