Windows loading Issue. Possible dead graphics card?

[Jegga_Badae]

A couple days ago my pc randomly crashed while i was playing a game. when i tried to reboot it it would begin to load windows then the output to my monitor would stop but the computer would continue to run.

I reinstalled windows after wiping the hard drive. At this point it loads to the desktop. now is where i find the issues for the graphics card. When i tried to install the drivers it come back with a "bad image error". I went to the device manager and the graphics card does show up only the integrated graphics card. However when i go into safe mode it shows up but doesn't let me install the driver.

I'm not sure what else to do or if maybe the graphics card went bad.

 

[Kman222]

what graphics card is it exactly?

 

[Jegga_Badae]

what graphics card is it exactly?

its a Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

 

[Kman222]

what graphics card is it exactly?

its a Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

If you happen to have a spare card laying around you could try slappin it in and see what happens. That card is fairly old and there is a chance it is dying

 

[Jegga_Badae]

I don't have a spare card but I think I'll try installing it to another system when I get the chance thanks for the advice