Started having some video related issues

[pane2k]

I've been up and running about 2 months here with zero issues.

My hardware is as follows:

2.4 Q6600

4gb of ocz pc2 9200

EVGA 9800GTX.

I Play World of Warcraft occasionally and it ran super smooth on this setup. About 3 days ago I started getting a rediculously low frame rate. I highly doubt its a software issue because everything was running perfect for about 2 months. I suppose it could be but I feel it is highly unlikely. I'm just looking for opinions on where to start trouble shooting the issue. I have a feeling the video card may be going bad. Theres some occasions in the game where things would explode and produce a high amount of white light...and when this happens the computer just freezes for like 1-2 seconds and then unfreezes. I haven't recognized any other issues in normal usability, just in game. However, I'm not doing anything with normal usage that requires any demanding type of graphical return.

Any helps or recommendations would be appreciated. I think I may try RMAing the card since its only about 30 days old, but if you guys feel theres something else I should try first it would be appreciated.

Thanks