Hi, anyone had any issues with their card making a funny whiring noise when the card is under load? I bought mine last week and up until the weekend it was fine. In normal windows it is silent but as soon as I load up a game it starts making a noise like it's vibrating or something is catching against the fan??
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Probably coil whine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetically-excited_acoustic_noise_and_vibration
Different combinations of components can cause it. It's possible that a graphics card has coil whine in one system, but not another.
Also the younger you are the more likely you are to hear it, as it tend to be on the frequency range of hearing that you loose as you get older.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetically-excited_acoustic_noise_and_vibration
Different combinations of components can cause it. It's possible that a graphics card has coil whine in one system, but not another.
Also the younger you are the more likely you are to hear it, as it tend to be on the frequency range of hearing that you loose as you get older.
When idle use afterburner to manually ramp the fans up. If the noise is what’s annoying you it’s just fan noise and basically tough - they’re all about the same.
If the fan noise that results is fine and not what you’ve heard that’s annoying it’s likely coil whine. The card you have appears to be one of the worse offenders. If it’s new perhaps DSR It for a different model. If not then various techniques can dampen the sound or you could get a better PSU which might quieten it down
If the fan noise that results is fine and not what you’ve heard that’s annoying it’s likely coil whine. The card you have appears to be one of the worse offenders. If it’s new perhaps DSR It for a different model. If not then various techniques can dampen the sound or you could get a better PSU which might quieten it down
Distant selling regulations, ie if you have only had it for a few days send it back.
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If it is coil whine then ensure v-sync is on. Especially if it was sounding fine before.
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Any chance you could record the noise?
My Gigabyte Aorus made a very loud sound which sounded like the fan was hitting something, took me a couple of hours to find out it was from the GPU, then saw one of the fans was hitting the support for the shroud. Bent the support away and now it's silent.
My Gigabyte Aorus made a very loud sound which sounded like the fan was hitting something, took me a couple of hours to find out it was from the GPU, then saw one of the fans was hitting the support for the shroud. Bent the support away and now it's silent.
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when you have the noise
a) what's the fan speed?
b) what's the fps count?
Coil whine is a high pitch electrical noise, and cheap PSU are usually the culprit, and without going into details, when a power hungry card stresses the power delivery.
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Sounds like your on a plane. That's so loud
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Coil whine for sure and extremely bad at that.
Is it possible you can return the card for a refund or RMA? as it is a severe case and will get you a replacement card either way.
Is it possible you can return the card for a refund or RMA? as it is a severe case and will get you a replacement card either way.
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That grating noise sounds exactly like the noise I had, can you check the fan closest to the display connectors and see if it's hitting this bit?:
Or it could be on the other side.
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I don't think that's coil whine, I think a fan is rubbing against the card frame somewhere.
But you can clearly see the fans turning without the noise, it's only when it's under load that the noise starts. I turned the fans up to full power and it doesn't do it. Also, the pitch changes depending on which game I'm playing. Dropping the resolution in some games lessens the noise as the card isn't working as hard. Anyhow, I bought myself a Super Flower Leadex Platinum 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply to replace the Coolermaster 650GX PSU I had in there. If that doesn't work I will be sending it back for a replacement.
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It might be when the fans suddenly become "uneven" and slightly tilts to the shroud. So it wasn't as bad as mine where I could clearly see the fan slowing down from it.
Might be worth trying to push the shroud away from the fans and see if that works.
Might be worth trying to push the shroud away from the fans and see if that works.