Light buzzing noise coming from GTX 970

[anon5123]

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[Morgaith]

It's coil whine, that should give you enough to go on to research further.

[OreoLover]

It's coil whine, that should give you enough to go on to research further.

...but he said it isn't? *shrug*

I would be worried enough to post at an Nvidia and graphics/builds forum, personally.

[FlawlessSoul]

It's not coil whine due to FPS being too high, as both WoW and Overwatch are set to cap FPS at 60, and I've got FPS display enabled in both, to make sure. I had that problem with TF2, getting coil whine because it was way up at like 400fps, but that sounded different than this buzzing noise. And I solved it by using TF2's command to limit FPS to 60.

It is coil whine. Coil whine occurs when the card is under a certain amount of load, irrespective of what FPS you're actually getting. More graphically intensive games will cause it at lower FPS, which is why you don't get it when inside a building in WoW or in TF2 when capping FPS at 60 (both undemanding situations).

You'll also change the pitch of the whine under different load levels - if you ran FurMark, for instance, you'd likely get something closer to your 400 FPS TF2 whine.

It's not a sign of any damage or failure - if it annoys you, there are (depending on the component causing it) ways of reducing the noise. Google for your specific device!

...but he said it isn't? *shrug*

I would be worried enough to post at an Nvidia and graphics/builds forum, personally.

OP said it isn't coil whine, but without a decent understanding of what coil whine is. TL;DR: it's coil whine.

Coil whine can sound very different even on the same device at different temperatures or loads. It can go from a high pitched shriek to a headache-inducing buzzing. It's a vibrating coil creating a noise - different loads, different noises.

[anon5123]

It's not a sign of any damage or failure

Well, that's all I was worried about, so thanks!

...but he said it isn't? *shrug*

OP said it isn't coil whine, but without a decent understanding of what coil whine is.

I said it wasn't the fan.

I never said that it wasn't coil whine.

Read.

[Chickat]

Its dying right in time for the 1070. Its almost like it was planned...

[OreoLover]

I said it wasn't the fan.

I never said that it wasn't coil whine.

Read.

You read. Don't be rude when people actually read what you post.

It's not coil whine due to FPS being too high, as both WoW and Overwatch are set to cap FPS at 60, and I've got FPS display enabled in both, to make sure. I had that problem with TF2, getting coil whine because it was way up at like 400fps, but that sounded different than this buzzing noise. And I solved it by using TF2's command to limit FPS to 60.

Even ambiguous grammar and specifics aside, "It's not coil whine..." "...coil whine...sounded different"

Read.

[anon5123]

Even ambiguous grammar and specifics aside, "It's not coil whine..." "...coil whine...sounded different"

I said that I had coil whine in TF2 and solved it, but I'm still getting a buzzing noise in WoW/Overwatch. Even said "it sounded different than this buzzing noise".

Nowhere did I say "it's not coil whine".

Read.

Its dying right in time for the 1070. Its almost like it was planned...

Except no, because it's been doing this ever since I bought it a year ago.

Pls.

[OreoLover]

I said that I had coil whine in TF2 and solved it, but I'm still getting a buzzing noise in WoW/Overwatch. Even said "it sounded different than this buzzing noise".

Nowhere did I say "it's not coil whine".

Read.



Except no, because it's been doing this ever since I bought it a year ago.

Pls.

Read. Learn to.

It's not coil whine

It's not coil whine

It's not coil whine

At least I know you're just being an ass to not admit things, now.

[FlawlessSoul]

I said that I had coil whine in TF2 and solved it, but I'm still getting a buzzing noise in WoW/Overwatch. Even said "it sounded different than this buzzing noise".

Nowhere did I say "it's not coil whine".

I never said that it wasn't coil whine.

It's not coil whine due to FPS being too high

I agree with OreoLover. Regardless of what you thought you meant, your posts not only state it clearly but the general intimation (that we both got) is that your current problem was unrelated to coil whine.

I also agree with this:

You read. Don't be rude when people actually read what you post.

[anon5123]

At least I know you're just being an ass to not admit things, now.

And at least I know you're just being an ass to twist my words around and take them way too literally, now.

Welcome to the ignore list.

[Chickat]

I said that I had coil whine in TF2 and solved it, but I'm still getting a buzzing noise in WoW/Overwatch. Even said "it sounded different than this buzzing noise".

Nowhere did I say "it's not coil whine".

Read.



Except no, because it's been doing this ever since I bought it a year ago.

Pls.

Didn't read. Was making a joke anyways.