@Arthas045: yes it is indeed a great card for 1080p Gaming, Crysis 3 is running perfectly smooth on High Settings and Battlefield 4 on Max Settings.

Finally received the replacement and the card works like a charm, getting very good frame rates .

R9 290 Definitely

@EducatingU_PCMR: the temp never goes beyond 45'C under heavy load because my room is airconditioned, but i am not sure about volts, will check

Anyways i have asked for a replacement and i will get the replacement by 7th Nov

@EducatingU_PCMR: tried, still same issue

I have ordered replacement, if i RMA then i am getting only the list price as the refund amount, excluding the shipping cost, which i will have to bear to send the card to Amazon, So if i ask for replacement they will ship me the Card in advance and will also refund me upto $25 shipping charges that i will have to bear, sounds goods to me.

@Truth_Hurts_U: i am going to return it tommorow, should i ask for a replacement or go for nvidia Gtx 760?

@xxbioghostxx: have tried all of this, nothing works and it keeps crashing

i have discovered that if i am playing Dead space 2 the GPU doesn't crash even when playing for hours, but as soon as i fire up Crysis 3 or Alan wake it crashes within 5 mins!!

@topgunmv: Ok, Returning the card is going to be a big problem for me as i dont live in US and i ordered it from amazon to be shipped to KSA where i live. I will end up like for 2 months without a GPU !!!