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Poll: Which GTX970 do you have that has coil whine?
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i have had my MSI 970 longer than 14 days, then its the whole rigmarole of getting the RMA raised, then i am sure OCUK will have to send this off to MSI (dont think OCUK would deal with the RMA on this?)
it works, and can only hear it if i am like half a metre away
sat about 1.5m away as i am, can hardly hear it... but its that little nagging thing in my head knows it is there.
also, that 'Buzzing' is that classed as coil whine or is it something else
it works, and can only hear it if i am like half a metre away
sat about 1.5m away as i am, can hardly hear it... but its that little nagging thing in my head knows it is there.
also, that 'Buzzing' is that classed as coil whine or is it something else
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Does coil whine get worse/better or stay the same with time?
Serious question which I raised in the other thread;
Why don't NVIDIA use a small amount of glue or something similar on the components on the PCB which are susceptible to resonate and cause coil whine? As far as I know it is something that most PSU manufacturers do, and people have succeeded in stopping coil whine by doing something similar to a GPU themselves.
If that isn't really viable, I'm sure they could amend how the components are affixed to the PCB or something, for a similar outcome?
It might lessen in time, sometimes noticeably, sometimes not. But if it is there, it is unlikely to go away completely. I stressed my 780 for a week solid to try and reduce the coil whine, but it was still squealing like an agitated cat at the end of it.
Why don't NVIDIA use a small amount of glue or something similar on the components on the PCB which are susceptible to resonate and cause coil whine? As far as I know it is something that most PSU manufacturers do, and people have succeeded in stopping coil whine by doing something similar to a GPU themselves.
If that isn't really viable, I'm sure they could amend how the components are affixed to the PCB or something, for a similar outcome?
It might lessen in time, sometimes noticeably, sometimes not. But if it is there, it is unlikely to go away completely. I stressed my 780 for a week solid to try and reduce the coil whine, but it was still squealing like an agitated cat at the end of it.
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Where's strixx
Serious question which I raised in the other thread;
Why don't NVIDIA use a small amount of glue or something similar on the components on the PCB which are susceptible to resonate and cause coil whine? As far as I know it is something that most PSU manufacturers do, and people have succeeded in stopping coil whine by doing something similar to a GPU themselves.
If that isn't really viable, I'm sure they could amend how the components are affixed to the PCB or something, for a similar outcome?
It might lessen in time, sometimes noticeably, sometimes not. But if it is there, it is unlikely to go away completely. I stressed my 780 for a week solid to try and reduce the coil whine, but it was still squealing like an agitated cat at the end of it.
Typical AMD fanboi
jk
JK
I would agree with the above though. How much does a few blobs of glue cost?
Needs a strix option, but tbh i dont know if i'd shoose with or without as it is silent when idle and I didnt hear any when trying 3dmark, just a faint amount as windows was loading after some windows updates. Dont hear any now as windows loads so fast anyway.
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And to quote the wiki article that was quoted in the previous poll (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coil_noise)
"The amount of coil noise in a device will often seem to increase as the devices age."
"The amount of coil noise in a device will often seem to increase as the devices age."
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Probably worth bringing up: As people with problems are more likely to come to a thread about problems we won't, from this, get a good idea of what proportion of a given card do whine. However, as this applies equally to all brands, we may be able to compare the vote proportions by brand to get a hint if some cards are better or worse.
Careful saying logical things like that. It got 4000 posts deleted in the last thread.
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Maybe because they only make reference boards which are mostly fine and free from coil wine.
When it comes to the cards with a custom PCB that is on the vendors and not Nvidia.
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Maybe I've taken baiting to a whole new level, where even I don't know I'm doing it! Now whatever you do don't roll your eyes...Careful saying logical things like that. It got 4000 posts deleted in the last thread.
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tbh, the majority of people who click on this thread are probably those suffering from coil whine.
those that aren't are probably too busy enjoying their gaming to visit here ^_^
those that aren't are probably too busy enjoying their gaming to visit here ^_^
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Still a good indicator as to what card does have coil whine though,
I know the msi as sold a load on here, so percentage wise i would think it will be higher.. But if no one votes on a certain card then that should prove that the card is pretty much coil whine free