Crash Problem with Asus g73SW

Hi all, I have done a little searching and can't find many similar stories, so I thought I would post my own and see if anyone has a fix.

I recently upgraded the video card drivers in my g73sw. I have been playing some Civilization 5 recently, and before I upgraded the drivers I had no problems, after however, after about 10 minutes in game the computer freezes completely and I am forced to manually shut down. When it freezes the speakers emit a mechanical buzz that is as loud or quiet as they were set. This makes it seem like the computer is not entirely frozen up.

Anyways, I rolled back the drivers, tried reinstalling them, but the problem persists. I am looking for any suggestions that anyone may have. I've made sure that all other component drivers are up to date as well as windows... I also updated direct x11. Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. Will check back for any additional information you may need.

 

Have you checked the temperatures while playing with hwinfo64?
Are you using the Creative sound drivers?
Does this issue appear also with other games?
Did you remove the old driver properly? (e.g as described on Definitive Guide to Uninstalling ATI Driver files. - Guru3D.com Forums)