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24.6.1 introduced a coil whine
I own a Sapphire RX 7600 Pulse, and after updating to 24.6.1 driver version, I started hearing a coil whine. This is happening even when I am just browsing in my browser (Google Chrome). Of course, you can also hear that during playing games.
The GPU usage mostly sits at 1% to 2%, while running just a browser, so it's not even busy, however, I have noticed to compared to the previous version, It's using 10W more.
I have downgraded to 24.5.1 and the problem seems to be gone, it's using less W and the Memory temps seems to be a bit lower.
I also saw on reddit, that I am not the only one with this issue on this specific driver....
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try to undervolt your video card, this usually helps to reduce coil whine.
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I'm experiencing coil whine on my desktop, idle, moving windows around, and scrolling my browser.
Downgraded to 24.5.1 and it goes away and I can live in silence again.
AMD please fix.
i7-13600K
RX 6750XT
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Same here with a stock clocked RX 6700 XT... It was never a coil whine free card, but only in some gaming scenarios, but with 24.6.1 it went crazy... I care less about coil whine if it happens while gaming, since I use a headset, but in Windows, while browsing the internet, it is unacceptable... As more people suggested it, reverting to 24.5.1 completely solved the issue. Please fix this in the next driver release!
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Same here, I have RX 6600 XT and my card had a little coil whine depending on the game but it was negligible. And now (on 24.6.1 driver) while browsing, this sound killing me.
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+1 same
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Thank you so much for posting this bro. This happened to me as well, I have a rx 6700, I have no issues with it but after this update things went downhill. Buzzing while playing games, I even get frame drops consistent with the buzzing sound. When the buzzing stops my fps dips for a few seconds. I really hope AMD fixed this because it’s really annoying.
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The issue is still there in 24.7.1... 😞
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Still happening on 24.8.1...
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This is so annoying.. I can't believe this issue keeps on going for 3 versions.
I reported it via the feedback button, I hope anyone who sees this will as well.
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Hmmm... You experienced higher than before GPU core frequency since 24.5.1? I'll check mine...
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24.8.1. checked. My 6700 XT's GPU clock doesn't gets higher than ~100 MHz while scrolling in Chrome, and producing that awful coil whine... Maybe 24.9.1... But something tells me I will stick with 24.5.1 for a while.
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24.9.1: issue still there...
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Seems like this isn't going to be fixed anytime soon, if it was at least on the known issues list, then maybe...
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this is so extremely annoying.. to be stuck on a version because no one cares about the issues that affects a few select GPUs..
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I guess the number of affected cards might be too low, not even sure AMD is aware of it, or cares. 😞
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My guess is that this is as simple as a "Hardware acceleration" feature that is enabled across OS on the driver since 24.6.1 - I bet if an AMD engineer knew what was changed in 24.6.1 it would make all sense to him.
Maybe this hardware acceleration is running in such a low-power mode that it rubs certain GPUs the wrong way and makes it whine. All speculation, but a good guess..
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I just quickly checked the release notes of 24.6.1. nothing stands out to me as such, maybe "Support for Windows 11, version 24H2", because 24H2 will demand such behaviour?
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UPDATE 24.9.1
I don't know if it's mine or what but my GPU is just back to normal and it only has a little coil whine when I'm gaming like on 24.5.1 drivers. Previous drivers had awful coil whine after gaming sessions on YouTube and Chrome.
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How's 24.10.1.? Have you got any problem?
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Recently, my assumptions were early. 24.9.1 had a coil whine but now 24.10 has no issues for me
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Then I am not the only one: the re-released 24.9.1 (2024-10-01) seems to be so far "24.5.1 silent"...
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Yep, seems to be solved!!! :):):)
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I was happy too soon, it is happening again... 😞
