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Asus 4070 Dual OC is loud

Drake5

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My Asus 4070 Dual OC runs loud and emits a strange vacuum like noise when gaming (the video is with fans at about 60%, temps 70c)

I've used fan software to test the fans 1 by 1 and it seems like the right fan is louder than the left and is the culprit for this high pitched noise. Is it normal for 1 fan to be louder than the other? The fans both seem perfectly stable with no wobble

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Would appreciate any advice

Thanks
 
Drake5 said:
My Asus 4070 Dual OC runs loud and emits a strange vacuum like noise when gaming (the video is with fans at about 60%, temps 70c)

I've used fan software to test the fans 1 by 1 and it seems like the right fan is louder than the left and is the culprit for this high pitched noise. Is it normal for 1 fan to be louder than the other? The fans both seem perfectly stable with no wobble

Here's the video

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Would appreciate any advice

Thanks
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No that’s not normal send it back asap.
 
Heisenberg said:
Yeah that sounds like a fan bearing or something. Had a similar but not as loud noise with a 3080ti.
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I just feel like they're going to tell me it's 'within spec' and 'normal'. Really hope that isn't the case but the entire PC will be getting returned if so!
 
Heisenberg said:
Yeah, they’ll no doubt try something along those lines. One of the things that puts me off going pre built route tbh.
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Annoying, I just hope I have some sort of consumer rights to be able to send it all back for a refund if they do play hard ball with it
 
Thanks for all the input

I know it's definitely Fan2 because if I use FanControl and set Fan1 to 50% it's relatively silent and exactly how I'd expect a fan to sound, but when I set Fan2 to 50% it screams. Definitely not coilwhine because I know exactly how that sounds. Also seems to be intermittent at certain times

I'll keep the thread updated and let you know how I get on with the retailer in question
 
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They replaced the GPU no problem, a brand new card arrived... However it's very similar in terms of noise. I think it's just a loud card to be honest. It's the Evo OC version and from reading around online it is known to be quite a loud card as it doesn't have the best cooler

Playing demanding games and I'm seeing temps of 70c with about 60-70% fan RPM so it does get quite loud, anything below 50% is almost silent, so I may try and mess with undervolting/fan curve :)
 
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Drake5 said:
They replaced the GPU no problem, a brand new card arrived... However it's very similar in terms of noise. I think it's just a loud card to be honest. It's the Evo OC version and from reading around online it is known to be quite a loud card as it doesn't have the best cooler

Playing demanding games and I'm seeing temps of 70c with about 60-70% fan RPM so it does get quite loud, anything below 50% is almost silent, so I may try and mess with undervolting/fan curve :)
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Don’t know about Nvidia cards but you can normally give GPUs an under volt for not much performance loss. It might also be worth putting an extractor fan in the rear roof of your case. Made a big difference to mine.
 
The Asus Dual model is actually known for being a pretty quiet card for a twin fan model, that's absolutely abnormal.

www.techpowerup.com

ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Dual Review

The ASUS RTX 4070 Dual comes at NVIDIA's MSRP of $600, yet offers an improved cooler over the Founders Edition. ASUS even managed to include a dual BIOS feature on their card. With the "quiet" BIOS active, the card is whisper quiet, quieter than any other RTX 4070 tested today.
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com

Is this the model you have or?
 
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Gray2233 said:
The Asus Dual model is actually known for being a pretty quiet card for a twin fan model, that's absolutely abnormal.

www.techpowerup.com

ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Dual Review

The ASUS RTX 4070 Dual comes at NVIDIA's MSRP of $600, yet offers an improved cooler over the Founders Edition. ASUS even managed to include a dual BIOS feature on their card. With the "quiet" BIOS active, the card is whisper quiet, quieter than any other RTX 4070 tested today.
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com

Is this the model you have or?
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I don't believe so, they do look similar, however mine is the 'EVO OC' which I understand has a worse cooler than the standard 4070 Super OC
 
ASUS have been a little sneaky with this. The EVO OC is the DUAL`s cheaper, noisier brother. You need to look closely to spot the differences.
Plenty of reviews for the DUAL, less so for the EVO version. I went backwards and forwards when looking for my 4070 Super.

Ended up with the Tri-Fan Zotac :D
 
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Countcussy said:
ASUS have been a little sneaky with this. The EVO OC is the DUAL`s cheaper, noisier brother. You need to look closely to spot the differences.
Plenty of reviews for the DUAL, less so for the EVO version. I went backwards and forwards when looking for my 4070 Super.

Ended up with the Tri-Fan Zotac :D
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That was the puzzling part for me. I was looking at the reviews for the Asus 4070 super dual and the reviews were saying how quiet the card was which gave me even more confirmation that mine was faulty... But it was then that I realized that the Evo OC is a totally different heatsink, it's smaller with less heat pipes and the fans are 10% smaller.

It's a bit scummy for Asus to do this, as you note the cards look pretty much identical in terms of design
 
Looked into this earlier myself, apparently it's the same HSF they use on the 4060ti, smaller overall with fewer heatpipes.

That's kinda underhanded tbh, I'm pretty sure most people buying the dual model will have seen the positive reviews for the original version. Made worse by the fact many would be buying a card like that for a small form factor HTPC/couch setup and will often value quiet operating hardware.
 
Gray2233 said:
Looked into this earlier myself, apparently it's the same HSF they use on the 4060ti, smaller overall with fewer heatpipes.

That's kinda underhanded tbh, I'm pretty sure most people buying the dual model will have seen the positive reviews for the original version. Made worse by the fact many would be buying a card like that for a small form factor HTPC/couch setup and will often value quiet operating hardware.
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That's exactly what happened in my case. The company I bought the pre built from advised me it'd be a 'Asus 4070 Super dual' with no mention of it being an EVO OC model. Their response to this today was 'we have sold hundreds and had no issues'. That may be true but it's not the point... Frustrating to be honest
 
Drake5 said:
That's exactly what happened in my case. The company I bought the pre built from advised me it'd be a 'Asus 4070 Super dual' with no mention of it being an EVO OC model. Their response to this today was 'we have sold hundreds and had no issues'. That may be true but it's not the point... Frustrating to be honest
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I'd not be happy at all, they've essentially advertised the original to you and given you an inferior product.
 
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