NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090: Some GB202 Chips Are Defective, Performance Drop Possible
After availability issues, the GeForce RTX 5090 may have defects in its GB202 chip, which could lead to a performance drop. NVIDIA may need to replace some faulty units. The graphics card market
Nvidia explains the missing ROPs — defective silicon in 0.5% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs
Nvidia says that a few RTX 5090 / 5090D and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs shipped with defective ROPs, telling affected users to contact the manufacturer for a replacement.
RTX 5090 GPU shortage could soon end if Nvidia adopts this strategy
Online leakers explained that the RTX 5090 shortage began due to scalpers over-purchasing components, but it could soon end if Nvidia adopts this strategy.
Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue
Nvidia has just confirmed it shipped some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and even some RTX 5070 Ti graphics chips that were missing render units, as TechPowerUp originally reported — and that you’ll be able to get a replacement if your card was affected.
GeForce RTX 5070s are also suffering from manufacturing faults, but Nvidia has some good news
Nvidia confirms rare hardware flaws in RTX 5070 and RTX 5090 GPUs. The issue affects less than 0.5% of GPUs and impacts graphical performance by 4%. Affected consumers can contact the board manufacturer for replacement,
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 units.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
NVIDIA Admits to Shipping RTX 5090 Units With Degraded Performance
Several NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPUs were reportedly shipped with hardware specifications that did not match the advertised numbers. A member of the TechPowerUp forums discovered discrepancies in the ROP (Raster Operating Units) count for the GPU,
NVIDIA Launches RTX 5070 Ti & Brings Avowed To GeForce NOW
It was quite an exciting week for many gamers, as NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, alongside support for Avowed and many other goodies on GeForce NOW.
Your Hard-To-Find RTX 5090 GPU Might Be Defective
Reports are surfacing of a potential hardware defect affecting NVIDIA's newly launched flagship GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs. The issue itself is rumored to be linked to the "Blackwell"
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The RTX 5090 situation gets even worse as some boards are confirmed to be defective
Some Nvidia RTX 5090 batches are missing essential ROPs, causing performance loss. Hardware issues linked to the GB202 chip ...
Finally, some good news about Nvidia’s new GPUs: RTX 5090 stock levels rumored to surge in a month or so
Those are the chips used in the RTX 5090, and apparently graphics card makers are getting “tons” of supply of GB202 ...
Finally! RTX 5090 leak points to 'stupidly high' stock coming next month
Known leaker MEGAsizeGPU on X (via Tom's Hardware) claims more RTX 5090 stock is coming in one month with "stupidly high" ...
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ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 overclocked: 3.5GHz GPU, 34Gbps GDDR7 memory breaks multiple OC records
ASUS's in-house overclocking team uses a custom GeForce RTX 5090 with LN2 cooling: GPU pushed to 3.5GHz, GDDR7 at 34Gbps to break multiple OC world records.
Nvidia RTX 5070 and 5060 GPUs rumored to be delayed to March and April respectively, and stock could be every bit as dire as the RTX 5090 and 5080
Update: Nvidia has now officially announced that the RTX 5070 Ti GPU is out on February 20, but RTX 5070 is delayed to March ...
Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated
Reports suggest that some RTX 5090s have 5% fewer ROPs than design specifications, resulting in a noticeable performance drop ...
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NVIDIA RTX Blackwell With A Beastly 96GB Of GDDR7 RAM Breaks Cover
But since the bus with is 512-bits wide, we can infer that the card is most likely powered by the GB202 GPU, which is the same chip powering the GeForce RTX 5090. It is possible, however ...