Whining noise from computer whenever VSync is turned off.

[TJXXX]

Everytime i have Vsync turned off, i hear this whining noise from one of my computer's fans or maybe even GPU fans. This happens when the game is loading. If i turn Vsync back to Adaptive, i hear no noise.

[Maverick]

what gpu do you have? could be coil whine from the gpu as with vsync disabled your gpu is working very hard.

[Salamand3r-]

It's coil whine.

Some of the splash screens run at uncapped framerates, which will cause the whine.

It's nothing to worry about.

[TJXXX]

NVidia GTX 970 4GB. My framerate feels a lot smoother with Vsync turned off, but that damned noise is giving me a heart attack. Like something might explode at any second, lol. Also, the load screen animations tend to stutter a bit when this happens.

[Nicholas Steel]

It is likely either Coil Whine or your GPU fans are spinning up to 100% or close to 100% as the GPU will of course be working harder since it will be producing video frames as fast as possible instead of it being capped to your monitor refresh rate.

GPU/CPU Fans can also produce a whine/ringing sound at certain speeds depending on the design of the fan.

[BDK]

Sounds like coil whine to me. Perfectly normal, but highly annoying.

[valkyr]

You could lock your fan speed with MSI Afterburner so it doesn't make as much noise.