GPU issues

[Ninjanight31]

A few days ago I was playing Battlefield 4 and for the first time it completely froze. I waited a few minutes to see if I just lagged out, but got nothing so I shut off my pc. Yesterday I was playing some more and I got some really bad artifacting. It hasn't happened since but I have froze a few more times since then. Is my graphics card dying? 

[lx_srs]

A few days ago I was playing Battlefield 4 and for the first time it completely froze. I waited a few minutes to see if I just lagged out, but got nothing so I shut off my pc. Yesterday I was playing some more and I got some really bad artifacting. It hasn't happened since but I have froze a few more times since then. Is my graphics card dying? 

What card are you running? It may just not be powerful enough.  Then again, artifacting is usually a pretty good sign of a dying gpu.

[FloRolf]

could be. you got an OC on that thing?

 

System specs?

[Ninjanight31]

I have a Radeon 7850, FX 8350 CPU, Gigabyte 970A mobo, and a Rosewill 600 watt powersupply.

[dragoon20005]

I have a Radeon 7850, FX 8350 CPU, Gigabyte 970A mobo, and a Rosewill 600 watt powersupply.

make sure your drivers are up to date

 

if your GPU is OCed

 

revert it back to stock

 

give the GPU a good dusting

 

check the GPU temps

 

run a few benchmarks like Unigine Heaven to see if the problem is not software related

[Ninjanight31]

GPU is not overclocked and I just upgraded my case a few weeks ago so dust isn't the problem. I will run some tests when I can though. Thanks for the help.

[LabRat]

from what case to what case.

 

if you didn't clean the heat sinks of dust/lint build up swapping cases won't matter. same thing goes for the cpu heat sink and fan.