Display Drivers Crashing and BSODing the system

[acds]

Specs:
[b]Motherboard:[/b] P67 Sabertooth

[b]Processor:[/b] i5 2500k

[b]Memory:[/b] 6GB 1600Mhz

[b]Video Card:[/b] GTX 480, launch model too

[b]Operating System:[/b] Windows 7 64bit

[b]Power Supply:[/b] Some Cooler Master, can't remember the model but it's 750W and not a ghetto brand

[b]Cooling:[/b] Should be more than adequate, HAF932 that is regularly cleaned and cable managed, don't think it's an overheating problem

So I get home today and start up the computer. First off it starts telling me the display driver crashed, I ignore it and then a minute or so after I get a blue screen with error nvlddmkm.sys (which means it's graphics card related). Restarted, same shit after a few minutes, kept getting worse (screen would turn black and couldn't find the source, foring me to restart), now (about 30 minutes later) it boots to Windows, but soon after loading it bluescreens, can't even reach the desktop anymore.
What I've tried:
-Uninstalling the NVIDIA drivers, then booting into safe mode and using Drive Wiper to remove all left overs from the drivers, then re-installing the newest version (tried an pair of older versions too)
-Taken a look around the BIOS, everything seems to be in order (everything is the same as yesterday, and it worked great)
-Removed the graphics card, removed the plastic cover, and cleaned out a large amount of dust, also checked for blown capacitors but it all seems fine (didn't check under the heatsink, but all other capacitors were fine, also no burn marks on the PCB or any smell coming from it)

I've had random BSODs before due to RAM, but these are consistent and always point to the same problem (nvlddmkm.sys).

Also, safemode, bootup and running without Nvidia drivers installed seems to run fine (well, as fine as 800x600 can be on a 23" screen anyway), so it can't be 100% dead (yet) since it's still running off of it. Fraps tells me there is some issue with DirectX if that can have any relevance, don't think so but I always get that error when it boots (however since it only boots without proper drivers, that might be the reason).

I do believe I heard some sort of fizzling like a capacitor does when blowing, however there was no smoke and my room is near the kitchen were someone was cooking so probably not.

Minidump: [url]http://filesmelt.com/dl/102312-8689-01.dmp[/url]

I think I already know it's the GPU that is a goner, but I want to be sure before I spend money on a new one.