Video card gone bad again

[gatogondo]

I bought a new Radeon 9800 Pro 128M video card about 1yr ago and it was working fine, but now its not working at all. Did all basic troubleshooting--made sure it was seated properly, checked monitor with laptop so its not the monitor, checked plugs for everything, not overheating either, updated drivers, but no luck...this is the second time I have had to replace my video card.

I was just using it for e-mail nothing fancy. Started noticing that with Windows Media player (using the visualizations or fancy art work) the screen looked like an old TV that wasnt getting a good signal--black and white lines going horizontally on the screen.

I have 1G RAM, so I thought that might be enough to run the video card w/out any problems. Any suggestions?

[JobyJohn]

Looks like the video card is gone bad, get NVidia graphic cards with PCIE this would be much better.

[gatogondo]

Could my video card have gone bad because of any issues I might have with my computer? I ask because this is the second time, and this is strange, especially since I just surf the web with the computer. Thanks fot he help!