Stopping cap whine?

[jamesriley94]

So, I have a 7950, overclocked to 1ghz, voltage at 1050mV and memory clock maxed out at 1575mhz. It's a reference design card as I was going to watercool, but not too sure if I will now. temps max at 74 degrees through unigine heaven.
But, I'm getting a bit of cap whine.

I know it doesnt actually do much harm, but it's a little disheartening as it just feels as if it's gunna break.

Anything I can do to stop it, other than lowering the clocks? Or will I just have have to sacrifice the e-peen of a 1ghz gpu :L

 

[VengeanceUK]

i know the feeling, mine whines its ass off when the shader engines are introduced in benchmarks, but because i have my gpu clocked at 1160mhz and the memory at 1730mhz, i simply figure it something to live with, plus most of my gaming is done under headphone conditions so don't hear it much lol

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Have either of you tried a different PSU?

If a different PSU does not help you will just have to live with it. or sound proof the inside of your case.

 

[jamesriley94]

I dont mind the noise so much. I have an AX850 so shouldnt really have to change that.

I was just looking for reassurance really that i wasnt killing the card

 

[CPMFW]

my gtx 295 whines like hell, but i got used to it

 

[dukeReinhardt]

here's a suggestion i got from another forum - leave the card on overnight running a loop of unigine! get it whining all night if you can stand it, and within a few days it will be gone (if you're lucky)

 

[jamesriley94]

lol, does this actually work?

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Either the whine will be really gone or you would have gotten used to it.

 

[ZZAC]

my old gtx 295 didnt just whine, when loading games it would make alsorts of funky noises. my 7950 (reference pcb but a dcII Top card) gives me no whine but the cooler sucks. ill hit the same temps as you due to a stupid design fault and so i cant run it at 1100 core stabily