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Graphics card is no longer running correctly. GPU monitors claim it is working at over 300% & 600%. Help?

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  • Drivers
  • Nvidia
  • Graphics
  • GPUs
  • Graphics Cards
  • Monitors
September 8, 2014 4:19:24 PM

Hey all,

Today for unknown reasons (Didn't install anything or update drivers) my Nvidia GTX 660 has started not working properly. It struggles with higher power games that it usually ran at ultra fine. Skyrim, Borderlands 2, Payday 2 & the Incredible adventures of van helsing are to name a few.

Checking it with MSI Afterburner claimed that while the card worked at 99% usage while running the games, it is using over 600% power which is clearly some sort of error. Here is the image:

http://i.imgur.com/Binp68O.png

Naturally this is crazy and my GPU should be on fire but I'm currently using this PC without error beyond on the higher powered games. Seeing as I thought this might be an error I also used GPU-Z to monitor it. Which claimed I was using over 300% of its power consumption. Here is the image of that:

http://i.imgur.com/ds2GYom.gif

There is some sort of error with my GPU and I don't know what it is. There are no background applications running and I have tried several restarts along with re-installing drivers and checking for Malware.

Is there any advice you lot can give me? Thanks!

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