gpu is my gpu dying?

[jimboza]

hello there people from the ltt forum,

 

ive been having some trouble lately with (i think) my gpu.

specs:

i5 8600k, mostly 4.0-4.1 ghz
Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB, no OC
MSI z370 A-PRO

16gb ddr4, 2133mhz

500gb ssd

1,5tb hdd

ACER P236H (main display), AOC 2236, samsung tv, all rated at 1080p, 60hz
nvidia driver version: 425.31 (newest as of 4-14-19), but i have rolled back a month, that didnt work

 

So i have replaced everything recently, except for the GPU, the Palit GPU is about 3-4 years old and is starting to show its age. e.g. at least once a month display failures, that go away after a few seconds, but thats not the problem right now.

when i start my pc, i am greeted with the z370 startup, thats normal, what happens after that isnt.

right after the z370 welcome, i have to wait a few minutes of black screens (even when i un plug every display but the main one, have tried with others as solo display).

after that the pc seems to be acting normal, except for extreme stuttering and just generally being slow, especially when im watching a video on fullscreen. windowed games work, but not as they should (massive ammounts of framedrops and low fps counts) and i can forget about fullscreen gaming. even on games like Warframe, which i used to run easily at 100fps+, is not at maximum 10-20 fps. even youtube and netflix suffer from this dramatically, since watching a simple video in 1080p isnt possible with all the framedrops.

 

if someone would be so kind to provide an answer that doesnt include getting a new gpu, i'd love to hear it

 

kind regards, jimboza

[TheStyne]

You said you have multiple monitors, so why don't you open up task manager on one of the others and play a game on the main display. That way we can see what's pinned at 100% while you're playing.

[Turtle Rig]

25 minutes ago, jimboza said:

hello there people from the ltt forum,

 

ive been having some trouble lately with (i think) my gpu.

specs:

i5 8600k, mostly 4.0-4.1 ghz
Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB, no OC
MSI z370 A-PRO

16gb ddr4, 2133mhz

500gb ssd

1,5tb hdd

ACER P236H (main display), AOC 2236, samsung tv, all rated at 1080p, 60hz
nvidia driver version: 425.31 (newest as of 4-14-19), but i have rolled back a month, that didnt work

 

So i have replaced everything recently, except for the GPU, the Palit GPU is about 3-4 years old and is starting to show its age. e.g. at least once a month display failures, that go away after a few seconds, but thats not the problem right now.

when i start my pc, i am greeted with the z370 startup, thats normal, what happens after that isnt.

right after the z370 welcome, i have to wait a few minutes of black screens (even when i un plug every display but the main one, have tried with others as solo display).

after that the pc seems to be acting normal, except for extreme stuttering and just generally being slow, especially when im watching a video on fullscreen. windowed games work, but not as they should (massive ammounts of framedrops and low fps counts) and i can forget about fullscreen gaming. even on games like Warframe, which i used to run easily at 100fps+, is not at maximum 10-20 fps. even youtube and netflix suffer from this dramatically, since watching a simple video in 1080p isnt possible with all the framedrops.

 

if someone would be so kind to provide an answer that doesnt include getting a new gpu, i'd love to hear it

 

kind regards, jimboza

When was your setup working without this problem ?  Two things.  Try DDU "Display Driver Uninstaller" in safe mode … clean and restart and your back into normal mode, now install the latest WHQL drivers.

 

Also it can be your PSU.  CPU wont give problems like that nor motherboard,, More like BSODs and freezes.  You can try DDU and if your still in a hole you have two options.  Do a Windows Reset.  It will keep all your data files so you wont lose anything however it will be a fresh system so you will have to install apps and games and what not.

[LukeLinusFanFic]

Is there a chance you are using the CPU graphics core instead of the GPU? 

 

(Bt dubs, a used good 970 goes for around 90$, so even if it's dead it's not the end of the world. Not saying it is though)

[jimboza]

1 hour ago, Turtle Rig said:

When was your setup working without this problem ?  Two things.  Try DDU "Display Driver Uninstaller" in safe mode … clean and restart and your back into normal mode, now install the latest WHQL drivers.

 

Also it can be your PSU.  CPU wont give problems like that nor motherboard,, More like BSODs and freezes.  You can try DDU and if your still in a hole you have two options.  Do a Windows Reset.  It will keep all your data files so you wont lose anything however it will be a fresh system so you will have to install apps and games and what not.

Won't a faulty PSU cause the PC to shut down? If that's the case, no it isn't that. 

I'll try the driver thing tomorrow.

Thanks anyways!

[Turtle Rig]

1 minute ago, jimboza said:

Won't a faulty PSU cause the PC to shut down? If that's the case, no it isn't that. 

I'll try the driver thing tomorrow.

Thanks anyways!

The PSU can shutdown if its faulty or about to die.

[jimboza]

1 hour ago, LukeLinusFanFic said:

Is there a chance you are using the CPU graphics core instead of the GPU? 

 

(Bt dubs, a used good 970 goes for around 90$, so even if it's dead it's not the end of the world. Not saying it is though)

I highly doubt that, since it's still driving 3 1080p displays, and the cables are connected to the gpu

[jimboza]

1 minute ago, Turtle Rig said:

The PSU can shutdown if its faulty or about to die.

The PC isn't shutting down though, it keeps running while the displays are blackened

[Turtle Rig]

Just now, jimboza said:

The PC isn't shutting down though, it keeps running while the displays are blackened

All three go black uh ?  Couple things to try.

 

Restore your BIOS to optimal defaults.  Try a different PCIe slot and also run DDU "Display Driver Uninstaller" in safe mode and clean and start back into normal mode now installed latest WHQL.  Let us know.

[jimboza]

9 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

All three go black uh ?  Couple things to try.

 

Restore your BIOS to optimal defaults.  Try a different PCIe slot and also run DDU "Display Driver Uninstaller" in safe mode and clean and start back into normal mode now installed latest WHQL.  Let us know.

Not sure if this image helps with the investigation, but couldn't hurt right? This was taken today, as the problems worsened, but only happened once for 10 seconds, so I didn't think much of it.

[Turtle Rig]

9 minutes ago, jimboza said:

Not sure if this image helps with the investigation, but couldn't hurt right? This was taken today, as the problems worsened, but only happened once for 10 seconds, so I didn't think much of it.

OH SH*T that is the video cards VRAM gone wouth.  You must RMA the card my friend.  Just get a temporary one from Best Buys or Fry's or someplace until they send you a knew one and you can then return the temp one you bought.

[jimboza]

13 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

OH SH*T that is the video cards VRAM gone wouth.  You must RMA the card my friend.  Just get a temporary one from Best Buys or Fry's or someplace until they send you a knew one and you can then return the temp one you bought.

I live in Europe, so no bestbuy here haha. The card is over 3 years old so I doubt there is any insurance or whatnot on it. Small research concluded that the symptoms do cover the broken vram theory, so that's the answer I'm gonna use. Sucks that the card is useless, it has served me for years. F to play respects please. Thank you for the help though!