Recent content by Lasercode

I think they're across from each other/a few mins walk away

Do you have any other GPU's to test with? Since there was a electricity cut, the PCI-E slot might have gotten damaged, but then there was nothing in the slot. Just a guess though.

When you say "GPU is Primary in BIOS" does that mean you tried to disable the onboard graphics settings in bios? Some bios have a setting to disable the onboard graphics in the CPU and then it would detect the GPU. Try that, if this is not it then I don't know :(

Are you using a hard drive? if yes, is it near full because some hard drive can slow down when reach near their max capacity. It can also happen on some SSD's as well

I think they have a different manufacturers core clock. Usually manufacturers will slightly increase the core clock on different variants of GPU's and they sell the higher clocked ones for more. Basically Windforce OC has a slightly higher core clock than OC. If it saves you $50, I would...

You can check out Golden Computer Arcade, they have some nice deals but it is mostly newer and last gen stuff. Maybe you can find the occasional old hardware somewhere in there. Good luck!