Anyone else dealing with coil whine?
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silentraven9 said:Hey everyone, so my VTX HD 7870 Black Edition with the Tahiti chip has started making this annoying high-pitched noise—basically coil whine. It gets way worse when I'm gaming, but honestly, even just sitting at the desktop browsing Facebook, watching YouTube, or checking news sites makes it chirp away. Temps seem totally fine, though. Since my warranty already expired, should I actually bother lugging this thing into a repair shop, or is it safe to just keep running the PC like this?
Thanks
Man, I went through the exact same headache! What’s happening is your FPSi is probably hitting some absolutely insane, astronomical levels—like 3000+ FPS—and that's what's driving the noise. It's an easy fix, really. Just grab MSI Afterburner and use the On-screen display (via RivaTuner) to cap your frame rate so it doesn't climb past 100. Boom. No more screaming hardware.🙂