'08MBP w/Nvdia 8600, could this be the screen itself, rather than card/logic board?

Ok, so I got a new-to-me MB Pro4,1 (A1260) off eBay about two months ago. Love it!!! I've been a Mac user since they were just called Apples, but this is my first laptop. It has Mountain Lion on it, but came with the original install CD, which I think was 10.6. (I'd have to track down my super-safe place I stored it to be sure.)
Unfortunately I didn't know about the faulty graphics card issue until I started having problems with my screen not coming on when I'd wake it after a sleep. And, it would get REALLY hot, directly behind the battery, particularly when running things like SketchUp. It would also, occasionally, throw out Asian-ish characters when dialog boxes would pop up.
A couple of times I had to do the shut-the-lid-reopen-it trick and then it'd hum along with no issues. Monday it wouldn't come on at all. Or rather, the screen wouldn't come on. The computer was obviously running just like always. I even tried plugging it in to a desktop monitor and still just a black screen. Did some research and found out about the graphics card issue.
That evening I opened it up and it came on like nothing had happened. So I set the screen-sharing permissions.
Tuesday, no issues.
Today it's doing the same as Monday. However, because I turned on my screen sharing, I've been able to access it from my desktop. Everything works fine...? (in fact, I DLed iStat onto it, via screen sharing, so I could check temps.) Just no screen. No shadows, no dim lights, nothing.
I just emailed my seller to see if he'd done the logic board replacement offered under Apple's extended warranty (that ran out in December) and am waiting to hear back.
What's the liklihood that this is just the screen, instead of the card/logic board? (The Asian characters make me think it might be logic board anyway... )

It's the bad graphics chip and the system will die soon.
Good Luck and Best wishes.

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