I am experiencing exactly the same issue. At first it starts with random quick screen freezes and then you get 1 or 2 second blank screens. Once I wasn’t even able to get back to game.
Updated Windows 7 and the NVIDIA drivers before posting this and checked the issue was still going on.
Here are my specifications:
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K (Ivy Bridge-DT, E1)
3400 MHz (34.00×100.0) @ 1605 MHz (16.00×100.3)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX
Chipset: Intel Z68 (Cougar Point) [B3]
Memory: 8192 MBytes @ 668 MHz, 9.0-9-9-24
– 4096 MB PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM – Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX
– 4096 MB PC12800 DDR3 SDRAM – Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX
Graphics: ASUS ENGTX560 Ti DCII TOP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5 SDRAM
Drive: ST3160811AS, 156.3 GB, Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s @ 1.5Gb/s
Drive: WDC WD2500AAKX-001CA0, 244.2 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 3Gb/s
Drive: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS90, DVD+R DL
Sound: Intel Cougar Point PCH – High Definition Audio Controller [B3]
Sound: NVIDIA GF114 – High Definition Audio Controller
Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Build 7601
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