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Question to 4090/4080 FE users.

z10m said:
For me undervolting it while increasing clocks over stock reduces power consumption and slightly increases performance or at least it did on my previous 4090.
It's not as effective as with 3000 series but still.
Today idle power consumption dropped to around 14W so in line with my previous 4090 and idle clocks are the same according to gpuz so don't know what is going on.
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nvm
 
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z10m said:
For me undervolting it while increasing clocks over stock reduces power consumption and slightly increases performance or at least it did on my previous 4090.
It's not as effective as with 3000 series but still.
Today idle power consumption dropped to around 14W so in line with my previous 4090 and idle clocks are the same according to gpuz so don't know what is going on.
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Nvm was silly
 
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z10m said:
So Nvidia sent me a prepaid fedex label for my card but the whole return process is a bit unclear to me.
Looking at the label it has weight and dimensions stated on it and while the weight of 14.68LB should be fine the dimensions are 10x8x6 inches which is smaller than the actual card not to mention any packaging.
The email with labels contains 4 of them as well as “commercial note”, one has barcode and qrcode on it and the remaining 3 only barcode. I understand that the one with qrcode and commercial note are the ones to stick on the parcel, but what to do with remaining 3.?
Also I never used fedex before and I was trying to book a collection last night using the tracking number from the label and all I got is a message displayed on the screens saying they will get in touch.
No confirmation email, no chance of picking up the date nothing.
I also looked at dropping the parcel off myself to fedex but some places seem to have parcel value limit of £75 and it isn’t clear to me which are which.
Can someone who posted their fe card to Hong Kong help here please.? @mrk I know you posted your 3080ti to Hong Kong not long ago so maybe you could help.?
Thanks.

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Any update

EDIT - never mind, seen you got a new one
 
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Hi. I've received a 4080 FE and I'm having a similar problem to what you've described here, although I'm not sure since the video is now missing. One of the fans have a humming/buzzing noise like in this video:
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Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 Founders Edition | Fan Noise | Idle vs. Load | Ada Coil Whine

Nvidia's long-awaited Geforce RTX 4090 (codename 'Ada Lovelace') is finally out - at least the benchmarks, on-shelf date is October 12th. In this video you c...
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

I can't really find any other videos of 4080/4090 FEs where the fans that sound any different, so I'm wondering if I even have a case for RMA. Is this just not a card for you if you care about noise? OP Could you please re-upload the video or check the provided one if that is what your card sounded like? Was the replacement ok?

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I also sent a ticket to NVIDIA about this where I linked them this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMdxZVraak&t=36s in which I got the response: "I did cheque the video and the noise, and it looks quite normal An expected noise."
 
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I think it's turbulence with the top fan sucking air through the heatsink. You can test it by covering the heatsink directly below the fan with some card and see if the noise stops.
 
Maybe so. Covering it does help a little. Is there a permanent remedy for this though? Am I the exception thinking this noise is unacceptable? For reference I have a pretty dated 10XX series GPU that runs very quiet, the fans only have the "whooshing" sound even at high speeds.
 
jonmey said:
Maybe so. Covering it does help a little. Is there a permanent remedy for this though? Am I the exception thinking this noise is unacceptable? For reference I have a pretty dated 10XX series GPU that runs very quiet, the fans only have the "whooshing" sound even at high speeds.
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Maybe run the fans at 100% for a day or so and see if they bed in.
 
jonmey said:
Hi. I've received a 4080 FE and I'm having a similar problem to what you've described here, although I'm not sure since the video is now missing. One of the fans have a humming/buzzing noise like in this video:
www.youtube.com

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 Founders Edition | Fan Noise | Idle vs. Load | Ada Coil Whine

Nvidia's long-awaited Geforce RTX 4090 (codename 'Ada Lovelace') is finally out - at least the benchmarks, on-shelf date is October 12th. In this video you c...
www.youtube.com www.youtube.com

I can't really find any other videos of 4080/4090 FEs where the fans that sound any different, so I'm wondering if I even have a case for RMA. Is this just not a card for you if you care about noise? OP Could you please re-upload the video or check the provided one if that is what your card sounded like? Was the replacement ok?

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I also sent a ticket to NVIDIA about this where I linked them this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMdxZVraak&t=36s in which I got the response: "I did cheque the video and the noise, and it looks quite normal An expected noise."
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That was the response I received from them as well but I told them that this is unacceptable on a premium item and their next message said they will accept RMA.
The replacement card is slightly less noisy so that’s good.
What annoys me is that lowest rpm is 1100 and it stays like that for a few minutes after I stop gaming so it’s the only thing that creates noise in my PC.
 
Alright, thanks for the response. I stumbled upon this if you want to experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHcEJLRHuq0. I don't speak German, but from looking at it he put some distance screws onto that fan to help with the noise. I'm seeing a lot of users here having coil whine problems with their RTX 4000 series cards, which I have none of, so maybe I should just put up with the fan noise and carry on, have not decided yet.
 
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