Windows 8 might actually be the problem. Dunno if the drivers are optimized for it. Same goes with the games.
This happened with Windows 7, so please stop it with 8.
If you don't look at all possibilities you won't find the right solution.
Then windows is stuff
It's NOT Windows 8, it happened long before 8.
You just said you got the computer 3 months ago with windows 8 on it
Bump. I seriously need help.
It might be your motherboard, your GPU, your hard drive, your CPU, your CPU cooler, or your fan. I would check them all
SOLUTION: get a gtx670OC
That's a desktop GPU. He has a laptop.