Freezing in Oblivion

[40sTheme]

I just installed an Nvidia 7950GT and 1GB Corsair XMS2 PC6400 RAM. I'm running the 93.71 Forcewares, and I keep getting constant freezes in Oblivion. It happens in no other game. They occur every 5 minutes or so, and require me to turn off my computer via the power button because no other alternative seems to fix the issue.

 

[btcomm1]

Does Oblivion have any kind of support? You should probrably contact them and see if anyone else has this issue with their game with your system specs. It sounds like a hardware issue but it is strange that it doesn't happen to you on any other game. Have you played other games for hours on end without a problem or have you just played other games a little bit? Also you say the freezes happen every 5 minutes, does it matter if your computer has been on very long? Do the freezes happen 5 minutes after launch of the game for the first time after reboot?

 

[ski]

I had the same problem with the 93.71 drivers but I could not get past the opening screen of options before it froze. I dropped down to the 91.73 drivers and the problem went away. Might be worth a try.

 

[40sTheme]

It happens 5 minutes after reboot as well, but it happens in no other games, so I know it isn't a heat/overworking problem. Also, I get past the screen of options just fine, and last night I played for a couple of hours undisturbed, but this morning it has gotten worse.

 

[40sTheme]

Okay, now it's just plain crashing whenever I look at certain places. No more freezing with looping sounds (which resulted in a full-blown freeze), it just crashes straight to the desktop. There's one area in Skingrad that I look at and it shuts the games down, and two in Chorrol. I have absolutely no idea why; just started happening a few hours ago.

 

[imported_fixit]

Try increasing the virtual memory

 

[40sTheme]

Shouldn't need to; already set to 2048 min and max.

 

[NukaCola]

did you apply the newest Oblivion patch?