I've recently bought a EVGA GTX 960 SSC ATX2.0 2GB.
And I have recently noticed some noise coming from the card and decided to run benchmark.
I used the demo edition of the 3DMark, couldnt put up a link.
you can see the video if you search in youtube with:
 
EVGA GTX 960 weird noise
 
Can anyone tell me what is going on here??
The sound doesnt seem to happen when it is doing the Physics test..
 
Please help..:(

mongoo_de

 
 

Thank you for that! :D

Coil Whine is unusual in the GTX 960, you should be able to request an RMA and probably get a better card. However, it's not the end of the world and doesn't affect performance or card life. However, I would attempt an RMA because it's not normal on a GTX 960 and it's free to get a replacement. To make an RMA, Goto Members Home tab and go down to My Products than View Details on your card and request the RMA from there. The RMA process is fairly simple, you can call EVGA for any help or questions regarding a RMA request. You can also call them regarding the issue, but I would just ask for the RMA. Coil Whine is normal on a GTX 970 but It shouldn't be an issue on the 960.

It's mans effort to control electricity on a card that 4"x8". Basically what you hear from my understanding is a lot of volts flowing through a circuit or wire. This causes things to viberate and make a high pitch. It gets worse in these high efficiency/processing. Physics is unfortunate sometimes.

This noise is the new standard of PC parts, it shows performance!

What kind of power supply do you have? Sometimes, not always, the power supply can be part of the problem. A bronze power supply won't supply clean power like a gold or platinum power supply, causing coil whine. This is why I ask what kind you have.

Also, try a "burn in" of the card. Download Unigine Heaven or Unigine Valley and set it to the max possible settings, then leave it running over night or as long as you can. This will allow the inductors to "burn in" or break in and possibly get quiet. Those are the two next steps, with the break in/burn in being the easiest and cheapest test first

Ok, try the burn in then. Just set the fans to run at 70% or higher, so it stays cool, and leave it be for the night or longer. That should at least reduce the coil whine for you.

RMA is definitely an option if the burn in doesn't help.

The 970 was my first EVGA card, and I'm not really impressed with the quality. From the buzzing sound to the horrible sounding fans, I may not go with EVGA in the future but I understand that it's not just their 970s that have coil whine.

My 960 was by MSI and it didn't make a peep. Sucks the ball has been dropped by EVGA and really the other card manufacturers when it comes to the 970.

did a little experimenting with some information found on the internet.
I used the evga precision x to limit the fps to 120,
and voila! no coil sound.... What I found/think is that the 'Ice storm' test in the 3D mark is as low performance machine test which allows the test to run something up to 1500fps.
You can hear it from 600+ fps
The sounds start getting really bad around 1200fps.
I wondering if I should just keep my replacement card that I got, or get a refund for it and go for a gigabyte gtx960...

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I have the GTX 960 4GB SSC from EVGA. It had a little coil whine the first day I had it but after a few bench marks it has gone away and not came back. Been about a week now to. 

Could you be kind enough to try the ice storm benchmark on the 3dmark on your PC and see if the coil whine is there??

Problem still persists even with a gigabyte 960