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5080 & 5090 Coil Whine Thread

I've always said I'm not sure if I'm even able to hear coil whine, as I've never picked up on it in real life but Debauer's card sounds like an angry wasp to me in that video. Couldn't be doing with sitting next to that all day.
 
dave28 said:
In my experience more wattage = more coil whine. I know other people will say they dont share that experience but i have found it to be a very strong link.
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The worst coil whine I've ever heard on a card was from an R9 Nano, which only pulled around 190W or so. It was like a pair of hair clippers running inside the PC.
 
Alt0153 said:
most people who can blow this amount of money on the card are prob older and more likely to have age related hearing damage so those high frequency noises arent audible so i doubt its going to be an issue for most of the people here
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Unfortunately I wish this was true but alas I can still hear it. What would be a bigger plus if I didn't hear the missus whine that drives me insane.
 
GoRedwings19 said:
Unfortunately I wish this was true but alas I can still hear it. What would be a bigger plus if I didn't hear the missus whine that drives me insane.
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This isn't looking good at all for people like us.

It's not unreasonable though given the amount they charge and Jensen acknowledges himself the expensive setups these GPUs are going into.
 
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Hostile_18 said:
This isn't looking good at all for people like us.

It's not unreasonable though given the amount they charge and Jensen acknowledges himself the expensive setups these GPUs are going into.
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So out of the 4 strix and 3 suprim X I had they all had coil whine. Now I am getting on a bit but I can hear them full on and in your face. I am 51.

Tbh unless it is extreme coil whine it doesn't bother me.

What bothers me is that entry level cards don't have coil whine. At least not the ones I had which include zotac, gigabyte etc. it the high end card which do.
 
@Hostile_18 I mean it's kinda disheartening you know. The highest release price for just the entry level. About 95% certainty that most of us will not be able to secure one on release day and to top it off coil whine issues?

Only us hardcore enthusiasts would put up with this most normal people and rightly so would give it a hard pass.

But I know you, myself and others are going HAM as we always do.
 
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GoRedwings19 said:
@Hostile_18 I mean it's kinda disheartening you know. The highest release price for just the entry level. About 95% certainty that most of us will not be able to secure one on release day and to top it off coil whine issues?

Only us hardcore enthusiasts would put up with this most normal people and rightly so would give it a hard pass.

But I know you, myself and others are going HAM as we always do.
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I just don't get how it can go this bad since last gen they fixed the issue with revisions.

Do they really think the cost of using cheaper capacitors off sets the people returning? I mean maybe it does, but damn for 2k you should not be cutting corners. Same with the dog bone packaging, no way is that an eco friendly move when the card is 575w lol.
 
Just read the tech poweup review 77c 94c mem hit 587w I gaming lulz. Its like ampere all over again. Terrible terrible design. And to think the thermal engineer at Nvidia almost convinced me

The actual gaming performance I am okay with as it wasnt unexpected but hot dayum there was no way a 2 slotter was going to cope with that power envelope.
 
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GoRedwings19 said:
Just read the tech poweup review 77c 94c mem hit 587w I gaming lulz. Its like ampere all over again. Terrible terrible design. And to think the thermal engineer at Nvidia almost convinced me

The actual gaming performance I am okay with as it wasnt unexpected but hot dayum there was no way a 2 slotter was going to cope with that power envelope.
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its all within specs while using as much power as a heater i dont see what they did wrong, those temps arent great but find a 2 slot card pushing that power and can stay under control, il wait
 
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If you need a small card its great, but I think the majority of us would rather have a cooler and quieter card. The partners are lucky Nvidia didn't hit a home run with this risk IMO.

I did listen to Debauer's coil whine and its not too bad. Probably at the limit of my acceptable.
 
Hostile_18 said:
If you need a small card its great, but I think the majority of us would rather have a cooler and quieter card. The partners are lucky Nvidia didn't hit a home run with this risk IMO.

I did listen to Debauer's coil whine and its not too bad. Probably at the limit of my acceptable.
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Yeah I watched and he also said it wasn’t as bad as the early 4090 Strix cards… whether it’s bearable might depend on the game.

Pushing high frames at native and pulling 600w could be grizzly.
 
Nitefly said:
Yeah I watched and he also said it wasn’t as bad as the early 4090 Strix cards… whether it’s bearable might depend on the game.

Pushing high frames at native and pulling 600w could be grizzly.
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I always undervolt (which can also help with coil whine). I've time marked this video which talks about under volting the 5090. Seems quite promising, in that you can take it to stock 4090 levels without much performance loss.

 
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