Unopened 290x from ebay, display drivers stopped working?

culr

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I just got my brand new 290x, was in the box still (sealed) with plastic on it.

I've put it into my PC, and installed/updated all drivers but whenever I try and play a game, it freezes, says the drivers stopped responding and have recovered..

also, when I launch the game, just as and there is any video, or moving image there are tons of white pixels that flash and disappear on the screen?

Have I done something wrong? is it a faulty card that's just been resealed and resold?

Is there a fix?

thanks
 

culr

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Nevermind, I was using an factory overclocked card, with amd overdrive running at 100%
which resulted in a messed up overclock
if anyone else has a similar issue, check that it's not that