NVIDIA, RTX 5070 and ROPs

RTX 5070 Ti manufacturing defect cuts performance by up to 10% — 88 ROPs vs 96 ROPs (design)
Defective RTX 5070 Ti with eight missing ROPs sees an up-to 10% drop in performance, depending on the scenario.
NVIDIA shipping gimped GeForce RTX 5090 cards with missing ROPs with 4.5% less performance
NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards are shipping with missing ROPs, reduces performance by 4.5% with NVIDIA confirming the issue.
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.
Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti cards from multiple vendors are missing ROP units, impacting performance
The few lucky users who acquired Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 soon after its initial launch should run GPU-Z to check if all 176 of the graphics
NVIDIA says only 0.5% of their RTX 5090D, RTX 5070 Ti cards ship with missing ROPs, lower perf
NVIDIA confirms it has shipped GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards with reduced ROP counts, affected users can get a replacement.
Nvidia's RTX-5000 partly sold with fewer ROPs than specified
Some GPUs on the RTX 5090, 5090 D and 5070 Ti lack eight raster output stages. This reduces performance. According to Nvidia, it is due to a manufacturing error
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.
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.
Nvidia confirms 'rare issue' with some RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs – here’s how to check if you’re affected and to get a replacement
The launch of Nvidia's new GPUs has gone badly enough already, but now there's a hardware-level glitch slowing down RTX 5090 ...
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 ...
Some GeForce RTX 5090 Cards Appear To Be Gimped By Missing ROPs Hardware
Multiple GeForce RTX 5090 cards in the wild are showing fewer ROPs in GPU-Z than what they're supposed to have.
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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.
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 Has Its Hands Full Investigating Multiple Issues with RTX 5090 Ranging from Missing ROPS, Black Screen Issues, and Melting Cables
Following reports of melted cables, and then black screen issues including some bricked GPUs, come new reports of models from ...