XFX 280X Keeps crashing in Overwatch

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've had this card for a while now, but in recent weeks my patience has just ran out. I know crashing in common for when playing games, happens to us all. But this time I really want to get to the bottom of it.
The main offender at the moment is Overwatch. I get this message when playing, at least every time I play but sometimes the crash will wait a few hours before coming back.
Looking into it, people were mentioning sending more power to the card so I tried that. I used ATI overdrive to boost it up to 20% and the game still crashed, felt like it crashed quicker too.
ALL my drivers are up to date, BIOS up to date, using latest AMD drivers.
My specs:

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz 39 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V LX (LGA1155) 29 °C
Graphics
3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (XFX Pine Group) 47 °C
Audio
ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device
PSU is 1000w (I don't remember the brand without opening up the case).

It is driving me insane because for those unfamiliar, if you leave during a game (quick play in this case) you will get penalised. So because I keep crashing I am now earning -75% for the nest 5 matches and if it crashes again, which it will, that will go up.

I've reduced the clock speed to 750, still crashes
I've tried fullscreen or windowed modes, still crashes.

I also noticed that when the game crashes, sometimes one of my chrome tabs also crashes. Like right now the reddit tab crashed, before was facebook. Happens the same time as the Overwatch crash.

Yes I could play another game, but I want to play this one. I really can't afford a new card, but if I can narrow it down to point at this card being the problem, then I will. But it seems trying to find a solution to this is impossible since there are literally thousands of threads about similar issues for Overwatch and I've tried every fix I have seen.
 
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It could be memory problem, is there any other game that crashes while gaming? If so, test them all reducing memory clock, and if one game crashes even reducing it, try a game that uses less graphic memory.
If reducing memory clock and gddr usage stops your games from crashing, you GPU definitely have memory problem.
I had that once already on my xfx R9 270, and it literally fixed it self alone, but the it died some time after.
If the problem really is the memory maybe it's just a signal that the GPU is dying.

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It could be memory problem, is there any other game that crashes while gaming? If so, test them all reducing memory clock, and if one game crashes even reducing it, try a game that uses less graphic memory.
If reducing memory clock and gddr usage stops your games from crashing, you GPU definitely have memory problem.
I had that once already on my xfx R9 270, and it literally fixed it self alone, but the it died some time after.
If the problem really is the memory maybe it's just a signal that the GPU is dying.
 
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