The game only has 1GB for the minimum memory requirements so I highly doubt that the game is crashing because it's running out of memory. Definitely sounds like a hardware problem with the visual problems. Does it happen if you turn the detail settings down?
Depends how it's being done. Upgrading the cpu in a laptop is much more difficult than upgrading the ram. So if you're buying a new laptop I'd opt for the better CPU and upgrade the ram later, upgrading the ram later is cheaper too because buying a larger stick of ram is usually much cheaper than buying a new CPU.
If you mean zero budget you can do what I did and get an old P3 my university was getting rid of. If you're lucky you might even get a P4. Good luck playing any new games though, however it would work great with nethack.
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