Computer screen shutting off while gaming/Graphics card

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Sep 22, 2014
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For the past month or so my monitor has been shutting off when I open a game. The game will run for probably a minute, then the screen goes black and I get the "No Signal" sign and the sound will shut off about 3 seconds after the screen goes off. The monitor will stay on and so will my computer. The only way to get the screen to turn back on is if I restart my computer. My screen has shut off probably twice when I wasn't playing a game, but I hadn't touched the computer for a few hours and came back to the black screen. I just cleaned the computer and put in the Cooler Master V8 GTS about 2 weeks ago, so I don't think it's going to be over heating/dust. I've swapped the HDMI cable I'm using, and it wasn't the problem. The monitor works fine with other computers. I'm pointing my finger at the graphics card for this problem. My current one is an Nvidia GeForce GTS 250, and I've been having a little trouble updating the drivers. I'm thinking about upgrading anyways, so any help suggesting a good card would be appreciated (I'm not very tech savvy). I've got a $200 limit

Thanks :)