welp it has happened to me and i feared it was coming but it still sucks. my gtx 770 from gigabyte died on me Friday April 6th at 9:00am EST after having my pc that was built for me for about 4 years which means its out of warranty. and with the prices of gpu's Right now i really doubt i would be able to get one anytime soon since im fully disabled and have no money and have to live with my father. if only gigabyte had 5 year warranty then i could try to get them to replace it.
weird thing is it still powers on but the fans spin at like 100% i assume because they sound like they are about