Coil whine of 6800xt

[LtMatt]

One last thing, it seems to be there are good reference cards out there....god knows what is their share.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/commen...7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Well, it could just be that you lost the Coil Whine lottery. Am sure there are plenty of people that would happily take it off your hands though if you don't want it.

 

[tyler_jrb]

I am giving up on this thread. I am gonna test it at 4k60hz tomorrow on a tv and then on tuesday when my 34UW/144Hz arrives. I assume the result is gonna be the same, most audible part of the whole system - friggin coil whine from the GPU. But hey, if I am wrong, I am going to be the happiest guy here.

Unfortunately that is the only downside to GPU's. People ask me why my pc is watercooled and is several feet away inside of a locked cupboard. COIL WHINE. Loudest thing in my system by a mile. It drove me insane. Now however, pure silence.

Worth it to try getting it replaced but from experience of 20+ cards over the past few years, multiple psu's, mobo's etc etc they all have it to some pretty close degree per model.

Sometimes worth it to position the case better/further away, block uneccessary vents in the case, ports on the back of the card. Failing that undervolt the card if possible.

 

[kindai]

Honestly if a card manufacturer would give a "no whine guarantee" on their cards I would pay a 25% premium all day any day. Its not like it cant be engineered out they just decide not to.

 

[lovelyhead]

Honestly if a card manufacturer would give a "no whine guarantee" on their cards I would pay a 25% premium all day any day. Its not like it cant be engineered out they just decide not to.

I too would pay a premium. I got lucky with my RX 6800. It has very little coil whine. You can't hear any unless you put your ear to the case. It was my biggest worry regarding buying a new GPU as I cant stand coil whine.

 

[vapor matt]

Its strange but in all the years i have had top end cards from both sides of the fence i have never experienced coil whine. I ve just never had it, or i am deaf at those frequency's

 

[JediFragger]

Well it is honestly a bummer. I finally got a nextgen graphics thats efficient, quiet (fan noise-wise), well cooled (for a reference card) and actually a good deal compared to Nvidia offerings right now, plus I am able to use SAM. (I know it is a small deal in most games and even less relevant than DLSS). Just if it weren't for those loud squeeky sounds all the friggin time. I haven't imagined to be bound to my ANC headphones when using my perfectly quiet desktop....apart from the friggin GPU.

Give it a real good stressing for a few days, it might go

 

[nicklog]

I get coil whine on 1440p 144hz, regardless of fps. When I'm on Windows perfect silence, when ANY game is loaded I start getting the whine, different pitch on every different image/lighting/colours shown in the game. Regardless of fps (some games 60-70 , others capped to 144) whine is always there. When I press the quit button or even the windows button and the game goes off the screen...silence!!!!

 

[Milo01]

I have 1080, 60Hz screen, but I was trying to test the it under full load. I tried 4K using the Virtual Super Resolution which dropped the game to 80FPS, the noise is still the same.

Honestly not my business but this card for that screen is wasting money even 5600xt can run everything in 1080p much more than 60 fps.

 

[fs123]

I always go for an AIB custom for this reason. Sapphire and Powercolor make the best AMD cards and the better power delivery circuits usually minimize coli whine.

 

[Smokey26]

So you bought a 6800XT for 1080p. LOL.

 

[JediFragger]

So you bought a 6800XT for 1080p. LOL.

No, for 1080p 60Hz

 

[old gamer]

A guy on YouTube was getting bad coil whine with the xt but the 6800 had none

 

[COYS]

A guy on YouTube was getting bad coil whine with the xt but the 6800 had none

Probably the video the OP linked to

 

[omaigadlol]

Well thanks for the nightmares.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Yesterday I installed Sapphire 6800xt reference card and I was expecting a bit of coil whine in benchmarks.
When I launched games and pushed the graphics with unlimited FPS I was surprised quiet a lot, coil whine was still there.

A 60hz monitor @ 1080p and you're running it with unlimited fps? Have you actually measured it? It must be 1000+ just about every card will whine if you push it that hard you're basically torturing the electronics.

Sure, it solves the issue. But that will utilize about 20% of the GPU, which doesn't push it at all.

I don't think you understand how this works at all.

 

[Neky]

So I tested with my new screen (3440x1440 at 144Hz) and the whine is still there, sounding very much the same as in my previous tests.

 

[montymint]

Then you know what to do - get the RMA started since it's obviously a unit you're not happy with.

 

[mattyc123]

I have heard that the 3080 suffers with coil whine too. My Vega 64 makes a bit of noise however my 290x is silent

 

[Nerusy]

Doesnt coil whine get better with time? With the stock limited as it is I wonder how long will it take to get a new card and then hope for no coil whine there.

 

[subbytna]

Might be worth running Heaven or some demanding bench, for a couple of hours to see if you can "burn the card in" for want of a better expression.