cod mw2 freezing

[setter]

I'm using a Fatal1ty X-Fi card in my rig - not had any problems playing the game.

Having Googled the freezing issue it seems that this game is very fussy about the latest drivers (Sound, GFX, etc), so I do wonder if the basic Windows sound driver is causing your issue. Try disabling the sound chip in the BIOS and see if it makes a difference, that way you know it is at least not the sound causing the problem.Unfortunately mate, the only stand alone sound card i have is an old audigt 2 which wont even work with win 7. Ive tried disabling steam community as well but to no avail.

EDIT: I've also seen a suggestion to turn off the Steam Community while playing the game. Not great if you want to use multi player and chat over Steam!

Setter, my dad was having similar issues with his new rig, I found out that it was his power settings being set to balanced instead of high performance, and also the new AVG that was causing his issues.

Since I changed his power settings over to high performance, and re-installed AVG he hasn't had those issues anymore.

Ill have to take a look at my power settings, theyre currently on win 7 defaults, as for virus software im currently running avast, i still think that its the game itself, as my stock settings are fine, oc settings are good as well and my graphics card has been stressed beyond normal with various drivers, thanks for the tips and advice guys.