GTX 970 OC Tiger Armor Driver Crashing

Since I have updated my video bios to .194 the card has been persistently crashing with the 'Driver stopped responding error'
I have since tried many things but the card is still crashing :
I have since downgraded bios to original .192 ( And back )
I tried wiping and reinstalling current and older driver revisions
I have tried many maxing and defaulting voltages on Afterburner
I have tried different monitors ( non Gsysnc and Gsync )
Every time this happens a crash XML file is kept in appdata files , I was hoping to analyse this at some point - but I could not find much on 'how to' . Can anyone comment on how we can get to the cause/source ?
This is a two month old card - maybe it is time to RMA ?
Specs
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
AMD 6300 FX
MSI GTX 970 Tiger
10 GB ddr 3 Ram 1600 Corsair and HyperX
Corsair HX650 PSU

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What revisions of the drivers have you tried?
I would possibly try using the ones from MSI's download site for your card, if you haven't tried those yet
i have tried :
Version: 353.06 -
Version: 352.86 -
Version: 350.12 -
I will now try the drivers found on the MSI webpage :
Version: 347.25

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Quote from: Svet on 08-June-15, 17:36:36
oki remove the second card[your old one] and test the newest card only
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