Mac Pro no longer sending signal to Monitor

The Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 Quad Core I purchased a few months back has developed a rather serious fault over night. The mac powers up as normal but doesn't send a signal to the monitor. I've tested the monitor on my PC and it's fine (I've also plugged the PC monitor into the MAC, just to be sure, and there's no signal).
I opened the Mac and looked at the Graphics Card which has power and doesnt show any signs of any burnt resistors or fuses etc. and I called Apple and they say they have to send someone to collect it and take it away to be fixed. Thing is, that could take a week and I'm a freelance designer and can't survive without my Mac! Has anyone else experienced this or has any ideas what might be the problem? Thanks.

I am now on my third HD2600XT. The first one was replaced because of a ghosting issue after doing Leopard Graphics Update a while back. Even the Apple engineers couldn't come up with a solution. There is no ghosting when booted into 10.53 without that update. Another forum member gave me a solution: Simply turn my screen off and then on. Ghosting gone.
The second card just died a few days ago, well it didn't really die but my screen was filled with flickering green pixels. I spoke with Apple Care and the young guy thought it might be the mother board... I had run different hardware tests always with positive results so I simply asked him to send me out a new graphic card for advance replacement. I have never had a problem with Apple in this regard. They had the new card to me in three days, I popped it in and now everything is perfect.
Next time just tell Apple you want to diagnose the problem with an advance replacement part. It is normal process. If it doesn't work, you can just send it back. Much better than lugging a Mac Pro through the snow.

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