Should I return my 2080 super for coil whine?

[BurnsFPS]

Hey sup everyone,

 

 

Built my first pc ever last week and all has been going perfect, it has a EVGA 2080 Super FTW3 Ultra in it; havent OC'd it yet at all

 

I wanted to do a userbench test the other day to see what it would score,

 

 

So my first test I think I had a game running in the background and the store's were soso,

 

Then my next test I turned off the game and ran another test and noticed the fan was making coil whine noises after the 2nd and 3rd fan started running,

 

 

It seems to make the noise really loud for about 3 second when it gets to the scene in userbench when it gets the to 3rd scene were the circle object rotates; also minimal whine when on the other fps scenes,

 

I'm also noticing somewhat of the whine when playing warzone and fortnite on 240 fps+

 

 

Is this normal or did I maybe cause this to start when I ran the userbench with the game running?

 

 

 

My main question is do you guys think I should return or replace this to newegg? I have until tonight to file the return to newegg then 30 days for them to receive it,

Or should I just keep it and deal with the whine? I think it might be a good idea to submit the return or replace then do more testing, also do you think return or replace would be better?

 

 

Appreciate the help I'm very lost on what I should do

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

[xg32]

coilwhine at 240fps can happen, i can only give my opinion on this one. Personally i'd see how well the card oc, if the card does something like 2085/8000, i'd keep it. If it's a crappy overclocking like 1995/7800, i'd consider returning it, but even then if the card is completely functional except the coil whine at 240fps, you gotta ask urself if it's worth the trouble, there's no guarantee that another card won't do it.

 

Also userbench can run something stupid like a 700fps render iirc, i'd expect coil whine in that case.

[emosun]

3 minutes ago, BurnsFPS said:

My main question is do you guys think I should return or replace this to newegg?

no , coil whine is not a problem

now the level at which your ears are able to hear it vs how quiet your house must be..... thats probably more of a problem

[D13H4RD]

High-performance GPUs can exhibit coil whine when pushed, especially when rendering at very high framerates.

 

An RMA (if they even deem it acceptable) won't necessarily net you a card that doesn't exhibit coil while. It may be less-noticeable but it'll still be there.

[BurnsFPS]

12 minutes ago, xg32 said:

coilwhine at 240fps can happen, i can only give my opinion on this one. Personally i'd see how well the card oc, if the card does something like 2085/8000, i'd keep it. If it's a crappy overclocking like 1995/7800, i'd consider returning it, but even then if the card is completely functional except the coil whine at 240fps, you gotta ask urself if it's worth the trouble, there's no guarantee that another card won't do it.

 

Also userbench can run something stupid like a 700fps render iirc, i'd expect coil whine in that case.

ah okay great to know man thanks, I dont know much about OC'in but just looked it up a little before writing this, do you have any good guides on how I can test if it will do 2085/8000?  Not sure what those vaules are is that memory/gpu clock?

 

Yea I think it hits like 500-600 fps at that scene so I guess it makes scene; its not too horrible with my headset on

 

17 minutes ago, emosun said:

no , coil whine is not a problem

now the level at which your ears are able to hear it vs how quiet your house must be..... thats probably more of a problem

Thanks for reply bud,

 

Good to know yea it's not too bad just a little bit annoying on a new card, I have a p600s and with all the panels on I barley hear it but I like to keep the top panel off to help with airflow, I need to get 3x more fans for the case only using the stock 3x right now, nd yea I only really hear it make the weird nose when running that scene while gaming its just like a humming noise not horrible with my headset on

14 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

High-performance GPUs can exhibit coil whine when pushed, especially when rendering at very high framerates.

 

An RMA (if they even deem it acceptable) won't necessarily net you a card that doesn't exhibit coil while. It may be less-noticeable but it'll still be there.

Thanks for replying back man,

 

Yea I dont think Ill RMA it; I think I might just start the return process on newegg not replaced so they cant turn it down, then try and find out how to OC and see if its a good OC card worth keeping

[Statik]

31 minutes ago, xg32 said:

coilwhine at 240fps can happen, i can only give my opinion on this one. Personally i'd see how well the card oc, if the card does something like 2085/8000, i'd keep it. If it's a crappy overclocking like 1995/7800, i'd consider returning it, but even then if the card is completely functional except the coil whine at 240fps, you gotta ask urself if it's worth the trouble, there's no guarantee that another card won't do it.

 

Also userbench can run something stupid like a 700fps render iirc, i'd expect coil whine in that case.

I agree with this. My ROG Strix 2080S can OC really well (2115/9250), but I only experience coil whine when I'm benchmarking. Other than that it's a beauty, so I figured I'd keep it.

 

Granted that 9000+ is a little much in some games, and I've experienced some weird graphical glitches in Tarkov, so maybe my mem OC I have is a little generous haha.

[BurnsFPS]

38 minutes ago, Statik said:

I agree with this. My ROG Strix 2080S can OC really well (2115/9250), but I only experience coil whine when I'm benchmarking. Other than that it's a beauty, so I figured I'd keep it.

 

Granted that 9000+ is a little much in some games, and I've experienced some weird graphical glitches in Tarkov, so maybe my mem OC I have is a little generous haha.

ah nice thats good to hear,

 

Yea the coil whine while benchmarking isnt bad on heaven bench only the certain scenes on userbench; while gaming its just a bit,

 

I was actually going to get the white 2080 super asus rog strix at first but people told me the evga would be better for support and upgrading if I want with step up, would of looked really nice in my white case but all good,

 

Do you have any guide on how I go about testing how good my card can OC? I looked on the precision x1 software but Im confused

 

Thanks bud

[Statik]

2 minutes ago, BurnsFPS said:

ah nice thats good to hear,

 

Yea the coil whine while benchmarking isnt bad on heaven bench only the certain scenes on userbench; while gaming its just a bit,

 

I was actually going to get the white 2080 super asus rog strix at first but people told me the evga would be better for support and upgrading if I want with step up, would of looked really nice in my white case but all good,

 

Do you have any guide on how I go about testing how good my card can OC? I looked on the precision x1 software but Im confused

 

Thanks bud

Yeah from what I've heard EVGA customer service is by far the best. I got a Strix because it was a decent sale on Black Friday.

 

I personally use MSI Afterburner for OCing. It's kind of recognized as the best OCing software, no matter what brand card you have. Here's how I find my best OC.

 

1. Open Afterburner, and make a custom fan curve that tickles your fancy.

 

2. Turn your "Power" all the way up (this in no way shape or form will damage your card).

 

3. Slowly move your "core clock up" and repeatedly test with whatever software you life. I personally use 3D mark. You can probably start around +75 and just move it up slowly, and run a stress/bench in between. Once your benchmark/stress crashes, you're unstable, so slightly back off a bit, then keep moving up but in smaller increments, if that makes sense. Once you get your stable core OC, you can move onto memory. Your memory usually can OC higher. I'd start around +250, and work your way up. I personally can max out my memory at +1000 with zero issues in benchmarking, but in some games I get graphical glitches, so just keep an eye for for artifacting and such.

 

Getting the perfect OC is a lengthy process and can take time. Once you get something that looks stable in some benchmarks, just play games. If you start crashing, experiencing artifacting, or weird glitches, then you know your OC isn't "game stable" and you might have to back off a bit. It's a constant cycle of tweaking until it's perfect.

 

Best of luck!

[BurnsFPS]

15 hours ago, Statik said:

Yeah from what I've heard EVGA customer service is by far the best. I got a Strix because it was a decent sale on Black Friday.

 

I personally use MSI Afterburner for OCing. It's kind of recognized as the best OCing software, no matter what brand card you have. Here's how I find my best OC.

 

1. Open Afterburner, and make a custom fan curve that tickles your fancy.

 

2. Turn your "Power" all the way up (this in no way shape or form will damage your card).

 

3. Slowly move your "core clock up" and repeatedly test with whatever software you life. I personally use 3D mark. You can probably start around +75 and just move it up slowly, and run a stress/bench in between. Once your benchmark/stress crashes, you're unstable, so slightly back off a bit, then keep moving up but in smaller increments, if that makes sense. Once you get your stable core OC, you can move onto memory. Your memory usually can OC higher. I'd start around +250, and work your way up. I personally can max out my memory at +1000 with zero issues in benchmarking, but in some games I get graphical glitches, so just keep an eye for for artifacting and such.

 

Getting the perfect OC is a lengthy process and can take time. Once you get something that looks stable in some benchmarks, just play games. If you start crashing, experiencing artifacting, or weird glitches, then you know your OC isn't "game stable" and you might have to back off a bit. It's a constant cycle of tweaking until it's perfect.

 

Best of luck!

Thanks for the info man,

 

So for me when I tried afterburner a week ago it messed up my cpu and lookd it at a certain freq and I couldnt change it so had to do a system restore,

 

But I OC'd on precison x1 twice and got pretty good results so far; let me know what you think of them,

 

So I'm getting about 8001/2055 on fortnite right now, and games running perfect, I increased it by 250/87

 

These are my 2 tests on 3dmark first test and third test; let me know how its looking so far if its worth keeping,

 

1st test- https://www.3dmark.com/spy/12748302

 

3rd test- https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/48242893?

 

Thanks for help

oh yea by the way I'm not sure if Im suppose to turn the  voltage and target power back down after I do the test or I do I leave them maxed out always when I'm running the card OC'd?

[Statik]

14 minutes ago, BurnsFPS said:

Thanks for the info man,

 

So for me when I tried afterburner a week ago it messed up my cpu and lookd it at a certain freq and I couldnt change it so had to do a system restore,

 

But I OC'd on precison x1 twice and got pretty good results so far; let me know what you think of them,

 

So I'm getting about 8001/2055 on fortnite right now, and games running perfect, I increased it by 250/87

 

These are my 2 tests on 3dmark first test and third test; let me know how its looking so far if its worth keeping,

 

1st test- https://www.3dmark.com/spy/12748302

 

3rd test- https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/48242893?

 

Thanks for help

oh yea by the way I'm not sure if Im suppose to turn the  voltage and target power back down after I do the test or I do I leave them maxed out always when I'm running the card OC'd?

Yeah dude, that looks pretty solid! I assume your temps are still good too?

 

That's also super weird how it messed up your CPU. I've never heard of that before. It shouldn't effect your CPU in any way.

 

Anyways, You'll need to leave the Power/Voltage maxed out. It doesn't mean your PC is necessarily taking that much extra voltage/power, it just means it will allow it to when it needs it. If you drop them down it's likely your OC will become unstable.

[BurnsFPS]

3 minutes ago, Statik said:

Yeah dude, that looks pretty solid! I assume your temps are still good too?

 

That's also super weird how it messed up your CPU. I've never heard of that before. It shouldn't effect your CPU in any way.

 

Anyways, You'll need to leave the Power/Voltage maxed out. It doesn't mean your PC is necessarily taking that much extra voltage/power, it just means it will allow it to when it needs it. If you drop them down it's likely your OC will become unstable.

Nice great to hear,

 

Yea so while playing fortnite in the menu I get 61c then while playing its around 65, on the first and 3rd bench test it said average was 67c is that okay? I do only have 3 stock fans in my pc right now

 

Do you think adding 3 more fans will bring the gpu temp down even more?

 

Nd by the way how much did you increase your card by to get those like 1200 over  230ish? nd how's your temp looking?

 

Good to know by the way Ill for sure leave them turned up; im guessing I can probably get more OC out of this too maybe like another 20 or so points of clock and few hundred more for memory; is their a temperature that I shouldn't let it go over ya think?

 

 

[Statik]

1 hour ago, BurnsFPS said:

Nice great to hear,

 

Yea so while playing fortnite in the menu I get 61c then while playing its around 65, on the first and 3rd bench test it said average was 67c is that okay? I do only have 3 stock fans in my pc right now

I'm pretty sure the max safe temp for Turing (or atleast the 2080S) is 88C, so you're golden. I'm currently away for work so I can't look at my temps, but I'm pretty sure after extended gaming mine never passed 65C either, and I think it was also slightly ocer 65C while benching. You're golden.

1 hour ago, BurnsFPS said:

 

Do you think adding 3 more fans will bring the gpu temp down even more?

Honestly, probably not really? I have 8 fans on my case. 3 of which are on the bottom of my O11 Dynamic, and were pulling air directly into the GPU. A few of those fans had faulty bearings and got loud, so I unplugged them, and noticed basically 0 difference in my temps. If you were to add more you might get a few degree difference, but not much at all.

1 hour ago, BurnsFPS said:

 

Nd by the way how much did you increase your card by to get those like 1200 over  230ish? nd how's your temp looking?

 

Good to know by the way Ill for sure leave them turned up; im guessing I can probably get more OC out of this too maybe like another 20 or so points of clock and few hundred more for memory; is their a temperature that I shouldn't let it go over ya think?

 

 

I believe I didn't touch my voltage, and maxed out my power if that's what you're asking. Not too long ago I believed I raised my voltage and tried to tinker a little more, but didn't have much luck. The amount that the voltage slider actually raises your voltage in OC software is actually very little. And like I said above a bit, my temps are right around yours (65ish load, and I idle around 25C I think). My PC is also in the basement so the ambient is fairly cool, and my fans never went over 50%.

 

I would also be surprised if you couldn't achieve +100 core / +500 memory. You probably have a little more in you. I personally would aim to keep them under 75C, but your card won't thermal throttle until 88C, so you can go even hotter than that. But it's likely that your OC will just be unstable before you hit a thermal threshold (atleast from my experience anyways).