Graphics card crash?

Geesus

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I believe my graphics card, the ATI 5770, has downloaded some strange drivers. It now seems to have a problem with directx, beause when i play civilisation 5, on directx 9(i can play it on dx11), play team fortress 2 or change dungeon defenders to full screen mode the graphics card crashes.

I know its only the graphics cars because i was on skype when it happened and i could still chat.

he monitor becomes completly unresponsive, for instance i cannot even go onto the meu on the monitor, which would suggest the graphics card is sending a load of different strange signals.

Just to confirm, i ran Furmark on xtreme and although the fps was only about 10, it ran fine.

Any thoughts?
 

bloc97

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Why can't you go to your menu on the Monitor? Even if your GPU is faulty, you should be able to access any time the OSD of the Monitor...

And what does your screen look like when it crashes? Does it have some purple or other colour bars on it?