Sorry for this rant, been changing stuff in my pc all week trying to find the source of this hiss for the fifth time and I'm just frustrated. I really wanted this to work out for EVGA but I'm just tired of the annoyances. I have both the regular and pro versions. Tried with several different mobo/cpu/monitor setups and still get hiss when GPU is under load with both cards. Even got EVGA to replace my regular card but I actually think my original card had less hiss than the one they sent me. I've tried buzz cleaners but no luck. It's coming through the card and 3 different motherboards and 3 different gpu's didn't affect the sound (all 3 intel/ 1080 ti, 3080 ftw3 ultra, 3090 kingpin). Tried 2 different seasonic titanium PSU's and cables. Some setups will have less or more hiss than others, but it is always there. I will give EVGA credit with the quality of audio that comes through the headphone port. It is top notch and if I'm going to keep using the regular version in my sim racing pc since I only use headphones. Maybe someone at EVGA can say why it's better. It sounds as good to my ears as my Schiit stack. Just sucks hearing hiss through monitors while wearing open headphones playing games and you have speakers muted in the nu audio software.
The other major annoyance is the cards preventing startup. It will eventually load in to windows but the Nu Audio app will not load when this happens. Just reset and try again. I've posted about this before and had replies from other people with the same problem. No fixes yet.
I think EVGA would be better off developing a USB dac/amp than trying to develop a pci sound card. Pretty sure the hiss noises are related to electrical interference related to GPU draw but I'm not educated enough to know exactly. I will say the hiss is worse with my 3090 kingpin than my 3080 or 1080 ti. Probably spent 100 hours changing stuff in my pc trying to find the source but no luck. I hope I'm just an anomaly and everyone else is happy with their cards and they sound the way they are supposed to. end rant

Are you using any riser cables in your computer?

I've tried almost a dozen different top of the line PCI PCIe sound cards over the years. Every single one of them, without exception, is noisier than my USB Centurion 7.1 headset.

BizSAR
... rolling my OP-Amps ...

Audiophiles are so cringe.
I "rolled" some food in the microwave.
Silly, silly.

External sound cards exist because this problem exists, and some times there is really nothing you can do to predict it other than buying stuff, finding out you suffer the problem, and buying other things to try to solve the problem. Not a great solution for everyone. Blaming the user for not being omnipotent isn't a great move. Even more, insulting them about their purchase choices without evidence...
Maybe EVGA will some day produce an external sound card to reduce the frequency of these complaints.
Neither of EVGA's NU Audio cards have been fully shielded. If nothing else, I guess that is a place EVGA could start.

So you are using a riser? Would you be able to try without the riser in use? Or did you remove it already?

if you’re selling the pro, i’m buying

ty_ger07

BizSAR
... rolling my OP-Amps ...

Audiophiles are so cringe.
I "rolled" some food in the microwave.
Silly, silly.

Caring about audio, sound and music...is cringe now?

BizSAR

0verfiend

ty_ger07

BizSAR
... rolling my OP-Amps ...

Audiophiles are so cringe.
I "rolled" some food in the microwave.
Silly, silly.

Caring about audio, sound and music...is cringe now?

Not at all. I guess it's "cringe" or something to ty_ger07 though.

"Rolling" is cringe. It has nothing to do with caring about audio, sound, or music. Why don't they call it what it is: "testing" or "trial-and-error" or "popping out and popping in"? It's just cringe. It's that cult koolaid speak.

You could quote my other reply and talk about the other reply I posted, if you want to further this discussion.