The Fury(X) Fiji Owners Thread

shankly1985 · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:28

chroniclard said:
Any owners with a Freesync monitor? Opinions? Which one .......although with only 5 owners I guess that's a long shot.......

BenQ XL2730Z with Firmware 2 is something special.. Even with firmware 1 it was superb.. just have a read of the owner thread in the monitor section and read couple pages back of guys running FW 2 and you see..

gthlm said:
I wonder how many people complaining about pump noise just have a poor layout? I have read at least one post in this thread so far about a noisy pump and they had the radiator mounted at the bottom of the case.

All pumps are noisy if they're cavitating.

That is a very strong point.. We need a Poll

Panos · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:33

Chewie said:
Yes I tried that and it made no difference.
I'm pretty sure it has to do with the pump itself, it sounds very much like an electric/motor high pitch kind of noise.

If you have that noise on the menu of some games, then is coil whine.

I have the 295X2 and the pump is dead quiet. Only get the high pitch electrical noise, on game menus and then is gone.

As for the overall noise of my system, with case open, at 1m is 32db with 3 Akasa Apaches at 100% (1 on 295X2 and 2 on H100i) irrespectively if it is full load or idle, winter or summer.

So I will take the Techpower noise chart, with a big handful of salt, because I had a GTX780 and at full load it wasn't 40db but shouting at 53db

shankly1985 · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:33

muon said:
Do people expect pumps to be completely silent?

With watercoolers, the pump is usually louder than the fan at idle.

At idle the pump does make it amongst the louder cards

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/R9_Fury_X/30.html

but it is so much better at load.

I have owned 5 corsair Water coolers and all have been silent.. Using H100i now and H75 on GPU and I can hear anything from them.

formby · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:33

I've used Ehiem pumps for years because they are almost silent and work happily at temps to -60c. These pumps on the Fury X are small and should be silent, what they don't like is to ever be run dry as this can cause damage very quickly.

Gregster · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:36

flopper said:
ask amdmatt for bf4 crossfire

seems one that runs 4k

Might want to delete that video before a mod see's it. Lots of swearing in it and not Fury X's either (unless they run at 80c+).

muon · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:38

shankly1985 said:
I have owned 5 corsair Water coolers and all have been silent.. Using H100i now and H75 on GPU and I can hear anything from them.

Well they can't be silent. The pump and fans have moving parts.

I've used AIO coolers on silent systems and at idle it is always the pump you can hear whirring away.

Reviews suggest that pump on this card makes a high pitched sound which perhaps makes it a bit more noticeable to the ear.

Chewie · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:39

Panos said:
If you have that noise on the menu of some games, then is coil whine.

I have the 295X2 and the pump is dead quiet. Only get the high pitch electrical noise, on game menus and then is gone.

As for the overall noise of my system, with case open, at 1m is 32db with 3 Akasa Apaches at 100% (1 on 295X2 and 2 on H100i) irrespectively if it is full load or idle, winter or summer.

So I will take the Techpower noise chart, with a big handful of salt, because I had a GTX780 and at full load it wasn't 40db but shouting at 53db

As I said in my initial post the noise has nothing to do with what is being displayed on the screen, it starts as soon as I power up my PC/the card and it remains exactly the same whether I'm in the bios, on the desktop of windows, playing a game,...

fs123 · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:43

Chewie said:
As I said in my initial post the noise has nothing to do with what is being displayed on the screen, it starts as soon as I power up my PC/the card and it remains exactly the same whether I'm in the bios, on the desktop of windows, playing a game,...

Can you post a video of this noise. Would be interesting to hear what it sounds like.

shankly1985 · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:49

muon said:
Well they can't be silent. The pump and fans have moving parts.

I've used AIO coolers on silent systems and at idle it is always the pump you can hear whirring away.

Reviews suggest that pump on this card makes a high pitched sound which perhaps makes it a bit more noticeable to the ear.

I have my fans running between 800-1000 rpm and I find it very hard to hear them from were I sit.. I really need to put ear next to PC.

Chewie · 29 Jun 2015 at 22:54

fs123 said:
Can you post a video of this noise. Would be interesting to hear what it sounds like.

Unbfortunately it's too late for that, the card is back in its box and ready to be sent back. Don't have the courage to unpack and install it again

Gerard · 29 Jun 2015 at 23:39

For anyone with the pump whine, i can only suggest you keep on at customer support. AMD stated this is an ISSUE that was fixed. Its not coil whine which seems to be the category ocuk support are lumping it in with and it shouldn't happen. The sooner this is recognised the better.

http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-fury-x-reportedly-suffering-buzzing-coil-whine/

AMD’s Antal Tungler has confirmed that the problem exists in early production units. However a fix (for the pump whine) has been applied by Cooler Master USA and it is hoped that the problem has been resolved for future R9 Fury X units.

http://techreport.com/review/28513/amd-radeon-r9-fury-x-graphics-card-reviewed/2

AMD received feedback that during open bench testing some cards emit a mild "whining" noise. This is normal for most high speed liquid cooling pumps; Usually the end user cannot hear the noise as the pumps are installed in the chassis, and the radiator fan is louder than the pump. Since the AMD Radeon R9 FuryX radiator fan is near silent, this pump noise is more noticeable.

The issue is limited to a very small batch of initial production samples and we have worked with the manufacturer to improve the acoustic profile of the pump. This problem has been resolved and a fix added to production parts and is not an issue.

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-r9-fury-x-video-card-review_167134/11

As far as the high-pitched whine, AMD received feedback that during open bench testing some cards emit a mild “whining” noise. This is normal for most high speed liquid cooling pumps; Usually the end user cannot hear the noise as the pumps are installed in the chassis, and the radiator fan is louder than the pump. Since the AMD Radeon™ R9 FuryX radiator fan is near silent, this pump noise is more noticeable.
The issue is limited to a very small batch of initial production samples and we have worked with the manufacturer to improve the acoustic profile of the pump. This problem has been resolved and a fix added to production parts and is not an issue.” – AMD PR

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...9682-amd-r9-fury-x-review-fiji-arrives-8.html

While it is nowhere near as loud as the R9 290X, this card’s water cooling pump throws out a good amount of high pitched noise. There’s some additional coil whine thrown in for good measure at higher loads but the idle results are significantly increased due to the pump.

According to AMD, they are aware of this issue and it is only supposed to affect early samples. They are expecting retail cards to ship with a slightly revised pump bearing design that eliminates any instances of whine. Other than that unfortunate situation, the Fury X’s single 120mm fan is dead quiet.

Other links to reports of the issue.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1562358/eteknix-all-is-not-well-with-the-amd-fury-x-high-pitch-pump-noise

chroniclard · 29 Jun 2015 at 23:40

hmm.....wonder how quick this "fix" will apply to stock....would assume the incoming batches of cards do not have it yet.

oldestgregg · 29 Jun 2015 at 23:47

shankly1985 said:
I have owned 5 corsair Water coolers and all have been silent.. Using H100i now and H75 on GPU and I can hear anything from them.

I was just thinking the same Shankly. Ive had the h50,h60 and h100i and couldnt/cant hear anything from any of them. With sp120 fans on them they are very quiet. If this sound is loud enough for people to be complaining about then its not normal or to be expected. The worrying thing is with so few having being sold it dosnt take many saying they have this problem to push the percentage right up there

LoadsaMoney · 30 Jun 2015 at 00:20

Gerard said:
For anyone with the pump whine, i can only suggest you keep on at customer support. AMD stated this is an ISSUE that was fixed.

Unfortunately though, these guys are not having it by the looks of it.

Gerard · 30 Jun 2015 at 01:41

LoadsaMoney said:
Unfortunately though, these guys are not having it by the looks of it.

The balls in their court, amd have said it was an issue so i don't see why thats not accepted. For all we know thats the reason there is low stock as the pumps are being rectified. Think gibbo or the amd reps on here need to chime in on this issue as its clear the card was built to be quiet and not have a high pitched squeal to it that has been addressed by amd as an issue that was meant to have been fixed. At the minute you just have to "hope you get lucky" while paying £140 over the odds for a card? Nah, that's not gonna fly and hopefully ocuk see sense and not leave customers in the lurch. Amd\coolermaster also need to make sure the issue is sorted.

Aren't benq doing a service to update firmware for freesync panel customers to sort out ghosting issues? Then why don't the oem's offer a swap out service for affected cards?

What baffles me is some nvidia cards were rma'd because of coil whine which can be part and parcel of cards, yet an actual issue that's not meant to be isn't grounds to get it changed out? :confused:

Boomstick777 · 30 Jun 2015 at 02:36

Gerard said:
The balls in their court, amd have said it was an issue so i don't see why thats not accepted. For all we know thats the reason there is low stock as the pumps are being rectified. Think gibbo or the amd reps on here need to chime in on this issue as its clear the card was built to be quiet and not have a high pitched squeal to it that has been addressed by amd as an issue that was meant to have been fixed. At the minute you just have to "hope you get lucky" while paying £140 over the odds for a card? Nah, that's not gonna fly and hopefully ocuk see sense and not leave customers in the lurch. Amd\coolermaster also need to make sure the issue is sorted.

Aren't benq doing a service to update firmware for freesync panel customers to sort out ghosting issues? Then why don't the oem's offer a swap out service for affected cards?

What baffles me is some nvidia cards were rma'd because of coil whine which can be part and parcel of cards, yet an actual issue that's not meant to be isn't grounds to get it changed out?

I'm in agreement with Gerard, if there is a fault with pump it should be addressed, swap or refund, or RMA. Some places are more difficult than others.

Wandering if a few early cards slipped through the net to actually have some at launch, while the tweaked fixed cards are on the way..

Orangey · 30 Jun 2015 at 02:44

Stop the hysteria.

OcUK are probably denying returns because they know people are being whipped up into a frenzy and will be RMAing cards which don't even whine but do make the normal background noise. It's just like the 290X launch all over again, people will always find something to hone in on and blow up out of all proportion.

oldestgregg · 30 Jun 2015 at 03:13

Orangey said:
Stop the hysteria.

OcUK are probably denying returns because they know people are being whipped up into a frenzy and will be RMAing cards which don't even whine but do make the normal background noise. It's just like the 290X launch all over again, people will always find something to hone in on and blow up out of all proportion.

Except its a fault addressed by AMD as a fault and stated it was no longer an issue. It clearly is and if its major or minor,people would have decided against buying the cards had they known it WAS still an issue. For that reason alone its warranted an RMA

Silent_Scone · 30 Jun 2015 at 06:06

Sesta said:
That sucks Chewie hoping I can get a refund/replacement without too much hassle

Some quick benches so far just 1080p Firestrike

Stock Memory:

+10 Memory:

+50 Memory:

Only just getting back into the oc/bench hobby again - are there any other benchmarks that would tax the memory more to show gains?

Well Firestrike Ultra for a start

Silent_Scone · 30 Jun 2015 at 06:08

Orangey said:
Stop the hysteria.

OcUK are probably denying returns because they know people are being whipped up into a frenzy and will be RMAing cards which don't even whine but do make the normal background noise. It's just like the 290X launch all over again, people will always find something to hone in on and blow up out of all proportion.

If it sounds like the one in that video earlier in the thread its grounds for RMA. Two D5 pumps don't sound anywhere near that loud. If it isn't grounds for RMA it's certainly grounds to not want it in your system. Makes my D5s seem like they're from the future.

If people think it's an issue let them, no need to be a secret background post report ninja lol.