I think my card may have just died?

it was a bfg8800gtx, and seeing how good BFG's lifetime warranty is right now, I'm back in the market for a new video card... I'm seeing the same effects that this guy had

same card and we both have gigabyte mobos so I'm looking at literally the same things right now.


trouble first started when I hooked the card to my tv. guess that pushed it over the edge, I did also put a dvi-hdmi adapter on it but don't think that would have any adverse affect. I hooked the computer to the my old monitor and it still goes through the same screens, and where his will boot to windows, mine gets the blue screen talking about something wrong with the graphics.

my current setup is an

E6600
4GB's RAM
windows vista
sans video card


built in late 2006, so it's had a good run, but I'm just wondering if there's a good card out there that will be better than the 8800gtx but not be a bottle neck?

and I'm thinking about maybe just gutting it and building a new one, so if there were any good recommendations on processor,ram,mobo or video card they'd be appreciated as well


used for some video editing here and there, and looking for a card where I'd be able to fully max out recent games while running at 1920x1080

thanks for any help or comments, I haven't been too up to date on the video card scene so I feel really lost looking at all the stuff out there