Possible issues with GTX680

[inflames43062]

Hello everyone!! I have been experiencing some odd issues while gaming on my machine. It usually only lasts about 20 minutes and stops. When I'm playing a game, the game will be running fine, then lag for a few seconds. I have EVGA precision x up on my second monitor, and I can see the meter go from max down to 300 during this. Not really sure what is going on. Any ideas? Oh and I'm not overclocking my vid card at the moment. I know I should be, but I'm only play DayZ at the moment soooo......yea.

 

Specs:

Intel 3570k OC 4.2 per OC genie

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 EVGA FTW edition

MSI Z77A-GD65 (MS-7751)

234GB ATA SanDisk SDSSDX24

977GB ATA WDC WD1002FAEX-0 - data drive, games installed here

MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

 

If you need any other information just let me know

 

[CountChoculitis]

I have been having the same problem with my 680 in Crysis and Metro 2033. Not sure what is going on. Taking my OC off does not fix the problem either so I am not sure what is going on. Probably from this driver release so I might revert to an older driver.

[jjtoutt]

I have this problem with my reference GTX 680, and it seems to have a voltage regulator issue, causing power spikes and instability even at stock settings.

When your clocks drop to 300mhz or 324mhz check the power% to see if it spikes to something rediculous like 300% or so.

[inflames43062]

Where do I check the power%?

[inflames43062]

Oh I see it. I'll keep my eye on that and let you know. Thanks.

[R4STABAN]

use a 306 / 310 driver

 

try without precision x running

[inflames43062]

So, it did it again and the power% did jump over 200%. I paid for the 2 year warranty on this card, does it cover something like this? This is pretty frustrating considering the cost of this card.