Help, is my video card dead

It was a bad day and the only bright spot was my new memory arrived.
I shut down the machine, discharged my static with a wrist strap, put in the new memory and put the maching back together and turned it on. Nothing on the screen, it is blank. Arrugh!! - then I took a breath and said "don't panic".
The machine is connected to my network and Hurray, I could reach it and get files etc, just can't see anything.
I have two displays, removed one, swapped to the other port and still nothing. I thing the video card died (sob, sob...hmmm... a christmas present?..an upgrade potential??)
So what do you think: machine is running, two different monitors don't work on either video plug. Time for a replacement?
Thanks in advance.

Hi Potted Juggler:
See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32473
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300537
and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300552
-Robert

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