Nvidia just admitted that some RTX 5080 GPUs are faulty and slower in games
Not all Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards are equal, as the firm admits that some of them have fewer ROPs and slower game performance.
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 admits some early RTX 5080 cards are missing ROPs, too
Nvidia has confirmed to us that RTX 5080 production was affected.
NVIDIA To Make Good On Rare GeForce RTX 50 GPU Defect With Missing ROPs
NVIDIA confirmed there is a hardware defect with some GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs and has offered guidance to affected users.
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.
GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs with missing ROPs found, up to 11% slower
Users are reporting missing ROPs in their RTX 50 Series GPUs, with the latest reports highlighting that the issues also affects the GeForce RTX 5080.
Nvidia admits to rare RTX 5090 performance glitch
The RTX 5090 graphics card has a unique problem where the GPU does not have as many ROPs (Raster Operations Pipeline unit) as it should to sufficiently render images in 3D post-processing.The Latest Tech News,
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 176 ROPs enabled,
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 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.
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Nvidia says around 1 in 200 of its new Series 50 GPUs are missing some render units
Nvidia has confirmed user reports that some of its new Series 50 GPUs are missing some render units, affecting performance.
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Nvidia’s RTX 5080 doesn’t dethrone the RTX 4090
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