EVGA 980 Ti and G.Amplifier freezing/crashing

Hello guys
I recently got an EVGA 980 Ti ACX 2.00+ for my Alienware 17 2015, 16 GB RAM, 980m and i7.

I am having problems because the games and heaven 4.0 benchmark crash while using the card.
At first I wasn't even getting higher fps than my 980m but that was because (I think anyway) I was using the desktop drivers and not the notebook drivers.

Anyway, after correcting the drivers I am getting about 30-40% more fps than the 980m at similar settings but the games are still crashing.

MGSV almost instantly crashes when set with everything at extra high. The GTAV benchmark seems to be running ok with the default settings (i get aprox 50-88 fps). The Darkness 2 and Fifa 16 seem to work ok.
I previously had AC Syndicate and Black Flag and also crashed instantly (before updating the drivers, I erased them).

I've tried debug mode too with no success.

Any thoughts?
Thanks

 

Google says it's a well-known issue. and I think Dell released drivers to fix it, but I'm not sure how good that fix is.

 

Well, i haven't found any solutions that work for me.
I am replacing the card.