could a certain app/game reveal instability in an otherwise stable system?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

one of my rigs, a Q9550 with a mild OC, 333 MHz FSB -> 400 MHz (undervolted, i think around 1.1v - 1.2v), has been stable for as long as i've had it (couple of years).
any app, program, game i've run on it has been stable.

now when playing SC2, I get crashes quite often- a couple of BSOD's (W7 x64), but most of the time just SC2 crashing itself and i get the error reporter.

the obvious thing i've done is bringing it back to stock speeds, which i've done and it crashes less frequently now, but it still crashes.

i haven't read anything stating that SC2 was a demanding game, so this is coming as a surprise to me.
is it my system, or is it SC2?

 

[Rifter]

GPU? done the menu fix?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

GPU? done the menu fix?

GPU is GTX260 216.

latest patch doesn't auto apply the fix?

 

[JAG87]

What is crashing when you get the BSOD? It is very important you read the cause.

If it's the video driver, there is a good chance it's just your video card is unstable, or the driver you are running is causing problems.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

What is crashing when you get the BSOD? It is very important you read the cause.

If it's the video driver, there is a good chance it's just your video card is unstable, or the driver you are running is causing problems.

i guess i have to check the dump file.
ugh... i hate parsing those.

i should also mention that i'm still undervolted.

 

[Athadeus]

The latest patch did cap the FPS at the menu. I am pretty sure that any crashes are your system (and mine). I played about 500 games in the beta (and 100 on that one since release) on my old e6300 @ 2.4ghz, 2gb DDR2 800mhz, and a 512mb HD4770 without any crashes.

However, I am having problems getting it to run stable on my new i7 930, 6gb GSkill 1600, and GTX480 at stock with no AA. I can get past many memtest86+ runs and at least 10 hours of Prime95 on it though. Oh, and it worked for the vast majority of the games yesterday, so I guess it is close to stable (2/30 crashed).