5080 & 5090 Coil Whine Thread

[GoRedwings19]

Palit had none (575 W) may matter? Astral has some but I didnt notice it whilst gaming, just on benchmarking on 3d mark. But really like the Astral, quality, looks great, runs great, OC is great, quiet enough with fan tweak, so will see how I get on over the next wee while. Still have an open order with the rain forrest on a Suprim LC. If that had actualy been shipped last week, i wouldnt have bought Astral, but still glad I did now.

I did have a Suprim Liquid 5080 for a few days. I returned it and got a refund on it. I want to preface this by saying the coil whine was nowhere near as bad as previous high end cards that I have owned before from the 4xxx and 3xxx series But out of all the 5xxx series cards I currently have it was the worst of the bunch.

The point of liquid cooled cards are obviously lower temps but also noise. Coil whine defeats criteria 2. My gaming trio 5080 the little SOB has been quiet as a mouse.

 

[Nitefly]

I did have a Suprim Liquid 5080 for a few days. I returned it and got a refund on it. I want to preface this by saying the coil whine was nowhere near as bad as previous high end cards that I have owned before from the 4xxx and 3xxx series But out of all the 5xxx series cards I currently have it was the worst of the bunch.

The point of liquid cooled cards are obviously lower temps but also noise. Coil whine defeats criteria 2. My gaming trio 5080 the little SOB has been quiet as a mouse.

I think you have a Suprim Air Cooled 5090? If so, how did that compare?

 

[GoRedwings19]

I think you have a Suprim Air Cooled 5090? If so, how did that compare?

Yea I do. There is some coil whine but it is acceptable and by that I mean it not excessive it's pretty quiet. If I had it in a case then it would be significantly less rather than 24/7 test bench. I am literally sat right next to it. In menus you will hear it but in game it is not even close to release day 4090 suprims or even worse the 4090 strix.

My gaming trio 5080 for all the plastic and what not it has coil whine but it so quiet even sat next to it I can't hear it until I literally have to stick my ear on the shroud/heatsink to hear it. Which basically means unless you wear the card around your head it has none.

If you are hoping 100% coil whine free suprim you may get lucky. I have another one on the way sometime whenever my order gets fulfilled.

I just think with all the stuff going on with the 5 series if you get a quiet coil whine card then I consider that to be a win. Of course we could just get a palit for coil whine free gaming...

Nah I rather take the coil whine.

 

[Nitefly]

@GoRedwings19 cheers for responding. All noted - helpful for setting my expectations. Tbh I wonder if I’d be better off with the Palit…!

Did you try an undervolt with it?

 

[GoRedwings19]

@GoRedwings19 cheers for responding. All noted - helpful for setting my expectations. Tbh I wonder if I’d be better off with the Palit…!

Did you try an undervolt with it?

I personally don't undervolt although I do power limit to like 90%. I have tried powerlimiting to lower levels like 80% and it more or less the same. Any more than that then you just lose too much performance to the point it easier to live with the relatively quietish coil whine than nerfing it to a lower power limit thus giving you 4090 performance.

I know you mentioned before you are very sensitive to coil whine and given the current situation although improving is not ideal. I don't know how long it will take to finally get your order but I imagine even when you do if the coil whine is atrocious RMA'ing it back and waiting for a replacement is gonna be a pain.

I do think about the astral a lot. But I know what Asus high end cards are like. I have never been that fortunate or lucky enough to ever get one without coil whine. Now while coil whine doesn't affect me like for example like yourself I tend to find asus cards are on the more extreme end of the spectrum when it comes to coil whine. Probably in all the cards I have owned since collecting the number 1 offender and the worst examples of coil whine has been the Asus high end offerings.

Now maybe as unlikely as it sounds I am just super unlucky and I have read plenty of people who said that their top end Asus cards has none and I don't doubt them for one bit but in my experience of owning every single high end asus cards since the 3xxx series onwards and multiples of the same card I have never ever got one that was either quiet coil whine let alone none at all.

The only other card I would get is the Aorus master Ice. Yes you and I could get a palit and probably would get a fantastic coil whine free experience that performs just like any other 5090 out there. But I won't and I know you won't as we for whatever some insane reason would rather pay the xxx amount over the Palit to get a suprim or whatever with a chance of coil whine just to not live with the Game rock. Actually even saying the name just makes me cringe.

 

[Nitefly]

Cheers for the expanded thoughts @GoRedwings19 - yup willing to risk it being a little noisy for quiet fan noise… nothing more for me to do than just seeing how I get on!

I will inevitably under-volt to my preferences so fingers crossed it’s not too severe!

 

[GoRedwings19]

Cheers for the expanded thoughts @GoRedwings19 - yup willing to risk it being a little noisy for quiet fan noise… nothing more for me to do than just seeing how I get on!

I will inevitably under-volt to my preferences so fingers crossed it’s not too severe!

I got you covered with a 5090 suprim although to be blunt I don’t know when that will turn up for me as there is no queue number.

Which is quite frankly astonishing as ocuk can change the prices on the fly but can’t tell me or others will it be next week or next month. But by going by the enemies queue order that means jack anyways….

Also there is one thing I should add about the Suprim 5090 and I am not sure if applies to all or just mine. I run a triple monitor setup and the fan stop doesn't work properly the fans are always spinning the only time they stop is when my PC switches the screen off. I might have to look for a bios update or something. I thought you should be aware of this. as even watching a youtube vid the fans are set to 30% (thanks nvidia for that pile of dog poop), and the fans at 30% are more noticeable than my suprim 4090 at 30% fan speed.

 

[Halliphax]

Thought I’d throw my hat in for this one with my experience.

Previously owned a 4090 Strix OC which had worse coil whine than my new 5090 Astral OC.

In something like TesMark or FurMark the coil whine is incredibly noticeable, unbearable almost. However, during normal gaming sessions (without DLSS) - both raster and raytracing - the coil whine is very minimal.

For what it’s worth I don’t think there’s any brands that have better or worse coil whine so I wouldn’t let it drive your purchasing decisions, it’s probably just manufacturing tolerances on the capacitors.

Buy a card, test it with normal usage, if it’s too overbearing then return it.

 

[DizzyZ]

Thought I’d throw my hat in for this one with my experience.

Previously owned a 4090 Strix OC which had worse coil whine than my new 5090 Astral OC.

In something like TesMark or FurMark the coil whine is incredibly noticeable, unbearable almost. However, during normal gaming sessions (without DLSS) - both raster and raytracing - the coil whine is very minimal.

For what it’s worth I don’t think there’s any brands that have better or worse coil whine so I wouldn’t let it drive your purchasing decisions, it’s probably just manufacturing tolerances on the capacitors.

Buy a card, test it with normal usage, if it’s too overbearing then return it.

I've noticed that too, coil whine changes depending on what kind of load you're putting on the card, synthetic vs real games, dlss vs non dlss, ray tracing vs non ray tracing etc.

 

[Rogueywon]

Anybody tried the Inno3D X3 OC 5090 yet? My 4090 version of that was the most coil-whine-free card I'd had for over a decade. My Palit 5090 isn't too bad outside of menu screens, but the Inno3D was just bizarrely quiet.

 

[hamza_tm]

Also there is one thing I should add about the Suprim 5090 and I am not sure if applies to all or just mine. I run a triple monitor setup and the fan stop doesn't work properly the fans are always spinning the only time they stop is when my PC switches the screen off. I might have to look for a bios update or something. I thought you should be aware of this. as even watching a youtube vid the fans are set to 30% (thanks nvidia for that pile of dog poop), and the fans at 30% are more noticeable than my suprim 4090 at 30% fan speed.

FWIW my Suprim Liquid SOC 5080 fan stop works totally fine with my dual monitor setup. I'm running a 1440p@165Hz and a 4k@240Hz, both via DP.

Tbh the thing is utterly quiet even on full gaming load, I can't hear it over my custom loop CPU cooling which has noiseblocker fans on the quietest setting. I'm very noise-averse.

Bear in mind it's the 5080 version so not putting out as much heat as the 5090.

OT, my Palit 5090 had insane coil whine as I was testing it with the case panel off. Sticking the case under the desk and closing it all up has made it a lot less noticeable though. It's a significantly louder card than the Suprim Liquid 5080 naturally so that's probably masking the noise. Undervolting and restricting power limit helps.

 

[SeeNoWeevil]

For what it’s worth I don’t think there’s any brands that have better or worse coil whine.

There isn't amazing data to say conclusively either way for sure but there's enough to make the argument this isn't true. I certainly will use threads like this in future to stand a better chance of getting a card with less coil whine.

 

[Nitefly]

Also there is one thing I should add about the Suprim 5090 and I am not sure if applies to all or just mine. I run a triple monitor setup and the fan stop doesn't work properly the fans are always spinning the only time they stop is when my PC switches the screen off. I might have to look for a bios update or something. I thought you should be aware of this. as even watching a youtube vid the fans are set to 30% (thanks nvidia for that pile of dog poop), and the fans at 30% are more noticeable than my suprim 4090 at 30% fan speed.

What resolutions and framerates?

If these are all 4k and >120hz then I’d expect the GPU to be drawing power and slowly getting toasty.

 

[Bidley]

Gigabyte Gaming OC 5080. Whine-free to my ears.

 

[Loup Solitaire]

I've noticed that too, coil whine changes depending on what kind of load you're putting on the card, synthetic vs real games, dlss vs non dlss, ray tracing vs non ray tracing etc.

Which of these has the worst impact on coil whine?

 

[Rawr]

Having used the Zotac Solid 5090 more, I mainly hear coil whine at higher watts/higher fps, but I wouldn't call it bad. It's definitely quieter than my 3080 FE. At around 450w with something like 300 FPS, it's only slightly audible above the fans. If I shut my case door then it's barely noticeable. Higher watts than that it's stronger, but the fans ramp up louder anyway and end up drowning it out. Below 250w and I don't really hear it much at all, even with silly logo/menu framerates of 1000 or whatever.

 

[GoRedwings19]

What resolutions and framerates?

If these are all 4k and >120hz then I’d expect the GPU to be drawing power and slowly getting toasty.

Funny enough my gaming trio 5080 works perfectly fine with it. I have a suspicion I have to install *shudders* MSI center and upgrade the bios or the other thought that went through my scatter brain is to deshroud it and strap 3 RGB fans for max bling and obnoxiousness.

 

[Halliphax]

There isn't amazing data to say conclusively either way for sure but there's enough to make the argument this isn't true. I certainly will use threads like this in future to stand a better chance of getting a card with less coil whine.

I’m not so sure, knowing how coil whine is caused and how much it costs to eliminate it completely I have my doubts that any AIB takes active measures to reduce it (therefore, it’s a lottery).

The day an AIB advertises their fight against coil whine on a new lineup is the day I’ll pay attention.

 

[playtech1]

The hunt is finally over!

5090 Aorus Master just arrived and although it does have some coil whine in certain situations, it's very quiet and well within my tolerance level (unlike both the 5090 Astral and 5090 Zotac Amp that I tried out).

In Cyberpunk benchmark (4K, 3x FG, Path tracing - 195 FPS and 565 watts) the coil whine is inaudible over the (quiet) fans. In Speedway Racer 3DMark - which is a great test for squeeling coils - it is audible initially but settles down and gets hidden by the (again fairly quiet) fans. In X4 Foundations - which is a great test for coil whine with varying loads and high FPS -it is audible, but only with the volume turned down.

All of this is with the side panel off and the case right next to me on the desk - so about the worst case scenario. Hallelujah!

My 50 series fleet is complete and I can delete pesky stock tracker apps and sell the 40 series cards they replaced. I think the Aorus Master - both 5080 and 5090 - are the best cards of this gen (albeit I've not experienced the Suprim). They may look like bricks (albeit quite smart black (or white) bricks), but the fans are really nice and quiet (a huge improvement on Gigabyte's 40 series cards that I experienced) and the LCD gimmick turns out to be rather better than ASUS' Astral's noise inducing 4th fan or the Suprim's slightly retro design vibe. The external 4th fan on the Aorus model can thankfully be left in the box. The Astral has the best looks and 'feel' and will be this gen's flagship card for aesthetics alone, but I am now glad I returned the copy I bought in favour of the Gigabyte.

 

[SeeNoWeevil]

I’m not so sure, knowing how coil whine is caused and how much it costs to eliminate it completely I have my doubts that any AIB takes active measures to reduce it (therefore, it’s a lottery).

The day an AIB advertises their fight against coil whine on a new lineup is the day I’ll pay attention.

Different AIBs use different inductors and different styles of inductors differ in how much they whine. The best inductors actually whine the most. That's not to say there's isn't an element of lottery within cards of the same model, there is.