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signo38

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hey i got a sapphire 5870 recently and ive been getting some weird crashes and artifacts. im using ccc 10.11 on windows 7 home x64
1. when i play starcraft 2 sometimes after a few hours the screen turns black (once it had gray vertical lines with a black background) and then the computer reboots. windows problem report call is a "video hardware error". i was logging my temps and they dont exceed 65 when playing starcraft
2. when i have 2 moniors plugged in sometimes the second monitor flickers briefly, although it might just be a bad connection.
3. when playing dragon age orgins i sometimes see these white dots flickering. temps do not exceed 55
should i rma the card or is it something else thats causing the problem?
i7 930 <- does not exceed 80 on prime95 after 1 hour
6gb ocz gold 1600 <- passed 2 memtests
1tb western digital black
sapphire 5870 <- does not exceed 75 on furmark after 1 hour
gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
antec earthwatts 750
everything is running at stock speeds and im using a stock cpu cooler
 

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do you know if newegg accepts rma replacements after i cut out the upc for rebate? also, ive only actually crashed 2 times in 3 weeks so do you think newegg will dub the card as actually defective?
 
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