ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512mb

I recently bought a new Intel Mac with a 30inch display and most of all the bells and whistles. Recently my monitor for no apparant reason will just go to black. I will be right in the middle of working in final cut, mail, or something and poof!...everything disappears! the only thing I can do is popwer the computer down by holding in the power button - then I unplug and plug the monitor back in - let it sit for a minute or two - then pwer everything up again.
Is the graphics card overheating? This morning I took the side panel off when I powered the computer back on and touch the top of the card and it seemed really warm...I noticed that the little red fan wasn't spinning either...I literally gave it a light "flick" and it started spinning...I wasn't sure if that was a coincedence or not. But it made me think that maybe it's not getting a good "signal as to when to turn on and cool...Does anybody know anything about this kind of thing or am I going completely in the wrong Direction. The computer is only about a month and a half old so it kind of ticks me off that I am encountering all of these bugs!
Any help would be appreciated!!!!

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    Total Number Of Cores: 4
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    Revision ID: 0x0000
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    Mirror: Off
    Online: Yes
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    Rotation: Supported
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