Having issues with new 7870

[Hawful]

I recently bought an msi 7870 Twin Frozr and am having some issues with it. Whenever I play games on it, it will randomly decide to crash and the screen will go berserk. Usually the game crashes after that and this is what it looks like when I try to watch videos; opening games is impossible after the crash.

http://i.imgur.com/tGQt6.jpg

Is this a driver issue or hardware issue? I have tried both 12.10 and 12.11 catalyst, same issue. I have tried underclocking the gpu as well but that doesn't seem to have any effect on stopping this problem either.

Maybe psu? This is my current psu:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371047

 

[EzioAs]

Probably not the psu. It's good enough.

If you're using a sandy or ivy bridge cpu, disable lucid virtu (if you have) as it can create artifacts in games as well.

I suggest you uninstall ccc and reinstall again. This is a guide on how to properly uninstall AMD Radeon drivers http://www.overclock.net/t/988215/how-to-properly-uninstall-ati-amd-software-drivers-for-graphics-cards

 

[Hawful]

Using Phenom II x4 965 3.8ghz (have tried at stock settings, still crashing)

Already used that exact same guide multiple times going back and forth between 12.10 and 12.11beta11.

 

[EzioAs]

Can you try the card on some other proper PC?

It could be a faulty card. I suggest you RMA it, but first try it elsewhere