PSU dieing? Video card problems?

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So I've been having this problem where after a while of playing a particular game the graphics start to glitch a little and then quickly (in a matter of maybe 5 seconds) turn into my whole screen going crazy and then shutting off. My computer stays on, sounds of the game are still going but my monitor goes black. The light on my monitor also blinks as if it gets no signal.

I'm running:
Win XP
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
Antec 550wt PSU
P4 3.0C Northwood
1GB Corsair XMS
ATI Radeon x800 Platinum Edition

Any ideas?
 
yeah the problem very well could be your PSU, if you have a lot of drives and HDs your vid card could need some more juice. let me explain inside the PSUs there are transformers that change the voltage from 110 to 5v and to some other voltages, but these transformers are "small" so its design is complicated and if they had a bad design the voltage will change in different load situations like runnning a game or in the spin-up stage of your cdrom. So if it has a bad design (regulation) the voltage will not be constant and thus you´ll have the problem that you have.
 
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