After further testing I am convinced something is up with my setup. Every game is showing much increased z-fighting issues. I got home from work too late today but tommorow I am going to reinstall drivers and try some things on software end, if that fails Im just gonna RMA the card since it only has 1 month left under warranty.
This is the stage of troubleshooting that is the biggest pain in the rear. Sometimes driver conflicts and other issues go so deep that it can take forever to correctly determine the cause, if ever.
Try "clean boot" (disabling every item under startup (run: msconfig) except for Microsoft-specific items), this can help determine if some software is causing a problem. New versions of software, even something that seems benign, can wreck havoc in the strangest of ways. I think my main issue a year or so ago with BF3 crashing was due to basically a driver/resource conflict thanks to my Razer keyboard driver.
Disable things like Setpoint or LGS if you use Logitech peripherals.
Uninstall all GPU, Logitech, and perhaps even Audio drivers in Safemode using driver cleaning programs.
I can no longer recommend Driver Sweeper's replacement, Driver Fusion, as it installs some crap.
A utility called DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) can remove much of the problem drivers from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel.
CCleaner is also good to help get rid of registry leftovers after uninstalling any of the above noted drivers.
I'm typing in a rush right now, as I'm tired. If you need clarification on anything, ask and I can shed some more light on this tomorrow.
I might come back with some basic tips I forgot to mention.
If you are not like me and don't mind formatting and starting over, if you don't make much progress on this, that's the ideal way to get rid of some of these deep issues. If you are like me, you may need to prepare to spend perhaps months getting things set right again, depending on how long it takes to basically stumble upon the solution after trying everything else.
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