AMD's Revised R9 Fury X - Pump Whine Issues

AMD's Revised R9 Fury X - Pump Whine Issues

| Source: AMD Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's Revised R9 Fury X - Pump Whine Issues

Many reviewers had reported that their R9 Fury X review samples made an audible whining noise coming from the Cooler master pump inside, at the time AMD had said that they had fixed the problem and that it only applied to the first batch of R9 Fury X GPUs, but since then many several owners of AMD's R9 Fury X had reported the same issue, making several websites claim that AMD had lied to them.

Looking deeper into the situation we found that there were 2 different models of the AMD R9 Fury X in circulation, many of which are the same as AMD's review samples, some of which have a pump which makes a high-pitched whine, while others were indeed a revised model.

Below are pictures of both models of the R9 Fury X, which have the faceplates removed to reveal the Cooler Master AIO under it. The first AIO, which can be identified by a Chrome sticker (left) is the revised model, while the one with the green sticker (right) is the older model, which might suffer from pump/ noise issues.

Since users can take off the R9 Fury X's face plate without damaging their warranties, owners can easily identify if they have a newer, revised R9 Fury X or not and then ask for a replacement from their retailer, if they are having problems with pump noise.

Right now we have seen no reports of the newer (chrome logo) model which has any problems related to pump noise. This means that most R9 Fury X GPUs on the market should not exhibit any issues related to pump noise.

Right now it looks like those suffering from Pump noise issues are in the minority, with this issue only affecting the first batch of GPUs. Those looking to purchase an R9 Fury X now will likely not be getting a model from the first batch of GPUs, so the likelihood of getting a defective model now is minimal.

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AMD has released an R9 Fury X which has fixed the Pump Whine issue. http://t.co/mamBE4nNKP pic.twitter.com/lLIRfK8l5b — OC3D (@OC3D) July 2, 2015

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