This bug has plagued me for a year now since I got my laptop. Upgrading to the 3.4-rc5 kernel from the ubuntu kernel packages, as this comment thread suggested, has fixed it. I have so far seen zero adverse effects, and only good ones, in that games play now without me waiting for the inevitable lockup.
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