is my gpu broken?

emanuelelelelele

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i was playing h1z1 and suddenly my gpu crashed (i guess).
all of a sudden i get a black screen with white lines on it and i cant do anything like if the whole pc froze so i restard and get the black screen of death.
i go on safe mode uninstall my gpu drivers and my gpu without drivers seem to work (ofc withotu drivers it cant do shit not even directx works on it so i cant even play games with it).
is it broken?
if so good news, it was a r9 270x.
i tried cleaning it and everything it just does not seem to work.
if i install newer/older drivers the gpu wont start, it can only start windows without drivers.
 


Have you reinstalled the drivers already and tested a game? I had this twice with mine and it was just a driver issue.
 

emanuelelelelele

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i have even tried to install older drivers and it just would stuck up at the black screen of death.
 


Yeah that sound pretty bad. Of course it could just be windows that is broken as was the case of my friend who I sold my r9 270x to. He reinstalled and suddenly everything was fine. Do you have a secondary pc to test the card in?
 

emanuelelelelele

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unfortunately i cant test it on another pc :/.
i have already ordered another gpu. either way the gpu crashed in the first place (my gpu never crashed/froze ever).
so i guess that's the problem if even the new gpu doesnt work i am just gonna reinstall everything.
 


Could you list the rest of your pc please? Especially the psu. Just to verify 1 more thing.
 

emanuelelelelele

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i have got a i5 4690
r9 270x
h97-hd3
8 gb ram
psu corsair cx600
also i should add that the r9 270x was 2 years old
 


Nothing wrong spec wise with that pc. Hopefully the new card works.