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Where can I get the highest possible FPS in a game?

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Ok bit of a weird question...

My 290x has coil whine, I've had it for a few months now and I think it's getting better ever so slightly over time, though it's hard to tell because it's very gradual. Anyway, I heard some people fixed their issues by letting it whine for long periods of time to basically burn it away.

The idea is that as time goes on, the coil vibrates and wears down, and 'settles'. The faster I can get it to vibrate, the faster this is going to happen. Hence I need something that will give me very high FPS which is what determines the frequency. I've tried HL2 deathmatch but it seems to be hard capped at 280 FPS. Ideally something like when you quit Unigine heaven, and it shows a window for a few seconds, which runs at 5000 FPS and makes my card whine at a very high pitch and quite loudly. Something like that which lasted a long time would be perfect.

Anyone have any ideas?
 
I've already returned one 290x that had really bad whine (like 10x worse than my current one). It's only really noticeable if you're playing a game with low ambient sound. If the card still had the stock cooler it probably wouldn't be noticeable over the fan (I have it watercooled). Hence I don't think it's a candidate for RMA (if I'm wrong please tell me).

I can put up with it, I just wanted to see if I could burn it out.
 
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