Is coil whine just accepted now?

[R.C.Anderson]

Finally played some more demanding games with my new GPU (7900xtx taichi), and it's got fairly obvious coil whine. I had a google search, and this seems to be a fairly common problem, with most people saying they just put up with it.

IMO with GPUs being 3-4x the price they were 10 years ago, it shouldn't be accepted that they whine like they do, but it seems this is just seemed as accepted.

Do manufacturers accept RMA for coil whine? Has anyone had any sucssess with RMAing a card for it & getting a better card out of it?

 

[R.C.Anderson]

I would not accept it. When you by a card you have 14 days for getting your money back should you have any problem.

Unfortunatly I've had the card for more than 14 days before I got my build to a state I could play a proper game with it & notice it

 

[R.C.Anderson]

If your PSU has more PCIE power connectors than what you're using then perhaps try switching them around. I found in doing this I was able to reduce coin whine on my GPU from extremely annoying to barely noticeable.

I'm using 3 of the 4 8-pin connectors, but my PSU is a single 12V rail, so I doubt it'll make any difference swapping these round

 

[R.C.Anderson]

I've also heard that APC's help with coil whine, don't know if its true though as i've never bought or used one at home.

I assume you mean UPS (as APC is a large manufactuer of these)? If so, I guess it's possible, if the UPS removes some noise from the input, it might help reduce whine (depending on the route cause of it)