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Asus Dual 4070 Super - Coil whine so bad I will have to return it? Anything I can do/try first?

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So if the card is running at a high frame rate it literally sings/buzzes a tune it changes from scene to scene. I had it first just moving around the menus in Call of Duty until I selected vsync in Menus.

If I run the Wargame Red Dragon option to test graphics performance it literally sings different squealing notes because I assume it's running a max frame rate as it tries difference scenes to test performance.

So far, if I vsync in games, the buzz it inaudible.



EDIT: Actually - If I try that Wargame Red Dragon test option on my old system with an MSI 1070, I get some squeal on that too, but it's less. Half the volume if not less... Is coil whine predominantly down to very high FPS rather than high work?
 
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I think it's going to have to go back to Overclockers :(

If I run Red Dead Redemption for example, which is pretty much vsync locked at 60fps at the moment, there's a constant very audible buzz/whine which I can hear from across the room :( Will it reduce/go with time?

Risk another replacement Asus Dual 4070 Super, or go for something else?
 
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What's odd, is even with Red Dead Redemption 2, vsync'd to 60fps, with the gpu being used well under 50%, there's a very audible buzz that goes up and down slighlty in tone as the scene changes...

Turn off vsync, and it gets even louder...
 
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I've played around for hours and even tried Asus GPU Tweak all to no effect. The buzz/whine is untenable. Requesting a replacement/return etc :(
 
That was interesting.

I plugged the monitor into the onboard motherboard/GPU, NOT THE 4070, and booted up and ran Red Dead Redemption 2... and COIL WHINE.

I had to take the 4070 out of the PC and repeat the above to then get no coil whine, and the expected much lower FPS.


So clearly, even though I was plugged into the onboard GPU, when I ran a game, the 4070 was being utilised/used! Interesting!
 
Tetras said:
Ryzen 7000 has undocumented passthrough :D
Click to expand...
Made me thing the motherboard was the culprit of the buzzing for a moment, until I worked out even though the monitor was plugged into the motherboard, the NVidia 4070 was clearly still be used for the graphics... :)
 
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Gigabyte RTX 4070 Gaming Super OC now in there...

The sound of the coil whine is identical to the Asus Dual 4070 Super.... But much MUCH quieter. ie: You can hardly hear it with normal usage now.
 
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