[SOLVED] Graphics card buzzing noise when playing games

[instantfameorgame]

I’ve had my GTX 1070 since April 2017, I haven’t had a problem with it until today, when idle or watching YouTube the GPU doesn’t make a sound, but when opening a game it starts to make a buzzing sound, I checked the temperature without a game open and when a game is open and there’s only about a 5 degree difference (50c to 55c), it’s a minor buzz when I’m on the game menu but when I actually load into the game and play it the buzz intensifies, I was able to record the sound, the buzz usually goes on for maybe a minute then stop for 3-5 seconds and then repeats itself until I shut down the game or turn off my computer.

https://youtu.be/i0xoV6TeDx8

 

[NiaNia]

Sounds like Coil Whine. Not a whole lot can be done about it. There are some sketchy ways you can try to fix it but i'm not willing to tear apart a gpu to stop something I can't even hear when I put my headset on.

 

[johnbl]

be sure to go into windows control panel, device manager and disable all unused high definition sound devices. (most likely it will not help, but there are some sound drivers that respond when they should not respond and it can corrupt sound buffers) most likely it is just coil whine or sound from bearings on a fan.
if you have the case open, you can tap the center of the spinning fan with your finger and see if the sound changes.

the only way for a end user to change the coil whine would for transformers where glue or varnish is added to the top of the transformer core. you might be able to change the clock rate of the gpu and it might change the tone for you. otherwise sound proofing and noise canceling headphone so you don't here the sound.

 

[winks42]

Your solenoids are vibrating because they are mounted improperly or poorly. Now this doesn’t effect your card or performance but is annoying. I believe you can RMA it if it’s too annoying but up to you.