G5 Power Mac with bad graphics card?

I have a 3 year old G5 Power Mac running 10.6.4 and a 30" Cinema Display. Sometimes, in the middle of a task, my display goes black. Can't bring it back and have to sometimes restart the computer 2-3 times before the display comes back on. This has also happened with my previous 23" monitor so it seems to be the computer. Is my graphics card going bad?
Thanks for any help.

Did you ever update the firmware?
http://support.apple.com/downloads/ATIRadeon_X1900_XT_FirmwareUpdate
Is the card clean? The X1900 is a notorious dust catcher, resulting in premature death due to over heating.
One example (of many):
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/radeonX1900XT/X1900XT_dustbuildup.html

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