Asus GeForce GTX 770 Trouble. Clocks Max, GPU % Maxes, then system wide Lag

Monkeybalzac

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This looks like a great place for help! I would greatly appreciate any recommendations. Computer was built the June 30th and up until 8 hours ago ran everything perfectly. Even a restore point to a time when the computer had no issues did nothing.

Description of issue:

Whenever I load up a game the GPU clock(1137Mhz), Memory Clock(7012MHz), and Processor clock(2274MHz) all max out and do not move.. The GPU usage then climbs up for 30 sec or so until it reaches 90%+ at which the entire computer (not just the game) experiences lag and sound distortion. The game becomes unplayable due to terrible FPS, I can't listen to music, and I can't browse the internet. All this goes away when I exit out of the game. I can not play anything, not even Runescape, Dota 2, or Minecraft. My computer is now a $1000+ reddit Rig.

I have tried the most recent driver 337.88 and a previous version.

All temperatures are fine, nothing above 50C. CPU usage is never above 40%, and there is plenty of RAM.

Parts:
Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card
G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

I am new to custom builds, and kinda a computer newbie all together. Any help/ideas as to what this could be?
 
First, run MEMTEST for a full pass (about 30min for 8GB). www.memtest.org

Before that, I would also update the motherboard BIOS. So:

1) update the BIOS
2) go into the BIOS and select "XMP" and save (CPU/DDR3 mem settings)
3) run MEMTEST (change BIOS boot order if needed or it will just boot into Windows)
 

Monkeybalzac

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Steps 1 and 2 are down. But this memtest is pushing me limits of computer knowledge. I have a flash drive, how do I get memtest on it?
 

Monkeybalzac

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SOOOOOOO it turns out, after all this, my Bios was set to Power saving mode. I changed it to max, and now my computer works fine. I can run skype, Dota, Runescape and watch HD youtube with no performance issues. Thanks all for the help, if anything the past 24 hours have double my knowledge of computers.