I was telling arokhantos that you had a new issue and you weren't saying RMA or refund over the whine, JONOX. I understood. 😉

I haven't had any coil whine for my 1080 FTW, in fact it seems to be the least of any card I have had in recent years. I had a good amount of whine with my MSI 780 Ti's. I do have a water block to put on this weekend, so I will see if this makes a difference. 
 
Limiting your FPS to 60 should help lower the whine or at least cap it to your monitors refresh. But if you have a monitor that has a high refresh rate, there is not much else you can do. I am still not sure if the PSU actually affects the whine, I would imagine less ripple in power delivery would prob help lessen the noise. 

DaoDib
I would consider my Corsair AX860 to be a premium PSU :/
And im running a 100 Hz monitor :/

Do anyone know if it possible to get a replacement card from evga even after the 14 day period?

Maybe try to get it replaced by the vendor if possible. I would call EVGA also, it can't hurt. 

Guys, pardon my ignorance-- Is there a trusted vid on youtube of the proper *sound* of  really bothersome *coil-whining* on GPU's? I don't think I ever had the bad-luck of purchasing a *bad* card out the gate from the few I own from EVGA over the years.

Next-week, I plan to finally purchase either a 1070 or 1080, and upgrade from my recently RMA'ed gtx 980 SC replacement.



 

virtual81

irenicus785
Guys, pardon my ignorance-- Is there a trusted vid on youtube of the proper *sound* of  really bothersome *coil-whining* on GPU's?...

It's often a difficult sound to pick up with a microphone, thus difficult to record and reproduce.
 
My GTX1070 FTW is a bit noisy.
Not real happy with the noise, but unless better quality properly potted inductors are used then it's here to stay.
The first manufacturer to do this will likely win a few customers as it is a sign of better engineering and higher quality.

AHhhh, OK - Fair enough!

irenicus785

virtual81

irenicus785
Guys, pardon my ignorance-- Is there a trusted vid on youtube of the proper *sound* of  really bothersome *coil-whining* on GPU's?...

It's often a difficult sound to pick up with a microphone, thus difficult to record and reproduce.
 
My GTX1070 FTW is a bit noisy.
Not real happy with the noise, but unless better quality properly potted inductors are used then it's here to stay.
The first manufacturer to do this will likely win a few customers as it is a sign of better engineering and higher quality.

AHhhh, OK - Fair enough!

Usually the noise is more pronounced at a high FPS. Try running a benchmark or game at a very high FPS and you might hear a high pitch sound. 

I get coil whine when I use the automatic fan control with a custom curve, but then again, there are times I don't get any coil whine, at this moment in time, Im not hearing any coil whine. So a bit odd, as it can come and go.

I just finished burning in my 1070 FTW (>10 hours) and it still has noticeable coil whine when at high FPS. I'm using a corsair 450SFX which got great reviews in regard to its ripple so I am really leaning away to it being a PSU issue. What is the process of RMA-ing the card?

The SC and ACX base model are the same PCB right? The FTW is different for sure.
 
My 1080 ACX 3.0 doesn't have coil whine - my Gigabyte 980 Ti did though.
 
 
 

Brenex
I just finished burning in my 1070 FTW (>10 hours) and it still has noticeable coil whine when at high FPS. I'm using a corsair 450SFX which got great reviews in regard to its ripple so I am really leaning away to it being a PSU issue. What is the process of RMA-ing the card?

Have you tried the card in a different PC that has a fairly powerful GPU/PSU that doesn't coil whine? That's a good way to check and see if it is your card.
 
If you can't check that, register your card if you haven't - https://www.evga.com/support/register.asp
 
Then call or email EVGA to start up a RMA - http://www.evga.com/about/contactus/ 

Brenex
why does enabling vertical sync and locking the FPS make coil whine disappear?

Because it locks FPS to 60, allowing the GPU to not work as hard/draw more power. Coil whine is caused when the power components (primarily the VRMs) vibrate really fast. Lower load, less vibration, less/no coil whine. Here's Linus telling us all about it - http://lifehacker.com/this-video-explains-what-coil-whine-is-and-how-to-avoid-1669522880 

I bought a 1070 FTW last week to replace my 970 SSC, no noticeable coil whine but if the "silicon lottery" refers to cards that are able to boost to 2+GHz without overclocking by the user well I lost that one. Also being this late I lost the VRAM "lottery" too. Hopefully the BIOS update actually improves things significantly on that end.
 
Also the only time I ever heard coil whine on my 970 was in older games (or non-frame locked menus) where the frame rate would go into the hundreds if not thousands.

joseph305
hey phoenixzero, I am thinking about upgrading my ssc+
to 1070ftw too , but waiting on that bios fix to see if it works.
 
It's a shame NVidia switched many of the 1070s from Samsung to
micron memory....  
 

Again with the Micron issue...   There is nothing wrong with Micron VRAM modules GDDR5 or GDDR5x.  They are 100% on par with Samsung's.  Samsung is not a flawless company making the best  electronics as many people seem to think (heard of their recent troubles with the Galaxy Note 7 anyone?).  As far as overclocking, it's a crap shoot, and not a guarantee.  This is why they call it the silicon lottery.  I have an EVGA FTW 1080 with Micron GDDR5x VRAM and it is awesome.  I still also have an ASUS Matrix GTX 980 Ti and it has 6GB of Samsung GDDR5.  Neither overclock very well.  They're about the same actually.

Got an 1070 SC lately, seems to clock very well. Stock core boost at exact 2GHz, OCs to ~2150MHz - RAM +675MHz offset. But sadly it got quite excessive coil whine, even at low framerates. Sometimes noticable through my headphones. :/

dilla69
Got an 1070 SC lately, seems to clock very well. Stock core boost at exact 2GHz, OCs to ~2150MHz - RAM +675MHz offset. But sadly it got quite excessive coil whine, even at low framerates. Sometimes noticable through my headphones. :/

Send it back, I wouldn't accept any card coil whining out of the box. Unacceptable.When you RMA make sure you post a note in your RMA to make them test the card that they intend to replace it with, they will do this if you ask. I know they have to do it on an Advanced RMA, because its a 2nd time replacement, but all your trying to do is save them time and shipping. Doesn't hurt to send them a note asking them to test. I asked them to test a 2nd replacement 770 SC due to some issues I was having with stability at stock clocks, they did the testing and boom I got decent RMA replacements.

Now when I try to submit my RMA after being told to do so in a support ticket I get, "Your product is out of warranty. If you have any questions, please contact customer service. (E12)". This is such a drag. The ship date is 8/2016 so that makes no sense.
 
*edit* must have been the cookies, works in incognito mode. Go figure.