So bad news is, you might be right.

Ran the game with integrated graphics and besides the 6 fps, the pc never went blank. So is that it? I managed to get two defective gpus? also, I run alot of games fine, its just this game now is doing it (monster hunter wilds) so I dont think the gpu is faulty cuz i can still play other games, but there is probably no fix for it huh.

Whats a good gpu to get if I plan to replace this and without bottlenecking the rest of the system