NVIDIA 4000 Series

Captain · 10 Nov 2022 at 21:31

Which versions of the 4090 are suffering the most coil whine or noisy fans?

I’ve decided I now want a 4090 despite saying a 3090Ti was enough

I just want to spend some money tbh.

LtMatt · 10 Nov 2022 at 22:03

Captain said:
Which versions of the 4090 are suffering the most coil whine or noisy fans?

I’ve decided I now want a 4090 despite saying a 3090Ti was enough I just want to spend some money tbh.

They all have it to some degree, just depends how sensitive you are to it. While some have it worse than others, I don’t believe any one model has it more than others.

Grimfusion · 10 Nov 2022 at 22:47

Coil whine is annoying. I seriously cannot deal with that and paying £2K for a GPU that has that just feels wrong.

SpartaP · 10 Nov 2022 at 23:20

My Suprim X came with a faulty adapter out the box. Power limit capped at 100% instead of the 108%. I replaced the adapter with a Cablemod cable, problem solved.

Grimfusion · 10 Nov 2022 at 23:50

spartapee said:
My Suprim X came with a faulty adapter out the box. Power limit capped at 100% instead of the 108%. I replaced the adapter with a Cablemod cable, problem solved.

I mean this is case in point isn't it. You pay so much for the GPU but it comes with fault adapters. Sigh...

SpartaP · 10 Nov 2022 at 23:55

Oh it gets better. This is what MSI support had to say about my issue.

"Our repair engineers advise the card is not supposed to go to 108% in Afterburner. The result you see is expected, and the correct behavior of the card.

We therefore believe your adapter is working exactly as intended, and should not be in need of a replacement."

gg MSI

Grimfusion · 11 Nov 2022 at 00:29

spartapee said:
Oh it gets better. This is what MSI support had to say about my issue.

"Our repair engineers advise the card is not supposed to go to 108% in Afterburner. The result you see is expected, and the correct behavior of the card.

We therefore believe your adapter is working exactly as intended, and should not be in need of a replacement."

gg MSI

The supplier knows you want the card and it's in high demand so they are not really worried about you raising an issue about the adapter and they will always quote recommended thresholds. I believe there is a 600W bios for it where you can go as high as 125%. Sounds crazy though.

arknor · 11 Nov 2022 at 03:54

theres no point going over 70% in any games I've played, the only time I've ever 100% is when I compare FPS to someone else

Captain said:
Which versions of the 4090 are suffering the most coil whine or noisy fans?

Suprim X has quiet fans but all of them seem to coil whine.

I think Zoltac people claim don't coil whine so much but have noisier fans, someone on here said the zoltac fans were too much for them.

just get any card that has a vapor chamber

srekal34 · 11 Nov 2022 at 06:28

^JP^ said:
As far as I can see it’s not worth it, the non active backplate will act as a heatspreader anyway and that’s all the stock card has.

Looks wise obviously if you’re going for acrylic and LEDs then may be worth it for those reasons.
See Jays picture above for example! Fancy looking

Well it depends what you are aiming for. On 3080(not 3090) active backplate was better by 2 degrees core delta from passive on stock pads and 4 degrees using gelid ultimate, and it was a 350W card.
On 600W 4090fe you can expect more difference in delta, especially since EK is not great in delta to begin with. ABP set is still cheaper than getting Optimus from the US and should be competitive.

arknor · 11 Nov 2022 at 06:32

I wouldn't want nay card without a metal backplate, the one on my suprim x gets really warm to the touch especially the half near where the actual chip is on the card.

the card will be like 60c and th ebackplate must be hitting 40-45c

Captain · 11 Nov 2022 at 07:29

arknor said:
theres no point going over 70% in any games I've played, the only time I've ever 100% is when I compare FPS to someone else

Suprim X has quiet fans but all of them seem to coil whine.

I think Zoltac people claim don't coil whine so much but have noisier fans, someone on here said the zoltac fans were too much for them.

just get any card that has a vapor chamber

I’ve ordered the MSI gaming trio, would prefer the FE and was nearly tempted to pay slightly over the odds on eBay but there’s little chance of any warranty if it goes **** up.

breathe3asy · 11 Nov 2022 at 07:42

Congrats @Captain that’s a beast of a card! Should sort you out for the next few years at least

Tykey · 11 Nov 2022 at 07:45

Captain said:
I’ve ordered the MSI gaming trio, would prefer the FE and was nearly tempted to pay slightly over the odds on eBay but there’s little chance of any warranty if it goes **** up.

i have the trio i like it mine has no coil whine i can hear, quiet under load, bought it on launch day £1699. only issue i have is that it continues to run at high speeds after ive finished gaming idk what it is but i doubt its a fault with the card its more likely something with my pc setup.

Rup · 11 Nov 2022 at 08:06

MSI US doing lottery for Suprim card at $1600.
Would be nice if they did something simlar here.

MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM 24G - MSI-US Official Store

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM 24G, the ultimate GeForce GPU, brings an enormous leap in performance, efficiency, and AI-powered graphics with DLSS 3. With 24 GB of G6X memory, delivers the ultimate experience for gamers and creators.

us-store.msi.com

cHk4 · 11 Nov 2022 at 08:12

arknor said:
theres no point going over 70% in any games I've played, the only time I've ever 100% is when I compare FPS to someone else

Suprim X has quiet fans but all of them seem to coil whine.

I think Zoltac people claim don't coil whine so much but have noisier fans, someone on here said the zoltac fans were too much for them.

just get any card that has a vapor chamber

My fans aren’t too bad, they never really go over 30-40%. I hear my EKB AIO fan over everything in my case lol.

arknor · 11 Nov 2022 at 08:48

cHk4 said:
My fans aren’t too bad, they never really go over 30-40%. I hear my EKB AIO fan over everything in my case lol.

someone on here said they had an MSI, sent it back because of coil whine and got a zoltac, but the zoltac fans were so loud they sent it back and went to MSI again

Jimbo · 11 Nov 2022 at 08:50

FE drops in Germany today too. Maybes keep an eye out in case uk drop for those that missed out yesterday. You should definitely use telegram or discord though.

RichardH754 · 11 Nov 2022 at 09:29

No coil whine on Inno3d Ichill 4090

Van Diemen · 11 Nov 2022 at 09:30

My FE should be arriving sometime today.

Really don't like the idea of using the stock 12VHP adapter.
Would the following be the sufficient (as a stop gap) until the CableMod adapter becomes available?

Fasgear PCI-e Gen 5.0 Power Cable for EVGA/ASUS/Seasonic Power Supply - 70cm 12VHPWR 16pin (12+4) to PCIE 3x8pin (6+2) Male Cable - for RTX 3090 Ti & 4080 4090 Graphics Card

www.fasgear.com

MidKnight · 11 Nov 2022 at 09:34

Van Diemen said:
My FE should be arriving sometime today.

Really don't like the idea of using the stock 12VHP adapter.
Would the following be the sufficient (as a stop gap) until the CableMod adapter becomes available?

Fasgear PCI-e Gen 5.0 Power Cable for EVGA/ASUS/Seasonic Power Supply - 70cm 12VHPWR 16pin (12+4) to PCIE 3x8pin (6+2) Male Cable - for RTX 3090 Ti & 4080 4090 Graphics Card

Fasgear PCI-e Gen 5.0 Power Cable for EVGA/ASUS/Seasonic Power Supply - 70cm 12VHPWR 16pin (12+4) to PCIE 3x8pin (6+2) Male Cable - for RTX 3090 Ti & 4080 4090 Graphics Card

www.fasgear.com

I bought that one (just arrived) - its had good reviews but is only 3 into 1 rather than 4 so not sure if that has an impact?