Does coil whine happen because of coils in GPU fans?

[Lebrons baby boy]

If thats true will you only hear coil whine from a gpu when its under load/ when its fans are spinning?

[Zangato]

My 1660ti had coil whine, i used this method and all gone. https://youtu.be/EoPVM4aTTA4?t=269

[mimizukari]

Coil whine is simply the vibration of the coil in an inductor as the power passes through it. On a high end graphics card, ten or more large inductors would help provide power to critical components on the card.

Coil whine is in no way harmful for your card, and does not affect performance or longevity.


https://www.evga.com/support/faq/FAQdetails.aspx?faqid=59535

[Lebrons baby boy]

Kurumi Tokisaki님이 먼저 게시:

Coil whine is simply the vibration of the coil in an inductor as the power passes through it. On a high end graphics card, ten or more large inductors would help provide power to critical components on the card.

Coil whine is in no way harmful for your card, and does not affect performance or longevity.


https://www.evga.com/support/faq/FAQdetails.aspx?faqid=59535

so it has nothing to do with fans? Does only happen under load?

[mimizukari]

Seraphim님이 먼저 게시:

Kurumi Tokisaki님이 먼저 게시:

Coil whine is simply the vibration of the coil in an inductor as the power passes through it. On a high end graphics card, ten or more large inductors would help provide power to critical components on the card.

Coil whine is in no way harmful for your card, and does not affect performance or longevity.


https://www.evga.com/support/faq/FAQdetails.aspx?faqid=59535

so it has nothing to do with fans? Does only happen under load?

Yes, according to EVGA's page (who are reputable GPU manufacturers,) it happens while under load and putting V-Sync on may help if you're drawing tons of unnecessary frames.

[r.linder]

It's the inductors, not the fans. Limiting FPS with V-Sync or RTSS could potentially stop it from whining, but it's easier to just ignore it and get used to it. At least 1/3 of cards have it.

[Lebrons baby boy]

Kurumi Tokisaki님이 먼저 게시:

Seraphim님이 먼저 게시:

so it has nothing to do with fans? Does only happen under load?

Yes, according to EVGA's page (who are reputable GPU manufacturers,) it happens while under load and putting V-Sync on may help if you're drawing tons of unnecessary frames.

ok thank you. I dont even know if my noise is coil whine. Its just a high pitched ringing thats kinda quiet. I think it maybe my PSU since my card is pretty high end (2080 super)

[Lebrons baby boy]

Escorve님이 먼저 게시:

It's the inductors, not the fans. Limiting FPS with V-Sync or RTSS could potentially stop it from whining, but it's easier to just ignore it and get used to it. At least 1/3 of cards have it.

thanks. I dont even know if my noise is the graphics card maybe the power supply

[OLDMAN🎅]

clean the fans

[_I_]

coil whine is due to the choke coils, not in fans

https://www.howtogeek.com/297166/what-is-coil-whine-and-can-i-get-rid-of-it-on-my-pc/

good example here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP73edpQwgc

[Illusion of Progress]

Coil whine has been an increasingly common thing in recent years in my experience, especially on GPUs, not that it is at all new. It's simply a byproduct of the electrical process of the parts that cause it, and the only difference is whether it happens at a frequency our ears can hear it. Even when we don't hear it, the sound is there. Why it's more noticeable/happening at frequencies we can here in more recent years is something I can't answer. To make it more variable, some people hear it more than others (high pitch hearing capability typically degrades with age).

I never expeirenced it with a GeForce 4 (MX nor Ti 4200), GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, nor a number of other GPUs in between. I was also younger back then (so supposedly better eharing for higher frequencies). When I went to attempt to an upgrade to a GeForce GTX 970 in 2014 was it (?), I ran into it for the second real time (first was on an Asrock socket 478 motherboard of very low quality but it wasn't for my primary PC), and it drove me up walls. It happened in most games and was distracting enough to put me off from using my PC for its intended use with the graphics card, and I tried EVERYTHING to see if I could change it (overclock versus no overclock, changing the PCI Express slot used, changing PSU, a different PC/motherboard, different outlets in the house... everything) and nothing changed it. EVGA let me return it and try another but after three or four samples had it exactly the same, I gave up (I honestly feared the worst and gave up after the first once I started researching it), and they thankfully let me return it outright in the end (cheers to EVGA for this, as I'd have ultimately been upset had they not but was still pleased that they did), which led me to going to a mere GTX 650 out of frustration for a couple of years. Want to clarify that I didn't think EVGA specifically was the cause; it just happened to be the brand I chose to go with. This was being reported across a lot of brands and products (even PSUs) starting around that time.

When I got my current EVGA GTX 1060, it also had it, but thankfully it was barely noticeable (only one game when modded made noticeable and it was subtle enough to not bother me in the one circumstance it did show up), and in time it even went away. If/when I upgrade again, this will be something that worries me.

[Lebrons baby boy]

Illusion of Progress님이 먼저 게시:

Coil whine has been an increasingly common thing in recent years in my experience, especially on GPUs, not that it is at all new. It's simply a byproduct of the electrical process of the parts that cause it, and the only difference is whether it happens at a frequency our ears can hear it. Even when we don't hear it, the sound is there. Why it's more noticeable/happening at frequencies we can here in more recent years is something I can't answer. To make it more variable, some people hear it more than others (high pitch hearing capability typically degrades with age).

I never expeirenced it with a GeForce 4 (MX nor Ti 4200), GeForce 6800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, nor a number of other GPUs in between. I was also younger back then (so supposedly better eharing for higher frequencies). When I went to attempt to an upgrade to a GeForce GTX 970 in 2014 was it (?), I ran into it for the second real time (first was on an Asrock socket 478 motherboard of very low quality but it wasn't for my primary PC), and it drove me up walls. It happened in most games and was distracting enough to put me off from using my PC for its intended use with the graphics card, and I tried EVERYTHING to see if I could change it (overclock versus no overclock, changing the PCI Express slot used, changing PSU, a different PC/motherboard, different outlets in the house... everything) and nothing changed it. EVGA let me return it and try another but after three or four samples had it exactly the same, I gave up (I honestly feared the worst and gave up after the first once I started researching it), and they thankfully let me return it outright in the end (cheers to EVGA for this, as I'd have ultimately been upset had they not but was still pleased that they did), which led me to going to a mere GTX 650 out of frustration for a couple of years. Want to clarify that I didn't think EVGA specifically was the cause; it just happened to be the brand I chose to go with. This was being reported across a lot of brands and products (even PSUs) starting around that time.

When I got my current EVGA GTX 1060, it also had it, but thankfully it was barely noticeable (only one game when modded made noticeable and it was subtle enough to not bother me in the one circumstance it did show up), and in time it even went away. If/when I upgrade again, this will be something that worries me.

thank you.

[Lebrons baby boy]

_I_님이 먼저 게시:

coil whine is due to the choke coils, not in fans

https://www.howtogeek.com/297166/what-is-coil-whine-and-can-i-get-rid-of-it-on-my-pc/

good example here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP73edpQwgc

thanks mine sounds kinda like that

[Guydodge]

use MSI afterburner and run fans manually.turn them up till they start to make noise (coil whine or just to noisy) back them down 1 or 2% then leave on run constantly.will not hurt fans been running every card i own this way for years now havent had 1 fan fail.card runs cooler this way
and performs better...IMO

some where around 70% is usually the sweet spot

[Lebrons baby boy]

Guydodge님이 먼저 게시:

use MSI afterburner and run fans manually.turn them up till they start to make noise (coil whine or just to noisy) back them down 1 or 2% then leave on run constantly.will not hurt fans been running every card i own this way for years now havent had 1 fan fail.card runs cooler this way
and performs better...IMO

some where around 70% is usually the sweet spot

ok thank you ill try that

[r.linder]

Guydodge님이 먼저 게시:

use MSI afterburner and run fans manually.turn them up till they start to make noise (coil whine or just to noisy) back them down 1 or 2% then leave on run constantly.will not hurt fans been running every card i own this way for years now havent had 1 fan fail.card runs cooler this way
and performs better...IMO

some where around 70% is usually the sweet spot

He's right, a constant fan speed wears down the fans considerably slower than allowing them to ramp up and down constantly based on load, as that actually wears down the bearings.

Experienced miners often keep their cards underclocked with the fans at a high constant speed (i.e. 100%) because the cards remain cool and end up lasting longer, which is ironic as people are afraid of used mining cards, when ultimately they're "safer" than buying cards that were used specifically for gaming.

So I'm doubling down on what he said: Find the sweet spot in fan speed where you hear minimal/no whine and leave it like that, but if it gets too hot, you'll have to either find a higher spot or underclock.