GPU makes weird sound with Borderlands 2

BeltBucketTCB · Nov 13, 2013

I have a R9 280x. When I open Borderlands my video card (I assume that's what's making the sound) makes this buzz sound in ~half second intervals. Accordingly with the sound the game "moves." It's not low FPS, it...moves then stops with the buzzing sound. Is it my drivers? What can I do?

bigshootr8 · Nov 13, 2013

Does it sound like a mechanical sound? It very well could be coil whine.
Linus has a video on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP73edpQwgc

BeltBucketTCB · Nov 13, 2013

bigshootr8 :

Nah, it's not coil whine. Here's a shitty recording: https://soundcloud.com/belt_bucket_tcb/bzzbzzbzzbzzbzz

You can hear some coil whine at the beginning but stops.

bigshootr8 · Nov 13, 2013

Yea that's coil whine as you do things within games and the sound follow that sound. Kind of like what happens in the linus video. It's more then likely the power delivery to the card. Not much you can do and if you wanted to try a new card if you had just purchased the one you have return it saying it doesn't work and then ask for a replacement to give it another try.

BeltBucketTCB · Nov 13, 2013

bigshootr8 :

I don't know. Other games are working fine, including Arkham City, which is also optimized for nvidia. Is there some way I could validate that that is the problem? It hasn't made sounds in intervals like that before.

bigshootr8 · Nov 13, 2013

hmm, maybe its just that particular application that causes it to act out that violently. What you could do is take off your side panel and really get up close like they did in the linus video and see if its something that is more subtle in other games.

BeltBucketTCB · Nov 13, 2013

bigshootr8 :

I don't see anything out of place inside. Power cables are plugged in fine. It's sitting all the way in the PCI-E slot. It's temperature is at around 50c after walking around in the game a bit (with the skipping).

bigshootr8 · Nov 13, 2013

I didn't mean what you see but what you hear

BeltBucketTCB · Nov 14, 2013

Well, actually yes. Running Batman the same sound was there, but not as harshly, I think. It was continuous and not starting and stopping in intervals. It's doing it in Dirt 3 as well. Is this all pointing to a problem with my card?

bigshootr8 · Nov 14, 2013

Well coil whine wont kill the card but it can be a bit of an annoyance. If you have just purchased the card I would see if you can return it and then get a new card and maybe that card wont have it.

BeltBucketTCB · Nov 15, 2013

bigshootr8 :

I've found the issue. Get this: it was because I was using USB tethering on my phone for WiFi. That is completely crazy to me. Here's the thread that told me this. Hope this helps if anyone else finds this.

bigshootr8 · Nov 15, 2013

Hmm that is interesting. Well I guess that could cause interference but may not be the case all the time.

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