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I know when I had my q6600 and 6950 I saw a good performance bump in BF3 MP increasing the OC from 3.0GHz to 3.6GHz.

If your power supply does not have enough PCI_E cables to run 2 cards you probably should not be using it. What brand and model PSU?

Looks like I may have solved it. Per your suggestion I placed a fan cooling the vrms on the back side of the card and that seemed to do the trick.

I have tried voltages anywhere from 1.05 - 1.2 and clocks all the way up to 975 mhz. When I get home I will try as you suggested. Also, It may be a good idea to reseat the WB. Would I need to get new thermal pads?

At first I was overclocking with both that is when I started noticing the issue. This happens even if I leave the clocks at stock and only increase the voltage. It is very weird because I had it stable in BF3 multiplayer for over an hour...

Just looped heaven for 1/2 hour while stressing cpu. No crash started GTA IV restarted within 2 mins.

Here is the rail distribution: 12V1 to the 4 pin 12V ATX (which is split from the 8 pin EPS), 12V1 & 12V2 to 8 pin EPS, 12V2 to modular PCI-e connectors, 12V3 to mobo ATX & fixed PCI-e connections, 12V4 to drives. 18 amps per 12v...

My computer was running fine: Xeon W3520 @ 4GHz 3 x 2Gb DDR 3 1600 6950 1GB (had this overclocked) SB X-Fi 4 HDD 1 SDD Koolance Exos 2 powered from power supply Thermaltake Toughpower 750w ~ 4 years old I recently switched to a GTX 580...

7870 --> http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-Graphic-GV-R787OC-2GD/dp/B007PJVB3Y/ref=sr_1_25?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1352568654&sr=1-25&keywords=7870 Or, try and pick up a used gtx 580 for ~$200 on ebay

get a used q6600 for ~$50 like here --> http://www.overclock.net/t/1325110/for-sale-2-q6600-intel-qore-2-quad-processors. Then as suggested above get one of these -->...