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High pitched whine from GPU?

JoeMango

JoeMango

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I've got an 8800GTX which is getting on a bit now. For like the last year i've heard a really high pitched whine just whilst browsing the web and such, its not too loud though, just high pitched.

Now it's just started screaming a lot louder. It's not the fan. As soon as I take my DVI cable out the noise stops.

Is it on it's way out?
 
a forum search would've given you an answer... but anyway, it's capacitor whine; nothing can be done about it, and it's quite natural for them to do it. and your card will be fine
 
Bah. Is it normal for them to get worse overtime though? Don't want to be risking my other components.

Was hoping it would be an excuse to get a new card :p
 
yeah they do, it's just the nature of the component. if it's annoying, or even if you just want something new, go for it :D you only live once ;)

if the card dies, (for whatever reason) it won't take out anything else. psu might, but as over/under volt/current protection is pretty good these days, it's unlikely.

i recently had my corsair hx1000 die, didn't cause any harm to other components :)
 
I've found I need VSync to stop capacitor whine on my 5830, but no idea if you can enable/disable it in Windows.....
 
my 3d Card only whines when i play FSX which i find strange i have full water cooling so the PC is silent so i can deffo tell when it's squeeling like a piggy.
 
Yeah, i've just noticed it whine way more unless I turn vsync on to lower the framerate. But I hate vsync! It feels so much more sluggish when using a mouse. It's ok for games I can use my 360 controller for but thats about it. When browsing the whine does give me a headache.

Hmmmm, what to do! I've been looking at the 5850's and 470's but I can't click the BUY button!

Probably because I cant justify paying for a 6 month old card that was cheaper on launch.
 
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