NVIDIA Confirms Serious Defect in Some RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti
February 22, 2025, 12:13 PM
NVIDIA has officially confirmed that some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and even RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards are missing ROPs. The issue has also affected a number of partners, including Zotac, MSI, Gigabyte, and Manli.
As reported by The Verge, NVIDIA has acknowledged the defect and promised to replace all affected GPUs with working ones:
We have identified a rare issue affecting less than 0.5% (half a percent) of GeForce RTX 5090 / 5090D and 5070 Ti GPUs which have one fewer ROPs than specified. The average graphical performance impact is 4%, with no impact on AI and Compute workloads. Affected consumers can contact the board manufacturer for a replacement. The production anomaly has been corrected.
In addition, NVIDIA continues to investigate BSOD and black screen issues with RTX 50-series graphics cards. However, the company's employees do not yet know whether they can be fixed using drivers or VBIOS.
Recall that another drawback of the new graphics cards was recently discovered — it turns out that the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 connector can melt.
