gtx 470 dying?

[Logan2005]

hi i have a gtx 470 and so far its black screened on me 3 times today and ived had to switch the pc off and on to get it to work again the first 2 times it was loud but the most recent it stayed at normal volume is this a sign my graphics card is dying or is a monitor issue? also it has never black screened on me b4 so this is weird

[Logan2005]

i have tried to clean the dust but coudnt get the card open due to not having the right screwdriver and dunno how old thermal paste is as its 2nd hand but i havent changed it since i got it almost a year ago

[Logan2005]

i didnt monitor temps earlier but atm they seem ok and i am running a similar load to the most recent black screen

[Emanbaird]

I had a 480 and it was hands down one of the hottest running cards i have ever used, @vinyldash303 is probably right about being dry thermal paste, could you run a benchmark and record temps for us?

[Logan2005]

tbf im getting new gpu soon anyway will it last another month or so?

[Emanbaird]

3 minutes ago, Logan2005 said:

tbf im getting new gpu soon anyway will it last another month or so?

I would undervolt the card, lower ther frequency and up the fan curve, the temps wont kill it directly, but if its not temps then yeah the cards just dead