Is this my graphics card artifacting?

[YourAveragePCGamer]

Is this my gpu beginning to artifact? if so what can i do to prevent my gpu from dying? Right now my build is i5 4690k, ASRock z94 Pro4, XFX R9 280, and 8gb of ram. Thanks for your help!

 

[CountMike]

Lower clocks on GPU and try like that.