I have had this card for about 5-6 weeks and I've begun to notice the rightmost fan making a slight grinding noise under certain conditions. I think it may be when it is spinning within a certain RPM range. When I boot up my computer it makes the noise until the Windows login screen appears. The noise also stays if I go into the motherboard's BIOS instead. I know it isn't coil whine...because my card has that too, and the sounds are different.
As for the artifacting, it doesn't happen often enough to disrupt any gaming, I have only noticed it in Dead Space 3 and BioShock Infinite (in DS3 random things start to flicker and in BsI I sometimes see checkerboard-like black squares). Still, that, plus the fan noise, plus the coil whine are having me a little worried about this card. Should I RMA the card?
As for the artifacting, it doesn't happen often enough to disrupt any gaming, I have only noticed it in Dead Space 3 and BioShock Infinite (in DS3 random things start to flicker and in BsI I sometimes see checkerboard-like black squares). Still, that, plus the fan noise, plus the coil whine are having me a little worried about this card. Should I RMA the card?