MNC crashes on game start @ moneyball

Basically my problem is whenever i try to play MNC whether it be the tutorial,online or exhibition - the announcer will start talking then i will see the change class option - around this time it flashes to the moneyball and my computer will freeze - requiring hard restart.
Longest i have been able to play is about 2-3 mins into tutorial.
I have tried all 4 steps "in my game crashes on startup"
Have tried 10.8 drivers
Have tried the dual core optimizer
Have uninstalled and reinstalled the game
Have tried without crossfire X enabled
Have tried up to date drivers and direct x
This is really starting to give me the shits and it seems there is a lot of other people out there with the same type of problems. You would expect these problems when a game is in BETA not from the final release.