NVIDIA, the RTX 5090 and ROPs

NVIDIA admits: yeah sorry, our new GeForce RTX 5080 has missing ROPs as well
NVIDIA admits that its new GeForce RTX 5080 is missing ROPs as well, with affected customers told to contact the AIB manufacturer for a replacement.
Nvidia admits some early RTX 5080 cards are missing ROPs, too
W hen Nvidia originally confirmed that some of its new RTX 50-series graphics cards had a “rare” manufacturing issue that left them missing some promised render units and a sl
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070Ti GPUs Have Some ROPs Missing That Seem To Be Impacting Performance
According to TechPowerUp, consumers revealed that some of the RTX 5090 and 5070Ti graphics cards had a lower number of ROPs than claimed by Nvidia. The RTX 5090 was showcased with 176 ROPs, but instead, it had 168. This loss of 8 ROPs results in a 4% performance loss.
NVIDIA shipping gimped GeForce RTX 5090 cards with missing ROPs with 4.5% less performance
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards are shipping with missing ROPs, reduces performance by 4.5% with NVIDIA confirming the issue.
Nvidia RTX 5080 is also suffering from missing ROPs similar to the 5090 and 5070 Ti0 0
Following Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards' missing raster operating units (ROPs) issue, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5080 has also been found to be affected by the same problem.
Nvidia Faces Criticism Over Missing ROPs in RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs
The controversy surrounding missing ROPs in Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs highlights the challenges of maintaining quality control in high-volume manufacturing processes. While the issue affects only a small percentage of GPUs, it underscores the importance of rigorous testing and inspection to ensure that products meet specifications.
NVIDIA Issues Statement On RTX 5080 And 5070 As More ROPs Go Missing
It's official—following the first user report of a GeForce RTX 5080 to display missing ROPs in the popular GPU-Z utility, NVIDIA has confirmed that it too is affected by a rare 'production anomaly'
Nvidia Confirms 5080 Issue As More Cards Found With Missing ROPS
Nvidia has admitted that there’s a problem with some of its early RTX 5080 graphics cards. No, it’s not the power connectors melting, or the random black screens, or the ridiculous pricing and availability,
Some RTX 5080 Cards Are Also Defective
Recently, we reported on some of NVIDIA's RTX 5090 cards actually being defective and providing lower performance out of the box than what the specs would suggest. Now, it seems like that's also happening with the company's RTX 5080 cards as well.
Some lucky RTX 5080 buyers may not be so lucky after all, as Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ chip fault also applies to this GPU as well as the RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti
If you’ve bought an RTX 5080, you need to check your GPU specs and see if the count for a certain rendering pipeline is correct.
With some RTX 50-series cards missing precious ROPs, one PC builder guarantees their systems' GPUs will all have the right number
Last week it was revealed that some RTX 50-series cards were shipping with missing ROPs, dampening the performance some got ...
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Some RTX 5090 GPUs are missing out on a bit of performance
It turns out that not all RTX 5090 cards are created equal. Users are now discovering that their cards are missing render ...
There Are Too Many Damn Problems With Nvidia’s $2,000 RTX 5090
RTX 5090 owners have been complaining online for over a week that some cards shipped with fewer ROPs, AKA render/raster output units than they should have. The RTX 5090 review units supposedly have ...
RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070 Ti GPUs hit by 'rare issue' — find out if you're affected now
Nvidia's latest graphics cards have had a troubled launch, with RTX 5090 GPUs reportedly underperforming and the newly ...
RTX 5080 with missing ROPs takes a 12% performance hit in synthetic benchmark
The RTX 5080 is also reported to be plagued by manufacturing flaws. Eight missing ROPs are reported to have reduced ...
Nvidia's RTX 5090 has already been pushed beyond its limit - ROG Astral model overclock reaches 3.45GHz and 35 Gbps VRAM
For once, there is some good news regarding the RTX 5000 series GPUs, and that's because the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC has ...