Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iChill X3 Ultra Ticking Noise.

[litwicki22]

Hello. I just purchased Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iChill X3 Ultra. I've noticed that whenever I start or exit a game, I can hear a slight ticking noise, almost similar to a hard drive or disc drive click but softer.
But it seems to go away during gameplay. Just a tick... tick... tick... . It only happens when I first launch a game or close a game for about 30 - 60 seconds.
Its sounds like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAwKUcHDBSM
No there is not any wires hitting.
RMA card then ?

 

[sam_816]

my 980 had similar noise. I kept running it for about 6 months. Never had a crash or abnormal behavior or a blast...my assessment was that one of the fans was slightly bend. It hit something while accelerating and slowing down. U can use a custom profile and increase /decrease the fan speed and see if it the case with ur gpu as well.

To rma or not is ur choice.

 

[i7Baby]

I'd talk to Inno3D about it. They might have a few ideas to test out and give you an idea of how quick an RMA will be. Then you can decide whether a RMA is needed and whether you want to.