Best card for 200? - WTF is wrong with my Radeon HD 5970

Chadbytes

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Dell XPS
i7 Quad Core - OC
12 GB RAM
120 GB Vertex SSD
1 TB HDD
EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 ti
Factory 525w PSU ^

To be installed:
Corsair 750w TX PSU - Performance

I also have a AMD Radeon HD 5970 (Comes stock in my tower) on hand but I believe it overheats badly as it goes from 52 degrees C - 72+ without any video or game running. It came with this tower (Which was bought used/new) but I don't trust it and have never actually opened a game with it because when its installed it overheats to where I can't even get the drivers installed without having to shut down to prevent damage. (Very hot to the touch afterwards when I remove it) The screen is very sluggish when its installed, when I drag windows or programs it leaves a long sluggish trail with it. I have a feeling my PSU is failing, but have no idea if this is the issue, I'm replacing it when I put a new card in for piece of mind.

Anyone, and I mean anyone's advices, and recommendations on this is really appreciated!

Also back to the main question: What is the best card available for $200 new, or $200 used on eBay?

Thank you!
 
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Chadbytes

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Thats certainly an option! How about this 5970? Have any idea whats wrong with it?

 

Chadbytes

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I can't say for 100% but the noise I was hearing, I would say yes. I also heard a couple small pops. It still works when I install it, and thats why I'm not totally sure what the issue is. I know my PSU is not rated for that card by factory settings, but it ships with this computer... Ships with a 525w PSU - one a card that from manufacture says takes 293 watts.

I certainly don't want to turn this into a PSU thread though. I would love to use that card because its rated much higher than my gtx 560 ti. I'm not sure what performance increase would happen, but I'm assuming at least 30-40 more fps.

I wanted to check the fan speed, etc but MSI doesn't recognize the card. Or doesn't allow options for it, it doesnt show the card type but no options appear editable.
 


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