- Jul 16, 2012
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Hi everyone,
I got a brand new rig, with a new graphics card and psu, an EVGA gtx 660 and and EVGA 500w respectively. I am getting an audible hissing sound when playing games, but not on game menus or desktop.
Some games it will be worse than others. For example, with COD4, when I cap it to 75 frames (my monitor's refresh rate) the hissing is very minimal, but when left uncapped I get 150+fps and the hissing is noticeable. Similarly, when playing bf3, at 75 fps the hissing will be as loud as an uncapped COD4, since BF3 is much more demanding then COD4. I'm no engineer, but it seems there is a direct correlation between how load the hissing is and the stress on the gpu. It's not the fans because when I stop the fans (not a good idea I know) or run the fans at the same speed via nvidia inspector, the hissing exists in game but doesn't exist at desktop or game menu.
Anyway, is there something wrong with the card or psu? It doesn't sound as loud or whiny as coil whine, are the capacitors faulty or this is normal/would it harm the card or other components in the long run? The sound doesn't bother me really, just want to make sure nothing is wrong. It would be a pain to RMA it and I hope it doesn't come to that.
Here are two videos which exactly demonstrate my problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6XOXDo0oog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OohXp_FPAw4
I got a brand new rig, with a new graphics card and psu, an EVGA gtx 660 and and EVGA 500w respectively. I am getting an audible hissing sound when playing games, but not on game menus or desktop.
Some games it will be worse than others. For example, with COD4, when I cap it to 75 frames (my monitor's refresh rate) the hissing is very minimal, but when left uncapped I get 150+fps and the hissing is noticeable. Similarly, when playing bf3, at 75 fps the hissing will be as loud as an uncapped COD4, since BF3 is much more demanding then COD4. I'm no engineer, but it seems there is a direct correlation between how load the hissing is and the stress on the gpu. It's not the fans because when I stop the fans (not a good idea I know) or run the fans at the same speed via nvidia inspector, the hissing exists in game but doesn't exist at desktop or game menu.
Anyway, is there something wrong with the card or psu? It doesn't sound as loud or whiny as coil whine, are the capacitors faulty or this is normal/would it harm the card or other components in the long run? The sound doesn't bother me really, just want to make sure nothing is wrong. It would be a pain to RMA it and I hope it doesn't come to that.
Here are two videos which exactly demonstrate my problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6XOXDo0oog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OohXp_FPAw4
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