Is it normal for my Sea Hawk 980Ti to make loads of noise when playing Alien Isolation ?

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 20:41

Is it normal for my Sea Hawk 980Ti to make loads of noise when playing games

Just got my Sea Hawk 980 Ti and installed Aliens tonight and put everything on ultra and wow the Noise coming from my Graphics card is loud ! like a screeching sound , it changes pitch depending on where I am looking in the game , is this normal ?

Klunt Bumskrint · 21 Jan 2016 at 20:42

Coil whine

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 20:43

Is that the water moving around faster ?

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 20:46

So its normal then ? If that's the case I'll just have to noise seal my case lol problem solved

AgedIdiot · 21 Jan 2016 at 20:47

jasonsony735 said:
Just got my Sea Hawk 980 Ti and installed Aliens tonight and put everything on ultra and wow the Noise coming from my Graphics card is loud ! like a screeching sound , it changes pitch depending on where I am looking in the game , is this normal ?

I would not have thought so

Seems a daft ? but is this with only the one game?

Is it quiet at idle - is it a problem that occurs as you ramp it up?

Gregster · 21 Jan 2016 at 20:48

Sources on the internet pin point that yours is the only one!

Beast it in Heaven for a couple of hours and see if that stops it.

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:00

AgedIdiot said:
I would not have thought so

Seems a daft ? but is this with only the one game?

Is it quiet at idle - is it a problem that occurs as you ramp it up?

Its only done it on Alien Isolation on Ultra settings , it doesn't do it on the Witcher 3 Ultra or GTA Ultra ! very odd.

It's silent on idle , and the above games on ultra but not Alien Isolation. I'll play around with the settings and see if I can stop the whine noise , its bloody loud thou , sounds like the cards going to blow up.

setter · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:02

What sort of frame rates were you hitting in aliens? Some cards will whine when hitting very high rates.

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:10

I'll go check and see , my guess is high , Just put everything on low and still the same loud whine when moving around.

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:17

145 FPS on ultra settings

PROBLEM SORTED !

I've forced it to play at 60 FPS and the crazy whine is gone whooooooop ...... Didn't know high FPS makes your graphics card trip out ! lol

Simon Belmont · 21 Jan 2016 at 21:30

jasonsony735 said:
145 FPS on ultra settings

PROBLEM SORTED !

I've forced it to play at 60 FPS and the crazy whine is gone whooooooop ...... Didn't know high FPS makes your graphics card trip out ! lol

I've never had whine like that on high fps?

jasonsony735 · 21 Jan 2016 at 22:42

I have no idea but it only does it when a game is running at over 120 FPS & only Alien Isolation ..... I have put V-Sync to stop the issue.

Neil79 · 21 Jan 2016 at 22:48

145fps isn't that high for a whiner

I can understand if it was into the 1000's

Blackjack Davy · 21 Jan 2016 at 22:54

Hmm my 390 will do that but only when gets 800+ and I can forgive it that

Seems Nvidia cards are whiners (970, anyone?)

Simon Belmont · 22 Jan 2016 at 06:02

Blackjack Davy said:
Hmm my 390 will do that but only when gets 800+ and I can forgive it that

Seems Nvidia cards are whiners (970, anyone?)

My 970 is super quiet. The fans don't even run below 60c

nashathedog · 22 Jan 2016 at 07:41

Someone having a decent card doesn't negate the fact that it's a common issue for many owners, A 980ti that you have to sync to run slower is as good as broken. What if you own a 144hz panel? I'd try pounding it for a few hours like Gregster said and if that does not remove the noise send it back.

gailjon · 22 Jan 2016 at 08:13

I would RMA - no card should do that at 140 plus fps. The whole point in buying a good gpu is so that you can play it on high fps settings. I have no sound at all form my 980ti, in fact from any of the gpu's I have ever owned. It must be broken.

tommybhoy · 22 Jan 2016 at 08:57

GW's fps performance hit can negate coil whine, it's usefull afterall.

nashathedog said:
A 980ti that you have to sync to run slower is as good as broken.

+1

Worse when it's a high end product, pushing out rubbish components on us.

Simon Belmont · 22 Jan 2016 at 09:38

gailjon said:
I would RMA - no card should do that at 140 plus fps. The whole point in buying a good gpu is so that you can play it on high fps settings. I have no sound at all form my 980ti, in fact from any of the gpu's I have ever owned. It must be broken.

This^

I would RMA asap and buy EVGA equivalent.

maonayze · 22 Jan 2016 at 10:20

jasonsony735 said:
I have no idea but it only does it when a game is running at over 120 FPS & only Alien Isolation ..... I have put V-Sync to stop the issue.

"In Space, No-one Can Here You Coil Whine"

I would get it RMA'd as it sounds like you have a bad card.

Sometimes it is a lottery, unfortunately.