Coil Whine ASUS ROG Strix 4090

[...flankedbymuD]

So I haven't had coil whine until this last update and don't on any other game I play - anyone experiencing it?

[WoogieMonsutā]

Originally posted by ...flankedbymuD:

So I haven't had coil whine until this last update and don't on any other game I play - anyone experiencing it?

One google search (which you should have done) allowed me to learn (in less than three minutes) that this is a power-supply problem, not a game problem. The correlation (not the cause) is that Palworld is apparently the most "power-hungry" game you own (unless you lied about testing other games). Linus Tech Tips says that there is nothing you can do about it.

[{SçM}TonyFetuccini_]

4090s are known to have a plague of hardware issues.

[★REM★]

Originally posted by ...flankedbymuD:

So I haven't had coil whine until this last update and don't on any other game I play - anyone experiencing it?

Back few years i had coil wine on my 980Ti, what solved it was putting the GPU under stress test for about 1 hour (was some suggestion coming from a forum) and it actually worked, i don't know if it was for the temperature expanding some compoenent or what kind of magic, but the wine vanished .
That said, i'm glad my 4090 so far (now i jinxed it? ) had no issues.

[...flankedbymuD]

Thanks everyone for your experiences except the troll with obvious points. I was trying to see if anyone experienced the same issue as I have. I tested two PSUs from both my gaming desktops so I am convinced it’s the GPU itself. Ill try the stress test option to see if it fixes it prior to return.

[Psychotic_Frog]

My ASUS ROG Strix 3090 has coil whine for this game. And multiple other games. And when I was mining Eth. And when running AIs. That's what they do.

[rage]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/15nyrqv/new_inductor_on_asus_strix_4090_to_fix_excessive/

Many points out that the excessive coil whine on these cards is caused by a part called the inductor. Between the release of the 40 series and June 2023, ASUS was using the higher-end "70A" inductors that perform better but can potentially make horrible coil whines that lower-end "50A" or "55A" inductors don't. At the same time, the Gigabyte Gaming OC cheap out and uses lower-end inductors, but this turns out to be in their favor as they have very few complaints about coil whine.

- Undervolting to 900mV/2600mhz helps with the whine significantly, but you'll lose ~10 FPS in game.

Interesting.

[Tampa Powers]

Supposedly the next nvidia driver is meant to improve performance and help the poor gpu out a bit. Think it is in beta at the moment. Try upgrading to that, maybe it helps.

[Deadoon]

Originally posted by Tampa Powers:

Supposedly the next nvidia driver is meant to improve performance and help the poor gpu out a bit. Think it is in beta at the moment. Try upgrading to that, maybe it helps.

Coil whine is a physical issue related to power delivery. It usually isn't a problem but can be quite annoying.
Generally a good power supply or a UPS with smooth delivery to your power supply will mitigate coil whine issues.
MY previous card had a coil whine issue that went away when the psu I was using proceeded to die, and got replaced.