Sorry AMD :(

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Just ordered 2 titan blacks... feels like ive stabbed myself in betrayal!


Unfortunately after going through the best part of 30 cards and 3 psus to find a coil whine free card, I have 1 so far.


Time to give green a try....

 

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The whine on my 290 is annoying, didn't even notice it up until i put a block on it.
Just hope my other blocked up 290 isn't the same. Wont be doing any gaming if that's the case.

Exactly my problem, plus I use this PC for work, so if ive got a render running for a client in the background, after 10-15 minutes the whine does your head in.

I built my PC for next to perfect silence, not to listen to coilwhine.

 

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This is where he runs of the iGPU until his new cards arrive and discovers the whine is from his motherboard

I would cry.

As in, actually break down in tears.

 

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Did you change mobo at all? Considering some power comes through the mobo to the cards which has a chance to be providing a different voltage to the PSU, I would certainly of tried that.

But almost 30 cards, considering I've never had coil whine on any amd or nvidia card, those that get it, it's still rare. Just a case of those that don't have a problem don't post on the internet, those that have a problem do. But one person having more than 20 cards with coil whine is effectively a statistical impossibility. I also have trouble when I think about where I would buy 20+ 290's from at good prices and repeatedly RMA'ing them to companies and having them accept it.

Mobo is the only thing which I havent changed as I have tested it with a known coilwhineless card and... no whine

And when I mean 0 whine, I mean ZERO, not low levels that you cant hear over a fan or you cant hear in a closed case.

 

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Maybe they were just sending you the same two cards every time you RMA'd

I was ordering batches of 6, waiting for them to arive before sending the old ones back, failing that I then moved onto a different manufacturer...

 

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So lets answer some questions.

1) Yes, I have extremely sensitive hearing, its plagued me for years. My PC is a show PC, so is on the desk next to me. About 2 feet away.

2) Nearly all cards are reference cards, I tried various manufacturers based on reports that some have made minor changes (such as powercolor supposedly putting glue on the coils to quieten them). The quietest cards overall were Asus custom PCB, though they still had noticeable noise.

3) The mobo has been tested with a card with known - whine from my current PC. No whine.

4) PSU tried with a Corsair 1200i, a EVGA supernova 1200 and a Superflower 1200. Tried this for 12 cards. And chanding the PSU's made no difference, all other cards were tested with the corsair only.

5) All these purchases and RMA's done via rainforest, I like OcUK too much to abuse them like I have been the tax evading rainforest company.

The only constants are the CPU and the motherboard, but as I have already tested both of these with a known silent graphics card, I have ruled them out.


The only conclusion im left with is the 290x power design is flawed. So hence trying for some titans. EVGA recognise whine as a fault, and after speaking to a rep have agreed that if im not happy they will advance RMA as many cards as it takes to get the issue sorted.

 

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They might be they might not. For the cost of a motherboard, in most cases cheaper than psu's and certainly than the graphics cards you're trying, it's mad to not try a different mobo, it's as simple as that.
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If when the titans arive they have *any* noise at all, i'll switch out the mobo and CPU just to make sure.

 

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(unless they know a way to stop it and don't bother?)

Supposedly, Titans were engineered in a way to reduce the chances of it happening. Be this through component choices or something else I don't know, but at this time im so sick of coil noise im willing to take anything.

 

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So they just arrived, installed one and fired up heaven.......

Not a peep!

Finally.

 

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http://i.imgur.com/aRt6VON.jpg[IMG]

29 AMD with coil whine-sounds about right.:p[/QUOTE]

Thats a lotta cocaine :eek:

 

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And how is all this helping/talking to the OP?
Try And keep On topic guys

Ive got both titans now plugged in and working, silently... nothing more to be said. I spent and sent back thousands of pounds worth of AMD cards all due to coil noise. I was willing to stick it out as I had/have a preference to AMD cards, every since my Hercules 9800XT which was a beast in the day!

The first 2 NV cards I buy, silent.

Draw your own conclusions, im just happy to have 2 silent cards to enjoy

 

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Am still not believing this 30 GPUs is a lot of money and re-delivery price also. And then all of them 30 GPUs to have whine. Lol

I don't care I find this hard to believe if you want to prove me wrong then go for it.
Until then I find this thread total bs

Prove me wrong and I'll hold me hand up and say sorry.

http://s14.postimg.org/wc38hmk4h/2014_06_04_14_11_44.png

Theres 18

If you want ill get screenies of the 4 from OcUK, and the 6 from another online retailer...

 

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You said they was all reference cards?

As far as im aware a custom cooler still uses a reference PCB...

 

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Doesn't show any of them had coil whine, for all we know you could have tried to be a manic miner but missed the boat.

No it doesn't, but they did

 

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Out of interest OP,how soundproofed is your case and does it have a Window??

There is always the chance when you do upgrade,even if you stay with Nvidia you might get unlucky.

When I "upgrade" its an entire rebuild, I dont just do invidual bits of hardware.... http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18562500

So these 2 titans will be there for a few years to come.

 

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Till the next upgrade itch you mean

Trust me after this nightmare, the next upgrade will be a loooong way off