Evga rtx 3070 high pitch screech

[Dallies]

Hi thanks for looking.

I have a evga rtx 3070 xc3 gaming. After installing win 11 I now hear a high pitched screeching from the graphics card mainly on game loading screens! Using a fps counter the screech happens when the fps hits 2000+ I've enabled the frame limiter in the gpu settings and in games but it doesn't change anything. I'm worried this is gonna destroy my graphics card?

 

[RavenXXX2]

Coil whine, fairly normal with GPUs and won't do any harm. Try some undervolting, less power use = less whine.

 

[Dallies]

Coil whine, fairly normal with GPUs and won't do any harm. Try some undervolting, less power use = less whine.

Thanks for the reply.

I don't think it's coil whine. I get coil whine whilst playing some gpu demanding titles, the screech sounds different, more like the high pitched noise a faulty cap makes? I remember hearing the same kind of noise a few years ago right before my mobo blew a few caps on a older system I had.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Sounds like coil whine, I have had few screamers in the past, try under vaulting or just power limit it to 80%, see if it reduces it.

 

[Dallies]

Ok I will try lowering the power settings and the voltage. Thanks.

 

[Sean473]

Ok I will try lowering the power settings and the voltage. Thanks.

I would suggest cycling the card through several runs of heaven benchmark or 3D Mark Benchmarks so that the card settles in - It should get rid of the whine after a few days,,

 

[Dallies]

I would suggest cycling the card through several runs of heaven benchmark or 3D Mark Benchmarks so that the card settles in - It should get rid of the whine after a few days,,

It's stopped doing it now. Was gonna take the card out and give it a clean when I noticed a vga converter was still plugged in! Removed it and the noise stopped.