COMPUTER IS FREEZING Options

[ISAT08]

When I play Oblivion, usually after about 2-3 minutes my computer will freeze. This also happens when I play Guild Wars. Sometimes though, I can play for longer (like an hour) without my computer freezing. I'm pretty sure I have a decent setup:

AMD Athlon 2400+ about 2gHz
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128mb
Advance AC97 Audio (onboard)
768MB RAM

I have updated Direct X. I run the game at the 640 resolution and have adjusted in game video settings to low.

Could the problem be that I'm running out of system memory while playing Oblivion or Guildwars?

Thanks for any help

[Olav]

The most common reason for freezes during 3D is overheating. Have you overclocked the CPU or the craphics card? If so try to lower it a bit.

I play with everything on max (1280x1024 which is max for my 19" LCD), with AA/AF set in ATI Control Center and HDR enabled in game, and have no problems what so ever.

I did however have some strange freezes and other problems with most games a few weeks ago. A BIOS upgrade fixed everything (have a brand new MB). Check and see if there a new BIOS available for your motherboard if it's been a while since you last checked.

I also notice that Oblivion uses quite a lot of memory like you suspect. I have 2 GB, and mem usage is 45-60 % while playing Oblivion (have a CPU/RAM usage indicator on my keyboard).