Quote Originally Posted by G4h4o8s6T View Post
I have this same exact issues, but it seems to be going away, as its no where near as loud as it was when I first got the card..........thank god. I dont even notice it anymore while gaming, which is all I really care about, but its definetly noticable when running ATI Tool or RTHDRIBL

The noise comes from one of the little black chips right under the fan, not from the HSF inself, and its very similar to a capacitor buzzing\whine you'd hear in a faulty PSU or something like that.

There was a very detailed thread about it on the eVGA forums, but unfortunetly they removed it........surprise surprise, why would they want people to know there is a flaw in their cards?

Heres a pic of my card, with the little chip circled that supposedly makes the noise...........

http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?i...5080004rd4.jpg
Those coils you marked in the picture are really bad, guys like Hipro5 even replace those coils with better ones.

The standard coils are el-cheapo crap!!