My GPU stopped working properly...

[Swesaera]

I'll describe the situation in full. Earlier today I tried to find a download for ASUS's fan xpert so I could check my fans without having to use CAM (not a fan of it ;). I saw that it was apparently part of ASUS AiSUITE so I found a download for AiSuite 3 and installed it. It asked me to restart my PC so I did and when I tried to open it, it wouldn't. After numerous tries, I gave up and tried SpeedFan. After I got bored, I went to play Overwatch and my FPS was very low, like I'm used to consistent 300 and I was getting between 30-120 on a 144hz monitor. Then I noticed my VRM wasn't going above 623MB, when it is normally around 1000MB or above. I was also getting the three dots next to the FPS which on overwatch apparently has to do with rendering but I don't really understand it. I was scared I had got a virus so I got Malwarebytes and checked and it found nothing so I just restarted to see if it would fix it, which it didn't. I then noticed that my GPU wouldn't go over 55-57 degrees and it wouldn't go lower, like it was limited and that is what was causing my fps drops. I tried to see if any programs I had were limiting it, which I am scared about because I have the AiSuite which doesn't open so I don't know if it is that or not. I couldn't find anything so I kept searching google but to no avail. Then I updated my drivers using GeForce Experience, still didn't work. I decided to uninstall my drivers and reinstall them to see if that would do anything, again to no avail.

Also a few times when I was messing around trying to find what was wrong, overwatch would give a pop up message of 'Rendering device lost' or something similar.

Should I try and update my bios? I'm really stuck on what to do and don't know if my GPU is broken or something is limiting the temperature/vram.

Specs:

CPU: i7-8700k

GPU: Asus ROG Strix 1080ti-O11

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3466

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z370-E

PSU: Corsair RM850i

I just want to play the new overwatch event

[Himommies]

Pls tell me you have windows on a seperate partition.If you do,just reinstall

[LukeSavenije]

a simple idea is just deleting all the programs that have control to the fans, redownload what you need and if that doesn't work update your bios.

[Swesaera]

Just now, Himommies said:

Pls tell me you have windows on a seperate partition.If you do,just reinstall

Separate from what? Also partition means storage right? 

[Himommies]

Just now, Swesaera said:

Separate from what? Also partition means storage right? 

Separate from the rest of your stuff \

https://lifehacker.com/5271338/separate-your-data-from-windows-on-a-standalone-partition

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Swesaera said:

Separate from what? Also partition means storage right? 

saparated from your personal data like  photos or games

[Swesaera]

Just now, Himommies said:

Separate from the rest of your stuff \

https://lifehacker.com/5271338/separate-your-data-from-windows-on-a-standalone-partition

Only things I really have on the same drive are game programs, like origin and such, nothing else

[Himommies]

Just now, Swesaera said:

Only things I really have on the same drive are game programs, like origin and such, nothing else

unless you have 600 gb of games,Just reinstall windows then.Shouldn't be too much of a pain

[Swesaera]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

unless you have 600 gb of games,Just reinstall windows then.Shouldn't be too much of a pain

How am I to reinstall windows if I used a windows key and not a disk? This is the part I have zero idea about.

[Swesaera]

16 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

a simple idea is just deleting all the programs that have control to the fans, redownload what you need and if that doesn't work update your bios.

Did this, didn't work and how would I update the bios?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Swesaera said:

Did this, didn't work and how would I update the bios?

 

look in the manual. yeah, they are not useless

[DocSwag]

11 minutes ago, Swesaera said:

How am I to reinstall windows if I used a windows key and not a disk? This is the part I have zero idea about.

If you have a flash drive larger than 4gb you can create your own windows installation flash drive.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

Download the tool and make sure to use 64 bit windows.

[Swesaera]

4 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

If you have a flash drive larger than 4gb you can create your own windows installation flash drive.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

Download the tool and make sure to use 64 bit windows.

I've got one of these lying around, how would I delete windows to reinstall it?

 

[LukeSavenije]

if you have the space for it just overwrite it, if not backup your stuff and do it completely fresh

[Swesaera]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

if you have the space for it just overwrite it, if not backup your stuff and do it completely fresh

Sorry for being so stupid, but would I just boot from the USB drive with the temp windows on it or would I have to do something else?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Swesaera said:

Sorry for being so stupid, but would I just boot from the USB drive with the temp windows on it or would I have to do something else?

first back up the most important stuff to another drive or cloud storage and just install over it, so your old windows will still be there, you have the dat you might forgot or didn't have space for. that should work

[Swesaera]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

first back up the most important stuff to another drive or cloud storage and just install over it, so your old windows will still be there, you have the dat you might forgot or didn't have space for. that should work

Which should I do first, the bios update or reinstalling windows? What is the reason for reinstalling windows?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Swesaera said:

Which should I do first, the bios update or reinstalling windows? What is the reason for reinstalling windows?

I would first do the bios, if that doesn't work do the reinstall. it's just for errors in the system. fresh always works better

[Swesaera]

18 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

I would first do the bios, if that doesn't work do the reinstall. it's just for errors in the system. fresh always works better

Just updated the bios, didn't work. Gonna do windows now.

[Swesaera]

That seems to have worked for now. Hopefully it stays working though.