Video card starting to misbehave in Quicksilver 2002

A few days ago I noticed while in iTunes there was a 5 second period when a few inches of my display wasn't refreshing properly. I started shutting down applications but the thing disappeared. I just continued working and all was fine for several days.
Last night I left my computer on with sleep mode set and the screen saver on. This morning I came in and the screensaver was frozen there with a kernel panic message superimposed on it. In particular I noticed in the last backtrace "NVIDIA".
The computer is left on 24/7 and I am actually semi-engaged in using it almost 12 hours/day. These (so far) are relatively rare events.
Some history. I just started using this machine about 5 days ago. I transplanted my two hard drives out of my Quicksilver dual 800 and just booted it up. It has an added 5 port USB card. It was tucked in the slot next to the video card and I moved it to the center slot to allow for better air circulation. I didn't even touch the video card when doing this. Oh, I asked the original owner if there were issues but he said none but he hadn't used it in a while.
First, I cannot seem to find a panic log about this event, nor the one a few days ago. My /Library/Logs/panic.log only has two brief entries from two weeks ago, both of which probably took place in my old computer.
System Profiler:
Chipset Model: GeForce FX 5200
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
Vendor: nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0321
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 2060
Displays:
ADI 5P:
Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Supported
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Display:
Status: No display connected
Question: Why no panic log for either event? The first one wasn't a full-blown KP, so am I looking in the wrong place? Last night was definitely a KP, but I had to use the tiny button to unfreeze the computer so maybe it never got logged.
Suggestions as to measures to take? Will Apple Hardware Test test this, especially since it is relatively infrequent. Would re-seating the card help? Any history of issues in this card?
If this gets worse, any recommendations as to a replacement card? I don't have need for anything high-powered and I spent $100 for the computer so I would prefer not to spend $200 on a video card. Could I take the card out of my other Quicksilver?

Well, it happened again (about 3 days between occurrences), and this time it left a log.
Both occurrences happened when I was away. The first time my girlfriend says she pressed a keyboard button to wake the screen and there was a kernel panic superimposed on the screensaver background. This most recent time I came into the room and the screen had the screensaver with a restart your mac message on it. In both cases I left the Mac on with sleep set to happen in about an hour. In the second case at least it looks like it never got that far. In the first case the screen was dark but the message was superimposed on the screensaver background. Could this just be the screensaver causing this (along with a poor card)?
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000004915C34E PC=0x000000003FEC4E14
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x39142A00)
PC=0x3FEC4E14; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x4915C34E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x3FEC0618; R1=0x228BBB40; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00032E98 0x3FEC0618 0x3FEADC74 0x002E9A80 0x002EB94C 0x0008C248
0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x00000000
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(4.1.8)@0x3fea2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x3291f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.2)@0x3fb33000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.2)@0x3fbba000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.1.8)@0x3fbd0000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x39142A00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x4972AA00)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0x02D4A000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xF0283F20; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x39142A00)
PC=0x3FEC4E14; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x4915C34E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x3FEC0618; R1=0x228BBB40; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00032E98 0x3FEC0618 0x3FEADC74 0x002E9A80 0x002EB94C 0x0008C248
0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x00000000
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(4.1.8)@0x3fea2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x3291f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.2)@0x3fb33000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.2)@0x3fbba000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.1.8)@0x3fbd0000
Exception state (sv=0x4972AA00)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0x02D4A000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xF0283F20; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
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