So I've gone through two Asus STRIX GTX980s and my god, the coil whine is awful! RMA'd the first, second one arrived with the same obnoxious screeching! Running apps like 3dmark make it sound like Skrillex is inside my pc creating a new mix!
Enabling v-sync cuts it down quite a bit, but I'm concerned that future games which stress the card out will cause the noise to come back.
With v-sync enabled, only 36% of my GPU is actually being used. With v-sync off, it'll jump to 90%. So does this mean that anything in the future that stresses this card out (even with v-sync on) is going to make it screech like this!? I mean how did anyone in QA think this is acceptable?!
Did any manufacturers seem to resolve this crappy issue? Or is it still a crap shoot with getting a good card? Because I'm wondering if I should RMA my card a 2nd time and get something else...
Would urinating on the inductors help reduce the noise???
Enabling v-sync cuts it down quite a bit, but I'm concerned that future games which stress the card out will cause the noise to come back.
With v-sync enabled, only 36% of my GPU is actually being used. With v-sync off, it'll jump to 90%. So does this mean that anything in the future that stresses this card out (even with v-sync on) is going to make it screech like this!? I mean how did anyone in QA think this is acceptable?!
Did any manufacturers seem to resolve this crappy issue? Or is it still a crap shoot with getting a good card? Because I'm wondering if I should RMA my card a 2nd time and get something else...
Would urinating on the inductors help reduce the noise???
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