GTX whine 970
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Dawelio
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Well that is just nice then, for NVIDIA to make these cards and take their customers up where the sun don't shine or to rip their procket straight off for a few months.
Feeling that I sort of regret my switching to GTX970 now, even though I've only installed and booted the PC to see if it works.
Never had this issue for the past 5 years with my old 6950, funny that newer technology is somewhat "broken", compared to some quite older technology.
But then I could've just been lucky with my specific card.
barnsley
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I've got around the really bad coil whine in a few games with my 780Ti by upscaling my resolution so I don't have to wack v sync on. I think I've had coil whine from all the graphics cards I've ever owned. My Asus 280x had the quietest coil whine, but that would be down to the 280X being quite an old card (as it is based on the 7970) and having a well designed power delivery I'd imagine.
demonking
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the overclockers exclusive is the one i got with the no coil whine guarantee. i don't think there is a 100% guarantee to get a whine free 970. seems that every vendor is having this problem.
hopefully they fix the black screen on the next driver update, seen quite a few post on various sites about it.
Dawelio
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I just don't understand why a vendor/manufacturer like NVIDIA does this... doing coil whine in order to keep the price down.
I mean, I'm not a millionaire by far, but I'd rather pay a bit more for a graphics that has no coil whine, rather than one that does.
And I now know that I've probably putted myself out there, as to "why not pay more for the premium card"... Well I don't really fancy premium cards and I'm not willing to pay the premium price.
I just wanted to put it out there, so to speak...
barnsley
born in a.....
They don't deliberately/for sure do it.
I was just speculating that as they obviously needed to keep the costs down in order to sell it with a decent profit margin they need to shave money off somewhere and as these cards are selling madly I'd almost expect there to be a few quality issues. Especially with vendors not using reference designs.
Dawelio
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Ahh true that, my apologies for coming off harsch at you.
I'm wondering though, what do you mean by "reference designs"?, I assume you don't mean the reference cooler
barnsley
born in a.....
Ahh true that, my apologies for coming off harsch at you.
I'm wondering though, what do you mean by "reference designs"?, I assume you don't mean the reference cooler
Reference PCB. Quite a few manufacturers often use the reference PCB with their own cooler.
Have you contacted OCUK about it yet because they pretty explicitly state they will replace any Infinity Black Edition found to have coil whine when used with a quality PSU.
JR
demonking
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yeah RMA auth'd sending card back tomorrow
replacement to be sent out on return.shame really other than the whine the card is pretty good gonna miss it while i wait. noise from fans seems to have died down and with custom fan profile is super quiet. temps are a bit higher but i took my front fan out as it was clicking so i'm waiting for my spectre pro to arrive. that Antec didn't fit properly anyway i could only get 3 screws in and not in the correct mounting holes
I hope you have better luck with the replacement card, it's a little disappointing after spending the extra for that card but they can't test them all especially not with multiple PSU's. It's good to know they are taking care of it, it's a horrible feeling when you have to RMA brand new hardware.
The price/performance may be good but I've not been impressed with the 970 offerings personally, not enough to buy one. It would of made an ideal card for Chocolate Box or JR2.0 but they all seem to be pathetic little boards with cheaply built coolers. The Strix has a good look about it but it's a real shame they removed the brace. It's a great upgrade for some but it sure as hell isn't a 780 killer.
JR
The price/performance may be good but I've not been impressed with the 970 offerings personally, not enough to buy one. It would of made an ideal card for Chocolate Box or JR2.0 but they all seem to be pathetic little boards with cheaply built coolers. The Strix has a good look about it but it's a real shame they removed the brace. It's a great upgrade for some but it sure as hell isn't a 780 killer.
JR
demonking
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i don't think the 9 series is as big a release as the 7 series. it was the same last time round (8800 to 9800) although the GX2's were real beasts in their day.
coming from a 670 the performance gain was well worth the upgrade, second reason was the Mrs needed an upgrade as she was using a 560ti for bf4, it worked but not well enough so she is happy as she now has constant frame rates and if it wasn't for the whine i would be happy.
keeping fingers crossed for a good one. if not might have to upgrade to a gold cert PSU.
coming from a 670 the performance gain was well worth the upgrade, second reason was the Mrs needed an upgrade as she was using a 560ti for bf4, it worked but not well enough so she is happy as she now has constant frame rates and if it wasn't for the whine i would be happy.
keeping fingers crossed for a good one. if not might have to upgrade to a gold cert PSU.
