Is my AMD GPU Dying?

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Hello, I have an AMD XFX R7850 2GB Edition, it's barely a few months old, and it's been playing all the games I throw at it with Ultra Preset, and 50-60FPS. I turned on my PC today and everything was running normal, but I turned it off, and went to do something, so I come back and now my games barely get 20-30FPS on the SAME-SETTINGS.. It's confusing to me how fast a GPU could just die out of nowhere. That's why I don't know what the problem is, but here's some of my main specifications:
CPU: AMD FX-6300 (Stock Speeds)
GPU XFX R7850 2GB (Stock Speeds)
PSU: Corsair CX750M
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Rev 4.0
Ram: Kingston HyperX 8GB 1600Mhz.
Them are some of the /Main/ specs, I can list more if needed, but I think that's all that's necessary for this topic. Please respond fast guys, I'm very upset because this GPU racked in at $200 on Amazon, and it's amazing, but it just suddenly failed..
 
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A few questions.
Have you overclocked your Graphics card?
Does your computer have enough airflow?
Do your frames drop in particular games?

Here are two things I would do.

Check to see if your computer has enough airflow, its not just a bunch of fans blowing around its about getting the heat out. You should also take into account your computers surroundings, is it under a desk? are there objects in front of the mesh/holes in the case?

You should also re-install your Graphics card's drivers, this can solve many issues like constant BSODs and crashes.

but if those two highly suggested options fail I would suggest finding a replacement if you don't have a warranty.

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A few questions.
Have you overclocked your Graphics card?
Does your computer have enough airflow?
Do your frames drop in particular games?

Here are two things I would do.

Check to see if your computer has enough airflow, its not just a bunch of fans blowing around its about getting the heat out. You should also take into account your computers surroundings, is it under a desk? are there objects in front of the mesh/holes in the case?

You should also re-install your Graphics card's drivers, this can solve many issues like constant BSODs and crashes.

but if those two highly suggested options fail I would suggest finding a replacement if you don't have a warranty.
 
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