My graphic card just died on me today while I was trying to run diablo 3 open beta
Diablo beta hung while i was trying to run it, I switch off the power (coz keyboard, etc non-responsive) and when I restart pc, the startup black screen has patches of green squares all over. After the windows loading screen, the screen turns to black screen of death..
Only way I can start my pc is in safe mode and vga mode. anyways, I did some research online and it seems could be either the power supply box (psu) or the graphic card (or both?) spoil.
I have a 3 monitors setup (2 dvi on graphic card and 1 using a usb display adaptor). Could it be the reason why my graphic card fried? (due to lack of power from psu?) I'm not very good with hardware so any insight is greatly appreciated. What are the situations when graphic card can get spoiled?
My current pc spec is as such:
- Windows XP
- Intel® Core™2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
- VIDEO CARD MEMORY:
- 235 MB
Very antique i know..Anyways, I will need to get another graphic card (and maybe psu?) I hope to get some suggestion please
I'm on very tight budget, so anything that is decent enough (minimum requirement) for diablo 3. So I can 'dong' til Windows 8 come out end of year where hopefully got money to upgrade my pc..
Will also consider 2nd hand graphic card. my main concern is compatibility.. i dun wan to buy and realize cannot work on my antique pc. If u can let me know the approximate price of the card will be great too!
Thanks many many ^_^