OS X crashes with display intensive software

My iMac is more or less stable when using normal office, mail and browser software. However, when gaming the computer has become very unstable. I play Civ4/Warlords, X-flight and Warbirds. Usually the games start OK but after some time in use they either halt or the screen is corrupt with seemingly random vectors. The problem has gradually grown worse.
I have also noticed that the computer has gotten slower. Can this be due to Time Machine and/or OS updates?

I've no idea what's normal or even the upper limits for your particular chips. To prevent overheating I would suggest more RAM, that's on the card and on the system. Trouble is it's going to be pretty hard to upgrade it on an iMac. Someone who has one will know more or an appt at the genius bar for options perhaps. Also, and I might be wrong, but if you can adjust the number of colours, resolution and actual size of the display on the screen it may have an effect. Again, someone else may have to chime in here.

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