I seem to have the same problem with crashing as well. What I can't explain why the game pauses or get choppy with extreme fps drops during gameplay. I experience fps drops at least once every 2-10 minutes without warning. The game does this several times but does not crash, unless I have played more than 1 hour. I want to get to the bottom of it but, I have no lead. My rig... Intel Core 2 Quad @ 3.1GHz on Corsair H60 Cooler 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 2x 1TB WD Caviar Greens In Raid 0 3GB Nvidia Gtx 660 Ti GC Edition 850 watt 80+ Bronze psu