Both gtx 980 ti strix has sounded very bad and loud, but the second one worse than the first. According to the guys in the store that was the 8th card they tested with problems.

Have just spent the last couple of hours switching PSU's just to exclude that (switched to a new PSU the day before I got the GPU). Didn't notice any difference when switching PSU's. I do have a very slight whine with my old gtx 760 but that is at start menus etc when fps is at 1700 and doesn't even compare to the whine I get with the 980 ti. The whine from the gtx 760 is quite subtle, but the 980 ti whine I can hear from another room.

Will probably return the card completely tomorrow and wait for 980 ti poseidon instead. Will probably be better and easier with that card when I get some watercooling.

Adamantis wrote:
And finally got my 980 Ti Poseidon instead, more or less no coil whine on this card.

A slight whine during 3dmark11 and at start menu for games, but its barely audible.

It's normal to card produce interrupted whine during extremely high fps... 300,400,500..
Best example is Windows Experience Index ...

Vlada011 wrote:
It's normal to card produce interrupted whine during extremely high fps... 300,400,500..
Best example is Windows Experience Index ...

Yes I am aware of that, but the coil whine that both strix cards made was a bit on the extreme side. Every time you paused a game, open map, inventory etc it was so loud I heard it from different rooms.

My old gtx 760 and current 980 ti poseidon can produce a slight whine in those situation, but it is barely audible. I more or less have to concentrate to hear it. There is an enormous difference between those cards and the two strix I had.

The strix cards also had coil whine during game play.

Maybe I'm just extra sensitive to those frequencies. Have an old monitor at work that produce a high pitch sound whenever it goes to "sleep mode" due to inactivity, but most people that I have asked about it can't hear it while I hear it very well.

Apologies for resurrecting this topic from the abyssal depths, but as a recent owner of this similar (GTX 980 Ti Matrix Platinum) beasty card I couldn't help myself. Today is the second day since the installation and first day of putting the card through some gaming (Battlefield 3). What a sight, everything is so smooth - except for one thing - noise/whine/buzz, whatever you want to call it, is truly obnoxious and I can hear it even with my headphones on!

Note: the computer doesn't have a case yet (planning to get one in a week or so) and therefore it is currently lying flat on the motherboard's case but even then I find it hard to believe that a GPU (especially of this premium quality) making this type of noise would be considered normal under any circumstance.

Fellow owners, some insight to if it is normal, is there anything to reduce the whine, should I return the card and hope for a replacement or other thoughts of yours would be greatly appreciated.