Physical media is dying a slow and painful death. Sad to see really. I’d say to make a fuss, but most people don’t seem to care.
Honestly, No disc + always online DRM is making me turn to piracy more and more. I want to be able to buy a game and just have a permanent offline copy of it. is that really too much to ask?
To stress-test your gpu you can use Furmark. https://www.techpowerup.com/download/furmark/
Simply download it, install and launch it and crank the settings up nice and high.
Leave it run for an hour orso, and if Furmark crashes then your gpu is probably toast.