Is my GPU dying?

[chicksoup]

Hello,

 

for the past few days I think my PC has been acting up. Whenever I try to play a game like Bioshock Infinite or America's Army the games will crash to the desktop and one time a few weeks ago a cracked version of Grid: Autosport made me restart my PC, because it wasn't responding. Since then I ran a malware scanner a few times and it always came back negative. Today when I look at animations in Powerpoint white lines turn up wherever the animation came from.

 

Are there any tests I should/could perform?

 

 

[DarrenP]

Hello,

 

for the past few days I think my PC has been acting up. Whenever I try to play a game like Bioshock Infinite or America's Army the games will crash to the desktop and one time a few weeks ago a cracked version of Grid: Autosport made me restart my PC, because it wasn't responding. Since then I ran a malware scanner a few times and it always came back negative. Today when I look at animations in Powerpoint white lines turn up wherever the animation came from.

 

Are there any tests I should/could perform?

What GPU is it? Can we get a full system config?

[dadasmithywinkle]

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the GPU's drivers and see if that helps.

[chicksoup]

What GPU is it? Can we get a full system config?

Well the PC is a Dell XPS 8500

CPU:3770 with stock cooler

GPU: GTX 660 1,5GB

SSD: 256GB Sandisk

HDD: 2TB

PSU: Dell 460W

RAM: 8gb either Dell or Samsung, but it was preinstalled

I got the Pc in the spring of 2013

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the GPU's drivers and see if that helps.

already tried that and at one point I had reinstalled older drivers, but that didn't help

[Johannes_Lazor]

It could be a cap or a Vram module that is overheating, But if you havent reinstalled the drivers you should try it.

If it doesnt help when reinstalling the drivers you should clean your computer, And if that doesnt help, add fans all over the place.

Edited January 6, 2015 by Johannes_Lazor

[LabRat]

clean it. the cpu and gpu heat sinks and fans. case fans and motherboard.

[dadasmithywinkle]

Well the PC is a Dell XPS 8500

CPU:3770 with stock cooler

GPU: GTX 660 1,5GB

SSD: 256GB Sandisk

HDD: 2TB

PSU: Dell 460W

RAM: 8gb either Dell or Samsung, but it was preinstalled

I got the Pc in the spring of 2013

already tried that and at one point I had reinstalled older drivers, but that didn't help

 

If you can, go to a store and pick up a new card. If you notice the stuff still happening, then its not the card and you can return the new one.

[chicksoup]

It could be a cap or a Vram module that is overheating, But if you havent reinstalled the drivers you should try it.

If it doesnt help when reinstalling the drivers you should clean your computer, And if that doesnt help, add fans all over the place.

clean it. the cpu and gpu heat sinks and fans. case fans and motherboard.

If you can, go to a store and pick up a new card. If you notice the stuff still happening, then its not the card and you can return the new one.

thanks I'll try tomorrow!