MSI Radeon HD 5870 artefacts

Hi
I've got a problem with my MSI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card.
- What
Sometimes I get artefacts in games like CoD:MW, MW2, MW3, GTAIV and others.
My screen freezes, I can see lots of squares everywhere, then my display loses signal and I can't do anything for about 10 seconds. Then everything comes back and I can continue playing
- When
I got this problem randomly.. But it's very likely to get it if I there're a lot of particles in the game (e.g. snow in mw2) or reflections (water, mirrors etc)
But for now, I started getting this bug in Counter-Strike: Source. The cooler on the Radeon HD 5870 works too loud when I play it, and I can't play even 10 minutes on a well-designed level.
So there's a screen of the artefacts in Valve Hammer Editor
- System Info
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6
RAM: 4Gb
Graphics: MSI Radeon HD 5870 1Gb
Uptating to the latest driver versions (I mean a full reinstallation of all ATI/MSI/Radeon software several times) didn't solve the problem
I know it's rather hardware problem.. Maybe I need to change cooler.. But this problem showed up in CoD:MW1 right after I've bought videocard, nearly 1 year ago
Any suggestions?

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Didn't tested it on another computer, but I'll try. I would be difficult because 2nd computer has nVidia and nVidia drivers installed.
And here's a screen of artefacts in Counter-Strike: Source

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Hello and sorry for my english, it's not my native language.
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I found a good offer for an used original Ati Radeon HD 5870 Mac (1 Gb), so i got it and put it into my Mac Pro (PCI slot 1, both power cables connected and MDP to HDMI cable, as was previously the 4870).
My monitor is a Philips LED TV-Monitor 221TE 21,6".
Besides the fact that i had to recalibrate the monitor (the graphic at first was too "sharp"), i lost the audio from integrated speakers of the monitor (the line-out port is selected, as previously was, in system preferences --> audio), it works only with integrated speaker of Mac Pro.
The monitor is connected with audio cable to the line-out of Mac Pro (i know that my 2009 Mac Pro supply only video signals over Mini DisplayPort).
If i put back the 4870 with same connections, the audio is back from line-out...
If i connect an external speaker to the line-out, it works...
So it's not the line-out to be faulty.
Just to try and waste time, i repaired permissions, reset PRAM, installed and updated OSX to 10.9.5, but nothing worked...
Any idea would be appreciated, thank you.

Thank you all for the answers,
@voidcom: yes, i'm pretty sure it's a genuine Apple Card, not only because assured from the seller, but also because it has 2 MiniDisplayPorts (which, in my knowledge, are present in genuine Apple cards only, PC cards usually have standard HDMI ports).
I'm sure i plugged the audio cable into the right port (the one with the speaker symbol); in my first installation of the card i left it untouched, but the audio worked with the 4870 and not with 5870.
If i plug an headphone in the rear or in the front, i can hear sound... it seems that the installation of the 5870 blocked audio output towards my monitor only... that's the strange thing.
@Grant Bennet-Alder: yes, i fiddled with the controls in System Preferences > Sound, was the first thing i did, but only internal speaker works.
The only thing i didn't try, it's the SMC reset, i'll try it ASAP, thank you.
@DPart: i found the same information searching the web, only Mac Pro 5.1 or flashed 4.1 to 5.1 can output audio via HDMI, thank you anyway.
However, that's not my case... i don't want audio output via HDMI (would be nice, but not essential for me), the installation of the 5870 blocked audio output towards my LED monitor only... with the 4870 worked perfectly instead.
Yes, under PCI section i found the 5870 twice, the first with driver loaded, the second one not.
I searched information about this "ATY,LangurParent" but i found nothing useful:
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Nome:    ATY,Langur
Tipo:    Controller Monitor
Driver installato:    Sì
MSI:    Sì
Bus:    PCI
Slot:    Slot-1
ID fornitore:    0x1002
ID dispositivo:    0x6898
ID fornitore sottosistema:    0x106b
ID sottosistema:    0x00d0
ID revisione:    0x0000
Ampiezza link:    x16
Velocità collegamento:    5.0 GT/s
ATI Radeon HD 5870:
Nome:    ATY,LangurParent
Tipo:    ATY,LangurParent
Driver installato:    No
MSI:    No
Bus:    PCI
Slot:    Slot-1
ID fornitore:    0x1002
ID dispositivo:    0xaa50
ID fornitore sottosistema:    0x106b
ID sottosistema:    0xaa50
ID revisione:    0x0000
Ampiezza link:    x16
Velocità collegamento:    5.0 GT/s

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