Monitors going into sleep mode even though i have it set to never do that

Vizuka

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My two monitors (no powersaving feature turned on) keep going into sleep mode after a certain amount of time even though in the power settings in Windows i have "Turn off monitor after:" set to "Never". How could this be? I don't know exactly how long it takes for the monitors to turn off, but it usually happens when i have been away from the computer for more than 50min. But it seems to be random since sometimes it doesn't happen at all even after being away for 1,5h :/ Any help on why this is happening would be great!
My specs are as follows:
GTX 980 SC 4GB
i5 3570K 4.2Ghz
16GB 1600Mhz RAM
120GB SSD
2TB HDD
Windows 8.1 64-bit
ASUS P8Z77-V LK Motherboard
850W 80+ Gold PSU

Monitors:
Main: ASUS VG248QE 144hz Monitor
Second: Fujitsu P23T-6 60hz

Thanks for taking your time to read through it, hopefully you guys can help me! :)
 

resident TD

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I'm very unfamiliar with Windows 8.1 but I do know that in windows 7 there is two separate locations for this same setting and if you don't change them both it has no effect. This could also be a setting within your Nvidia cards software. I hear the driver software for those high end cards is pretty extensive in settings and customization. maybe try sifting through there?