Originally Posted by Omega 
Yes, I have the same problem every now and then. I'm on an XP machine. I had a lot of freezes playing Gothic 1 as well BTW, so I've gotten used to saving after the tiniest action. (As for freezing Gothic 1 was really bad compared to Gothic 2.)
Is this with the 32 or 64 bit version of XP? I've never had a single freeze playing Gothic 1 or 2 on XP (32 bit). What sound/video setup do you have?