This has been a problem with 900 series since they released.. They have been out for 6 months now, and they are working to get it reduced. This isn't an EVGA problem, and a 10 second Google search will reveal that every manufacturer has this problem.

If you get it with multiple cards after doing an RMA, you may have another component allowing the issue to continue. A lot of the times, the power supply can be a contributor to coil whine as well.

Things to try, if possible:

If you can test the card in another system, give it a try and see if it continues.

Try a different power supply if you have another that you could try.

Things to try, not requiring anything but a download and some Patience:

Burn in process. Download Unigine Heaven and start it with everything on max. Make sure tessellation and everything is as high as it will go. Let it run over night or while you are at work/school. This should help reduce the noise.

There have been 3 complaints of people saying it made their coil whine worse, but it leads back to the possibility of the PSU being a culprit as well. A brand new power supply may not function 100%, and if it isn't, then it may cause the card to stress trying to get power supplied properly.

In many cases, people are getting coil whine in games that do not cap framerates in certain scenarios, such as intro, loading, and menu screens.  You might try using something like Precision and setting the "Target Framerate" to 120fps, and see if that helps.

jorgelr617
I have a newer PSU that is Gold Certified and I'm still experiencing the "coil whine". This "coil whine" is a problem with EVGA's or NVIDIA's manufacturing processes or hardware components. Why would I want to cap framerates in certain scenarios with such an expensive graphics card? In other words, why would I buy an expensive graphics card to cap the framerates?

Well, I do not know why you would either.
Maybe it is to burn the card in to get the wheels rolling so to speak.

chrisdglong

jorgelr617
I have a newer PSU that is Gold Certified and I'm still experiencing the "coil whine". This "coil whine" is a problem with EVGA's or NVIDIA's manufacturing processes or hardware components. Why would I want to cap framerates in certain scenarios with such an expensive graphics card? In other words, why would I buy an expensive graphics card to cap the framerates?

Because your framerate could jump to extreme levels, where coil whine would be normal. I feel any coil whine heard under 300 fps is not acceptable.

I guess because I use V-Sync I never see about 60FPS or it might be because all my cards are Water Cooled or the new Hybrid Card.
What GTX 970 Model Number do you have?