New GTX 760, crazy whining sound. :(

LiberAnar

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Shortly after excitedly installing my GTX 760, I was introduced into coil whining. I have a few questions about it.

Here's the card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133498

1. If Newegg allows and exchange, is this a common enough thing that I would get another card that makes the same sound. I tried playing the Witcher 2 and It was louder than the game was.

2. Is this something that goes away? Is there a "break in" period.

3. Newegg being an awesome company, might allow me to upgrade to another card. Is there a way to know if the card will do it? I was thinking:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-127-745&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo

4. This stinks. Not a question but I am surprised this is an accepted thing.
 
Solution
1. You may be lucky and get another card which doesn't whine, but it's a luck thing

2. Sometimes it is, but for some it stays the way it is with no real detriment to the card, only an annoying whine or buzz

3. That MSI card is a good choice, most likely it won't whine, but there's always a chance that you'll end up with a whiny card

4. Derp. Well the thing that I did was activate adaptive Vsync in the Nvidia control panel, it reduces the loud whine to a small buzz

The loud whining happens when the card is rendering high amounts of frames such as when doing the WEI test
1. You may be lucky and get another card which doesn't whine, but it's a luck thing

2. Sometimes it is, but for some it stays the way it is with no real detriment to the card, only an annoying whine or buzz

3. That MSI card is a good choice, most likely it won't whine, but there's always a chance that you'll end up with a whiny card

4. Derp. Well the thing that I did was activate adaptive Vsync in the Nvidia control panel, it reduces the loud whine to a small buzz

The loud whining happens when the card is rendering high amounts of frames such as when doing the WEI test
 
Solution