Hello fokes,
To throw some spices into the fire, it's not just ATI's.
I'm running an Nvidia 6800GS 256MB (AGP) and I get the same freezes randomly.
My video card is running at about 70C temprature when I am gaming, where 120C is the threshold.
I'd say this is quite normal, so it's not a heating problem.
Since the Nvidia card is a very stable card, my computer does not crash after the game freezes. I believe it's doing some memory reboot and I continue playing.
How ever, on multiplayer, during those 10 seconds that the game freezes, I experience a time out and get disconnected from the server.
As you can figure out this is really annoying when you're 1st on a race!
Once the game continue's, I sometimes experience graphical bugs, such as weird lines going trough my screen, or my car looking crippled.
How ever most of the time, there is nothing weird to be seen or experienced.
I wish someone would come with a solution to this
RedFOX