GPU Stuttering with Squealing Noise

[95Viper]

You may want to try taking it out of the case and running it on a table or card board.
And, making sure all the power connections are properly seated and in place.
Also, check the spacers (Standoffs) to be sure none are shorting and such.

 

[Solaris17]

May I ask and forgive me if I missed it but alot of emphasis was put on GPU usage patters which looked fine to me considering the cards the game and the fact that my 290x doesnt even 100% all games. Did the squeal continue with BOTH cards individually?

 

[jboydgolfer]

Squealing comes from the caps, it's coil whine. Coil whine tends to happen mostly when VSync isn't enabled, or when certain types of loads are put on the GPU.

It's also worth noting that 1GB of VRAM is going to absolutely crush under the weight of BF4. It's probably offloading textures into RAM, causing some amount of slowdown.

Have you tried running with a single GPU instead?

Although I DO agree 1Gb of Vram isnt a Ideal amount of Vram.... I CAN assure that BF4 does NOT "crush" a GPU running 1024Mbs of Vram. I personally refused to purchase BF4 due to my experiences during the BF3 days, but I DID use My free 140 or whatever hours of Free Origin Gametime with BF4, and it Ran perfectly fine, on My Powercolor HD69501Gb model.I didnt run the Highest settings, but I COULD, I know because I tried it. MY average FPS where above 50fps....with standard multiplayer settings, i.e. set for best performance. My system spec's here in TPU are still mostly accurate as far as This PC goes, I play @ 1200p...and it was just fine.

Also...i agree about the coil whine..My Powercolor LCS 7970Ghz edition did it, and I found it VERY annoying, however I experienced NO stuttering. Good luck OP.

 

[RickyRozay]

You may want to try taking it out of the case and running it on a table or card board.
And, making sure all the power connections are properly seated and in place.
Also, check the spacers (Standoffs) to be sure none are shorting and such.

The computer already runs on a piece of cardboard on a table, I hate using cases and haven't had one for years. Makes diagnosing things and changing components and cooling to some extent easier. Should have mentioned this earlier though, sorry.

Also about the GPU usage patterns, I was using them to indicate that basically any time you see a drop in usage, that is the same point the PSU would STOP squealing and subsequently the game would freeze for that millisecond, and when the PSU IS squealing, it's playing normally and usage is going back up.

I've officially given up unless anyone else has any major breakthrough suggestions

Another waste of money system just like the last one.

 

[RCoon]

The computer already runs on a piece of cardboard on a table, I hate using cases and haven't had one for years. Makes diagnosing things and changing components and cooling to some extent easier. Should have mentioned this earlier though, sorry.

Also about the GPU usage patterns, I was using them to indicate that basically any time you see a drop in usage, that is the same point the PSU would STOP squealing and subsequently the game would freeze for that millisecond, and when the PSU IS squealing, it's playing normally and usage is going back up.

I've officially given up unless anyone else has any major breakthrough suggestions

Another waste of money system just like the last one.

Squealing doesn't necessarily mean anything. A lot of GPU and PSU inductors squeal, it's just one of those bugbears when certain inductors are under a certain load. It may not even be a symptom.

Let's take a fresh look elsewhere. Can you monitor your CPU usage alongside your GPU usage? Perhaps your CPU spikes at the same times as the GPU's. The GPU spikes could merely be a symptom of another problem.

It's also worth noting if you used a driversweeper after you remove your drivers, and then install the latest WHQL drivers.

EDIT: Also, in fairness, testing the system with a different OCZ PSU isn't overly fullproof. I've owned 2 OCZ units, both worked, and never had an issue, but I'm fully aware of their shortcomings.

 

[RejZoR]

You can fill coils with hot glue to shut them up. Because usually they squeal.

 

[RickyRozay]

Squealing doesn't necessarily mean anything. A lot of GPU and PSU inductors squeal, it's just one of those bugbears when certain inductors are under a certain load. It may not even be a symptom.

Let's take a fresh look elsewhere. Can you monitor your CPU usage alongside your GPU usage? Perhaps your CPU spikes at the same times as the GPU's. The GPU spikes could merely be a symptom of another problem.

It's also worth noting if you used a driversweeper after you remove your drivers, and then install the latest WHQL drivers.

EDIT: Also, in fairness, testing the system with a different OCZ PSU isn't overly fullproof. I've owned 2 OCZ units, both worked, and never had an issue, but I'm fully aware of their shortcomings.

So here's my CPU usage and GPU usage is on the bottom

It's all fucked up. Whether that kind of CPU usage is normal or not in a game who knows, but I can tell you the gameplay stutters...

PS. Before anybody mentions it, yes I have tried a million different VCores and stuff and it doesn't change a thing.

 

[RCoon]

So here's my CPU usage and GPU usage is on the bottom

It's all fucked up. Whether that kind of CPU usage is normal or not in a game who knows, but I can tell you the gameplay stutters...

PS. Before anybody mentions it, yes I have tried a million different VCores and stuff and it doesn't change a thing.

Looks legit to me, you'd either see a max out on the cores, or massive dips across the whole thing. As I said before, have you uninstalled NVidia drivers and then run a driver sweeper program before installing WHQL's?

EDIT: See this thread:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefiel...4-PC-Constant-Stutters-Graphical/td-p/1744797

Something about the 32bit version, also something about unparking cores, I don't know. BF4 is a terribly made game, they break it every week.

Is it JUST BF4 you're having problems with stuttering? If that's the case, I'd be fully inclined to blame BF4. Head on over to the BF4 clubhouse and you can see how crap the game was made.

 

[95Viper]

Have you tried disabling all of your background apps, programs, or anything else running in the background while you play your game.
Could be one of them causing the problem.

 

[Relayer]

For the stuttering as someone else said, 1gig of vram isn't enough for BF4. If you are running AA turn it off and maybe try reducing other settings that use vram.

 

[RejZoR]

I remember some HD5850 replacement (old reference had some problems) that was sqealing like a pig in Starsiege (Earthsiege 3, mech game). It was like wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. It was so friggin annoying i sold it and bought HD6950 instead...

 

[RCoon]

that was sqealing like a pig in Starsiege (Earthsiege 3, mech game). It was like wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

[RickyRozay]

Looks legit to me, you'd either see a max out on the cores, or massive dips across the whole thing. As I said before, have you uninstalled NVidia drivers and then run a driver sweeper program before installing WHQL's?

EDIT: See this thread:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefiel...4-PC-Constant-Stutters-Graphical/td-p/1744797

Something about the 32bit version, also something about unparking cores, I don't know. BF4 is a terribly made game, they break it every week.

Is it JUST BF4 you're having problems with stuttering? If that's the case, I'd be fully inclined to blame BF4. Head on over to the BF4 clubhouse and you can see how crap the game was made.

I read the last page of that thread and the guy said "2 Nvidia Titan Zs in Quad SLI .. yep you heard me correct... I have the money and I spare no expense on my PC - Especially with GPUs". Massive wanker alert??? "Yes, I have all the money" lol dickhead.

My CPU cores are all unparked as far as I know, in BIOS all power saving options are disabled and I assume that's what is meant by core parking.

Have you tried disabling all of your background apps, programs, or anything else running in the background while you play your game.
Could be one of them causing the problem.

It's a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 Home Premium, so there's nothing else on the system whatsoever. All updates applied to SP2.

For the stuttering as someone else said, 1gig of vram isn't enough for BF4. If you are running AA turn it off and maybe try reducing other settings that use vram.

Well I have seen plenty of videos out there of single GTX 460's running Battlefield 4 with maximum settings. However yes, most of mine are on high but AA is turned off. I've just stuck with the default settings it chose for me. If I went by what Nvidia Experience opted for, it would have put all the settings on ultra for me, which then would probably be too much.

 

[RCoon]

I read the last page of that thread and the guy said "2 Nvidia Titan Zs in Quad SLI .. yep you heard me correct... I have the money and I spare no expense on my PC - Especially with GPUs". Massive wanker alert??? "Yes, I have all the money" lol dickhead.

My CPU cores are all unparked as far as I know, in BIOS all power saving options are disabled and I assume that's what is meant by core parking.



It's a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 Home Premium, so there's nothing else on the system whatsoever. All updates applied to SP2.



Well I have seen plenty of videos out there of single GTX 460's running Battlefield 4 with maximum settings. However yes, most of mine are on high but AA is turned off. I've just stuck with the default settings it chose for me. If I went by what Nvidia Experience opted for, it would have put all the settings on ultra for me, which then would probably be too much.

Have you at least tried running BF4 on 1080p but low settings?

Also you still haven't told us after we asked you to run a driver sweeper after removing your drivers. Sometimes it can make all the difference.

Driver sweepers are important, yo

 

[RickyRozay]

Have you at least tried running BF4 on 1080p but low settings?

Also you still haven't told us after we asked you to run a driver sweeper after removing your drivers. Sometimes it can make all the difference.

Driver sweepers are important, yo

My monitor is 1280x1024, so I can't really try 1080p This is my maximum already!

Unparking the cores using a utility I found made performance worse in my eyes. The graph looks obviously more stable but it stuttered in game even more... -.-

And yes I drive swept when I went from 340 to 337 which didn't help either

 

[95Viper]

It's a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 Home Premium, so there's nothing else on the system whatsoever. All updates applied to SP2.

Nothing... No A/V, malware, Monitoring, OCing, etc. programs running... You got to have some widgets or something running to get those graphs.

 

[RCoon]

Nothing... No A/V, malware, Monitoring, OCing, etc. programs running... You got to have some widgets or something running to get those graphs.

That's afterburner, and it will not cause stuttering. Also turning off A/V is a terrible idea, he just needs to make sure it isn't running a scan.

 

[95Viper]

That's afterburner, and it will not cause stuttering. Also turning off A/V is a terrible idea, he just needs to make sure it isn't running a scan.

Never say never; and as for testing, turning off A/V is not a bad idea... I doubt any baddies will jump on it that quick.
I test a lot and turn it off all the time... since the dawn of the PC and ain't even caught a cold while testing.
As A/V software can cause problems.

 

[RickyRozay]

I don't have any AV installed and Afterburner is the only thing that stays open when I play

 

[Solaris17]

May I ask and forgive me if I missed it but alot of emphasis was put on GPU usage patters which looked fine to me considering the cards the game and the fact that my 290x doesnt even 100% all games. Did the squeal continue with BOTH cards individually?

Also about the GPU usage patterns, I was using them to indicate that basically any time you see a drop in usage, that is the same point the PSU would STOP squealing and subsequently the game would freeze for that millisecond, and when the PSU IS squealing, it's playing normally and usage is going back up.

thats fine but you never actually answered the question.

 

[RickyRozay]

thats fine but you never actually answered the question.

Yes, both cards individually did the same thing.

 

[Solaris17]

So both cards 1 at a time caused squealing on both PSUs? are you using any kind of adapters to power 1 or both of the cards or do you have enough PCI-E rails?

 

[RickyRozay]

So both cards 1 at a time caused squealing on both PSUs? are you using any kind of adapters to power 1 or both of the cards or do you have enough PCI-E rails?

Correct. And nope, no adapters. All standard cables.

 

[RCoon]

Correct. And nope, no adapters. All standard cables.

I'm looking at your system. 4GB of RAM, a Xeon, a 40GB SSD, and 2 GTX 460's, all driven by an OCZ multirail PSU. I can't help but feel something in your system may have given up the go or be causing these issues.

What's your RAM usage like in BF4? My brother literally just called me and said BF4 started leaking memory and filled his 16GB of RAM within 20 minutes. System specs updated

 

[Solaris17]

interesting and I am correct in remembering that one of the cards only has 1 6 pin and the other has two? Are they a loop system? Like does it have a 6+2 and Another 6+2 head comming off of the same set of wires? or are you using different rails from the PSU box itself?