Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated

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A new report from hardware sleuth MEGAsizeGPU, who frequently gets the inside scoop from board partners, alleges Nvidia has supplied AIBs with defective GB202 chips, suggesting the issue is a hardware defect that cannot be corrected through software or BIOS updates. Consequently, all RTX 5090s may potentially ship with fewer ROPs than advertised, including Nvidia’s own Founders Edition design. The China-exclusive RTX 5090D is no exception either, being powered by the GB202 chip at its core.

 

 

 

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Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated | Tom's Hardware

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5-8% slower than other 5090 models.

 

According to Jayz, Nvidia's official statement is thay they have identified a defect that affects .5% of cards sold.  That number seems a little optimistic to me.

 

At this point I'd run, not walk, away from Nvidia 50 series.

 

Nvidia has a history of beating AMD to the punch with launches, which means AMD tries to beat them in price.  That's about when Nvidia would launch their "super" editions that would essentially be more preformance for the same $.  I think that was because they don't want to reduce price on all the cards in stock because they have to refund resellers.  The brand change means there is no refund.

 

Now we are seeing paper launches, with the 5070ti selling out in seconds and most resellers getting less than a dozen.

 

Between scalpers, melting cables and missing ROPs, this is one series I cannot recommend to anyone.

 

[schuck6566]

  On 22/02/2025 at 06:21, Kaz said:

 

Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated | Tom's Hardware

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5-8% slower than other 5090 models.

 

According to Jayz, Nvidia's official statement is thay they have identified a defect that affects .5% of cards sold.  That number seems a little optimistic to me.

 

At this point I'd run, not walk, away from Nvidia 50 series.

 

Nvidia has a history of beating AMD to the punch with launches, which means AMD tries to beat them in price.  That's about when Nvidia would launch their "super" editions that would essentially be more preformance for the same $.  I think that was because they don't want to reduce price on all the cards in stock because they have to refund resellers.  The brand change means there is no refund.

 

Now we are seeing paper launches, with the 5070ti selling out in seconds and most resellers getting less than a dozen.

 

Between scalpers, melting cables and missing ROPs, this is one series I cannot recommend to anyone.

 

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I've been pissed since the 2070 Super released barely 9 months after my 2070. Someone should have used some protection to keep Nvidia outta the maternity ward so soon.

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GeForce RTX 5090 drops below RTX 4090 in high-end graphics card benchmark chart - NotebookCheck.net News

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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has been knocked off its perch at the top of PassMark’s high-end video card benchmark chart. The RTX...

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Since our last report, hundreds more RTX 4090 graphics cards have been tested on the site, and its average score has risen from 38,422 to 38,436 (based on 14,422 samples). In the meantime, the sample size for the GeForce RTX 5090 has grown from 13 samples to 50 at the time of writing, with the average result dropping from 39,516 to 38,048 – a loss of -3.71%. Such a swing shows that there is still opportunity for the RTX 5090 to reclaim its top spot in this particular benchmark in the future when more samples have stopped by. The test suite used covers DirectX 9 to 12 along with a GPU compute run.

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Looks like there are a few people with missing ROPs.  Based on the average, the 5090 is  worse than the 4090.