total crash - drop to windows

[spooky612]

at about 10th-11th level or so of play i can not travel to the islands of freedom anymore. every time i take the boat over the game completely crashes (no prompts) right to desktop just a smidge before the load screen completes.

very frustrating. any help?

system is=

dell optiplex 330
intel core two cpu 6600 @ 2.4ghz
2.1 ghz of 2g ram

nvidia gforce 8800 gt

windows xp home edition version 2002 service pack 2