Ok 1st Question: is my video card dying? 
This all started like as soon as summer started when it got hot. When i was playing Starcraft 2 the textures and Gui and stuff was fine until it started to get "distorted" and they started tearing all over the place little black pieces and chunks would be missing from the board,ALL OVER IT. So i say maybe its just a glitch and restart. It loads up everything is normal until about 3 seconds pass and BOOM Tearing and textures all across the screen. Same with Skyrim but its worse than starcraft 2 because i can still read and use the GUI on the menu but i load a save and everything is good all for 2 seconds and crash. Im lucky if i get to the texture tearing before it crashes.
NOTE ALL OF THESE PHOTOS HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
http://imageshack.us/g/266/tesv20120608162112322.jpg/
Right before crash
http://imageshack.us/g/88/tesv20120608162149185.jpg/
When i am playing Skyrim it is lag free up until the crash point
When i am playing starcraft 2 only thing wrong is the textures being torn and ripped everywhere again LAG FREE.
When i play minecraft i get 40 - 60 Fps easy with HD textures installed no texture distortion.
Is my video card dying?
*Specs will be posted after second question.*
2nd question are these video cards compatible with my setup ( I know my Psu is to low for some and i plan on buying a 400 watt or 450 watt)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125378
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125431
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131441
*SPECS*
Computer
Manufacturer - Dell
Model XPS XPS 420
Memory ( RAM ) 6 Gigabytes
System type 64 bit
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard
CPU Type 2x Intel Pentium III Xeon, 2333 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 6080 MB
BIOS Type Unknown
Display
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
Monitor Dell SP2009W [NoDB] (R297D8AN0L7L)
Storage
Disk Drive WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 (465 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive EXIPCXA ENGLYZGLEF SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive EXIPCXA ENGLYZGLEF SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653F
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Input
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant Optical Wheel Mouse
Network
Modem Conexant D850 PCI V.92 Modem
Thanks in advance
This all started like as soon as summer started when it got hot. When i was playing Starcraft 2 the textures and Gui and stuff was fine until it started to get "distorted" and they started tearing all over the place little black pieces and chunks would be missing from the board,ALL OVER IT. So i say maybe its just a glitch and restart. It loads up everything is normal until about 3 seconds pass and BOOM Tearing and textures all across the screen. Same with Skyrim but its worse than starcraft 2 because i can still read and use the GUI on the menu but i load a save and everything is good all for 2 seconds and crash. Im lucky if i get to the texture tearing before it crashes.
NOTE ALL OF THESE PHOTOS HAPPEN IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
http://imageshack.us/g/266/tesv20120608162112322.jpg/
Right before crash
http://imageshack.us/g/88/tesv20120608162149185.jpg/
When i am playing Skyrim it is lag free up until the crash point
When i am playing starcraft 2 only thing wrong is the textures being torn and ripped everywhere again LAG FREE.
When i play minecraft i get 40 - 60 Fps easy with HD textures installed no texture distortion.
Is my video card dying?
*Specs will be posted after second question.*
2nd question are these video cards compatible with my setup ( I know my Psu is to low for some and i plan on buying a 400 watt or 450 watt)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125378
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125431
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131441
*SPECS*
Computer
Manufacturer - Dell
Model XPS XPS 420
Memory ( RAM ) 6 Gigabytes
System type 64 bit
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard
CPU Type 2x Intel Pentium III Xeon, 2333 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 6080 MB
BIOS Type Unknown
Display
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
Monitor Dell SP2009W [NoDB] (R297D8AN0L7L)
Storage
Disk Drive WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 (465 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive EXIPCXA ENGLYZGLEF SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive EXIPCXA ENGLYZGLEF SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653F
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
Input
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant Optical Wheel Mouse
Network
Modem Conexant D850 PCI V.92 Modem
Thanks in advance
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