Well, I tried taking out and reinserting the card a couple of times, however the monitor would still not recognize it, I took the computer into a service center - it is there I was told that it needs to be replaced, I understand that the cards do not just short out by themselves, however I tend to agree with the technitian who looked at my comp, because when it happened I was playing a graphically demanding game (SOFII) for about 5hrs straight and I do not have the best cooling system <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohh.gif" alt="" />. I don't have a reason to distrust the techie who looked at the system. So if I do have to replace my vid card, which one should I go for (I am looking to upgrade to a 128M card)? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />