Hov to avoid getting a gtx 970/980 with coil whine

OneMoar · May 30, 2015

bubbleawsome said:
So many trolls here. Why are we letting this thread continue?

I suspect its the same guy thats been bitching about it for the last month
IP's should be checked and bans should be handed out

xvi · May 30, 2015

Coil whine is the physical chattering of wires in a coil, isn't it? Why can't manufacturers just throw, I don't know, a non-conductive epoxy on them to reduce/stop the issue?

R-T-B · May 30, 2015

xvi said:
Coil whine is the physical chattering of wires in a coil, isn't it? Why can't manufacturers just throw, I don't know, a non-conductive epoxy on them to reduce/stop the issue?

PSU manufacturers already do this to an extent. There is some heat related reason I imagine not to just goober everything with epoxy, plus not all coils need it, and doing it on a case by case basis isn't really economical. That and it'd look pretty shitty on a "sexy" high end GPU.

OneMoar · May 30, 2015

R-T-B said:
PSU manufacturers already do this to an extent. There is some heat related reason I imagine not to just goober everything with epoxy, plus not all coils need it, and doing it on a case by case basis isn't really economical. That and it'd look pretty shitty on a "sexy" high end GPU.

a lot of new cards Surface mount type chokes where that just won't work
pasting it with silicone will dampen the noise but care must be taken to ensure proper application and ample time to dry the solvents are volatile and flammable

qubit · May 30, 2015

Both MSI GTX 780 Ti Gaming cards make a buzzing sound matching the fps when in 3D mode. The strength of the noise depends on how fast the fps are and how hard the 3D code stresses the GPU. Turning on vsync reduces the noise somewhat.

Note that since the fans are so incredibly quiet on this model, it makes the noise more obvious, which is ironic for a card designed for quietness. I think MSI could have made more effort to use better quality components here, especially for the £500 they cost new.

johnnynismo · May 30, 2015

Fluffmeister · May 30, 2015

MSI GTX 970, no issues at all.

Jeffredo · May 31, 2015

gasolin said:
Should only be the color that's different on the 100ME (gpu only made in green because of 100 million sold cards from msi)

And a standard backplate.

Caring1 · May 31, 2015

Jeffredo said:
And a standard backplate.

Yep, even the 960 edition got the plate and coloring.

W1zzard · May 31, 2015

james888 said:
Almost every gpu I have ever purchased started out with coil whine. I would fix it by leaving a game with 1000's of fps on overnight. I hear this does not always work, but it has always worked for me.

which cards have you tried this one? anyone else try it? results?

Nordic · May 31, 2015

W1zzard said:
which cards have you tried this one? anyone else try it? results?

MSI 6950, MSI 6950 PE, Sapphire 7970, 1 of 2 of my 750ti's. It is a limited sample size. I read it somewhere on the internet and it worked for me. Quake 3 is the game I have used to produce the high fps.

gasolin · Jun 14, 2015

I thought today i had coilwhine, it was just my psu for my hp printer that had coilwhine, my asus gtx 980 strix is fine with no coilwhine

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