Very Strange Issue, Urgent Help Needed!

AirmanerX

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This is very strange.
I have a GTX 660 (Point of View). I have not overclocked it or increased/decreased the voltage. Ever.
Usually after 1-5 minutes of playing a game, my card spikes in power usage to a ridiculous number, and my memory and gpu clock go to 0 for a tiny amount of time. This causes the game to freeze, my screen to become black for a second then resume, usually with the game lagging incredibly or outright crashing. This problem is apparent in all games that I own, save for Age of Empires II HD. Sometimes the sound loops.
I have tried updating my BIOS, updating drivers, cleaning drivers, system restore, cleaning out my PC, cleaning out the PCIe ports, cleaning the card, everything. This has been happening for a couple months and I'm sick of it. I think it might be a broken GPU but i'm not sure. I have posted a screenshot of what happens upon the crash, taken with EVGA Precision X. Here it is. http://imgur.com/qTyS5Px This is driving me insane, and I think it might be a malfunctioning GPU.
My Specs are...
CPU - Intel Core i7-3770k @ 3.50 GHz
GPU - 2048MB GeForce GTX 660 (Point of View)
SSD - 112 GB Samsung SSD 840 Series
HDD - 932GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 (SATA)
Display - 1680x1050 @ 59.99Hz
Mobo - ASUS P8Z77-V LX (LGA1155)
RAM - 16 GB DDR3
OS - Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
 

animal

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have you checked your GPU temps? You didn't mention the PSU in your system, is it a quality PSU (made by Seasonix, Corsiar, XFX, Antec, etc.). If you have a properly sized quality PSU then you may have a bad video card, might need to RMA it.
 

AirmanerX

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My GPU temps are slightly high but otherwise OK, 70C at the maximum. My PSU is a Corsair CX750M, it's modular.
 

animal

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Do you have a different video card that you can drop in temporarily? (or maybe a friend has one you can borrow?) Or do you (or a friend) have a diff computer you can put the video card into to see if it performs the same? If you can do either of these things, it will help determine if the video card is your issue and needs to be RMA'd.
 

AirmanerX

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I'll try that, thanks.