so i got my 5870 replaced

Perfect_Chaos · 31 Oct 2009 at 15:01

i got my 5870 replaced and it hardly sounds much different from the one i had first, so i can only conclude that every 5870 has a whine to it. Must be the fan.

much to my annoyance.. though this one seems quieter with it so far.

i've noticed a couple of other people complaining about it as well but i guess it doesn't bother everyone else so much?

jamiehavok · 31 Oct 2009 at 15:03

my saphire 5870 doesnt whine - its a bit louder than the gtx 280 with a bit more of a whoshing sound but thats about it

L0rdMike · 15 Nov 2009 at 11:51

My 5870 whines like a bitch in some games.

straxusii · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:03

No different to my 4870, noise level is fine, no whine I can detect

gareth170 · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:15

my 5850 is silent when gaming. fan doesn't go above 32%

L0rdMike · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:33

My whine isnt from a fan though its the actually card.

LegendaryDread · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:34

Whining? There was another thread recently on that, something about capacitor whine.

Edit: Google has multiple solutions.

asoxedri · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:57

first i've heard of this problem?! :confused:

tried the card on another base?

LoadsaMoney · 15 Nov 2009 at 12:57

Yeah its capacitor whine, its normal, and quite common, pointless RMA'ing cards all the time till you get one that doesn't do it, or does it but is bearable, as you could be RMA'ing hundreds.

straxusii · 15 Nov 2009 at 13:14

What I have read on capacitor whine is it is more prevalent with vsync off? (I never run with vsync off)

chaparral · 15 Nov 2009 at 14:19

psychas · 15 Nov 2009 at 14:21

i would rma till i get normal one i have same capacitor whine on psu even its not very loud but it is annoying

Bloomfield · 15 Nov 2009 at 14:52

straxusii said:
What I have read on capacitor whine is it is more prevalent with vsync off? (I never run with vsync off)

Yeah, the higher the framerate, the worse it will be.

My GTX295 does it, so i just use vsync for most games which stops me from being able to hear it.

KillBoY_UK · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:02

Some times its not even the card that's making the sound its the PSU , ie the load thats being put on the PSU by the card or is the case with the 3 nivdia (8800 gtx ultra GT & GTX280) and a single ATI card (HD2900 pro) cards I have had with a Corsair 620 so in some cases cases RMAing the card is pointless

Happy · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:06

LoadsaMoney said:
Yeah its capacitor whine, its normal, and quite common, pointless RMA'ing cards all the time till you get one that doesn't do it, or does it but is bearable, as you could be RMA'ing hundreds.

Overslop · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:53

Got 2 5850s here and only heard them whine in ATi Tool. And that makes every card I've ever owned whine, due to the ridiculously high FPS it produces.

'Wes · 15 Nov 2009 at 17:15

Mines fine.

tommythetim · 15 Nov 2009 at 22:55

Mines ok too.

AMG · 15 Nov 2009 at 23:09

its fine, everything does sometimes you can hear it(when its annoying) when I first had my HD4890 it whined than a caught the PC tower, than it stopped it than

Biffa · 16 Nov 2009 at 00:42

Every card in this generation has had capacitor squeal. I've had 4850, 4870, GTX260, GTX295, even GTS250s every one had capacitor squeal to one extent or the other.