Arma 2: Oh dear...

It looked like an exciting game, but there is nothing more boring than regularly losing progress and having to re-start due to crashes. Unfortunately, this is what is now happening on an all-too-frequent basis as I play Arma 2. A quick glance at the forums indicates that I am far from alone in this experience, despite the game having been patched 3 times (one helpful suggestion was that I turned off hyperthreading in the BIOS of my i7 - yeah, like that's why I bought an i7). I'm still convinced that there is a great game in here somewhere, but if the devs can't make it a lot more stable then it'll soon be consigned to the bin...