Games Freezing After *Extended* Gameplay

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My computer is about one year old, and for as long as I can remember, it has always had a problem of freezing randomly while I play games (i.e. Day of Defeat:Source, Guild Wars, Age of Empires III, Civilization IV, and many more). The problem has been incredibly annoying at times, freezing after just a few minutes of gameplay. However, after recently switching Omega Drivers, the games have been freezing only after playing for a long time (1-2 hours :blush: ). Also, I think the 'rate' in which it freezes is based on how 'good' the graphics are of the game. And so, I come here in need. I was hoping anyone reading this could perhaps give me some advice in getting rid of this problem, once and for all.

Thanks in advance!
-Leo

Computer:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack: Service Pack 2
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name: SPEEDY
User Name: Leo

Motherboard:
CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP, 2100 MHz (10.5 x 200) 3000+
Motherboard Name: Asus A7V880 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 WiFi, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA Apollo KT880
System Memory: 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type: AMI (09/24/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter: RADEON 9800 PRO (Omega 2.6.87) (128 MB)
Video Adapter: RADEON 9800 PRO Secondary (Omega 2.6.87) (128 MB)
3D Accelerator: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350)
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 927DF(I)/927MB(I)/997DF/997MB [19" CRT] (HCGXB08934)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter: VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller: VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller D347PRT SCSI Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller VIA SATA RAID Controller
Floppy Drive: Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive: ST316082 7AS SCSI Disk Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive: Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Disk Drive: Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Disk Drive: Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Disk Drive: Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device
Optical Drive: Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive: Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive: Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive: LITE-ON DVD SOHD-167T (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:16x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS): 152617 MB (95869 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard: HID Keyboard Device
Mouse: HID-compliant mouse
Mouse: Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical

Network:
Network Adapter: Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (192.168.0.114)

Peripherals:
Printer: HP Deskjet 5400 Series
USB1 Controller: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller: VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller: VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device: HP Deskjet 5400 Series (DOT4USB)
USB Device: Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
USB Device: USB Composite Device
USB Device: USB Composite Device
USB Device: USB Human Interface Device
USB Device: USB Human Interface Device
USB Device: USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device: USB Printing Support
 
Hi Leo
In your specs you have nothing posted about your power supply specs or your cooling. I would suspect either of these could be the culprit, as you say the system is a couple of years old.
L8R
 
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