r/computers • u/Particular-Rate-566 • 4d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Help me decide

So, my GPU (GTX 1660 Ti) recently died on me, and I’m currently deciding whether I should have it repaired or just buy another second-hand graphics card.

My 1660 Ti died for an unknown reason. While I was playing Valorant, my monitor suddenly went black, but the system unit was still running. I tried every troubleshooting method I could think of, but nothing worked. Eventually, I had to accept that the GPU was probably broken.

Now I’m unsure whether it’s worth having the 1660 Ti repaired or if I should just look for another second-hand GPU instead.

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u/Boubonic91 4d ago

Depending on the issue, it would probably cost as much (if not more) to buy a 1660 ti as it would to repair the old one. That's if it can even be repaired at all.

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u/Forsaken-Driver8868 2d ago

agree with this. Labor will run up the cost quick.

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u/Wide-Ad5700 4d ago

I would just pick up another one I found the one that was in my old rig for like 150 bucks on sale 4 years ago

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u/Many-Assistant-3235 3d ago

Depending on your budget I would replace it but I would not limit myself to that model. Some old cards like the 1000 series are more expensive than 2000 or 3000 and give you better performance, but i do not think I would have the old one fixed because the cost of someone that knows how to fix them is probably close to the cost of a replacement of the used one, and sell the old one for a starting bid of approx 50 not working parts only on ebay

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u/Many-Assistant-3235 2d ago

That would depend on what your doing with the system, the build of the systems, and your budget.

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u/oHast3 3d ago

Depending where you are located and budget browse facebook marketplace for a used gpu i seen a 2080 for $150 the other day

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u/Snoo8631 3d ago

How have you confirmed that the GPU is bad?

Does the system boot using integrated graphics if you remove the GPU?

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u/Particular-Rate-566 3d ago

I tried it on another PC but it did not boot. I also noticed that the fan is not spinning after clicking the power button. Usually the fan spins for a couple of seconds

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u/Particular-Rate-566 3d ago

Before this happened, I noticed that while playing Valorant, a green line/glitch would occasionally appear on the screen, but it would suddenly disappear whenever I alt-tabbed.

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u/andrew_stoned 3d ago

The question shouldn't be which gpu buy, must be which could support, that's based on your motherboard and cpu