Strange noise on GTX560Ti

[rpwarwood]

Hi,

I'm getting a strange noise coming out my Asus GTX560Ti when I run FurMark.

Its hard to describe, but it sounds kind of like a cicada (electronic-metallic sounding bug). It only happens when the outside edge of the furry donut thing is at the very front of my screen during its rotation (if you use furmark hopefully this makes sense).

It does this on stock settings, or overclocked, and with fan on slow/auto. If I set the fan speed to anything over 80% the fan is so noisy I can't hear the other noise.

I can record the sound if no one has any idea what i'm talking about, but I'm just curious as to whether i should be concerned about it and whether it is likely to do it in games also (I don't have any very new games that can be set to decent enough settings to really test the card)

 

[willhub]

Is it like hissing?

Does it do it on anything else? Usually when the FPS is very high?

It's nothing to worry about, some people RMA them when they hear it but I've had it from most of my GPU's and nothing to worry about.

 

[rpwarwood]

Thanks for reply... i carried on hunting and found out it seems people call it Coil Whine. I wouldn't describe it as a hissing, but its very high pitched and fades in and out and is definitely not related to the fans.

Its an EXTREMELY irritating noise, and I as yet have not got anything else sufficiently complex installed to get my card running near the levels I had it at during furmark, so can't say for sure.

Seen very mixed reviews, some saying its normal and fine, some saying its an indicator the capacitor or whatever it is making the noise is on its way out. Could easily RMA it within period, but don't think its worth the hassle if i won't hear it in games and its not going to kill the card...

 

[jasonorme666]

I fitted a GTX 570 yesterday and I too noticed a high pitched sound, almost like a pulsing metallic whining sound. Only heard it when running games though.

 

[mmj_uk]

It only happens when the outside edge of the furry donut thing is at the very front of my screen during its rotation (if you use furmark hopefully this makes sense).

It's probably because at that point the frame-rate is very high, high frame-rates (like 500fps) are renowned for causing capacitor whine for whatever reason.

Fortunately, you have an NVidia card so forcing v-sync in the control panel will see to it that you never have to witness it during gaming. It only really happens in static menus anyway when the FPS is ridiculously high, you're unlikely to get 500fps during gaming.

P.S. It's a very common thing with high end cards, I don't remember the last card I had which didn't do it to some degree and I've had a few. (GTX480/5870/6970)

 

[F1aw1ess]

+1 vsync

 

[rpwarwood]

Thanks guys, will "force on" v-Sync in the nVidia control panel and hope it never happens in game... will confirm tonight that it is only happening when the frame rate is high...

Very strange though, as the last two cards I had were silent (apart from their fans)... MSI ATI 1900XT and ASUS nVidia 4850... suspect that comes with them being mid/low-end

 

[willhub]

No, low end cards can do it too.

A 4850 was relatively high end when it first came out.