R7950 Graphical / Stability Issues (black screen)

Hi everyone,
Here's the situation I'm currently facing. Yesterday I purchased the MSI R7950 OC version from Amazon, and had it shipped overnight. Received it this afternoon, installed it, and decided to go on Battlefield 3. Was in a game for only about 2 to 3 minutes when I got graphical small squares on the screen, then got black screens on my monitors. Also tried Arma II and it kinda locked up for a moment and got the black screens, forcing me to hard restart the system. I've had this issue in the past with a different card, though I don't specifically recall the exact remedy. Think I possibly upgraded the PSU, and it resolved the issue. However, the odd thing is that the card I replaced is a MSI Hawk R6870. Based on the power requirements linked in this forum, they are about close to the same usage. Below is the specifications for my current setup:
MSI 870U-G55 Motherboard
AMD Phenom X4 3.4GHz
8GB Crucial DDR3 1600MHz
MSI R7950 OC (previously was the MSI R6870)
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W PSU
Additional Power consumptions:
1x 128GB SSD Drive(primary)
4x Sata II Drives (500GB, 2x 750GB, 120GB)
4x 120mm fans, 1x 140mm fan (Antec Dark Fleet DF-30 case)
NZXT SEN-001 fan controller
2x LED Lighting
That's about all. The system runs stable and fine with the R6870, and it's been the same setup since August 2011. I did use the 6 to 8 connector, which I might go double check as I see Newegg mentions it having the 6+2. Just wanted to get some feedback on this particular issue though. It's actually the first GPU to even have an 8 pin that I've own. Most all are just the dual 6 instead of 8 + 6.
Cheers,
imperialyap

Quote from: badboy2k on 05-January-13, 11:51:11
if its artifacting and black screening the card is faulty as those are very low power usabe cards! so if your in the USA then RMA it to msi if your in europe then return the card to seller for them to perform the RMA!
Indeed so, that's exactly that the card does. Well that's a first on having a card come DOA, but I had a bad feeling since the R6870 works fine. Thank you badboy2k for the response.. I do appreciate.

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