I have recently purchased a new video card, the NVIDIA 8800 GTS by EVGA, for my first computer build. Everything seems to be working perfectly except for one minor but also critical issue with the card. In any game, Hitman Blood Money or M&M Dark Messiah for example, the game will run for about 5 seconds upon loading a level then it will completely freeze and will eventually either restart my computer or give me the blue screen of death. I have updated the BIOS on my mobo and downloaded the INF file for it as well. I have also tried both the EVGA drivers and NVIDIA drivers on my card as well as reinstalling the latest Direct X. Any assistance on this would be greatly appreciated.

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* Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard
* EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card
* KINGWIN ABT-600MA1W ATX 12V Ver.2.2 600W Power Supply
* Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6700
* CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4
* Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
* LITE-ON Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SHD-16P1S
* LITE-ON 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-18A1P-186
* Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2b
* ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

Could be two things:

1. Check the CPU and video card's temperature.
2. Download and run Memtest 86, and let it run for at least 7-8 passes (takes some time)

Regards