Help troubleshoot game freeze issue

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I've been having some strange issues with various games freezing including FarCry and the Bioshock demo. They both seem to freeze at random points in the game. When they freeze, the sound continues to play (not really looping, just the background sounds keep playing) but the video, mouse and keyboard freeze. Most times, I can CTRL-ALT-DEL and kill the game via task manager but sometimes, I need to do a reset.

I've run various test including memtest, Prime95 (all without any issues). I've tried running with the Symantec Antivirus service stopped (next test is to remove it completely and use AVG) but with no luck. Is there anyway to run one of these games in a debug mode to find out where it's freezing? Other tests to try? Software I should remove or not use (such as setpoint, keyboard software, realtek controls, etc)? Any help would be welcome.

My system:

E6300 in a ASUS P5B-E with stock cooling
2GB Corsair TWINX memory DDR2800
ATI X1950 Pro 256MB
Onboard sound
Logitech G5 Mouse
Kensington Pilotboard Keyboard
CoolerMaster Centurion Case
Antec Smartpower 2.0 450W Power supply
 
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