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R9 280x Squealing Noise?

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July 28, 2014 7:23:48 AM

Hi,

My R9 280x makes a squealing noise when playing fifa 14. Even on the menu it makes a squealing noise which is disturbing. I have tried other games (BF4, Insurgency, Arma 3 and so on) and I don't get a squealing noise, it only happens to fifa. Does anybody know why?

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July 28, 2014 7:28:00 AM

Also, if I ALT+TAB out of fifa the squealing noise stops. But If I ALT+TAB back into fifa I receive the noise again..
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July 28, 2014 8:16:52 AM

Sounds like coil whine.
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July 28, 2014 8:31:39 AM

Hi moozilbee,

Thanks for your reply. I think you are right. I capped my fps to 200 with MSI Afterburner and the noise stopped. Can this noise / coil whine damage the GPU ?

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July 28, 2014 8:55:07 AM

It's not dangerous or damaging to the card, just annoying. It happens with some cards at very high framerates, and with Battlefield 4 and similar games you probably only get up to around 60-70fps, whereas Fifa could get very high fps on a 280x. Cap the framerate to your monitor's refresh rate (most likely 60), or use Vsync, and the noise will go away.
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July 28, 2014 9:02:27 AM

Thanks :) 
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July 28, 2014 9:03:56 AM

Sure.
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