Computer Random freezing crashes

[Drako]

Wow so your computer is freezing up in its entirety? When it freezes up do you still hear audio from the game? Also are you using full screen or windowed mode? Some games(like this) require a lot more from the gfx cards. And the way ATI cards react when they are under high stress(getting hot) is it resets the video driver. This results in the screen either freezing solid, or going black. Newer models seem to tend towards the former. Anytime i have a driver lockup like that, in windows 7, i just ctrl+alt+del, which usually pulls me out of the game, and i can go back to it and shut it down, cause it will be locked up. I'm not sure if a solution could be made here. With these issues, assuming its load/heat issues, only thing you can do is turn settings down on the game, and/or get better airflow for the GFX card.