MSI R6870 Hawk graphics issues

Hello, I built my new computer a couple of days ago, with a MSI R6870 Hawk in it.
Two days ago I played Left 4 Dead 2 with the highest settings (something I would never have dared to do before) and the computer didn't even flinch, I was amazed. However, since yesterday I noticed some very annoying checkerboard-like artifacts flickering at first in TF2. At first I thought it was because TF2 files were corrupt or what have you, but whatever I did, these artifacts wouldn't disappear, and have now spread across various other games. Links to screenshots below, however they do not show the full flickering.
Bioshock: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540654888598283572/C808C2B71AC07C20477C35886549658D518C5BEC/
Left 4 Dead 2: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540654888597907475/3237F5F487BFC563F11CD7B8E6B39BCA703B0451/
Sanctum: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540654888597587196/F624849A1BF8669F9C92660F91496C222F3620DF/
Team Fortress 2: http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540654888595886789/56ED5F80A635ED62E740FFF1DAA1F357D90DB1FE/
Of course, the newest drivers are installed and everything. Checked with MSI Afterburner and GPU-Z, and temperatures are around 50-55 °C for all sensors after one hour of gaming, so I don't think it's overheating. No improvement after reinstalling the drivers.
Any help?
Other info about the system: Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Intel i5-2500k, Asus P8P67, 8GB RAM, etc.

You got me wrong, respectively I left out a step in my logic. I could find out what's wrong with it on my own and I would find the cause, fair enough, and I didn't rule out that I wouldn't do it. What I meant was that in case it turned out to that the clocks were too high in its out-of-the-box state, I would not be satisfied with the product, considering that I would have dished out the money for this card only to have it clocked down. That's what I meant with counterproductive. Yeah, probably the wrong word indeed but you get the message.

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