Is this bad GPU?

[WereCat]

I have PC here for troubleshooting and I think it got bad GPU but I am not sure if there may be something else bad.

 

System:

GPU: ASUS GTS 250

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7500

RAM: 2x 2GB Kingston 800MHz DDR2

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L v.2

PSU: Thermal Power 500W (quite shitty one)

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit

 

I did run Aida64 for over one hour and there were no problems (CPU/Memory stress) and also I did run Intel Burn Test 20x and it passed just fine. So I am assuming that CPU and RAM are OK. I wanted to try Memtest but I am unable to boot it from USB for some reason and I dont have DVD burner or DVD medium I could burn it on.

 

When I run Unigine Heaven sometimes it will freeze or just turn into black screen and never work again and I have to restart PC and once I also got BSOD. But other times it will just run fine for several hours without an issue.

Most common issue is when I start PC up it will go trough BIOS boot up then Windows boot up logo and then black screen and nothing and I will have to restart PC and do it again and sometimes it doesent work at all unless I let PC off for some time and then try again.

 

I tried taking the GPU out of that PC and put it into my PC and the same thing happened when after Windows booting up logo there was only black screen. I tried 3 times but same result so I did put it out again and back to that PC.

 

This looks like GPU is at fault but I am not sure if HDD is not responsible for some of these problems too but I tried sfc /scannow in Windows CMD and it went without problems. Also HDD is 0% fragmentated (checked in Defraggler).

 

Any idea of what else should I test or should I just order some other GPU for this system?

 

Regarding drivers .. I tried new ones but I always get error while installing it and some things never install properly and after restarting PC Windows chck disk deletes it as it finds it to be corrupted.

 

 

 

GPU runs at 87*C in load and CPU at 83*C in load with side panel on. If side panel is off the temps are around 3-5*C lower.

[Guest]

that GPU is from the dino age

[Virtual01]

Seriously, intel integrated graphics is better than that GPU.

[Merc.]

If you have to ask if it is bad cpu or not, it probably is.

[xDanielxOossiex]

It is a very old gpu, I had a GTX280 before my 750(upgrading to 970 soon) (€20) and it could run BF4 at low-mid, 40 fps and got veryhard

[WereCat]

that GPU is from the dino age

 

 

Seriously, intel integrated graphics is better than that GPU.

 

 

It is a very old gpu, I had a GTX280 before my 750(upgrading to 970 soon) (€20) and it could run BF4 at low-mid, 40 fps and got veryhard

I know it is old GPU but is is good enough for web browsing that the person this PC belongs to does. Sadly that CPU doesent have integrated graphics. I was thinking of ordering some old used GPU from ebay for cheap.

 

GTS 250 is not a weak sauce though. It is still better than R7 240 or anything that is GT x30. No DX11 support though.

[xDanielxOossiex]

If you're not going to game, it's enough. But I dont think the CPU will be able to play 1080P 60FPS.

[WereCat]

If you're not going to game, it's enough. But I dont think the CPU will be able to play 1080P 60FPS.

That is not gaming machine at all.

Only internet and photo viewing/movie watching. Thats why I think it still makes sense to get cheap GPU for as long as I know if anything else works.