Should I buy a GPU with bad display

[rukspuks]

I already have an IGPU and don't want to play games. I just want to edit videos faster and this guy is giving his 1060 3GB for $35 which is a great deal.

 

What should I test before buying it?

[porina]

If the problem is in the display output it might be ok, but "bad display" could also be deeper than that. For example, bad vram would lead to artefacts, and that'll make it unsuitable for  your use case. So it comes down to identifying exactly where the fault is. If there are multiple outputs, does the bad display affect all of them? You could try underclocking it and see if it clears up.

[rukspuks]

3 minutes ago, porina said:

If the problem is in the display output it might be ok, but "bad display" could also be deeper than that. For example, bad vram would lead to artefacts, and that'll make it unsuitable for  your use case. So it comes down to identifying exactly where the fault is. If there are multiple outputs, does the bad display affect all of them? You could try underclocking it and see if it clears up.

I have not visited his home but he says display is bad and you can use it with igpu or for mining.

[Draelren]

For that price it's hard to beat. If it has bad display output, I would first go into your bios and ensure that you enable the onboard graphics regardless of if you have a dedicated card or not; and then just slap that bad boy in there. A 1060 should show you a decent reduction in encoding time over the onboard. 

[rukspuks]

He says the display goes and comes back again and again. Could that lead to something? @porina@Draelren

[Draelren]

3 minutes ago, rukspuks said:

He says the display goes and comes back again and again. Could that lead to something? @porina@Draelren

Too little information, would be purely speculative. Could be something more wrong, could be nothing more wrong. It's a toss up. If you got the $35 to gamble, I still say it's a go. 

[porina]

1 hour ago, rukspuks said:

He says the display goes and comes back again and again. Could that lead to something? 

Might not even be the card, but the display cable or monitor, but can't tell without testing. Driver crashes with self recovery in Windows are also a possibility.

[rukspuks]

Finally received the card yesterday

 

Thanks for all the help @porina@Draelren

 

It was working after I made the igpu permanent through the motherboard else there was no video. I tried furmark and userbenchmark but they weren't taking its benchmarks since I wasnt able to plug through it. I tested with handbrake and everything was working fine including NVENC. Maybe I should take it to a repair guy and see if this is just due to a lose capacitor? Anyone knows some benchmarks that would work without plugging in the hdmi through the dgpu?

[Biomecanoid]

This is what you want:

 

 

They try to make miner's card without displays game. Which is more or less your situation

[rukspuks]

Went to a repair shop. The guy was a mediocre but he tried his best. He told me that it is a problem with the chip and it has shorted. So he returned the card.

 

I finally found a benchmark that ran with high performance settings

 

I don't know if this score is anything great.