GeForce RTX 5090 (D)?: Reports of graphics cards with “Too little ROPS” 119 comments increase
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First, TechPowerUp reported that the solid Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 is running around with too few active ROPs. On the reference of an affected buyer, the model tested by TPU also turned out to be such a limited scope. It seems different with the computer base, but there are other reports on the subject.
All solid Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 are unaffected
TPU had reported that ZOTAC’s “affected” graphics cards only have more than 168 instead of 176 active ROPS (rendering output units).
However, this does not seem to apply to all models of this type: the model of the solid Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 (test) in the editorial team, the full number of officially active units, as a GPU Z screenshot, offers. And a buyer of such a graphics card also reports on the computer base Discord server that GPU-Z 176 shows active ROPs.
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In the meantime, however, there are reports about other GeForce RTX 5090s, more specifically about the RTX 5090 D with AI performance circumcised for China. A version from Manli and a version from MSI. The 5090 D should actually have 176 active ROPS, but only 168 are reported in these cases.
Meanwhile, there were now reports of a gigabyte map.
What should affected RTX-5090 buyers do?
Buyers of an RTX 5090(d) should definitely check the number of active units that the graphics card reports. The number 176 recorded in the editor screenshot is correct. Since there is no information so far whether the problem should be resolved by updating the driver or BIOS, affected customers should in any case contact the manufacturer’s support or retailer at an early stage, but refrain from returning the graphics card immediately. The problem may be easy to fix via software and not replaceable these days.
Availability and price: Here you can buy GeForce RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070 TI
Is the RTX 5080 “affected”?
After the first reports of the RTX 5090 surfaced, many buyers also thought their RTX 5080 was directly affected as they only reported 112 instead of 128 active ROPS. However, the 112 active ROPs are correct. In this case the TPU database was missing, the error has now been corrected. At least these reports were a false alarm for now.
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