Yes, I know there are lots of threads on BS 2 crashing, but thought I'd add mine as well, mainly because it seems a little different from the others.

Rather than just a crash to desktop, my whole system locks up, with all output from the graphics card disabled. The crash event does not register anything in the event logs, other than a standard 'previous shutdown was unexpected' message.

Temperatures are fine, running around 36 degrees under load.

System specifications are well above minimum, and no other games exhibit this behaviour (for example, I still play BS 1 regularly with no issues).

Retail BS2 installed on Saturday (13th), updated with latest patch at time of installation via GFWL.

Played all evening Saturday with zero problems. Then on Sunday, the crashes started. Managed to get through to the end of the game with only a couple of crashes, and decided to replay again from the start (to have a proper look round, and get the other endings).

Now it is crashing very frequently (I'm getting at most 20 minutes play), and the last two have been at the same spot (Paupers Drop whilst defending LS at the first body). In addition, texture loading seems to be off at the start of Paupers Drop (from the train, goes a bit blocky and fuzzy for a while, then settles down).

All drivers have been updated to latest release, and there have been no problems with GFWL. System was completely rebuilt about a week before purchasing the game, so it's about as clean as you can get.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/18/2010, 12:09:21
       Machine name: GRUNTY_DESKTOP
   Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
       System Model: System Product Name
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/12/09 20:24:51 Ver: 08.00.14
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
             Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6144MB RAM
          Page File: 1855MB used, 10428MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce 9600 GT
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0622&SUBSYS_23621682&REV_A1
     Display Memory: 3311 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 495 MB
      Shared Memory: 2815 MB
       Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: YM22RPA
         Monitor Id: FAC01C6
        Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz)
        Output Type: HD15
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0011.9621 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.17.11.9621
        DDI Version: 10
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 1/12/2010 04:03:33, 11862120 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes

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Sound Devices
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            Description: Digital Audio (HDMI) (VIA High Definition Audio)
 Default Sound Playback: No
 Default Voice Playback: No
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1106&DEV_E721&SUBSYS_10438345&REV_1001
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: viahduaa.sys
         Driver Version: 6.00.0001.7200 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 6/2/2009 08:55:20, 1207808 bytes
            Other Files: 
        Driver Provider: VIA Technologies, Inc.
         HW Accel Level: Basic
              Cap Flags: 0xF1F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No