I need help with my GPU

[james_228]

I accidentally pulled out the plastic placed on the PCI slot which technically means that my pins have been severely damaged. I am talking about the motherboard. But for the meantime; i'd like to know if my GPU is fine, and I can't know for sure because i am currently left out without a motherboard to test on. My GPU on the other hand has a tiny scratch on the PCI connector which is making me anxious to think that this might have a huge impact on the performance of the card. I have read countless amounts of articles that deny tiny scratches on the PCI, as long as the main chips aren't damaged. I will be sending a picture of the card, its an AMD 290x.

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[djreedj]

You should be fine, wait till you get your new motherboard, or try another pci slot in your current one if you have multiple slots.

 

[DustinV]

is this your post from january 29th ??? But you said it was a 7970, now you are saying its a 290x
something seems fishy here?

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/537123-i-need-some-help-please/

 

[james_228]

7970***** they're the same anyways.. right? I heard that its just a refreshed version, so they're technically the same. Correct me if i'm wrong though. But I really wanna make sure that i'm safe knowing that the motherboard is currently on its way from ebay.

I'm not good at explaining things, but it looks like the copper faded out and ended up being silver. Its barely even visible and the its perfectly fine from the other side of the card. Its just bugging me off.

 

[DustinV]

Only way to tell if it works is to plug it in. It should work though.

 

[RobCrezz]

7970 is a 280x not 290x, which is a totally different card.