980Ti eventually causing black screen

[Simonsen]

Hello

 

I've made a topic here before about how my 980Ti is performing much worse than it should be performing, now i seem to have another issue.

 

Recently, my computer will suddenly just blackscreen. Doesn't matter if i play a game or if im on the desktop. It seems every couple of hours it just black screens and my monitors say "DVI/HDMI etc not found" meanwhile i can still hear sound in the background which makes me believe it can only be due to my video card.

 

I'm not sure if it might be because my PSU is very bad (orange tier VS550) or because my video card is just slowly dying on me. 

 

I've DDU'd my computer multiple times, ive tweaked the power limit in Afterburner but eventually my computer will just blackscreen, audio will bug out, then the audio will return.

 

Any ideas? I'm open for anything really. Thank you so much in advance

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

1. What is your wattage for your PSU?

2. Is your make/brand of GPU known for issues?

3. Do you have a way to test it with displayport?

4. How deep are your pockets (Martinez's Law) AKA, can you afford a new option

5. Are you in warranty? 

[Simonsen]

1. 550 watts, in theory it should be enough however i know the VS series is pretty bad. 

 

2. I've searched for similar issues but people only have problems with the fan and some overclocking issues. My fans are running fine and i've even gone down to stock speeds because i thought that was one of the causing factors. Anyway I don't think so.

 

3. No but a DP is only like $30 so I can pick one up on Monday or Tuesday.

 

4. I have no issues with buying new hardware but would love to maybe resolve the issue? Money isn't exactly burning a hole in my pocket but I can squeeze out some alright hardware.

 

5. No warranty unfortunately. But that means I can fiddle with the card itself if I have to 

 

Edit: I have borrowed an old 770, I'll test if it also blackscreens. Gonna take a couple of hours though

[dDave64]

I used to have this issue all the time but it's been YEARS. It turned out to be a dying graphics card. The card as an ATI Radeon X800 XT Pro 256mb model. I'd be playing a game or just using the computer and it would suddenly go black. Only fix was to restart. I replaced it with an 8800 GT that still works to this day though it doesn't see any use as it's dated.

 

You definitely had the right response to get a different card to test. If it doesn't black screen with that card then it's likely the graphics card, otherwise you may be looking at a motherboard or PSU issue. Potentially a bad driver but I wouldn't guess so.

[Simonsen]

13 hours ago, dDave64 said:

I used to have this issue all the time but it's been YEARS. It turned out to be a dying graphics card. The card as an ATI Radeon X800 XT Pro 256mb model. I'd be playing a game or just using the computer and it would suddenly go black. Only fix was to restart. I replaced it with an 8800 GT that still works to this day though it doesn't see any use as it's dated.

This sounds like my issue aswell. I guess my 980Ti is dead, because the 770 is running like it should be, and i get the same performance as my 980Ti which has been another problem of mine for quite a while.

 

Guess i'll have to upgrade