Hi All!

I have a 3090 (MSI GAMING X TRIO) that been sitting in storage for a bit and have put it into a new PC.

When under a graphically intensive load, there is a very loud buzzing, almost sizzling sound that comes from the GPU. Starts off low when opening a game, but gets loud when in game.

Does this sound like coil whine or something more sinister? I’ve attached a sound recording, you will need to turn up volume to hear it.

  • Nate19@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    After running a bunch of stress tests and capping the frames to 140. It seems like the whining has decreased after each run.

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    1 year ago

    If the sound changes with the load on the card, it’s very likely coil whine. You might be able to fix it with V-sync.

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        1 year ago

        Try capping it at something like 60 just for testing and see if the whine decreases. It might just be unavoidable at those framerates, although I might see about RMA-ing the card if it whines that much at reasonable framerates.

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    1 year ago

    Are your games running at uncapped framerates and reaching above 400 fps? The more FPS you’re getting the more stress being put on the GPU.