Up until Tuesday night my 5-year-old computer was working fine. It then installed a Windows Update (KB4100347), restarted and one of monitors went fuzzy. I tried to restart but it showed green squares over the screen instead of writing after the PC Specialist screen and then would boot into recovery mode. None of the system restores worked: they all failed. Reading somewhere that the green squares could be a graphics card issue and remembering the fuzzy screen I removed the graphics card and plugged a monitor into the motherboard slot. It has booted straight up. The Windows update history also tells me it has installed KB4023057.
My gut feeling is the graphics card has gone. Is there anyway of knowing for sure if I can't boot my computer with it in that that is indeed the case, and it isn't a driver or update issue?
If it comes to replacing the graphics card (nvidia gtx 760 2048mb gdddr5 PCI-e) are there any recommendations for equivalents? I've lost track of the graphics card scene recently but need one for the hdmi output, and would like to still have the option to play my games when I get the chance?
My gut feeling is the graphics card has gone. Is there anyway of knowing for sure if I can't boot my computer with it in that that is indeed the case, and it isn't a driver or update issue?
If it comes to replacing the graphics card (nvidia gtx 760 2048mb gdddr5 PCI-e) are there any recommendations for equivalents? I've lost track of the graphics card scene recently but need one for the hdmi output, and would like to still have the option to play my games when I get the chance?