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hey everyone I'm Steve from gamers Nexis dotnet and today we are revisiting the AMD r9 fury x pump line issue I posted a video on this just recently and we basically analyzed the frequency spectrum of the pump when it is whining on it on an open-air bench and our conclusion was sort of that yes it is present yes there is a high frequency higher pitched whine emitted from the r9 3x but it is quiet enough in terms of the decibel level that is really a non-issue once you install it in a PC case which is how anyone will realistically be using the card so it's audible on an open bench but not so much in a case regardless of this Andy has issued a statement saying that they are still working toward a fix for the fury Act so just to bring everyone up to speed this has gone on for about two weeks now the initial launch of the fury ax saw a few media outlets reporting the issue and the issued a statement saying that they understood the issue they said it's not really coil whine it's just pump whine from the high speed pump and that they didn't believe it was a problem especially in a case a week goes by we tested it as well as a couple other sites at this time and then they issued a new statement and it's a bit longer and they it's sort of everything short of a recall of the card so if they are offering a change and I'll just go through the statement here for you so Andy says that we have received feedback during the open bench testing from a small number of fury X cards and they say that they emit a sound from the high speed liquid cooling pump that while not loud is bothersome to some users while the vast majority of initial fury x owners report remarkably quiet operation we take this feedback seriously as Andy's mission is always to deliver the best possible experience to our Radeon customers so that's the first bit then they get into the details here and say that Andy Radeon r9 fury X customers demanded that deserve the best so adjustments in the sound baffling adhesive compound were applied in the Assembly of the high speed cooling pump to address the specific sound a few users experienced that's problematic this improved the acoustic profile of the pump and repeat testing shows the specific pitch and sound in question was largely reduced through adjustments to the sound baffling adhesive compound in the pump and then they sort of finalized by saying that Andy will work with its graphic card partners that would be sapphire acts effects folks like that to ensure the satisfaction of the small number of initial customers who observed the specific sound and experienced it as bothersome so the only thing I really would roll out here is that they sort of brought it to the side of it by saying it is a very low volume of customers that may be true I know for certain that the fury X and its initial run was very limited so it's true in that regard but really most of the media have reported the issues so anything in the first batch I would classify as having this issue and the retail cards are supposed to feature a fix but our first two retail samples did not they saw the issue so really everything from the second batch onward if this holds true should have resolved pitch and frequency issues I'm not sure if we'll get samples at that point but certainly for any of you who buy it please let us know if you hear the pump whine issue it's very high frequency it's pretty noticeable but only an open bench testing so that's all for the fury X updates check back on the channel for more posts we have a couple things coming up including the r9 fury x review a video on how to make an esd-safe cable to ground yourself and a video on how to jump a motherboard without plugging it into a power switch that is all for this time check out the patreon page in the post roll video and I will see you all next time you