Ok, with it doing the same thing in another computer (aka the problem followed the card) it points to the card being the problem - RMA that sucker, and ask EVGA to send you a pre-paid label as this one failed to work out of the box as the replacement.
 
One last thing - is the game(s) using more than 3.5GB of VRAM?

bej44
ive never had this issue before with any other graphics card! i borrowed a r9390 from my brother it works flawless! he just bought a evga gtx 1080 i tryed it yesterday it worked great, but with this gtx 970 in his computer it did the same thing! my brothers, and i happen to game together alot! so i have tryed quite a few alternatives! im sure its just this card i also do use ddu but this time i just reinstalled windows to make sure still the same issue persists.

Hello Bej44,
 
Sorry for the issue your having, I do see from my side that you have called and started the RMA process. Also we have offer you a pre-paid shipping label as well for the replacement of that unit and its be flagged, where the replacement will be handed before we shipped out the replacement unit. I apologize for the inconvenience, please if you have any further questions, feel free to contact us at support@evga.com or 1-888-881-3842.