So my reference 290 has this atrocious low-pitched metallic coil whine. The best thing I could compare it to is sounding like one of those hair clippers you hear at the barber lol. It sounds exactly like this, except a bit louder in real life (https://youtu.be/0aqb62LP1qQ). This sound basically happens whenever the card is under load. Doesn't matter if it's in a 60fps VSync game of GTAV or struggling to get through Firestrike Ultra at 10fps. Any ghetto fixes I could try that would help lower the noise (nail polish or gum maybe)? I don't think it's worth to try playing the RMA lottery with Asus since I bought the card used and plus I have an unused HG10 sitting around for the card.