EVGA recommends GPU burn in test, how do I do this?

[Hen_Ree]

Hello,

I have been experiencing so really loud coil whine on my GTX 980 ti FTW which I have had for a few months now.

I emailed EVGA support and they recommended that I carry out a burn in test for 4-8 hours on Unigine Valley. How do I go about this which settings etc.

Thanks

 

[weberdarren97]

Just set the resolution to System, max out all settings and use the OpenGL renderer. That should put a heavy load on the card and force it to the edges of its power limit

 

[Neurodrive]

I've had the same GPU as you for about a month now and have experienced coil whine as well. Not on a constant basis, but definitely at times when gaming at heavy workloads. I didn't realize burning in the card was a possible fix. Good to know...

 

[Hen_Ree]

I've had the same GPU as you for about a month now and have experienced coil whine as well. Not on a constant basis, but definitely at times when gaming at heavy workloads. I didn't realize burning in the card was a possible fix. Good to know...

Yeah, my is constant though from when I load the game to when I close it I have that annoying piercing whine 🙁

 

[Hen_Ree]

Just set the resolution to System, max out all settings and use the OpenGL renderer. That should put a heavy load on the card and force it to the edges of its power limit

Thanks for your reply
Would leaving it for 8 hours be advised and also what is the likelihood of this working?

Thanks,

 

[weberdarren97]

Putting a heavy, constant and sustained load on power delivery systems can "burn them in" which causes abnormalities like coil whine to lessen or disappear completely. However, this does not always work. If the card fails/crashes during the test then contact them for RMA because that means your card is faulty.