IMac 24" (late 2006) graphics card replacement dilemma

Hi,
I've read many articles on the support communities and other sites regarding the NVIDIA GeForce 7300/7600 card issues with graphical artifacts/freezing video/random lines etc. Having come to wits end dealing with this, and unfortunately not truely realizing a hardware issue until after my AppleCare expired, I've decided to buy a card and install it myself. Unfortunately, this has now turned out to be significantly more difficult than first expected.
At this moment a couple of US suppliers have botht the 7300/7600 on back order with Apple. According to Apple and their suppliers, Apple does not manufacture these cards anymore. However, they may still have inventory and will only supply those parts to "repair clients". Apparently, if a supplier or other attempted to purchase this part outright, they couldn't because they're keeping inventory for repairs. Worse yet, I believe the part if only available to those iMacs purchased in the USA. Nice. I live in Canada.
So now what? Does Apple even have inventory of this part? And if they do, are they only available to US clients?

Hi there,
I had exactly the same issue with exactly the same card (7300) on exactly the same iMac. I took my iMac to my local Apple Store here in UK for repair. Before they started the repair, it only took a couple of days for the part to arrive at the store. They fitted it with a 7600 card & all is fine again.
It seems that these cards are fairly easily obtainable via an Apple Store. Have you been in to an Apple Store to discuss?
Good luck
Ben

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