I have the same problems as Steiner with almost identical hardware. I have installed the MS Hotfix and that solved the flickering graphics problem but not the hanging issue.
Game Version: BFC Direct Download 1.01
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 3800+ 2.01GHz with 2GB of RAM, Driver version 1.3.2.0 and date 2006-05-27
Geforce 7900GT/GTO PCI-E Graphics Card 256 mb
nVidia driver 6.14.10.9424 and date 19/04/2007