R9 280x Artfacting/Flickering/Blinking

Hi there, so, im having a big problem wth my R9 280x, the screen is just flickering and its not just when im playing, watching videos, and doing nothing (its happening right now so i am taping this topic with one hand, the other one is pushing the gpu upward, i'm gonna explain why) but of course, when i'm playing the problem is bigger, its just like that, i open the game, some seconds and it start to flickering and blinking, if i do not close the game it just freeze with a gray screen with some lines and i have to reboot, follow the pictures:
AND SOMETIMES AFTER REBOOTING THE PC, IT STARTS LIKE THIS AND I HAVE TO REBOOT AGAIN
So, i've already tried many things, updated vbios, cleanned the GPU, downgraded memory and core clock...
BUT THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED WAS
Pushing the GPU upward, yes just like this:
The illustration is terrible, i just picked a card on google, so i've made a temporally fix just putting a support to hold the gpu, but this fix generate another problem.
Pushing the GPU upward make the gpu overheat, so when i play, my GPU temperature go from 62Cº to 96Cº (62Cº is the temperature when i play without the support), then i loose something like 30 fps, so i've abbadonned this fix, so please, someone can help me with this, its impossible to use the PC even to watch a video, thanks.

Might be also it makes bad connection between GPU and heatsink.
Ask local MSI office > >>How to contact MSI.<<  or shop you got the card from if you can reapply thermal paste, and then make sure it makes appropriate connection between GPU-heatsink. Also you could use a string to tie the card to top of the case so it doesn't bennd so much.

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