Is my graphics card dying?

Baccarda

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Hello everyone!
I recently wrote a post about my video card (Gainward GTX 670 2gb), and i wanted to know if it is dying.
The thing is, that i reinstalled Windows today and i had no problems at first, but when i installed video card driver, then the same thing happened again.

This is what my screen looks like after installing video card driver -

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+ I have these small moving dots covering my screen

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And this as well:

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The thing i've done trying to solve the problem:


    Removed all the dust
    Completely removed nvidia driver and reinstalled it. ( Tried multiple versions of driver )
    Reinstalled Windows
    Runned stress test ( It was running good with max of 87degrees)


+ I have not received any errors or shutdowns.

Could you please tell me, what is going on with it?
 
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There is an outside chance this is a power supply or RAM issue maybe, but it's much more likely the card is bad. Best way to test it is try the card in another system.
Yes that looks like a failing video card. Is it overclocked? If it is go back to default speeds. You can also try underclocking it a bit (lower memory and core speeds by say 10%) and see if it works. It looks like your monitor is cracked, did you try it with a good monitor and maybe a different video cable?
 


Ive tried different monitors, and the same thing. I have not overclocked it and now it is as cold as ice, but still have these small dots and on videos i have also red and Black dots running around.
 


There is an outside chance this is a power supply or RAM issue maybe, but it's much more likely the card is bad. Best way to test it is try the card in another system.
 
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