Does the EVGA 970 FTW card still have the coil whine?

[Konker]

Hello Tom's Community,

Does anyone know if the EVGA 970 FTW graphics card still have the terrible coil whine to it? I read that EVGA fixed this problem but I am not too sure. I also read that the coil whine was directly related to have extremely high frame rates in older games, and if you cap your FPS at 120 in the evga precision software, the coil whine goes away.
I am currently in the step up program through EVGA, and have to make a decision by the weekend if I am to get the card. I currently have the EVGA 770 SC card.
I am torn on this decision because I don't want the bad coil whine. Any help on this decision will be a great help to me.

Thanks

 

[bishopi5]

why are you upgrading from 770 SC to 970 ? The performance difference is very minimal... It would be much better to add another 770?

 

[sora]

I don't think the coil whine is there anymore but I am not too sure. Ask EVGA yourself haha.

 

[rpjkw11]

I have an Asus STRIX GTX 980 will NO coil whine (at least I can't hear it and my hearing is excellent for higher frequencies), where my Asus 780Ti DCU II has a some, though not distracting.

 

[bishopi5]

You people baffle me.... rpj you upgraded from a 780ti to a 980? -_- is this just some "need" to have the "newest" GPU or some shit? both you and the OP basically doing the same thing...


GPUBoss Score
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power
GeForce GTX 980
8.2
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
8.0

 

[Konker]

haha, well I have asked EVGA. I talked to one of the guys there and he actually just started noticing the coil whine on his 970. But he has had it for over a year. So I a having huge doubts.
And the 970 way outperforms the 770. So why wouldn't I step up to the 970 when it barely costs me anything? lol

 

[rpjkw11]

You people baffle me.... rpj you upgraded from a 780ti to a 980? -_- is this just some "need" to have the "newest" GPU or some shit? both you and the OP basically doing the same thing...


GPUBoss Score
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power
GeForce GTX 980
8.2
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
8.0

You are quite right in my case. I'm retired and computers are a major hobby for me. I do like the latest and greatest and I probably waste more money than I should, but a fast, smooth running rig is what I like.

 

[bishopi5]

Alrighty then ! =D

 

[bishopi5]

970 by no means WAY outperforms a 770

GPUBoss Score
Gaming, Benchmarks, Compute Performance and Noise and Power
GeForce GTX 970
8.2
GeForce GTX 770
7.3

Its fair enough if it won't cost you anything, But you will notice minimal improvements... Pay abit extra and get a 980, or go for 2x 770's, so u NEVER need to think about this again.

or even a 780ti, Whichever ends up being cheaper.

 

[Konker]

So no one has any actual complaints about the coil whine? or a fix for it?

 

[Moussa Bazzoun]

GPUBOSS is not a great site for comparing the performance of GPUs, the OP is justified in upgrading, as for coil whine I heard that Nvidia has released a rev1.1 board of their 970s which reduces coil whine. I would ask and see if they have the newer 970s

 

[Konker]

How do you know that they upgraded their board?

 

[Moussa Bazzoun]

How do you know that they upgraded their board?

Sorry I meant for the G1 Gaming 970 from gigabyte, I hear their 1.1 rev model has minimal to no coil whine, there are people discussing it on this forum, http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1838936