Murphyb74,
It has been my experience in the 7 years of contributing to this board, that the vast majority of problems like these are hardware related, and/or improper migration from a previous machine, or improper installation using another machine as a target disk mode connection.
People using utilities such as Macaroni, Applejack, Onyx, may also see such issues, because the cache files which affect the kernel can become corrupted when not doing the cache cleanup at the appropriate time, with an appropriate backup.
RAM itself is so flakey as to become damaged and undetectable as such, that issues get fixed when replacing with new RAM that fits specs exactly.
Games can ask for a slightly different video card, and send a video card or chip into the deep end trying to draw the system after the games are quit and fixed after the next reboot. Reading the specs of such software, and following those specs exactly can usually prevent such issues.
As long as a video card is one supplied by Apple, and within the specs of the operating system Apple provides, it is logical to assume that Apple has tested that configuration before publishing the operating system in question. I do suggest that if you find a configuration that does not appear to work, and have eliminated it to a simple erase and install, and application of a software update and no third party peripherals, and no hardware test issues detected, and no third party RAM, to at least give Apple feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
http://bugreporter.apple.com/
if not by calling AppleCare directly and getting a case number.
This being a user to user forum, we can only guess and troubleshoot what is going on. Given the multiple causes, if you want your issue troubleshooted, it is best to start your own topic thread saying what you have tried. You'll get a wider audience, and won't confuse the original poster with solutions that don't apply to them.
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