EVGA GTX 670 FTW performance issues 3DMARK 11 score P8474 :(

[alfabet0]

This might be regarded as a duplicate thread but as this is a GPU specific problem, I'm hoping the moderator gods are smiling on me today.

Orginal thread here:
http://forums.hexus.net/help-quick-r...ml#post2897725

Gaming performance is choppy at best with my GTX 670 struggling with Civilization V at the lowest settings, EVGA precision X shows that my GTX is running at a GPU temp of 71 and above when running Civ V.
I'm getting a bit desperate at this point, any help is greatly appreciated.

Build:
Silverstone SST-FT02B-W/ Asus Maximus V Gene/ Intel core i5-3570k, Samsung green 8GB, Dark rock pro 2/ EVGA GTX 670 FTW, Antec high current pro 750w/ Samsung SSD 830 256gb, Win 8 pro.

I have clean-installed the latest NVIDIA beta drivers and I've updated the motherboard BIOS & swapped out the ram, taken my build apart and back again just short of reinstalling the CPU cooler all to no effect.

Running 3DMark 11 demo on Performance 1280 x 720 (720p)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6450600
SCORE P8474 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670(1x) and Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
Graphics Score 9118
Physics Score 7038
Combined Score 6930

Watching the 3Dmark 11 videos at this screen resolution they remind me of the opening intro to Tomb Raider 3 and still at times the fps drops down to 21!

The following photos of my build might be helpful in problem solving this?:









The following are screen shots of my system:
I'd have chosen home group but for some reason it was not an option on installation of Win 8.







Diagnostics tell's me everything is hunky dory and Windows performance index is at 7.9 is this EVGA GTX 670 faulty, have incorrectly plugged something in?

I so happen to have a spare GTX 670 laying around meant for my sisters build, but as Windows only allows you a limited number of hardware installs I'm reluctant to try it out.

[alfabet0]

Looks like I have a case of the forum herpes or something no one wants to reply, All By my self Don't want to be all by my self!

[najiro]

Looks like I have a case of the forum herpes or something no one wants to reply, All By my self Don't want to be all by my self!

I dunno. I remember replying to this thread LOL.
Like I said, are you using the latest drivers? Can you pull out the nvidia control panel and check for updates.
Also, check your video card's activity while gaming or using something that uses the gpu like 3dmark 11 or furmark. Use GPU shark to see what's going on or MSI afterburner.

[chuckskull]

Duplicate thread. Locked.

http://forums.hexus.net/help-quick-r...ml#post2897725

I'll post in your other with a couple of ideas though.