Signs of GPU death

[mattsmi16]

Hey I was recently playing an intensive game (Witcher 3) at 1440P on my overclocked 1070ti. And noticed that my monitor completely lost signal after a few seconds of gameplay while audio continued to play. This happened each time I tried to play it. I also tested on Jedi: Fallen Order and the issue repeated. The only way to get signal back was a complete restart. Temperature was around 80C at approximately 90% utilization.

I have since downclocked the GPU back to stock and that has seemed to fix the issue, not sure for how long though. But as it has been working fine for almost a year and a half without any issues and then suddenly got the black screen today, should I begin to start looking at a new GPU? Or are there other steps I can take to lengthen the life span of the card. 

 

Build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	CRYORIG H7 Quad Lumi 49 CFM CPU Cooler	$113.76 @ Paradigm PCs
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$197.00 @ 1stWave Technologies
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$124.00 @ 1stWave Technologies
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$74.50 @ 1stWave Technologies
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB ARMOR Video Card
Case	Phanteks ECLIPSE P600S ATX Mid Tower Case	$240.00 @ 1stWave Technologies
Power Supply	Corsair RMi 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit	$187.00 @ 1stWave Technologies
Case Fan	Corsair SP140 49.49 CFM 140 mm Fans
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$936.26
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-18 11:39 NZDT+1300

 

[Jurrunio]

if pulling away the overclock can solve the problem, it just means the GPU is slowly wearing out just like every component in your PC. Nothing to worry about

 

Or your overclock just isnt 100% stable from the beginning

[mattsmi16]

Thanks heaps, was worried I might have to replace a GPU while saving up to go overseas.

[LIGISTX]

Likely the overlock wasn't 100% stable, or new drivers caused it to not be stable. New drivers could cause the GPU to be loaded in a different way than before, and that can be the issue. If it seems like it works fine at stock, its likely fine. Can always try and dial in a new overclock, or just use what you had and back it off a bit, maybe drop the core by ~20 and the memory by ~50-60. Just a ruff quick and dirty change, but should help, maybe.

[LOST TALE]

Good news is that the wearing out of OC stability seems to decelerate. I use to run the rx 580 at 2.25Ghz and had to drop it every few months by 0.05ghz. however it's been goign at 2.235ghz for like 12 months and it's fine.

 

my rx 56 vega loses connection on desktop for magical reasons, never during gameplay thankfully. I tried different display port outputs to no avail.