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Never experienced it on a 6800gt, 8800gts, 4850, 5770, 5870, 6950, gtx670.
Actually I have heard it once, on the first benchmark level of 3dMark, but thats just when the fps in is in the 1000's.
Yeah, that's what coil whine sounds like at super high fps. When fps is at a more reasonable level but the gpu is still stressed, it becomes much quieter and sounds more like a cricket chirping rather than a high pitched squeal. See video in op for what I mean.
If the coils whine at high fps then it only makes sense that they'll whine also at lower fps, it just sounds different and is harder to pickup (or maybe some cards just make no noise at all!)