GTX 970 4G gaming issues

Hey all,
I just picked this awesome card up yesterday and figured to give it a try in BF4. I made sure all the drivers were updated with Nvidia Experience and that everything was set to go. I set all the graphics settings in the game to ultra and began to play. Every 5-15 seconds my fps goes from roughly 80-60 down to 0, it freezes my screen for about a second then the fps jumps back up. It will do that or have a decrease of 20-40 fps then it'll go back up. I wasn't sure what was causing it, so I lowered my settings to "Low" just to see what it would do. I still get a stuttering, but not a total freeze. When it's not doing this it performs beyond my wildest dreams.
What could be causing this and what could I try to fix it?
Here's a link to my rom: hxxps://www.dropbox.com/sh/segf4dbqkd1ix6t/AABM8sRxkB3j-B-h0pGgqL-ra?dl=0
Serial number: 602-V316-09SB1410040906
System specs: Intel i7-3770 (OC'd to 4.1ghz)
Ram: 8gb 1886mhz
HD: 500gb Black WD
Cooling: Corsair H100i
Display: Viewsonic IPS display
Graphics: MSI GTX-970 4G

I see you're running GSkills.
Run Memtest and see if it reports any issues.
Also try playing game(s) without any OC (CPU+RAM). CPU back to stock clocks, RAM down to 1600MHz. Might be helpful to clear CMOS: >>Clear CMOS Guide<<
Note down your OC settings so you don't have to "dig" for these again after setting BIOS back to defaults.
Are you able to test different PSU?
Could you also try running some benchmark?
What are the temps of the GPU and CPU under load?
What resolution are you running at, and what video cable do you use?
And I suggest you try updating your BIOS to the latest BETA if above doesn't help:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=163874.msg1300708#msg1300708

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Quote from: TZBC on 05-March-15, 07:55:31
What f2p mmos games you tried to play?
Check if any files related to the f2p mmos remains in your system and delete it.
Try clear CMOS and reseat your GTX 970 4G Gaming.
Gonna try to take out and reseat the card. Probably won't try the CMOS clearing. I don't really like to do it except in total necessity.
And this isn't one. The card still stays cool enough after all (under 60celsius).
Also, cleaned the directories and registry keys so those games shouldn't have anything left anymore.
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Do you have multiple monitors?
I do have multiple monitors (2 + tv) but that hasn't mattered before. It was only after the games caused the whole system become unstable. (really old games, from 2006-2008).
They are called ASDA Story 2 and Drift City.
Especially the ASDA 2 was horrible. It made the whole Windows freeze from time to time.
Which, I guess may have been caused by the anti-hack they have: nProtect's GameGuard. It most likely completely blocked several system programs. Including the NVidia driver.
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GTX 970 4G Gaming shutdown

Hello, sorry if this has been asked before, I've seen some similar topics but not the same.
I've a MSI GTX 970 4G Gaming edition, before that I had a 560 Ti that never gave me a problem at all.
With the new card, when I'm playing videogames (like The Witcher 3, Tomb Raider, Metro 2033... ) sometimes the PC shutdowns. Instant off, like if it was a temp problem or you just pull the plug. Could be after playing 2 hours or 10 min, it's very random.
I've checked the temps and they are never too high or even high, same goes for the temps of the card. Turning off tessellation usually helps a lot with this, but seriously, if I have this kind of card I want to play as I want, and seems very weird (also I can't find where I can turn off the tessellation in Witcher 3!)
My PSU is a 570W, and never had a problem with the 560TI at all (which seems to use as much power as the 970). I know it looks like the main culprit here, but before buying a new one I want to check my options, this could be a problem of the card BIOS or the card is faulty or something I'm not seeing, that's why I ask for your help.
My rig (I got this info from MSI Afterburner, I also have 8 GB of RAM):
CPU
Model : AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor
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GPU1
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Sorry for annoying you if this has been already answered a thousand times!

Quote from: traducesar on 24-May-15, 16:41:17
Yes, I think it's time to accept reality and get a new PSU. By the way, I forgot to mention it, but everytime the system shut downs, it needs a little time to turn on again, I can't just press the power button again, usually have to wait (around a minute, but have to wait).
Any PSU recommendation? If I have to change it, I'd prefer to do it to a decent one.
I was thinking of getting a XFX 650W XXX Edition, seems very nice and very decent priced (and seems they are made by Seasonic, which I remember it was a nice brand). Also I'm going to do some OC so that extra juice could be necessary.
Here's the link to it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Bronze-Semi-Modular-Power-Supply/dp/B008O50WKG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1432462602&sr=1-1&keywords=xfx+psu
There's also this one, seems to be the best seller in Amazon and get tons of good customer reviews:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Builder-Series-Modular-Certified/dp/B00ALYOTTI/ref=zg_bs_430514031_1
Any opinion? Should I go for another PSU instead of one of those?
Check this list.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
Corsair's psus are very problematic.Too many people reporting excessive coil whine.They don't care much about their psu's except some very high-end ones.
XFX seems like a way better choice than corsair.
And don't be so sure about graphic cards.I have returned too many gtx 970s just for coil whine,the first one i returned had similar problem.Screen used to freeze when playing a game followed by a bsod.Sometimes no bsod but black screen lasting 10-15 seconds.
Other ones i got didn't have functional problems like that,but coil whine.
So i guess the first gtx 970 gaming 4g i've returned not only had coil whine,but also functional problems.

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I've ordered a gtx 970 msi gaming 5 weeks ago at techmania.ch techmania says they have no delivery date. In uk us and germany you get the card within a week! pls when are you going to send out some cards to switzerland ??? it could not be that im waiting more than 5 weeks!!!

Hi,
Please contact MSI if you have question to them:
>>How to contact MSI.<<
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What if you try single RAM stick?
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S/N: 602-V316-03SB1409066449

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Monitors Asus VE276Q via DisplayPort - AOC 22 via DVI - Panasonic 37" LCD TV via HDMI
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