Throughout the last 2-3 weeks I have been having issues with my graphics card. Three times now my computer has refused to start up and beeps at me instead (2 short 1 long). The last two times I took it out of the computer and cleaned off any dust I could find, and somehow it would work after that. This latest time it will not work at all. The computer works perfectly fine if I don't use the graphics card.
In the past i have had over-heating issues in certain games such as SC2/league of legends. My FPS would drop to approximately 5 from 60 with the card running hot but would then go back to normal in about half a minute.
I'm pretty sure I'm just screwed, but figured I would ask around on a few forums to see if there's some way to fix it before I consider buying a new one. The card is a 9600 GSO if it matters at all.