Nvidia published its latest GPUs GeForce RTX 50-Série in January, and they are almost impossible to buy from retail. The powerful graphics card repels not only the limits of the appearance of PC games, but they also use IA So that the equipment works more effectively.
With advanced technology in the RTX 50 series, there is a probability of problems that appear, and Nvidia has confirmed a very rare problem affecting GPUs.
A small number of Zotac, MSI,, GigabyteAnd NVIDIA RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs were proven to have fewer rendering units (ROPS) than listed in the specifications, as first identified by Techpowerup Friday. The cards are listed to have 176 units, but some were round to have 168 ROPS, which contributes to a performance loss of 4 to 5%.
Nvidia confirmed the existence of the problem with Tom material And says that the problem only affects less than 1% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs.
“We have identified a rare problem affecting less than 0.5% (a half-center) of GeForce RTX 5090 / 5090D and 5070 Ti GPU, which have a less specified ROP,” said an NVIDIA representative Tom material SATURDAY. “The average impact of graphic performance is 4%, without impact on AI and the calculation of workloads.”
NVIDIA explained that this problem stems from production and quality control problems. It is advisable to those who have been affected to contact the manufacturers of the GPUs and obtain a RMA to return the affected graphics card.
Problems with RTX 50S
Until now, the problems with the Cartes of the RTX 50 series are rare. Earlier in the month, there was Two 12VHPWR FONTE cable instances.
In both cases, the cable was connected from the power to a RTX 5090 GPU. In both cases, users had a Asus Loki SFX-L 1000W ATX 3.0 diet gave, it is not clear if it is really a problem with the NVIDIA GPU. The two card owners received replacements by NVIDIA.
Saturday, a poster on the NVIDIA SUBREDDIT claimed their Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 caught fire while browsing the internet. It is not known if the GPU was the only problem or if there was another problem that occurred to cause the fire.
Good luck to try to get a GPU from the RTX 50 series
Since the deployment of the RTX 50 series in January, GPUs have been difficult to find. The retailers sell cards in a few minutes due to the high demand for new GPUs, which also provides scalper robots which can create hundreds of orders in a few seconds while human customers are still trying to finish an order. The owner of these bots then tries to sell the cards for a bonus on platforms like eBay, although some people try to Make more difficult for scalpers to make a profit.
Nvidia warned of the rarity problem Before the GPU release of the RTX 50 series, and the company makes an effort to help customers who really want new graphics cards.
Nvidia created Priority access checked For customers who wish to buy a GeForce RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 Founders Edition Edition graphics card directly from the company. To have access, customers must have an NVIDIA account created no later than January 30, 2025 and fill in a form. Those who were fortunate to be chosen can buy one or the other GPU they chose when filling the form directly from Nvidia.