A strange problem with my new Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290 OC UEFI and POST/BIOS

I've had a TR-X R9 290 OC UEFI for a few month and was running great untill the DisplayPort started losing signal so I sent it back and they send me a new Vapor-X R9 290 which was a nice surprise.

I have an old Rampage III Extreme X58 that is not UEFI of course but the Tri-X didn't have any problems.

The problem I noticed immediately when I installed the new Vapor-X and powered up my PC.
In the first POST there are screen tearing and delay when HDDs are detected and same when I enter the motherboard BIOS when scrolling up/down and navigating different tabs.
All is working fine when Windows starts in desktop 2D, videos and gaming and I actually OCed the card to 1150/1500 with +50mv and auto fan for a long game session and did a 3DMark bench at 1198/1650 with +100mv
My Tri-X could not be stable at all in gaming at 1100Mhz core although it had an ASIC quality of 78% vs 69.7% for my new Vapor-X

The problem with POST/BIOS is not very bad actually but it is just strange and I am worried something might be bad with the card.

Here are 2 videos that show the problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEEBLJO2gwE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2IcCJ46mDI


Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

Your links go straight to adware on my phone....maybe it's just me? Could be my android browser.

 

They are video files hosted on 4shared.com

 

Why? Stick them on YT

 

YT lowers the quality but I'll do it in a few minutes

 

I can barely see anything in both of em.

 

Added youtube links.

In the first POST there are screen tearing and delay when HDDs are detected and a delay when I enter the motherboard BIOS as I see the word "wait" for a second which never happened before plus tearing when scrolling up/down and flashing when navigating different tabs.

 

Don't really see anything to worry about, have you tried updating your boards BIOS ?

 

It is on the latest BIOS as it is a 4 years old motherboard anyway.

If only I can compare voltages and frequencies for 2D between the new card and the Tri-X one.

 

Why not just use it, enjoy it, and if it breaks, RMA it instead of obsessing over something that is likely not a problem

 

I decided to do just that. It is a real problem to be a perfectionist

 

Is this the 8gb model?

 

It's OCD, a lot of us have it

Seems to come hand in hand with being a tech head

 

Nope, it is the 4GB version.

True.
I've had a PC since 1998 and have always been very sensitive to hardware components specially graphics cards.