MBP 17" freezes once in a while under Windows 7 64b

Hi,
CONTEXT
I have purchased a MBP 17" a month ago and installed successfully Windows 7 64 bits & all MBP drivers through Boot Camp.
ISSUE
However, once in a while (let's say once every 4 sessions), my laptop just freezes: it can be at start up (before logon screen), or when I'm
working under Windows. There is no way to anticipate this freeze: it just happens.
ANALYSIS
I would assume this is caused by my graphics card (?)
By the way, under Windows 7 Control Panel > Maintenance Center (*), I found a generic warning (twice) about an error on my video card
(*) Sample screenshot (not mine): http://www.notebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/MaintenanceChevron.jpg
Would anyone have an idea what I should do here? Is the BootCamp NVIDIA driver outdated? Is there any risk to download & install a new driver from the NVIDIA website?
FYI I've browsed previous topics, and couldn't find relevant fix for it.
Many thanks for your help!
Regards,
Nicolas
CONFIGURATION
Default OS (450Go partition): Windows Seven 64 bits with BootCamp
Native OS (50Go partition): Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M et Intel HD
Chip: Intel Core i5, 2,53 GHz
BootCamp: 3.1

Hi PSolt,
Thanks for your feedback.
Actually I've applied a fix found in a different post (see below).
I will now "test" it for a few days to check if it definitely fixes my issue, and will then update this post.
Post: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2507994&tstart=0
Solution suggested by opus131:
1. Go to the nVidia driver download page: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
2. Go for "Option1: Manually find drivers for my NVIDIA products."
Product Type: GeForce
Product Series: GeForce 300M Series (Notebook)
Product: GeForce GTS 360M
Operating System: Your OS (I used Windows 7 64-bit)
Language: Your Language (I used US)
3. Download the driver. At the time of writing this, the current version was 260.89, the filename of the download was 260.89notebook_winvista_win7_64bit_internationalwhql.exe
4. Start the installation and made sure to check the "clean install" option. The installation should go through without any trouble.
Thanks!

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