Did my GPU just fail?

freexavier · January 22, 2020

Some background first. I just bought this Palit GTX 1660 Ti last week on Friday. I then had it inserted to my brother's PC that I built for him. Played some Rainbow Six Siege here and there and maxing out the settings. I pretty much leave the PC on and idling standby when I am off to work till I return. Barely made an hour of gaming honestly, but my brother would occasionally play and browse the internet. No form of OC done at all.

So the problem. Just today (Thu), I was just starting out The Division 2 as I bought it last night. I was just setting up my character then maxing all the settings, then I went off playing around. Initially it started to have some stutters as I sprint and pan my screen around then it decided to hang with visual artifacts. I then force restarted the PC and was greeted with these visual artifacts. Passing the lockscreen, the GPU drivers seemed to fail to boot at all. I then removed the GPU and plug back the output to my mobo and it came out completely fine.

This is pretty much the GPU dying right? Luckly, it has a 2 week return policy. In a way, good thing it failed within those 2 weeks to easily get a replacement. Tho, I feel I will have to argue or so to get that replacement. Another reason why I am sharing this to have some advice with possibly having to fight it on with the staff. Rn, I had the GPU placed away. Idk if i wanna try inserting it back again to see if its still present and risk anything popping.

As for where I am from, Metro Manila, Philippines. The card bought from PCHUB. Been a long while I've been active here, so hi again I guess?

Build:

CPU: i3 8100

Mobo: Asus H310M-E R2.0

RAM: 1xHyperX Fury DDR4 8GB (Black)

GPU: Palit GTX 1660 Ti StormX 6GB

Edit: PSU: Corsair SF450

(First image with artifacts is with GPU, Second other image with the iGPU)

Edited January 22, 2020 by freexavier

PopsicleHustler · January 22, 2020

Yeah it does look like faulty GPU.

First thing I would do it clean all of the drivers with DDU and instal fresh ones. If that doesn't help and you still get artifacts, return the card and get a replacement.

Sir0Tek · January 22, 2020

There could be a couple of reasons for a card to show similar signs every once in a while without beeing near-dead; temporarily overheating, moisture that condensed somewhere. Also the reason could be somewhere else, at the pci-express level for example. That the driver refused to work while the card was still in a state it couldn't access its memory isn't surprising.

But, since it's within warranty I'd sure go along the safe road.