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Did I destroy my graphics card?

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February 21, 2014 1:56:51 PM

Hey guys, I have a HD 7870 Ghz edition Exact model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

So I messed around with some OC settings on my GPU, and managed a stable 1150/1350 on stock voltage, but I didn't really have a need to OC yet, so I dialed the clocks down to stock values.


Then today, I hopped into cryengine 3 SDK (horribly optimized, "game" I guess you could call it. It's more of a test bed for the cryengine 3 editor), and after about 5 minutes, I started artifacting and crashed. I pressed Ctrl + alt + delete and manged to close the game that way, but then when I went onto the internet, I started artifacting on my home page.. what? artifacting in 2d mode? Then I remembered when I read wolframs guide to overclocking he said to re-boot your pc after you start artifacting, so I did this. I haven't had any artifacts yet on the internet, but is it even safe to go into a 3d application anymore? Should I lower my clock speed from the factory default?

One thing I thought of when this happened was that I made too much of a leap when first OC'ing my memory clock. I was unigen heaven stable at 1400 Mhz, but I had seen some people with different GPU's reach 1500+ Mhz, so I figured that was probably a typical OC, so I leaped up to 1450, and crashed almost immediately. Is this the cause do you think?

Thanks for your help.

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a b U Graphics card
February 21, 2014 2:30:41 PM

GPU probably heated up so it started acting funny. I dont think you destroyed it, if it's still overclocked, set it to its default clock speed then try running a 3D application.
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February 21, 2014 2:36:45 PM

It's not still OC'd, I was at factory default (1050/1250) when this happened.

And heating wasn't an issue with this card. I want to say this is one of the best cooled 7870's you can get. I've never broken 75 degrees C at any speed. When I crashed from cryengine 3 SDK like I described in the OP, I had GPU-Z running in the background and it said my max temp was 68 degrees.
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a b U Graphics card
February 21, 2014 2:48:18 PM

Hmm.

You overclocked it without changing the voltage? Perhaps you pushed it too far and that damaged the card. That's what I would think, OC'ing without the necessary voltage can harm your component.

Perhaps you actually might have damaged it a bit.
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February 21, 2014 2:52:46 PM

Try uninstalling and reinstalling the driver.
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February 21, 2014 4:05:59 PM

Geek Jed said:
Try uninstalling and reinstalling the driver.


How do I actually do this? Do I simply uninstall the AMD's catalyst control center?
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February 21, 2014 4:27:27 PM

Ya, when you do it you actually uninstall all of the driver software you installed for your graphics card. To do it go to start, controll panel, Uninstall a Program and then there will be a list that comes up of all the programs that are installed on your pc. Find the one that is your AMD Catalyst Driver. And uninstall.
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