is my graphic card dead?

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piego59

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hello everyone,
here's my problem
i've got computer with a sli of gtx 460 della gigabyte 1gb oc version twin frozer

it used to work all fine

i installed a game recently (tomb raider) and realised that the benchmark results were awful
i check the nvdia control panel and sli wasn't turned on
i turned it on and pc crashed

i inverted the position of the card and tried to reinstall drivers and bluescreen

so i tried each card, putting it in the top slot
first one is working fine. i swapped it with the other one and it is not working: windows start but there is a flag next to gtx 460 driver in the device manager. double clic shows error code 43

i thought it was seated badly and pulled it out and plugged it back on but it doesn't work

i put the other card in and no problem

do you think the card is faulty? anyone knows how to fix it

thank you for the help
 
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Gundy

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If they're the exact same card and one works differently than the other, then yes, the problem is probably with the card. Not sure what it could be, but you could look around for some instructions on re-flashing the problem card. Make sure you're running everything at stock clocks and voltages if you were tweaking anything before.
 
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piego59

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hi gundy and thank you for your reply
i haven't been tweaking the cards as they are factory oced. i have no idea how to reflash the card and just read i could fry it easily by doing so. do you think a pc shop would be able to fix it or can i contact gigabyte and send them the card?
that is so annoying
when i bought those cards 2 years ago, i thought i wouldn't have to spend money for a while , i had both at a decent prize
i'm thinking about selling them and getting a single good card but if one of the cards isn't working, i'm not gonna be able to sell them as a set and get good money for it. the single card on its own is outdated and won't perform that good
 
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Nvidia cards have known issues with the initial Tomb Raid 2013 release (it is an AMD game anyways, esp TressFX). There have been several Nvidia drivers betas and TR updates since release. If after you update to the last beta drivers and TR patch still have issues disable TressFX and Tesselation. Though honestly with current updates and 2x460 you shouldn't have any problems. So at that point you should look at other issues or bottlenecks.
 
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piego59

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i found out about the problem playing tomb raider. but it seems that the card itself is not working.
plugging card A in top slot everything works . plugging in card B in top slot works as 'vga adapter with low resolution. plugging both cards in top and second slot same results. plugging card A in second slot works fine. Plugging card B in second slot doesn't work....
is there anyway to find out what the problem is with the card? it seems to be a hardware problem
 
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unksol

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If it's under warranty send it to gigabyte and get it fixed. If it's not buy a new card. That's all there is too it.

The market for used GPUs is usually people looking for a second to SLI/crossfire. No one would really want to buy a pair of 460s. As it's a gigabyte with no transferable warranty and pretty outdated don't expect much if you sell it.
 
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