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4080 & 4090 Coil Whine Thread

wookiee87 said:
My Asus TUF OC 4090 has been great from the get go, marginal coil whine, but anything upto 500w load for the gpu is very quiet, was playing jedi survivor a few nights ago, 4k epic settings and heard a slight buz but nothing major, card spiked to 582w but returned back to 448w, got to 69c under water which seems hot but all case fans were sub 1000rpm, whole pc was very quiet, using corsair 600w atx 3.0 cable.

a few games have had crashing issues but after a long and tedious journey i have found workarounds for most of my games, destiny still plays up every now and then, but much better than before, again coil whine for my other games is next to nothing, must have got lucky
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Can you send a video of it please playing cyber punk at psycho settings 4K with the case lid off?


For me, simple solution is LONG cable runs and keep all PCs in a cooled separate room. no need for ugly box to be out in the open!
 
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There is no coil whine, what you might be hearing is the fan on the monitor which is audible from the Gsync ultimate module. I know what coil whine sounds like as my last 2 GPUs had it at certain resolutions/games.

Either that of you are hearing something that isn't there.
 
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Interesting that Debauer said Asus have actively changed the inductors in their GPU range to reduce coil whine. Will be interested in any impressions from recent purchases.
 
Hostile_18 said:
Interesting that Debauer said Asus have actively changed the inductors in their GPU range to reduce coil whine. Will be interested in any impressions from recent purchases.
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maybe they found out its cheaper to spend £20 more on quality parts instead of dealing with hundreds of RMA over it
 
Alt0153 said:
maybe they found out its cheaper to spend £20 more on quality parts instead of dealing with hundreds of RMA over it
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Ironically at launch it was the cheaper inductors that were less prone to whine lol.

At least MSI and now Asus seem to have responded. Sucks to be an early adopter sometimes!
 
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Hostile_18 said:
Ironically at launch it was the cheaper inductors that were less prone to whine lol.

At least MSI and now Asus seem to have responded. Sucks to be an early adopter sometimes!
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an early adopter of what? im pretty sure you can go back to the dark ages of pc gaming and coil whine was always a thing, just something people blow out of proportion now with the obsession of open air or silent cases sat on the desk right next to your face
 
Alt0153 said:
an early adopter of what? im pretty sure you can go back to the dark ages of pc gaming and coil whine was always a thing, just something people blow out of proportion now with the obsession of open air or silent cases sat on the desk right next to your face
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An early adopter of a graphics card SKU. People buying a MSI or Asus 40 series are objectively getting a better experience after the revisions.

Everyone's hearing sensitivity is different. For some people a constant buzzing during a game or even idle is a total deal breaker. Also what about the people who buy expensive fans and cases etc just to get it ruined by one component. Coil Whine travels really far, I can easily hear it 5 meters away etc, especially if there's no white noise. Also what will other people in the house think?
 
Hostile_18 said:
An early adopter of a graphics card SKU. People buying a MSI or Asus 40 series are objectively getting a better experience after the revisions.

Everyone's hearing sensitivity is different. For some people a constant buzzing during a game or even idle is a total deal breaker. Also what about the people who buy expensive fans and cases etc just to get it ruined by one component. Coil Whine travels really far, I can easily hear it 5 meters away etc, especially if there's no white noise. Also what will other people in the house think?
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Best thing IMO is put PC out of sight.

I really want to create a small cupboard under my stairs with all the kit there. But its so stressful to even imagine moving everything in there, getting power sorted, cables - and trouble shooting will be a pain. One weekend will have to do it. Will be expensive too buying long fibre optic cable runs.
 
When should I expect to hear coil whine. Maybe I got lucky my suprim x has been dead quiet in any game I've played so far and even in cuda based scenarios can't hear anything except the fans even overclocked.

Or is it something that will come in time only had it 4 days.
 
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When should I expect to hear coil whine. Maybe I got lucky my suprim x has been dead quiet in any game I've played so far and even in cuda based scenarios can't hear anything except the fans even overclocked.

Or is it something that will come in time only had it 4 days.
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Main way is 4k Native under really heavy work loads (60fps plus max settings).

Red Dead is a notorious stress test for the 40 series. Oddly the Uncharted game selection menu too (even with capped FPS).
 
LambChop said:
Ok, so to update..... things have changed a bit... RDR2, we all know this game is the best for testing coil whine. It was BAD. Cyberpunk, was BAD, Whitcher3, BAD, Diablo BAD. So... I ran MSI afterburner and set a fan curve. RDR2, barely noticible, Cyberpunk, I had to have my ear at the case to hear it. Witcher3, dissappeared completely. Diablo, tiny tiny bit but I think I'm imagining it. I did the same for the Gaming X Trio and it didnt make a difference, did it with the Suprim and its got so much better, I really dont understand it. I dont have any computer sound on and I have the Lian Li uni fans that are simply brilliant so everything is already very very quiet so nothing is being drowned out.
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Just replying to my own post as an update. To make sure everything was still the same, I ran some more tests.

As of last night, the Suprim is now completely coil whine free. It's gone, nada, disappeared. No idea why, but I did a quick search and some folks say it will subside over time. I think thats risky as you will be out of your return window, but I can say it worked for me, mine is perfect now. Even removed fan curve etc, and its still perfect.
 
LambChop said:
Just replying to my own post as an update. To make sure everything was still the same, I ran some more tests.

As of last night, the Suprim is now completely coil whine free. It's gone, nada, disappeared. No idea why, but I did a quick search and some folks say it will subside over time. I think thats risky as you will be out of your return window, but I can say it worked for me, mine is perfect now. Even removed fan curve etc, and its still perfect.
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Sure your not just using DLSS now? As that reduces it almost completely.
 
LambChop said:
Just replying to my own post as an update. To make sure everything was still the same, I ran some more tests.

As of last night, the Suprim is now completely coil whine free. It's gone, nada, disappeared. No idea why, but I did a quick search and some folks say it will subside over time. I think thats risky as you will be out of your return window, but I can say it worked for me, mine is perfect now. Even removed fan curve etc, and its still perfect.
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What did you do specifically? My Suprim still coil whines and I've gamed for 300 odd hours on it. I have also set a fan curve, the fan is quiet.
 
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