Hey to all the Fallout 3 PC fans out there , I have a problem with this game and require some help please.

So I have recently purchased the Fallout 3 GOTY edition through steam. When I open up the game everything seems fine and i can play it on fullest graphics. After about 5-7 minutes of playtime the game just randomly freezes. I then have to kill it with task manager. I also heard that Fallout 3 can't handle QUAD CORE PROCESSORS since I have a quad core cpu I think that may be the fault but isn't there a fix for this? I can't progress in the game it freezes every damn 5 minutes and then I have to restart the game. I am also running steam as an administrator. People reckon that would fix it but it didn't.

My PC's specs are:
Intel Core i5 750 2,67GHz quad core cpu
Asus Nvidia GTX 470
2x2gb 1333MHz ddr3 corsair ram
Asus p7p55d-le mobo

Thanks, hope you can help me with this.

Open up the .ini file located in My Documents>My Games>Fallout 3. *Do not alter the one in the actual game directory labeled Fallout_Default_ini*
In the FALLOUT.ini find the line

bUseThreadedAI=0
change the 0 to a 1

then below it add the line

iNumHWThreads=2

Thankyou, I will check if that works. Is that a official fix Bethesda suggested?
Thanks

.. Technically it's not even a fix, so I guess it came from gamers' experience.

Check it out btw, and if the problem persist try to play the game windowed, choosing the option from the Fallout Launcher.