Video card is dead : 4VDC/1/40000003: Video Controller

Hello
Machine: Intel iMac 24 "
Graphics: the infamous GeForce 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce8Series # Problems).
Following the conviction of Nvidia to fix / pay for their defective product, Apple exchange video card on the MacBookPro for free: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377.
Although the card is not the same model, symptoms (gradual deterioration of performance, first on resource-intensive applications - games, video - and then all the time, ending with a final crash) and the message of error (4VDC/1/40000003: Video Controller) are the same, and a lot of people seem to be concerned also with iMacs (see Apple forums and wikipedia).
I am not aware that Apple takes care of repairs on these machines, for now. I guess they wait a conviction of Nvidia first...
Do someone have more information about that ?
What should I do to have free exchange of that well known buggy card ?
I know nothing about law, but how many sad consumers are needed to get things done ?

You must either call AppleCare or take the computer to an Apple service center. We cannot help you with such hardware issues, and the Discussions is not the place to rant or complain about such matters especially when you are uninformed.

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