C2D iMac with graphic card issues

We own a long in the tooth C2D 24inch iMac that has the replacable graphics board in it. It is running Lion and currently having lots of fits and starts all video related and I am expecting the video to be failing in the near future. It has 2 22" screens attached to it for day time business usage running Parallels v7 - the third via a USB to DVI device. I have iStat installed with the fans running and this has definately helped it live day to day with less issues as the internals are certainly cooler running. It has been a warrior and is being pushed way beyond what it was designed for.
My question is for the techies, would moving back to Leopard place less strain on the board once all the current level browsers are brought back to current? Would Mountain Lion help? I have received a cost to replace the board and probably the cost is best spent investing toward a new(er) machine.

Hi Barry,
I have received a cost to replace the board and probably the cost is best spent investing toward a new(er) machine.
Are you willing to share the cost estimate with us. I've seen two other posts this morning where people were in the "repair or replace" quandary and I find myself guessing the cost based on other models, which is shaky logic at best!.
And was the estimate for just the video board or the entire logic board?
Thanks!

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HiRegards to all.
My problem is the following one.
I had problems in my iMac, like flickering, ghosting, but the more serious thing that was remaining hung and on the screen there were appearing stripes of colors, duplicated images, in short an iMac of which they went out with the fault in the motherboard of factory . I received it one week ago and now after two attempts to execute the return of the product they say to me (after saying to me that today it would have my iMac made) that it will be ended on September 8, thing that will lengthen my order in one month.
Apple charged me the iMac one month ago, and it turns out that I am going to be two months (if there is luck) without iMac, now I do not have computer in spite of wich works what leads me to losing money since all this hanging work cannot continue forward. The most graceful thing is that since they charged it from me only they were late 3 days in making it, more three weeks in the sending. But in the service post sale now they say to me that the return has priority to the manufactures as buy. If that is more time I do not see that has priority on the buys.
In short I am very disappointed with apple after so many years adoring these perfect machines I have met plunged in the disappointment. If they me cannot solve this this week I will proceed the case before service to the consumer of my country to do the pertinent thing. I leave this message because I need to be advised before this problem, of which I do not have fault, but I am the maxium harmed.
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If you have ordered an iMac with the 256Mb graphics card then there is going to be a delay. Everyone who is ordering that model is having to wait. I don't know why but can only guess that they either have a shortage of the graphic card from the supplier or they have more orders than they thought they would. I feel certain that Apple would rather be able to build them quicker also, but sometimes things happen that are beyond our control.
At least they were good enough to replace your defective unit. That is something to be thankful for. I really am sorry you have to wait. Maybe the new one will work perfectly though and you won't have any more problems.
By the way I used to live in Barcelona many many years ago. I love the city and the people there and some day I am going to go back and visit. Barcelona is a great place!

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Ok, so I sarted to experience the same problem last week and this is what I did to fix it.
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What heating your GPU does is that in case that your card overheated some connections may had become loose as your logic board expands, basic thermodynamics. The heat will cause the soldering material to melt releasing the GPU pins from contact with the logic board. The heat coming form the heat gun can help to reconnect these pins. If you over heated your GPU and your card fried then your only choice is to replace it, which I don't think is possible without you having to pay for a new motherboard since the GPU is attached to it from factory.
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