Here's the deal. The game plays smooth for like 10-20 minutes, then crashes. I figured my laptop was overheating, but then I found other folks with same problem on the net. Some dude posted ATI's new drivers as possible solution http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4547.html
I'm installing it now. Once I do I'll let you know if it fixes it on my 9700 mobility. Oh,and do I have to unistall old drivers or can I just install this and play?