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Strange sounds (buzzing) from Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X while ingame.

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November 2, 2013 3:39:49 PM

Hi. Today I built my new rig and decided to play GRiD 2 to see how it performs. When I enter the game, one buzzing sound starts immediately and then changes - it gets louder or quieter. When I launched the game that sound was pretty loud. After 5 minutes of playing this buzzing sound got quiter but the card hit 65C and the fans started spinning pretty fast. I haven't overclocked anything. Where is the problem?

P.S. Used MSi Afterburner to monitor everything.

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November 2, 2013 3:52:42 PM

It could be the fans speeding up and slowing down, use Catalyst Control Center to keep it at a certain speed and see if the problem still occurs.
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November 3, 2013 1:25:20 AM

Adjusted the fan speed manually, but it doesn't seems to be from the fans.
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November 3, 2013 1:23:50 AM

Update:

Maybe this coil whine is caused by my monitor resolution 1280x1024?

Enabled the V-Sync and the coil whine massively disappeared. I can hear it only in game menu. And one more question:

Is it normally for the card to hit 62-63C & spin the fans to 54% after aprox. 5 mins of playing?
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November 4, 2013 3:10:59 PM

Ok, glad to hear that then - at least it's an improvement.
Unfortunately I can't answer your last question confidently as I'm not an expert, I just answer questions from experience and my experience with my GFX card is this -
When I'm playing a game such as BF3 Multiplayer, the card is on 100% fan speed and reaches about 50 degrees, the most I've ever seen it with the fan at this speed is 55 degrees but that's rare.
In all honesty, I'd say that the temperatures you're getting may be normal for that fan speed. Don't quote me on that though as I'm no expert as I've said above.
You can help with the temperatures by buying additional fans for your case if you case supports that, turn all your fans up if they support that or just turn the speed of your GFX card up.
(I have an ATI Radeon HD 6770)

I hope I've been slightly helpful for you, if not then I apologise in advance.

Chris.
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