My macbook pro halts and the screen freezes every time when i work with graphics intensive stuff

I have updated my snow leopard to lion 7.2, eversince that, whenever i use my macbook for graphic intensive stuff (games or even watching movies) causes my pro to halt with a frozen screen. Does anyone face the same problem?

No, I have never seen that problem.
Do you get any error messages?
Allan

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