BF3 crashes every 5 mins - GTX 560 TI HAWK FROZR III

So Battlefield 3 looks great on this card but it crashes all the time.  Nice and random.  Drivers are up to date and the MSI auto bios system doesn't find any new ones.  However, I hear the auto system doesn't work.  Trying to get help to see why this is happening and if it does need a bios update.  Card is about 3 months old.
System:
Core 2 3.2ghz
4 GB DDR3 RAM
Cosair 650W
MSI GTX 560 TI FROZR III
                Display device       : MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk (P) on GF114 GPU
                Display driver       : 296.10
                BIOS               : 70.24.11.00.00
                S/N:                 602-v260-02sb1104176610
                VBIOS:            http://www.filefactory.com/file/6i0i0zyz6zwr/n/GF114_bin
MSI Afterburner readings snapshot at crash:
So everything looks good as far I as I can tell.  I'm running BF3 settings a little below high.  Game runs smooth with low temps.  Highest I've seen so far is 51C but I haven't been able to play longer than 15 minutes in a row.
Any thoughts

Quote from: Svet on 27-March-12, 16:36:12
is your compueter stable if you use another video card?
have you tested this video card in another computer?
My system is stable and so is BF3 with other cards.  I upgraded to this card from a 9800 MX2, and that plus my 4 gigs of ram would play the game fine at low-medium for hours on end.
I have tested the card in another computer but not with BF3.  I may be able to do that later this week.
Any other thoughts?  Does my bios look right?
Edit:  Just tried exact reference clock settings with 100% fan, still only lasted 5 minutes.

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