Typically, I wouldn't think a video card would tick unless it was the PC speaker. Are you positive that it's the video card? Typically, the things I would expect to make ticking noises would be a hard drive, fan or some type of removable media drive (floppy, DVD, CD, etc).
First thing I would try would be the following:
1. Open the case start the computer
2. Do something that makes the ticking and try tolocate the source.
3. If it seems to be coming from the video card stop the GPU fan for a short time with a wooden pencil.
4. If the ticking stops that's likely the problem, and you'll have to decide how you want to proceed.
Other than that I have no idea.
Jedak
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