Problems with games freezing up. can't pinpoint problem

willg95

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first off i couldn't really find a more fitting category...

i'll start off with the specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
e8400 @ 3.6GHz, 400MHz FSB, memory at 1066 default yet
DFI X38 motherboard
4GB 5-5-5-15 1066 patriot RAM all 1gb each
3 300GB Seagates drives in RAID 0, 1 60GB Western to boot
and my suspect of the problem, ATI 3870 by sapphire

the overclock has been tested 26 hours in prime95 stable and still going if i hadn't stopped it. and this was just a few days ago as i was trying to rule out the problem.

i already know what the first suggestion is, try and run the games without an overclock. still freezes. sometimes not much where and can get back to windows and sometimes as bad as a blue screen. i've updated the firmware and even underclocked and overclocked the card to get this to stop and nothing is working. this card has run games perfectly fine until now. games like fallout 3, crysis, COD games will freeze it up pretty bad. smaller games like san andreas or the need for speed games are usually fine but have still crashed during them.

any help is greatly appreciated!!! thanks