-AMD 64bit 3400
-Audigy 2 platium - Gigabite ATI radeon 9600 256mb
-XP
-OpenGL 1152 by 864 16bit
-Game will lock up within minutes of starting. Video freezes, sound is on repeat play back, and only thing i can do is restart (ATL-CTRL-DEL does not work). All video drives are up to date. This started when i switched from 2k to XP. Was a complete format.
-Retail client - Halflife
-Steam
-3.0 beta 4a

It may be because of two bugs. It will be fixed in beta 5. One of them is ns_lost, which crashes people. The other one I can't say. Avoid playing ns_lost for now.

Try doing a repair installation of Windows XP. I have the same problem right now w/ my computer (the specs are a bit different though ) and that's what I'm going to do this weekend. I'll let you know if it resolves my problem.

I'm also thinking it could be a cooling issue.

yeah i though it might be cooling problem also, i checked my logs for temps. and they are stead at 113 for cpu and 86 for mb... i dont know...

btw Dantemss this happens on all maps ns and co... normaly happens within 1-10 minutes of starting ns....

Well the other bug can happen on any map but if it happens all the time then it must not be the bug.

I've got the same issues, and got the same video card exept mine is saphire.
I haven't fixed it yet but i've downloaded the newest omega drivers and it helps a bit. Now i can actually play a single game before it crashes

hope the problem will be solved after the next update.
hope i helped a bit.

Later,

TheeLepeltje (TeaSpoon)

I got the same problem, i got the same soundcard as the first guy...but thats it =/