Malfunctioning video card diagnostic software?

[marcd455]

Does such a program exist? I have a video card that is possibly failing, is there any software that can run tests to see if my card is malfunctioning somehow? Although I highly doubt the card is the issue I am still curious if such software exists. By the way, my display drivers are crashing and recovering every few minutes while playing any STEAM game with my AMD hd6870 card in. I can watch any video or play any game i want with the exception of games downloaded through steam client. i have a backup nividia card that i bought for 20$ to see if it works and it did fix it!. This issue has been persistent for over 2 years, and i know the amd card is still solid because i can do everything and anything flawlessly EXCEPT play steam games WTF. Long story short im just looking for troubleshooting software that may help, thanks

 

[jagui]

Any benchmark tool will do (like 3Dmark). Try furMark. Its great at stressing the s*** out of the GPU. If you don't get crashes then probably nothing is wrong with the (GPU) hardware.

 

[ganjaker]

are u getting this error? http://samuelhaddad.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/videodriverhascrashed.png

 

[marcd455]

ganjaker, years later YES that is exactly it. I just pulled this card out for a new game after giving up on this issue years back, same issue occurs. Ive done everything possible as far as reinstalls of everything from operating system to every last driver possible, not a heat issue, not anything ridiculous like dust (people have offered that as a solution in the past LOL). From all the head slamming on my keyboard ive done over this issue best i can figure is its a power spike my psu cant handle, but i dont know anything about it. Please tell me you know the solution, do i need a new psu (i currently have a pc power and cooling silencer mkIII 600w)?????? Do i need a new card?????? I just downloaded BO3 and need a solution so im giving this one last effort before going for a new card. Thanks in advance! Oh and i do believe this started occuring outside of STEAM games as well, im not positive but i do believe league of legends triggered same problem, if i need to check for any reason i will, let me know.

 

[ganjaker]

If ur still here... ur gpu is dying.