GTX 980 STRIX... We have a problem

Hardware GPU
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So i just purchased the GTX 980 strix and man it was handling everything great until i heard a strange noise.... then it changed from a faint noise to the sound of a dial up modem. I'm sure you can see where im going with this the cards a noisey thing on the electrical side. I personally have never had this happen before so anyone no if i should just swap it for a new one or if i should  try something.

Under different loads it makes a different noise

      - Guild wars 2 is a screeeech

      - Trine 2 max is dial up modem

      - Fur mark is like electric crickets

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time for RMA

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Yeah... thought so. never had a card make this much noise or any really.

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its coil wine most likely, not much to do about it.

just RMA it.

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sounds good

 

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Well grabbed a second one and ... Not much better.

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Back when my 7950 was still alive, it had a terrible coil whine. It's just a sad common occurrence with high end cards.

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I have had many cards and have never ran into this before... I really dont know what to say I'm disappointed to say the least 2 cards and they both suck. I was hoping for some better quality control from Asus this will be my last purchase from them.

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Well guys.... The card completely crapped out only 3 days of use.

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See if your PSU isn't killing it and the other one. A bad PSU would inflict some damage to components. That video card (if only Rudster is still here) reminds me of Songbird; nice design and reviews on Newegg is so far mostly positive.

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Hey Destroyed007 thanks for the reply and happy thanksgiving. I've got an hd 7990 running on the same PSU and I've had that on it for about 1 and a half years. Its a thermaltake toughpower grand 1200w PSU. and an ASUS maximus formula 5 board... but yeah 2 cards is crazy right?

Might rent a power supply tester tomorrow but im sure a power color 7990 wouldn't be able to handle anything an asus wouldn't :\