sudden gpu downclock which cause a lot of lag in games

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kostis95

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My PC starts lagging when I play games all of a sudden. It seems to be a problem with the GPU since it downclocks itself to extremely low values (10 to 20 times lower). If I restart the problem is sometimes gone and then pops up after a while. I've already re-installed drivers a couple of times which seemed to work for the moment but the problem keeps returning. Alt-tabbing also seems to make this happen sometimes. It's really weird and I don't really know what to do anymore. (By the way I have bitdefender as anti-virus)

Please help me :)
 
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kostis95

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Yes I've done that with msi afterburner now and then. It justs downclocks itself. But as I'm typing this for instance the clock speeds are all normal and working...
 
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Illyria

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Well that is your problem, when it runs at a unstable clock and it hits a high load it then it downclocks it self to preserve its life.
All you need to do is just lower your frequency.
 
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kostis95

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Oh but it doesn't run at higher speeds now than stock and it still happens. I just meant I've done it in the past now and then..
Also just now I alt-tabbed (which didn't seem to cause a problem), but then I restarted chrome and then it downclocked itself. Once it downclocks it doesn't go away until a restart...
 
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kostis95

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I have a GTX 460 so the warranty is long gone, but are there not any other solutions then just declaring the card broken? Don't you want some temperatures or something else or a bios reset or whatever?
 
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