HIGH TDP = Buzzing noise?

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Malli Karim

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Hello. I have a gtx 660 and whenever I game, or try a burn-in test, a buzzing sound comes from my card. Now this is the 3rd card I got since first 2 got replaced, thinking it would go away.Now I thought it was the card ( since it did the same at a friend's computer ).

But I got a MSI 7790 to test and it does the same noise when the card is stressed.The buzzing sound is still there just a little bit less since it consumes less power than the 660.

So either I'm very unlucky with the cards or something is wrong elsewhere.And it is defently the cards, I have stopped fans I have done everything and the cards are the ones making the noise.

I even changed my PSU from a Corsair CX500 v2 to a Seasonic 620w, no luck.

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Some reasons why a user may not hear it.

1. The frequency may be out of some users hearing range. Not calling anyone deaf or anything.
2. Some cases can keep sound in VERY well. I did not here coil whine until I moved my system from an Antec Sonata to an Antec Nine Hundred case. The open design of the Nine Hundred let the sound out quite easy.
3. Some power supplies use large capacitors(about 2200uf. It HAS to be a good quality cap too) on the ends of the PCI-E cables or even in the power supply it self. This can reduce or even remove the sound.

The sound is fairly common and honestly can be effected by many things. Switching power supplies are by nature noisy(compared to a linear unit. You would NEVER want a linear power supply in a...
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What you mean by a buzzing sound? Like an overused charger? A game controller? A little bee?

What level of "Buzz" are we talking about?

It is probably just coil whine though. Does it make this noise during heavy gaming or just menus?
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OohXp_FPAw4

I recored this on my 660.Every fan was turned off, my cpu fan was put on silent,

It does the sound everywhere, depending on the level of stress that , that "everywhere" is putting on the card.

For example in Starcraft 2, they a shader option. If u put it on low, u get a lot less lightning and graphics really go down hill, so the card isnt stressed that much.And the sound kinda dissapears, still there. If i put on medium-ultra and the real graphics show up, the card starts to buzz. The buzzing is little bit less with vsync on, but I hate vsync.
It other games its just there permanently and at an even higher rate.Starcarft just doesnt seem to consume that much of the graphics card. While a 32/32 War shooters like Red Orchestra 2 will have sever "buzzing".

I even took out the graphics card, and ran a game and the buzz was not there.And i've listened closely and the PSU is rather quiet.
 
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It's pretty typical, I've yet to have a card that hasn't done it under load. You can return it, but chances are the one you get back will have it too. I wouldn't bother unless it did it at idle, coil whine isn't really a defect and often comes about based on what parts you mix.
 
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I guess I m gonnna have to learn to live with it, tho the gtx 660's noise being louder, kinda makes my monitor have horizontal lines that go upwards ( in games, not in movies ), while the 7790, the buzz is less but still noticable, and there are no lines on my monitor ). I mean I asked people who own Gigabyte 660s and they dont have buzz, I mean should I just replace it , until I get one that has no coilwhine? I still think its abit odd that the all so new 7790 have coil whine.It does seem like all these newer cards have alot of coil whine ( I had a 6850 from Gigabyte and it ran silent and cool ). Even my friend who has a 650 Ti the one with the 256 bit bus has coil whine.
 
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I haven't ever heard that in my life while in game. I don't know what to say. I have owned or used more than a handful of cards from both camps so I assume it is rare; though some here say it's not.

Try using your card in a friends motherboard. This sounds like it might be a problem linked to the PCI...
 
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Some reasons why a user may not hear it.

1. The frequency may be out of some users hearing range. Not calling anyone deaf or anything.
2. Some cases can keep sound in VERY well. I did not here coil whine until I moved my system from an Antec Sonata to an Antec Nine Hundred case. The open design of the Nine Hundred let the sound out quite easy.
3. Some power supplies use large capacitors(about 2200uf. It HAS to be a good quality cap too) on the ends of the PCI-E cables or even in the power supply it self. This can reduce or even remove the sound.

The sound is fairly common and honestly can be effected by many things. Switching power supplies are by nature noisy(compared to a linear unit. You would NEVER want a linear power supply in a PC as the size and heat produced would be ridiculous) and the coils vibrate with this constant switching(some will not be in the range we can hear).

My 650 ti(MSI Cyclone II) is SILENT :) So glad of that because it is my media center machine.
 
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Gonna take it today to an "computer service" ...service, that an internet provider here has ( not corporate ).And see what's up if they can pinpoint. I wish..i fkn wish it was just the card cause then id just RMA it over and over until I get a good one. Lets hope its not the motherboard or something or something making some electrical interferance tho my Case is sitting by itself on my big wooden desk and it has plenty of room.

Thanks for the replies guys, gonna update this with an answer after service.(if u happen to give **** :=)) )
 
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A million and one things can cause coil whine, its annoying but maybe you are worrying too much. You can get it from USB mouse that doesn't have insulated cables, mixing parts that don't whine on their own but do with certain other parts, framerate, some motherboard settings like PS/2 keyboard power on and front panel audio active etc.

You could even try overclocking the card to tune it to a frequency you can't hear.
 
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Thing is overclocking kinda defeats the purpose of not hearing cause when the TDP is low like ~30% ( in a light gpu test in kombustor ) the buzzing isnt that much but u can still hear it, its when the TDP is between 85-100% that the buzzing is freaking annyoing.
 
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