I was here a few weeks ago asking around about my broken graphic card, and how that would have been possible and how to avoid it.

My dad couldn't find any reason why it suddenly broke, but when he put in a new one, 5 hours later the new one broke also

But both graphic cards broke when I played (a downloaded) Medieval 2: Total War. So now we suppose that it had a virus with it, and that screwed my graphic card.
(probably the creators of the game put this file on the internet the punish people like me ) + All other games just played fine, but when I began playing M2:TW, all **** happened.

Does it sound any logic?


Then, I just wanna be sure: Can a monitor destroy a graphic card? Eventhough it doesn't destroy the graphic card of another pc which I use the monitor with too?

As I said, I wanna be sure

Thank you so damn much (to the first one who replies)

it could well be a problem with the game.

you may have a problem with your motherboard if you keep going through graphics cards.

Thank you I'm al happy now (Pc still working now lol)

It ain't my motherboard, cuz that one was destroyed at the first crash too. Then it was replaced. At the second crash it wasn't destroyed (only my graphic card)

But I suppose nothing will go wrong anymore. I won't download ever again. (Well, maybe in some years but not soon)

I won't download ever again. (Well, maybe in some years but not soon)

Smart decision.

Can a monitor destroy a graphic card?

Sure, any electronics devices connected together has the potential to damage the other device if some critical component fails, or some other abnormal event occurs. I have never seen a monitor take out a card, but I have seen a motherboard take out the CPU, RAM, and graphics card!!! Not pretty.

In your case, I agree with Jeff - if this is hardware related, it is likely the motherboard, or maybe the power supply. But it may also be an infested download. You need to make sure your system is clean of malware and by all means, be disciplined at practicing safe computing. If you don't have a full arsenal of anti-malware tools, see Cleaning Out Malware.

Yea all is fine now, power supply is still more than enough (bought it for a GeForce 7600, but that one was destroyed at the 2nd crash , and now I only have a GeForce 5600, so power is ok)

It was just an infested download.

Thank you I love this site.. quick replies, good replies, I honor you

Glad it works and thanks for the followup.