How to reduce coil whine from your Video Card

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  • "Coil Whine" is common on Video Cards these days, but sometimes you can get rid of most of it with this easy solution.
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  • @TheBigAndy86
    @TheBigAndy86 7 лет назад +4430

    I couldn't hear the coil whine over the coil whine on my gpu in the video.

    • @GahMehGrrrr
      @GahMehGrrrr 7 лет назад +46

      Couldn't hear over my AC :)

    • @knownuser09
      @knownuser09 7 лет назад +49

      Couldn't hear it over the fan noise on the video of them cards.

    • @edg6779
      @edg6779 7 лет назад +12

      even with headphones on and around 40 volume i couldn't hear it over my gpu, which was also inside a case

    • @GahMehGrrrr
      @GahMehGrrrr 7 лет назад +11

      I couldn't hear it over my super loud Hawaiian shorts.

    • @edg6779
      @edg6779 7 лет назад +5

      why did a word i type have a bug?

  • @GoldenJokered
    @GoldenJokered 4 года назад +1493

    Anything above 75 fps:
    My 2070 Super: I am a Bee now

    • @barood7588
      @barood7588 3 года назад +5

      GoldenJokered 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ImHaizen
      @ImHaizen 3 года назад +4

      Lmaoooo

    • @shirou8012
      @shirou8012 3 года назад +13

      Since Today my Msi 2070 Super does have extreme coul whine when above 60 Fps its so frustrating

    • @luiss5369
      @luiss5369 3 года назад +1

      I now rtx 2070s Asus :(

    • @GamingWithNick-ck5ck
      @GamingWithNick-ck5ck 3 года назад +14

      my freaking msi rtx 2070 too like wtf

  • @jordanranstead3016
    @jordanranstead3016 4 года назад +529

    Watching today with a 1070. I was originally concerned with the whine, but now I see it as the card singing to me

    • @gtxn4049
      @gtxn4049 4 года назад +8

      😂😂😂😂

    • @deadly_mir
      @deadly_mir 3 года назад +4

      @Sky ツ evidently its just your gpu working its @$$ off so its perfectly normal and doesnt harm anything

    • @HogSlopp
      @HogSlopp 3 года назад +6

      my card isnt singing its crying for help

    • @RaphaelSwinkels
      @RaphaelSwinkels 2 года назад

      my 1070 doesnt whine but my rx 5700xt damn its singing without load ;p

    • @preslavnedyalkov5432
      @preslavnedyalkov5432 2 года назад

      Holy shit me too

  • @ikari_smh
    @ikari_smh 4 года назад +261

    My 2070 Super: “Let me sing the song of my people.”

    • @marlonbrans1636
      @marlonbrans1636 4 года назад +1

      is it on most gpu's? i found out that almsot every gpu in recent years have done it some worse then others

    • @ikari_smh
      @ikari_smh 4 года назад +9

      @@marlonbrans1636 Most high end ones will make noise, because the shear amount of frames they can crank out. It doesn't bother me much, mine doesn't do it so bad that it's intolerable. Actually, I kinda like it. Just let's me know it's still alive.

    • @pgmurph301
      @pgmurph301 4 года назад +10

      Just got a pc with a 2070 super, and constantly hear a high pitched noise lol it’s annoying

    • @reeaqz7
      @reeaqz7 4 года назад

      Edward Murph same

    • @BertyBertsson
      @BertyBertsson 4 года назад +4

      @@marlonbrans1636 Same here and I have two cards. They sing a duet everytime I play games and because my PC is water cooled they're the only components that I can hear :-(

  • @AluminumHaste
    @AluminumHaste 7 лет назад +2108

    When you pay over 1200$ for a graphics card, you shouldn't have to reduce the workload to prevent coil whine.

    • @StahLHerZRocK
      @StahLHerZRocK 5 лет назад +27

      yes. Shit video

    • @ncg8224
      @ncg8224 5 лет назад +71

      2 years late. But I 100% agree, if you are paying $600-$800 for a GPU for performance. You SHOULDN'T have to reduce workload to lessen the noise

    • @pmAdministrator
      @pmAdministrator 5 лет назад +46

      You've understood all wrong, you're not reducing performance, you're just cutting away the shit that your GPU doesn't need to do and what it does regardless.

    • @ayro7736
      @ayro7736 4 года назад +22

      Did 1070 really cost 1200 three years ago?

    • @woreer9
      @woreer9 4 года назад +12

      @@ayro7736 during the mining craze that price wouldn't be unrealistic

  • @HeavyLikesSandwich
    @HeavyLikesSandwich 7 лет назад +1714

    Jay can you make a video on how to increase coil whine on my card? I prefer that over wife whine any day.

    • @wayge
      @wayge 7 лет назад +73

      put an extremely sensitive mic near gpu and hook it up to an extremely loud speaker

    • @filipsebik6138
      @filipsebik6138 7 лет назад +2

      Put a oscilator on any transformer and its guaranteed to make whining

    • @randalllawkin
      @randalllawkin 7 лет назад +5

      well I agree until she standing next to you naked in the final moments of LoL then you know what time it is

    • @Soter94
      @Soter94 7 лет назад +1

      Uuuuuh savage!

    • @D3monL3A1
      @D3monL3A1 7 лет назад +13

      overclock your gpu overvolt that bitch till its read hot and play some shity game from 2005 like half life 2 you wil have over a 1000 fps and your wife wont exist

  • @MushroomSevla
    @MushroomSevla 5 лет назад +112

    coil whine is my way to know my 970 is working when i open a game

    • @diorama-rama297
      @diorama-rama297 4 года назад +10

      I know you wrote this a year ago, but I just read this and it made me laugh... Thank you

    • @MushroomSevla
      @MushroomSevla 4 года назад +7

      @@diorama-rama297 my pleasure

    • @shaner15
      @shaner15 4 года назад +4

      I know you wrote this a year ago and replied 3 weeks ago, but I just read this and it made me laugh... Thank you

    • @MushroomSevla
      @MushroomSevla 4 года назад +3

      @@shaner15 you're welcome

    • @21skyfex
      @21skyfex 4 года назад

      true

  • @PavusthePug
    @PavusthePug 4 года назад +39

    My Nvidia GTX 970 when panning around in Unity: aight time to REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @theLuigiFan0007Productions
      @theLuigiFan0007Productions 3 года назад

      Similar problem myself, except it's panning around in GoldSrc games with vsync disabled.... 1K+ FPS causes the REEEEE. But that's a abnormal framerate, and Half-Life is old.

    • @77Arcturus
      @77Arcturus 2 года назад

      Yea UNITY seems to cause coil whine with the recent game releases of summer 2021 on RTX 2060.

  • @Globbs
    @Globbs 7 лет назад +519

    Watching video of GTX970 coil whine... Meanwhile turning up the volume so I can hear the video over my GTX970 coil whine.

    • @Globbs
      @Globbs 7 лет назад +1

      +Thomas Shera I have K boost turned on.

    • @LuX7251
      @LuX7251 7 лет назад +3

      Cant hear my gtx970, its alot more silent than my dreadfull cpu cooler

    • @PseudoResonance
      @PseudoResonance 7 лет назад +1

      -T-X-M- Can't hear my STRIX R9 380 either. I was like "AMD's known for coil whine??? Phew... not my problem..."

    • @Fiddlesticks86
      @Fiddlesticks86 7 лет назад

      Haha =) I have an ASUS Strix GTX970 and I'm happy to say mine has none of that coil whine =)

    • @Fiddlesticks86
      @Fiddlesticks86 7 лет назад +1

      Haha =) I have an ASUS Strix GTX970 and I'm happy to say mine has none of that coil whine =)

  • @longjohn526
    @longjohn526 7 лет назад +458

    The Solution is simple from an engineering (and Consumer) standpoint. Demand these idiots stop designing switching regulators that operate in the audio frequency range. Short of that stop using Chinese inductors and source quality ones from Japan that do not resonate. The difference in price is literally pennies
    Didn't they learn their lesson with all those bad Chinese caps ruining everyone's motherboards and video cards (and manufacturer's reputations) 10 years ago?
    The only noise you should hear from digital circuits are the whirring of the fans ..... If you are hearing anything else all that means is Beancounter Engineering has struck again ...... some corners just can't be cut

    • @bezmi
      @bezmi 5 лет назад +10

      The inductors are used to step voltages up or down in the GPU. They operate at a certain frequency and if this frequency is 20Hz-20kHz, you can hear the whine. it has nothing to do with the cooler.

    • @bezmi
      @bezmi 5 лет назад +2

      Well, non-reference GPUs might have a different design for the regulator circuitry which might remove the whine. Since the manufacturers don't usually disclose this stuff, it's down to you asking other people about their experiences/ reading reviews to figure out if the card has bad coil whine. I have a MSI GTX 1070 Armor OC and it whines pretty bad.

    • @mikegleasonjr
      @mikegleasonjr 5 лет назад +1

      @@bezmi maybe also the cooler has a PWM signal in the audible range.

    • @tooitchy
      @tooitchy 5 лет назад +6

      @Calamity It's not Nvidias fault, or AMD's fault, they use the inductors that work best for the card, those that last the longest, can withstand the highest heat, etc. Some are more prone to whining than others, but it's not the card manufacturers "fault", it's just the nature of electromagnetism. Watch buildzoids video where he explains it in depth. "rambling about coil whine" from the channel "actually hardcore overclocking".

    • @cloudysheep6108
      @cloudysheep6108 5 лет назад +3

      What does it do with Chinese inductors tho? You live under a rock or what?

  • @LastChanceGaming2011
    @LastChanceGaming2011 6 лет назад +10

    The v-sync method worked instantly for my gtx 1070 armor. Thanks Jay!

  • @MrSeiferX
    @MrSeiferX 5 лет назад +96

    1:16 I lowered my FPS from Unlimited to 100fps (my monitor is 100hz) and the whine immediately stopped on my 1080ti. Thank you!

    • @sambarwise9791
      @sambarwise9791 4 года назад +1

      this helps so much. Its completely gone now!

    • @heffern8359
      @heffern8359 4 года назад

      Thank you so much

    • @DreamingConcepts
      @DreamingConcepts 3 года назад

      what game was that?
      I tried in COD Warzone at 60fps with Vsync ON in Nvidea Control Panel but the sound is still louder than the fans (I've got the GTX 1080ti)

    • @PCuser0137
      @PCuser0137 3 года назад

      @r33mote + it reduces input lag aswell (for example unlocked 70-100 FPS will have more input lag than locked 60)

    • @Brodovitch8
      @Brodovitch8 3 года назад

      @@PCuser0137 no its the inverse, more fps you have, less input lag you have, but yeah its recommend to limit fps to not overheat your card

  • @King_Kong_Song
    @King_Kong_Song 7 лет назад +486

    "Have you ever gotten a new graphics card, loaded a game, and heard this?"
    Turns up speakers...
    ... Nothing

    • @CGFUN829
      @CGFUN829 4 года назад +2

      lmao!!!!!!!!!!

    • @Ndlanding
      @Ndlanding 4 года назад +1

      On my studio monitors... Nothing. Certainly not "whine", anyway.

    • @Moloch6666
      @Moloch6666 4 года назад +4

      finally I get some value from my $3000 headphone setup ;D

    • @yotoprules9361
      @yotoprules9361 4 года назад +2

      and I thought my hearing was bad. I have cheap headphones and heard it just fine

    • @yotoprules9361
      @yotoprules9361 4 года назад

      @Revolvin Goatt I have HD 202s and I can hear it perfectly.

  • @bloodygrundel5907
    @bloodygrundel5907 7 лет назад +287

    1:08 *Instantly goes to make a gif*
    1:10 *Instantly called it*

    • @danknasty661
      @danknasty661 7 лет назад +26

      please provide link of said gif, i need it..............bad

    • @talltony7290
      @talltony7290 7 лет назад +17

      media.giphy.com/media/l0HlLDi9gwIciViww/giphy.gif

    • @boijorzee
      @boijorzee 7 лет назад +2

      That is gold!

    • @Alupl
      @Alupl 5 лет назад

      Lol epic one ;D That's exactly what i wanted to do after watching this 1st time :P
      The best explanation for non-technical ppl i have ever seen :D

  • @Caesaurus
    @Caesaurus 7 лет назад +171

    I didn't notice the damn thing until I saw your video. Now it's magically amplified _A LOT!!_ ):-O

    • @CGFUN829
      @CGFUN829 4 года назад +4

      lamoooooooooo

  • @XLGaming
    @XLGaming 3 года назад +10

    My 1050TI: this is a song I learned from my family. It goes like this: BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

  • @ImpactedWhisper
    @ImpactedWhisper 7 лет назад +61

    It's funny I've been messing around with computers both hardware and software since I was 8 or 9 and I never even knew coil whine was a thing until I got a new 1070 and played an older game that didn't have any frame capping turn on, then bam my PC turns in to a drag race with squeaky tires! Thanks for this it's helped me loads!

    • @amd9918
      @amd9918 4 года назад

      haha hahaha

    • @adamsonntag5755
      @adamsonntag5755 3 года назад

      Same

    • @ers6860
      @ers6860 2 года назад +1

      bioshock remaster killed my brain with coil whine

    • @RedBullBrothers
      @RedBullBrothers 2 года назад

      This explains why I get the worst coil whine on Stalker SOC main menu screen xD

  • @TheNielsAlmelo
    @TheNielsAlmelo 7 лет назад +139

    i guess my headset does not pick up the noise from the video

    • @-ragingpotato-937
      @-ragingpotato-937 7 лет назад +8

      put up the volume.

    • @ts7936
      @ts7936 7 лет назад +9

      mine either, or mine has coil whine and I cant hear the video one :[

    • @greystash1750
      @greystash1750 7 лет назад +1

      Doesn't help +Omar

    • @-ragingpotato-937
      @-ragingpotato-937 7 лет назад

      Grey Stash
      Plug in headphones and turn up the volume, maybe your speakers are too weak.

    • @greystash1750
      @greystash1750 7 лет назад +1

      Omar I have a computer purely for gaming, I don't even have sound in my room from anywhere but my fans at full RPM and my headset, I can't hear any coil whine, could hear it in Linus' whenever that was, may have been because the camera/microphone was right next to it.

  • @kwedl
    @kwedl 3 года назад +7

    I hate when you look up for help with coil whine and everyone just says "use headphones" "turn up volume" "move PC to another room"
    Very helpful.

    • @jakeroski5678
      @jakeroski5678 3 года назад

      well because there isnt a actual fix to coil whine, there is only workarounds. thats it :/ im sure you figured that out by now though

  • @kayo1761
    @kayo1761 Год назад +19

    For those who has this issue, you can cut some slices of thermal pad(2mm thick or more), fill in the gaps of the coils, put one extra layer of 0.5-1mm thick thermal pad on the coils and screw on the vapor chamber to compress the thermal pad. If its still whining, put some thermal pad on the back of the pcb where the coils fit, and screw on the backplate. Just clean out those extra thermal pad when sent for repair and you will be fine without breaking the warranty. It's caused by the vibration of the coils, so if you compress the coils firmly with thermal pads, it surly will stop.

  • @bumflufftornado
    @bumflufftornado 7 лет назад +6

    Great topic. Had a Gigabyte GTX 1070 with massive coil whine and we couldn't get it to stop. Ended up exchanging it for the MSI Gaming X and there was a massive improvement. The store was originally very reluctant to let us return it but we managed to talk them into it since it was next day.

  • @Nateson
    @Nateson 7 лет назад +10

    When I built my first computer I used a Radeon R9 280. It sounded like a fly that never died and always buzzed around. Glad I upgraded to the gtx980

  • @FreeZatE
    @FreeZatE 4 года назад +37

    And almost 4 years later coil whine is still a thing. Good job Nvidia. Finally do something!

    • @DevSecOpsAI
      @DevSecOpsAI 2 года назад +1

      @@rbsmokez4682 I changed one 150$ cooler and screw it so hard that I broke the screws, now bought another just to find OUT THAT THE SQUEAKING IS MADE BY MY RTX, AND I only game once a week or so mostly I work, but that sound is killing me I swear

    • @admiredgsu1217
      @admiredgsu1217 2 года назад

      @@rbsmokez4682 i cant with this stupid sound in games, if i pay this much for a prebuilt then why do i have to fix the coil whine in it

    • @sl7sos
      @sl7sos Год назад

      3090 & I still hear it drilling my brain

    • @johnnysilverhand--
      @johnnysilverhand-- 11 месяцев назад

      @@sl7sos same, its a 3070, sounds like a fck bee

  • @liljrkid302
    @liljrkid302 7 лет назад

    I saw the thumbnail after god know how long and still had a hardy laugh about it, top quality stuff

  • @mikemchale2513
    @mikemchale2513 7 лет назад +49

    the fuck do you use to record this stuff? that quality is fucking great

    • @nicklong27
      @nicklong27 7 лет назад +63

      A super potato. Like a regular potato but more.... super.

    • @Gershy13
      @Gershy13 7 лет назад +5

      Sony FS5

    • @Pazo139
      @Pazo139 7 лет назад

      Shadowplay

    • @Gershy13
      @Gershy13 7 лет назад

      ***** he didnt use that at all today.

    • @Aurienx
      @Aurienx 7 лет назад +19

      literally the last uploaded vid tells you about this.

  • @jonathanschultz2472
    @jonathanschultz2472 7 лет назад +29

    "if you hear this noise" **hears nothing**

    • @Eskmm1
      @Eskmm1 7 лет назад +8

      it sounds like terrible, cant stand whine in any electronics

    • @mikey7326
      @mikey7326 7 лет назад +2

      Same here, mic's not close enough.

    • @jonathanschultz2472
      @jonathanschultz2472 7 лет назад +2

      Eskmm1 I know the sound it's just in the video I hear nothing... probably my speakers....

    • @themanwiththepan
      @themanwiththepan 7 лет назад

      I love whine because I need that white noise

    • @GuvernorDave
      @GuvernorDave 7 лет назад

      I'm listening on studio reference monitors (20Hz-20kHz frequency response) and even turning them way up i couldn't hear anything but the ambience and fan noise.

  • @Veledan
    @Veledan Год назад +14

    Here I am years later, in December of '22 and I was able to purchase a 4090; the Asus Tuf edition - and the card is apparently one of the models that's known for coil whine. Seems like a good card otherwise, so I was wanting to learn what I can do to mitigate it should I not win the GPU lottery and end up with a noisy card in my system. Not surprised that you have a video about it Jay. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

    • @christophermullins7163
      @christophermullins7163 Год назад

      That is unfortunate sir. My gtx 1080 has never made a peep. Hopefully the 3070 I am looking at buying is also quiet. It is a surprisingly loud problem.

    • @ZarkiGaming
      @ZarkiGaming Год назад

      @@christophermullins7163 lul i'm from 1080 to 3070 and i have coil whine

    • @actionXandXcut
      @actionXandXcut Год назад

      im about to make the purchase aswell, how significantn is the coil whine?

    • @ZarkiGaming
      @ZarkiGaming Год назад

      @@actionXandXcut it's like electric sound on the graphic card you can see on youtube

    • @PKmuffdiver
      @PKmuffdiver Год назад +2

      My MSI 4090 sounds like a kid put a fucking playing card in the spokes of his bike. I can't fucking believe it. I cant wait to see how little they care.

  • @sonnentaugnu2184
    @sonnentaugnu2184 4 года назад +7

    Thank you for the Video! I was really confused, when I bought my Zotac RTX 2070 and heard that noise after one day of gaming.

  • @celcius_87
    @celcius_87 6 лет назад +4

    Thanks for raising awareness about this. Coil whine needs to be a solved problem.

  • @SkylerWallaceUS
    @SkylerWallaceUS 7 лет назад +11

    Hey Jay, I loved that you decided to address coil whine in a video because I once owned a R9 Nano but I sold it because of coil whine. However, I'm disappointed you didn't address that you can minimize the coil whine through hardware. I've heard that you can hot glue the capacitors to minimize vibration and thus reduce the coil whine. That's why I love your channel, you showed me that you can take the shroud off a GPU and replace the thermal paste (rather sloppily too). I hope you make a follow up to this video with a possible hardware fix. Please upvote this comment so Jay can see it.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 7 лет назад +4

      Ofcourse glueing it will help, but also void your warranty.

    • @julianschneck7748
      @julianschneck7748 7 лет назад +3

      dont glue capacitors ! they dont are the reason for the coil whine. The reasons are as the Name sais the coils. Maybe it would help ,if you glued them.

    • @Mythricia1988
      @Mythricia1988 7 лет назад +2

      Capacitors are innocent D: It's the chokes/inductors (same thing).

    • @SkylerWallaceUS
      @SkylerWallaceUS 7 лет назад

      Mr _schnaegg Mythricia I know it's not the capacitors, I didn't know exactly what was responsible for coil whine and didn't feel like researching so I just used "capacitors" as a placeholder word.

    • @tarnvedra9952
      @tarnvedra9952 7 лет назад

      That is for the coils without cover, most coils on graphics cards are encased in something. You would have to drill them out. Just RMA cards like that, after all they whine solely because manufacturer fucked up coil encasing.

  • @Qwertypp10
    @Qwertypp10 7 лет назад +10

    You can also limit fps and coil whine in AMD cards, by driver option. For example my last Sapphire HD7970 was coil whineing above 200-250fps.

  • @AndreaDragotta
    @AndreaDragotta 4 года назад +6

    Thank you very much for this video! I just assembled my first desktop pc, and was a little bit worried when my rx 570 was making this weird sound. Looked it up and in about 10 seconds I found your video which explained exactly my problem. At least now I know it's nothing weird.

    • @fayzaan2030
      @fayzaan2030 6 месяцев назад

      bought XFX rx570 abt a week ago and have been having this coil whine, ur comment is 3 yrs old so pls tell me that this sound is nothing to worry abt.

    • @AndreaDragotta
      @AndreaDragotta 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@fayzaan2030 the sound was annoying, but it wasn't a problem. However, my specific setup wasn't working correctly, so I've given the graphics card to a friend of mine that used it without any issue

    • @fayzaan2030
      @fayzaan2030 6 месяцев назад

      @@AndreaDragotta oh ok glad to know that its not a problem, also do yk any way to fix it or should i go get it checked maybe

    • @AndreaDragotta
      @AndreaDragotta 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@fayzaan2030 i don't really know how to fix it, even though it seemed that changing the orientation of the pc might help (I tried inclining it sometimes). Getting it checked it's surely not a bad move

  • @Grumbledookvid
    @Grumbledookvid Год назад +4

    6 years on and this is still a major problem. Wtf are people doing?

  • @RTDragonCommando
    @RTDragonCommando 7 лет назад +15

    I always recommend using the frame rate limiter in any game that has one, over using V-sync. I run most of my games limited to 62-65fps depending on the game, on my 60hz 1080p monitor that seems to completely remove tearing and reduced gpu load.
    Interestingly, I've found limiting the frame rate (not using V-sync) to exactly your refresh rate seems to make tearing worse.

  • @shanerisa5904
    @shanerisa5904 6 лет назад

    Subscribed dude! Hello JayTwoCents family !

  • @ottoyu101
    @ottoyu101 7 лет назад

    Great informative video Jay, Thanks!

  • @philipdijkstra
    @philipdijkstra 7 лет назад +10

    I'm from the walkman generation. Here's how to quick fix your issue with coilwine. Walkaround around with an old walkman and 90s music for about a week. You will never hear coilwhine again!

  • @MattsPaddock
    @MattsPaddock 7 лет назад +8

    I'm really digging that beard Jay, suits you good! :)

  • @cotabam
    @cotabam 7 лет назад +2

    i switched my psu and it workd, saw this video kind of late, thnx for the info, i love you

  • @vintageandmorelli
    @vintageandmorelli 4 года назад +1

    I'm having a bit of a different problem. Just finished building my rig and my GPU is sending this weird buzzing sound through my speakers. It changes pitch as I move my mouse around in game, and it stops immediately as I minimize the game (any game really). Also, the pitch changes as I play around with the V-Sync in game. Could be the frequencies colliding with the speakers and the GPU.
    Here are the components that I have:
    CPU: i7 8700
    GPU: Asus Strix GTX 1660ti
    RAM: 16gigs HyperX Predator
    Mobo: Asus Prime z370-a II
    Any ideas what could it be and how to fix/bypass it?

    • @EdRushman
      @EdRushman 4 года назад

      Same thing here. For years. Did you find a solution? I just started going after this problem again today. Horrible in headphones, not just the speakers.No sound from the card itself at all, and I've changed video and audio cards. Thought of ferrite cores around something, not sure what.

  • @AD-xc1qz
    @AD-xc1qz 4 года назад +27

    You could try a burn-in test with a benchmark program such as 3DMark Firestrike, Unigine Valley or EVGAs OC Scanner X. Burn-in testing with those programs should last for at least 4 hours, and going as long as 8 hours, if not overnight. This can often help the coil settle in and reduce the intensity of the noise, if not eliminate it completely. It helped to reduce the DB level of coil whine by 70% on my Radeon VII. I was so pissed off, when installed the water block. AMD did a very "good" job by hiding the coli whine with the loud sound of their fans... AMD sucks in that point. My next graphics card will be NVidia for sure. And I will take it back before money back time frame ends, if coil whine happens again..

    • @yunsha9986
      @yunsha9986 Год назад +14

      2 years late, but don't bother mate. It's same everywhere, I have an Asus ROG Strix 3080 Ti Gaming OC, it started whining after 6month of usage, whines in every game now as long as it's over 60 fps. Although undervolting does reduce the noise, I don't recommend doing that cause it probably lowers fps because less power is supplied to your card, which you probably want to OC instead.

    • @vovin8132
      @vovin8132 Год назад +5

      @@yunsha9986 My stupid 3080 is now producing loud coil whine. Ironically, this didn't happen after taking it apart several times to thermal paste it up for mining, but rather a year later after sitting in sealed storage for a few months. Fantastic.

    • @rahul-qm9fi
      @rahul-qm9fi Год назад +1

      I stress tested my gpu yesterday and now it has coil whine 😭

  • @19805093
    @19805093 5 лет назад +7

    I have an amd reference card, it get’s so hot and loud this coil whine is like music to my ears.

  • @gtf600
    @gtf600 2 года назад +1

    Me, literally just scrolling any webpage.
    My 6900XT: NOW IS MY TIME TO SING

  • @extinctionistrecordsblackm6380
    @extinctionistrecordsblackm6380 3 года назад

    i even get coil whine at 30fps, 60fps, and its arguably even more annoying at those frames because its lower pitched and even louder. i tried swapping out my powersupply but same thing. i tried multiple graphics cards and they all have some variant of it, but its worse on the gtx 1080. what could be causing this? is it the motherboard?

  • @Moonlightgirlful
    @Moonlightgirlful 7 лет назад +12

    I get coil whine when i'm scrolling up and down my page o_o
    What have I done!?

  • @mvl71
    @mvl71 7 лет назад +10

    Just bought, after days of comparing specs and whatnot, an Asus Rog Strix RX580 T8G.
    I chose it over others because, amongst other things, Asus claims it is a very silent card.
    Yes, the fans are silent, that's true. But it whines like crazy even when not under too much stress (I only play Elite Dangerous, which isn't too demanding anyway, 1080p on Ultra, on a regular lcd pal tv).
    I'm going to return it. They better accept it because if you're advertizing the damn thing as being very silent, I expect it to be very silent.

  • @wolfivr8764
    @wolfivr8764 2 года назад

    idk why but i sudenly got that sound. never had it before. i got the rx6800xt 16gb gpu and an ryzen 9 and i bought it last year. i notised the sound when i was runing a new blender project and it was doing it everytime i rotated the camra with my pc mouse. what can that be? do mine sound more higher frquensy and static

  • @UndyingFalcon
    @UndyingFalcon 4 года назад +1

    This was uploaded on my birthday but only just now noticed, and it's Christmas today so it's like a double present! 🙃
    Happy Holidays everyone!

  • @mikesierra14
    @mikesierra14 7 лет назад +3

    I've had coilwhine ever since i got my new computer, and the site i ordered it from says they wont fix it.

  • @Puremindgames
    @Puremindgames 7 лет назад +39

    "turned it on and heard this-"
    * turns speakers up *
    "still can't hear anything"

  • @oMqngo
    @oMqngo 3 года назад

    so i have this buzzing comming from somewhere in the middle of my laptop and im not sure if its the gpu... i only hear it if i play minecraft. now, i have set some setting to low so i get a bit more fps and reduce lagg just to keep tht in mind... can i just ignore it? or is it going to at some point affect my system?

    • @dhanajon5528
      @dhanajon5528 3 года назад

      another way to fix gpu coil whine is to enable "display pointer trails" im not even joking

  • @CallMeSoniram
    @CallMeSoniram 3 года назад

    I have a new kfa2 rtx 2060 super having coil whine, even when i don't play games you can listen to the card buzzing cause of my open-frame case, sometimes more, sometimes less, powered by a corsair hx750i 80plus platinum, both new. My question is, there is any chance that coil whine is produced cause my psu cannot haddle the power that the card needs, or my psu is powerful enough to power the card and psu's doesn't have anything to do with coil whine at all?

  • @user-ke7mx3vk7k
    @user-ke7mx3vk7k 3 года назад +4

    1:07 my brother when he’s mad

  • @Jaska1
    @Jaska1 7 лет назад +20

    Got dual GTX 970, good thing I have tinnitus, I suppose?

  • @themythicoak
    @themythicoak 5 лет назад

    Thanks for explaining what Coil whine is. I have been wondering if there was something wrong with my GTX 1080. But now that I know it's a common thing. I don't have to worry about it anymore. I wear headphones all the time when gaming so it's not a big deal for me. Great video!

    • @momcilo4831
      @momcilo4831 2 года назад

      Thank you for this comment so i dont have to watch the video. Mine has that sound too i thought it was broken or smth lol.

  • @henriquesvitor
    @henriquesvitor 3 года назад

    1660 super ex galax do it but i can only hear when i get closer to it bbzzzz not loud, and with vsync don't happen any sound.

  • @joenodden
    @joenodden 5 лет назад +4

    It's so hard to hear the coil whine over my current setups fan noise. Even with headphones.

  • @DAGATHire
    @DAGATHire 7 лет назад +20

    Is there a possibility of this being some sort of high frequency sound, whereby some people can't hear it? Because i have maxed the volume and im wearing headphones and i detect no audible difference AT ALL in the section where he's doing the vsync on off stuff... to apparently show the difference. Reading the comments i see lot's off people don't hear any difference either. I do however hear the fan/s spinning pretty hard. Fan noise... But that's it. I don't hear anything else and certainly no difference.. So the question is out there, is this some sort of high frequency noise? Because i have seen those funny vids about what noises some of us can and can't hear. So.... the question is out there... maybe im not the first to ask.
    P.S
    I have excellent hearing

    • @DAGATHire
      @DAGATHire 7 лет назад +4

      In response to myself!!! I looked at that Linus vid from 2013 about coil whine and i can CLEARLY hear it in that vid! And it's nasty shit! That's honestly the first time i have every heard it...
      I can only assume that this is an issue with the audio in this vid, perhaps Jay has super sensitive hearing and thought that people would be able to hear it correctly, but that's not the case. Read the comments, lots of people can't hear it, but having tried other vids abut coil whine, i now know that i'm not deaf. It exists and i can detect it. Just not in this vid.

    • @Tephnos
      @Tephnos 7 лет назад +1

      Hard to describe really but in the 'off' the whine was much higher pitched, and then 'on' it was more like a grindy lower pitch noise.

    • @DAGATHire
      @DAGATHire 7 лет назад +1

      just read my reply to myself above mate. You will see where i'm coming from. I can only guess that the people who hear the whine in this vid, have really high end audio or more likely are just very sensitive to that particular frequency. On the plus side, people with perfectly good hearing but who can't hear those frequencies in fact have a sort of advantage...

    • @t4iga121
      @t4iga121 7 лет назад

      but very likely garbage headphones or no idea what to listen for. Modder Fostex T50RP. Can hear the coil whine perfectly fine.

    • @dar._
      @dar._ 7 лет назад

      It is what would be considered somewhat high frequency, but well within human range, even for older people like myself. Some cards don't do it at all, some cards a little, and some cards would make even Lou Ferrigno shudder with how .loud. it is in certain situations, not how high pitched the frequency is. Granted I have very nice headphones through an external dac/amp, but I also know exactly what to listen for, which helps, which isn't being a prick, if you've never encountered bad coil whine, consider yourself lucky. The difference is night and day in the example Jay just gave, although not the clearest audio example. TLDR ; Some faint coil whine may be hard to hear for some, but bad coil whine is universally annoying to all.

  • @kotaspremiere2931
    @kotaspremiere2931 4 года назад

    Does coil whine get louder with fan speed? i bumped up my fans to 100% and it almost sounded louder or more noticable. Now the noise i'm hearing sounds similar to coil whine and it comes and goes depending on what im doing on my pc, but at the same time i am worried my brand new gpu may be faulty as when i play final fantasy xiv i have a weird brightness flicker going on in the game that according to research is apparently a issue between the game and nvidia and others have said they see this issue right before their card dies. I am just a bit worried is all since this was my first build and i still pretty much have no experience with gpu's and things.

  • @Vusha100
    @Vusha100 2 года назад

    Modern screens all have some form of Vsync, whether it's AMD or Nvidia's G-sync. They are made to sync with the graphic card to offer the best performance and tear-free experience you could possibly get. Having VSync turned on is a No brainer. The lesson is learned and thanks for the advice Jay

  • @ooh-ahh
    @ooh-ahh 7 лет назад +8

    0:07 - 0:13 very helpful to continue playing music in the background. again.

  • @SarcasticDragonGaming
    @SarcasticDragonGaming 7 лет назад +4

    Also I just realized he looks like Dr. House in this episode

  • @duncanfirth
    @duncanfirth 5 лет назад

    Whats the best way to find if it's coil whine, I have vega 64 gigabyte with custom fan. When I boot the machine on the dans don't spin at first but make so much noise untill they start spinning then it goes away and all I can hear are the fans

  • @xkernalsandersx
    @xkernalsandersx 4 года назад +2

    I've had so many issues with my desktop and found it was the CPU - but some coil whine started on the 2070 Super and I freaked out. You calmed me down 😊

    • @prez2451
      @prez2451 4 года назад +2

      I thought my 2070 super was fkked lmao

    • @AmaryIIion
      @AmaryIIion Год назад

      So for you it randomly happened one day? I just started hearing a buzzing noise just now after owning my 6650xt for a few months. I hope it's coil whine but ill never be able to tell from a video.

  • @chomper720
    @chomper720 7 лет назад +3

    Why not use FPS cap? Something like Nvidia inspector, Rivatuner or AMDs FPS target control? :D

  • @GuvernorDave
    @GuvernorDave 7 лет назад +190

    I cranked my speakers and heard...nothing

    • @DarrenCoull
      @DarrenCoull 7 лет назад +3

      Same here - crappy speakers? Or maybe the 24-port 3750G Cisco switch roaring away behind me might have something to do with it? Or I am just too old to hear it anymore? (more likely) - anyway, not likely an issue with my 5770 GPU :-)

    • @Pushing_Pixels
      @Pushing_Pixels 7 лет назад +4

      Same. I still don't know what coil whine sounds like.

    • @j.j.abramskilledstarwars7078
      @j.j.abramskilledstarwars7078 7 лет назад +9

      if you had it, you would know how it sounds like :D
      its a very specific noise..

    • @TechKnowScope
      @TechKnowScope 7 лет назад +2

      If you don't hear it at 5:17 you won't and you've got nothing to worry about.

    • @Pushing_Pixels
      @Pushing_Pixels 7 лет назад +4

      Nope. I must be too old. Is it a really high frequency?

  • @samfisher5302
    @samfisher5302 3 года назад

    Watching this in 2021 loll. I’m running an EVGA GTX 1660 and I was going nuts trying to figure out where that noise was coming from. Thanks Jay! 🙌

  • @irfanhafif7866
    @irfanhafif7866 10 месяцев назад +2

    I got used to coil whine so much that when i don't hear the sound i think my graphic card isn't working

  • @sponro
    @sponro 7 лет назад +6

    I just watched this video because i started to experience a coil whine with my GPU, hilariously its the promoted EVGA GTX 1070 FTW at the beginning of the video. Oh the irony.

  • @indexMemories
    @indexMemories 6 лет назад +11

    The real way of reducing coil whine is having an electronics engineer fill those whiny inductors with a 2 component adhesive. It's a known trick among 970 owners.

  • @deavonw
    @deavonw 6 лет назад

    Thank you. Very helpful for a stop gap fix. I actually thought it was the fan making the noise for the longest time.

  • @ikiwyu
    @ikiwyu 6 лет назад +1

    Can this be caused by power supplies? Im a little ticked because I just got a 1070ti and whenever I try to play something newer than half life 2 I get a buzzing sound

  • @HimselfXD
    @HimselfXD 7 лет назад +7

    The console command fps_max 100 might fix that in csgo without adding the input lag that is very noticeable in csgo.

    • @disk0__
      @disk0__ 7 лет назад +4

      I just wrote a comment but in cs generally more frames = more responsive, even on my 144hz monitor 300+ fps feels better than 150. 3kliksphilip's video on the topic is pretty good, I'd recommend if I sound (somewhat understandably) crazy

    • @ubertiger151
      @ubertiger151 7 лет назад

      yea, but not having vsync enabled causes screen tearing .. :/, i have V-Sync enabled and did fps_max 59 so i have no lag

    • @csjdruid434
      @csjdruid434 7 лет назад

      Thats not input lag lol

    • @HimselfXD
      @HimselfXD 7 лет назад

      Screen tearing doesn't happen often in csgo and V-Sync definitely adds input lag. With V-Sync on move your mouse around quickly and then do the same with it off. You will notice the cross-hair slides the way you moved it but after you moved it when V-Sync is on. I guess some people might feel it more but it effects my game-play greatly.

    • @ubertiger151
      @ubertiger151 7 лет назад

      screen tearing is eye cancer.. thats why i enable it in every game... i fixed this mouse lag with fps_max 59

  • @so_cold7776
    @so_cold7776 7 лет назад +3

    i get coil whine from my GTX1070 FTW when i start up or i am in the menu for Euro truck simulator 2 where i have around 2-3 thousand fps

    • @courtlygamer8769
      @courtlygamer8769 4 года назад

      Dam bro the 70's are really always suffering from coil whine cause my freaking 2070 has coil whine

  • @JulianUccetta
    @JulianUccetta 4 года назад +1

    Old video, but coil whine seems to be a huge issue with FE 20 series GPUs from Nvidia. Buildzoid did a good rant video about coil whine and he explains how one can fix it. Some high-temp hot glue or silicone AROUND (not on top!) of the inductors should help a lot by reducing the high frequency vibrations :)

  • @youtreetree1006
    @youtreetree1006 Год назад

    This video has really helped me understand coil whine in my gaming laptop as well thank u so much!

  • @marky5204
    @marky5204 6 лет назад +13

    LMAO i Couldnt hear the coil whine cus my graphics card sounded the same

  • @CSmasterBG
    @CSmasterBG 6 лет назад +3

    When my gpu is on high load there's coil whine coming from my headphones aswell.

  • @aarontrozzi8078
    @aarontrozzi8078 5 лет назад

    Just curious though, is it okay though. I'm new to the world of PC gaming and I just started to experience this after bumping some of the settings up (it's really not too loud). I dont really mind the sound all that much, I'm just wondering if it could potentially kill my 1070ti.

  • @squizi7090
    @squizi7090 3 года назад

    SOO there is no problme if the coil whine dont bother me
    will effect the gpu or damage it with long term of use and gaming ?

  • @tapman1277
    @tapman1277 7 лет назад +6

    TL;DR - Turn on Vsync, RMA (maybe)
    Some good tips Jay for some less experienced users but I was hoping you were going to show us some secret setting in Precision X or something. ;-)

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 7 лет назад +1

      Vsync might include input lag.
      and if you rma the card you might get another one that whines as bad.

    • @taiefmiah
      @taiefmiah 7 лет назад +1

      try playing with voltage. its to do with resonance and the voltage and current are linked to that. It's quite long to explain

    • @yourcurtainsareugly
      @yourcurtainsareugly 7 лет назад

      I thought he might do something insane like start covering coils in hot glue or something. The Vsync/RMA tip is useful, but really TL;DR. Doesn't need a 7 min video.

    • @Mythricia1988
      @Mythricia1988 7 лет назад

      I think hot glue probably won't seep into the microscopic cavities to stop whine, but something like electronics potting compound (i.e. epoxy) might do it. In fact, once my whiny 780Ti's become retired, I might try exactly that!

    • @yourcurtainsareugly
      @yourcurtainsareugly 7 лет назад

      I just brought up hot glue since that's how the legends go. It comes up every now in then in computer forum discussions on coil whine, not because it's a particularly good idea, especially when GPUs can get above hot glue temps. Still, might work if you can keep it cool, just to provide a little vibration dampening. Not sure what the mechanical difference between glue and epoxy would be in terms of "microscopic cavities" or what the acoustic effect would be. You have any insight on this?

  • @joonaslaakkonen8624
    @joonaslaakkonen8624 6 лет назад +8

    I heard it at over 400fps from my headphones...

  • @rosenlubenov4677
    @rosenlubenov4677 6 лет назад

    Hi guys! I need a bit of help😌 The other day I bought GTX 1080 from Gigabyte and I start having that problem and I dont know because when I try to hear where it coming from it looks like its from the card and as well from the PSU. I dont know what do to and if I not return it idk if it will brake from that. Should I return it or just keep it??

  • @user-ph1ob6nj7i
    @user-ph1ob6nj7i 2 года назад

    I can hear "coil whine" sounds but not in the PC case, but in my audio monitors. I hear constantly like a soft robotic murmur, and when I scroll in programs like Adobe Bridge, I can hear stronger noises when the screen is updated. So, it seems to be related to GPU. I don't have a PCI GPU right now, only the iGPU from the 12700k. Is it coil whine? Or interference? My mother is MSI Pro Z690 WiFi (but I am not using WiFi). My audio monitors are connected directly to the integrated sound card. I should try using a USB sound card with balanced cables, but... What do you think the problem is?

  • @kayhs5703
    @kayhs5703 3 года назад +4

    My gtx 1660: wtf does silent as a fox mean?

  • @KieranDevvs
    @KieranDevvs 7 лет назад +18

    Lol VSYNC on CS. Yeah that's an option.

    • @xGxPhantomZzz
      @xGxPhantomZzz 7 лет назад +4

      nope, Vsync is NEVER the option

    • @KieranDevvs
      @KieranDevvs 7 лет назад +6

      xGxPhantom Zzz
      www.google.co.uk/search?sclient=psy-ab&client=firefox-b-ab&btnG=Search&q=sarcasm+definition

    • @KieranDevvs
      @KieranDevvs 7 лет назад

      ***** CS polls device input on each frame render, it's similar to OpenGL's poll input event where it has to be manually called. If you limit the frame draw you limit polling.

    • @jiki776
      @jiki776 6 лет назад +1

      "Fast" Vsync in Nvidia Control Panel, no lag input

  • @Michelle-Schmidt
    @Michelle-Schmidt 3 года назад

    LOL! Because of this video i changed my maximum fps from unlimited to 100, the sound dissappeared instantly! Thank you man! It sounded like a super loud kind of tinnitus.

  • @erwjel8281
    @erwjel8281 2 года назад

    I know the vid is old but i just changed my mobo/cpu/ram and the gpu started having more coil whine than usual. Before it only happened in certain parts of some games, now it's the same as in your vid. I have to turn vsync on and it goes completely silent. Can mobo /cpu config affect this? The card is a gtx 1080 strix w ryzen 7 1700 and 16 gb ram

  • @joeyolivo426
    @joeyolivo426 3 года назад +3

    anyone else here because of the 30 series
    Edit: THE NEW GEFORCE DRIVER THAT DROPPED ON THE 15TH MADE IT SO I COULDNT RUN COLD WAR IN MAX SETTINGS ON 1440P SO I ROLLED BACK AND COIL WHINE AND PERFORMANCE ARE FINE 👌

  • @MrCombatgiraffe
    @MrCombatgiraffe 7 лет назад +7

    i had to turn the volume up quite a bit just to hear what the noise was. xD

  • @mihairepsol
    @mihairepsol 2 года назад

    Dude you are the best!

  • @offseteraofficialband
    @offseteraofficialband 4 года назад

    I'm curious why you didn't bring up adding an additional PCI sound card sometimes coil whine can be caused by electro magnetic interference inside your PC in if you're using integrated sound you might need to go to pci I sound card. The graphics card wine on my system is only coming through my speakers not the system itself.

  • @spectre6262
    @spectre6262 7 лет назад +49

    i get coil whine in my power supply

    • @emperorSbraz
      @emperorSbraz 7 лет назад +41

      congratulations, you have a valid ammunition for a catapult. at least that's what i'd do. XD

    • @kainhall
      @kainhall 7 лет назад

      my corsair HX850 (the older style) does NOT whine....
      send yours in....that doesnt seem right for a corsair PSU....or any PSU worth trusting at least

    • @TheE54
      @TheE54 7 лет назад

      Same PSU, mine also has coil whine

    • @TheoryZero
      @TheoryZero 7 лет назад +2

      My old OCZ PSU had so bad CW I had to buy a new one, recently I threw it
      into my GF's gaming rig, and it was so bad, even when it was over under
      her table, that I tried to fix it.
      Ended up epoxy in and up around the coil and it's ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE! It is almost never there now, only in some wired random cases, and even then it's only there for a couple seconds, so putting epoxy/superglue/whatever on a coil, DOES work, but not always. :)

    • @ArenaShootercfg
      @ArenaShootercfg 7 лет назад

      I'll make your coil whine ;) kill me

  • @canchume
    @canchume 7 лет назад +6

    it could reduce if the manufacture really use high quality parts

  • @darkspirits2574
    @darkspirits2574 4 года назад

    I have the asus 2080 ti and it has coil whine should i return it and get another one or will the new one also have the same problem?

  • @mattusa
    @mattusa 3 года назад

    I normally just watch for entertainment, but this video actually helped me fix my issue

  • @formalityswand2230
    @formalityswand2230 7 лет назад +5

    You should make a video on cool wine in a power supply. I have that on my psu.

    • @MiChAeLoKGB
      @MiChAeLoKGB 7 лет назад +7

      You should take that out if it... It might spill and wreck it....
      Ps.: its coil whine ;)

    • @CobsTech
      @CobsTech 7 лет назад

      xD

    • @Tailslol
      @Tailslol 7 лет назад

      it is probably you have a low quality or low W power supply. take a stronger one from good brands. dont cut price on them.

    • @formalityswand2230
      @formalityswand2230 7 лет назад

      no I have a corsair RM 650, it gets put under a 85% load with my system.

    • @Tailslol
      @Tailslol 7 лет назад

      Wand Wanderson yes 85% load on a 80+...
      it will not live long...get yourself a 700 or 750 gold...

  • @arroganceofficial2089
    @arroganceofficial2089 6 лет назад +4

    wtf i don't hear any difference between the no coil whine and the coil whined edition

  • @FexxarTV
    @FexxarTV 3 года назад

    Using RTX2070 i have F-Sync monitor and when I use G-sync compatible in nvidia panel I notice FPS drops - is it possible though? I read that g-sync shouldnt cause fps drops.

  • @starfirextx
    @starfirextx 2 года назад

    Hi Jay,
    I got some coil whine in my system not sure if it's my card or my psu how can I figure it out what makes the noise? I got no extra gpu or psu to test with..