• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

Coil Whine / Capacitor Squeal

killer_uk said:
The vast majority of graphics cards I've tested over years have some level of coil whine when the FPS is very high.
Click to expand...

Bailey said:
Agreed
Click to expand...

Not that i'm having a go at you guys as you've been as good as you can be with my case, but who cares how common it is, it can be mitigated or entirely avoided by design and component choices.

To be told its normal on a £500 bit of hardware is an unacceptable excuse by manufacturers.
 
kindai said:
Not that i'm having a go at you guys as you've been as good as you can be with my case, but who cares how common it is, it can be mitigated or entirely avoided by design and component choices.

To be told its normal on a £500 bit of hardware is an unacceptable excuse by manufacturers.
Click to expand...

This is what I think, it inexcusable that were expected to just lump it. Gpus are expensive premium products and to have it screaming away when it's avoidable in awful design.
 
I only noticed coil whine when I fitted waterblocks to my 290Xs and only when running a big overclock. Having said that I find it quite useful as you can tell from the sound how well the cards are running when benching.

I expect NVidia will be launching their own version in the near future to help benchers with their cards.;):D
 
David Bisset said:
I don't think it's cool, but if it's normal on a £500 piece of hardware then they can tell you that I'm afraid.
Click to expand...

Id like to see OcUK stand upto the manufacturers and send them out an email along the lines of...

"Due to excessive complaints and returns about coil noise, we will only be stocking cards from manufacturers who have taken active steps to reduce or entirely eliminate coil noise from their cards"

I wonder how many of them would sit up and take note.

Heck spin it the other way. I would GLADLY pay a premium for a specially designed card engineered to eliminate it.
 
Kaapstad said:
There is always one.:D

After extensive benching my 4 still don't make a sound.:p
Click to expand...


I have heard rumors that NV did something special on those cards to remove coil noise (though some cards still have it).... if yours are silent, wanna sell me 2 :D
 
kindai said:
I have heard rumors that NV did something special on those cards to remove coil noise (though some cards still have it).... if yours are silent, wanna sell me 2 :D
Click to expand...

Don't believe a word of it mate. They have just as much chance of coil while as a 290 card lol.
 
LtMatt said:
Don't believe a word of it mate. They have just as much chance of coil while as a 290 card lol.
Click to expand...

Don't think so LtMatt.:D

The 4 cards on my left are all silent.

The 4 cards on my right all have mild coil whine.

I bet you can guess which is which.:D

Having said that if I have the side of my case fitted I can hardly hear the 290Xs and if I were gaming the sound from the game would hide the remainder.
 
Kaapstad said:
Don't think so LtMatt.:D

The 4 cards on my left are all silent.

The 4 cards on my right all have mild coil whine.

I bet you can guess which is which.:D

Having said that if I have the side of my case fitted I can hardly hear the 290Xs and if I were gaming the sound from the game would hide the remainder.
Click to expand...

And that means what exactly? Both of my cards are silent lol. :p
 
Kaapstad said:
All 4 of my 290Xs were silent until I fitted waterblocks.:D:p
Click to expand...

Fair do's, but that does not mean all 290's have coil whine and all titans are silent, cos that ain't the case. Both cards can and will get coil whine, its just luck of the draw.
 
squeal-like-a-pig-38mm.jpg
 
I installed my new EVGA 780Ti to have what I would term unacceptable coil whine (I can hear it over my quiet case fans). It is tolerable in Heaven, but when I fire up AC4 it is very noticeable. The noise is coming from my GPU and PSU. The PSU is a CoolerMaster 850W Silent Pro.
Now I could go and move the PC under the deck as some say however I am a bit miffed that spending all the coin the card whines so much.

I have ordered another 780ti and an EVGA 1000W P2 PSU to narrow down the search for a solution.

What I cannot understand is that I have has 6GB 780's in SLI with this PSU and no coil whine so I am not sure what is the problem.
 
Kaapstad said:
All 4 of my 290Xs were silent until I fitted waterblocks.:D:p
Click to expand...

My 290X had mild coil whine on a Seasonic X series 750W.

Enter Superflower 1300W and another 290X into the mix-ZERO coil whine.

There's more to coil whine than pinning it into a 'gpu specific' problem.

Then add the fact they are all made from the same silicone...
 
LtMatt said:
Fair do's, but that does not mean all 290's have coil whine and all titans are silent, cos that ain't the case. Both cards can and will get coil whine, its just luck of the draw.
Click to expand...

Yep. My two PCS 290s had no coil whine at all, but my 780 Ti squeals like a pig :o
 
Well I spent the day trying different combinations and can conclude that changing the PSU to a high quality 100W EVGA did nothing, as did changing to another 780TI. Still squeals!

So my pride and joy PC is now tucked out of sight under my desk :(
Although the wife is please that the 'monstrosity' is now out of sight in the living room
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom