GPU died. Or did it?

Alex53 · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:06

PC crashed while playing a game last night. Funny lines on the screen and no signal at all on the monitor when I restarted.

I tried the RAM first, taking one stick out then the other, tried starting with no hard disks connected.

I tried connecting the DVI cable to the onboard graphics (but with the GPU still in) and again no image. Eventually the PC started when I physically took the GPU out. I then tried the GPU in the other PCI slot, black screen again.

Is this a no brainer at the GPU is dead, or is there a chance there is a motherboard or power supply issue that only comes up when the GPU is present?

I'd hate to buy a new GPU only to find out it was the power supply that was not coping, or the motherboard that is playing up. The problem is I dont have any other PCs around where I can try an ATI Radeon 7950, just small machines with 300w power supplies and not enough space in the case.

ExRayTed · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:13

I reckon it's the GPU

What power supply do you have currently?

Alex53 · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:19

Power Supply: Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 700W '80 Plus Bronze'.
Mobo: Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155)
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge)
GPU: HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5

While we are at it, which GPU would you recommend as a replacement/upgrade? Maybe GeForce GTX 970?

Snookums · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:31

It all depends on your budget. You've got over 1000 posts so if I were you I'd just be looking at MM odds are most cards on there will still have some kind of warranty on them and you'll get a better deal.

Alex53 · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:37

Thanks.

Now that I have the PC running with the onboard graphics, is there some kind of test I can run on my system to check if the PSU is healthy?

ExRayTed · 21 Nov 2015 at 14:40

Other than look at voltages in the BIOS, the only other way would be to get a multimeter on it. Problem is it might not show how it performs under load without the GPU