GTX1070 Strix Full Load Sound

[Tsviki]

Hey there folks,

My 1070 is set to "Silent Mode" in the ASUS TewakII program.
When im going full load (playing some ARK), the card gets to around 70c and that is fine. However, there is a big dissonant (almost like a high pitched scream) coming out from the card. Is there anyway I can tell what is the problem? Is there even a problem? Without headphones this sound is the worse.

[Misanthrope]

This is called coil whine and if you're outside of warranty there probably isn't much you actually can do to solve that. See if the problem is worst on menu screens where the FPS (if unlocked) jumps to hundreds or more, that'd confirm coil whine.

[Tsviki]

Just now, Misanthrope said:

This is called coil whine and if you're outside of warranty there probably isn't much you actually can do to solve that. See if the problem is worst on menu screens where the FPS (if unlocked) jumps to hundreds or more, that'd confirm coil whine.

Im getting this only on full load (most of the times the card is really quiet and I cant even tell its near me, with or without headset on. I do have warranty if I remember right, can I just go to the store and say "Hey, I have some coil whine issues" and they will give me or take a look over the card? Thanks a lot!

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Tsviki said:

Im getting this only on full load (most of the times the card is really quiet and I cant even tell its near me, with or without headset on. I do have warranty if I remember right, can I just go to the store and say "Hey, I have some coil whine issues" and they will give me or take a look over the card? Thanks a lot!

How long ago did you get it and what store?

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, Tsviki said:

Im getting this only on full load (most of the times the card is really quiet and I cant even tell its near me, with or without headset on. I do have warranty if I remember right, can I just go to the store and say "Hey, I have some coil whine issues" and they will give me or take a look over the card? Thanks a lot!

Not sure depends on the store, on the vendor, etc. The thing is that if they don't give you money back (If it isn't the store it's unlikely) and give you another of the same model there's a rather high chance the new one will have the same noise: The same parts are used on the same model so often most of them have coil whine.

 

It can be annoying but it shouldn't actually have any detrimental effect to performance or anything.

[Tsviki]

1 minute ago, Abyss Gaming said:

How long ago did you get it and what store?

A local store over my county, the warrenty from what I know is by ASUS Global. Im not sure how long I have the card since I got my PC in a part bundle, I can guess its like 1 year old max.

[Skiiwee29]

Def coil whine which most manufactures wont offer RMA on as its a common occurrence that does not affect the card or its performance. 

[Cyracus]

coil whine is the best, in some extreme cases manufacturers will replace your card, but unlikely. Jayz has some tips that might help to minimize it https://youtu.be/jtXAuIJchps

[asand1]

What powersupply do you have? Poor filtering in the PSU can cause more coil whine in a GPU. My GPU whined in a friends PC while it's quiet in mine. Same FPS, all we could figure was it was his PSU, a slightly lower tier than mine I think.

[Limecat86]

If possible or not already done try limit the framerate it's about the only thing you can do or try another PSU.

My card does the same under high load and yeah it's a bit annoying, although it got better after a few months.

[xGGAx]

started getting coil whine in my 1060 Strix after a few months of use. The only solution was to change my PSU. 

[xsimplyjosh]

2 hours ago, Tsviki said:

Hey there folks,

My 1070 is set to "Silent Mode" in the ASUS TewakII program.
When im going full load (playing some ARK), the card gets to around 70c and that is fine. However, there is a big dissonant (almost like a high pitched scream) coming out from the card. Is there anyway I can tell what is the problem? Is there even a problem? Without headphones this sound is the worse.

thats coil whine you can't really do much about that. I have the same thing with my strix 1080Ti also but I hardly notice it now to be honest. You have to focus hard to hear it even.

[Tsviki]

8 hours ago, asand1 said:

What powersupply do you have? Poor filtering in the PSU can cause more coil whine in a GPU. My GPU whined in a friends PC while it's quiet in mine. Same FPS, all we could figure was it was his PSU, a slightly lower tier than mine I think.

Im useing a 750W Antec 80+ Gold PSU, I dont think this is the case here.

[Tsviki]

7 hours ago, xsimplyjosh said:

thats coil whine you can't really do much about that. I have the same thing with my strix 1080Ti also but I hardly notice it now to be honest. You have to focus hard to hear it even.

If im with my headset on I wont hear it at all, I was just worried this sound means something is going bad with the GPU itself. Since its a common problem and stuff Im not worried anymore, it happends only in ARK at the moment so ill try go Vsync and see if there is something diffrent.

[xsimplyjosh]

2 hours ago, Tsviki said:

If im with my headset on I wont hear it at all, I was just worried this sound means something is going bad with the GPU itself. Since its a common problem and stuff Im not worried anymore, it happends only in ARK at the moment so ill try go Vsync and see if there is something diffrent.

nah is just the insane amounts of currents going through the card and given its not always a fixed current and is constantly changing due to the dynamic nature of the game, hence the "coil whine"

 

as for an ideal inductor V = L*(di/dt) the di/dt bit is the constant change in currents, hence why voltage isnt always a fixed constant on your reading meter.

 

another way I'm guessing is lock your graphics to the monitor's refresh rate... you might get some input lag as a setback but thats about it, but it should eliminate the coil whine to some extent.