Poll: Which GTX970 do you have that has coil whine?

[topgun06]

We just need people to get off their games and to vote!!

 

[old gamer]

a quick look at the poll shoiwing msi and gigabyte most popular and a 50-50 chance of getting one with or without coil whine well thats my guestimate anyway

 

[topgun06]

It's looking like that. We need some more data to get a more accurate idea. The impression you get from reading these threads is that it is an issue which is affecting 80% of cards.

 

[almighty15]

Looking at the results so far you're looking at roughly a 50-50 chance of getting a card with coil wine, which is shocking!

 

[sprite1275]

Agreed. Shame as it seems to be a great card otherwise, is it because there using cheaper components so they can sell at this price?

 

[TheSgtDK]

The problem with this is people that have coil whine are more likely to be on the forum reading and ready to vote, a lot of people that don't have a problem are too busy enjoying their stuff.

 

[David Bisset]

The problem with this is people that have coil whine are more likely to be on the forum reading and ready to vote, a lot of people that don't have a problem are too busy enjoying their stuff.

Yeah we can't tell from the poll how common the problem is due to the self-selecting nature of people who come here. The most likely advantage of the poll is you can compare the whine per sale across brands, as all brands experience the same self-selection issue. So we don't know what the % of getting whine from a certain brand, but we may know that brand x gets it less than brand y. We won't even reliably be able to say 'brand x gets it twice as much as brand y' as, again, the self-selection bias being different for higher whine incidence cards makes that kind of comparison invalid, we can simply say more or less.

Of course, numbers at the moment are very low so there is little statistical significance anyway.

 

[chaparral]

Is this more of a problem with GTX 970 then the GTX 980 ?

 

[AshenEdge]

2xMSI 970's No noticeable noise!

Even when I was running Heaven with the case open!

Glad to hear Gibbo has clarified the position as it seems to be luck of the draw so I feel sorry for anyone having probs

Gibbo's clarification certainly makes it any easy choice where to purchase next time. I guess it's the reason we all keep coming back to OCUK!

Excellent service and haribo!! What more could we want

 

[vintage-x]

I thought I had coil whine but it turns out it was the guy across the street using his power tools

 

[AshenEdge]

I thought I had coil whine but it turns out it was the guy across the street using his power tools

 

[coltkickass]

Just changed my PSU from a Corsair CX750W to a EVGA supernova 750w, completely eliminated the coil whine on my reference gtx 980

 

[FML1990]

Gainward not on the poll list

 

[sprite1275]

Has any other GPU had its own Coil Whine poll?

 

[chid76]

Galax 970 with blower cooler, no coil whine and really quiet fan. Very pleased!

 

[topgun06]

Still essentially 50:50. Slightly in favour of no coil whine.

It also depends what criteria people have used to determine coil whine. Audible outside of the case or audible with your ear right up next to the card.

 

[Jinjur]

Just changed my PSU from a Corsair CX750W to a EVGA supernova 750w, completely eliminated the coil whine on my reference gtx 980

Seriously?

Did you get coil whine with this PSU on previous cards and if so, what were they?

 

[Gibbo]

Just changed my PSU from a Corsair CX750W to a EVGA supernova 750w, completely eliminated the coil whine on my reference gtx 980

For me I would only buy a PSU if the following brand, this is me personally speaking for my PC at home:-

Antec: any gold or platinum model
Corsair: 1500i is the only one I'd buy personally
EVGA: Any superflower built model
Seasonic: Any gold/platinum model
Silverstone: Gold or higher
Superflower: any gold/platinum model


In the OcUK Lab I have an Antec 1300W Platinum and a Superflower 1200W platinum, I've tested a lot of 9xx series card now and only one card I tested suffered from incredible mild coil whine which was a 980 G1 and only when the core was beyond 1600MHz in benchmarks. After a few hours of benching this coil whine completely disappeared.

But it is without doubt a quality PSU helps reduce it and by quality I mean from the above list, a budget Corsair or cheap Bronze PSU is not a quality PSU, those are PSU's built to hit a price target. I run my cars on Vpower fuel as its a sports car, I run my 20yr old jaaag on supermarket unleaded cheapo as its not a sports car.

It is the same for my PC at home, I use a 1200W Superflower which has literally zero ripple and as such I have zero coil whine on my high-end Asus 290X graphics card crossfire setup.

The PSU cannot always cure it but it can certainly help.

P.S. Always power your graphics card on two separate dedicated rails if your getting any line, the improved amperage can help eliminate coil whine too.

 

[Crucio]

I'm using the Gigabyte G1 970 and i have coil whine but it all depends on what i am doing. PSU is an EVGA 750 gold, so no issues there.

I have been playing some Warcraft at 1080p lately which the 970 is complete overkill for it. At one point I was getting 300+FPS in a zone and the coil whine was loud, so popped on vsync and the whine vanished.

I have also been playing shadows of mordor at 1080p with max settings and no vsync and i don't have the whine.

For me all cards will have it, just depends how you handle it.

 

[Wizzfizz]

This is the issue that I'm having with my new MSI Gaming 970. Only one fan is working, the other gets stuck and you can see it twitching trying to spin up. Not only that but the coil whine is horrendous, to the point it's giving me a headache. I've already got an RMA number from OCUK, so the card is going back for a full refund.

The problem: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul1wzqpsh0i333z/20141020140005.MTS?dl=0