TYTSoldier :
I have a Radeon 7970, i5-3570k, 16GB DDR3 1600, Corsair 600W, Samsung 840 250GB, and plenty of fans. Any idea why it might be crashing? It says my drivers are up to date. Is it worth uninstalling and redownloading the graphics card driver? AC3 crashes almost every 10 to 30 minutes and it drives me crazy. I didn't have this problem when playing AC1, 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations on the same setup.
your Setup should be maxing this game and hauling ass, not crashing.
What Res/FPS do you get when it does work? laggy or smooth?
Before you do anything, replay with those awnsers.
Next step is to reinstall windows, if you dont have a retail DvD, or a sticker on your pc with a key, get Windows 8.1 pro preview 64 bit. format. install. install games, game clients (steam, origin, uplay, whatever) install intel drivers and AMD catalyst beta 13.xx . Try playing then, but do not install anything but latest beta/stable drivers from manufactures websites.