Question about the logic board and video

Hi, i own a macbook pro 17 in. @ 2.4 ghz, and have the nvida 8600 gt card. I'm pretty sure that the card has failed since no video has shown up during start up 2 weeks ago (i asked a friend of mine, and he had the same problem with a macbook pro 15 in., he was pretty positive on a card failure). I brought it to the local genius bar, and they fixed some firmware or whatnot, and it worked fine for a week. A week later, the same problem of no video showed up during start up.
My question is if this is a video card issue, is it possible that the logic board could have been damaged from the faulty video card? The tech. told me that it might be the board, and im afraid of paying the hefty repair fee, although i personally feel that the card is all to blame.

Here is the article on the NVIDIA 8600 chip:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
Note that Apple will do the repair free of charge if the chip fails within the first two years of ownership. The repair will be to replace the logic board, as Apple does not work on boards at the component level. Your machine should be new enough to qualify for the free repair.
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