Nvidia has opposite the weekend The verge confirms that there is a production error in the current RTX 5000 series. The site had reported on it for the first time Tech Power Upthat pointed out to a missing ROP partition with certain RTX 5090 cards. This should ensure performance losses because it has an impact on the 3D performance of the cards. The RTX 5070 Ti is also affected.

According to Nvidia, the average reduction in performance Only four percent behave, other sides (and buyers) report on Up to 11 percent. However, only a very small proportion of the graphics cards delivered so far should be affected.

Nvidia announced to The Verge:

We have identified a rare problem that affects less than 0.5 % (half a percent) of the GeForce RTX 5090 / 5090D and 5070 Ti GPUs, which have less than specified. The average impact on graphics performance is 4 % and has no effect on AI and Compute workloads. Affected customers can contact the card manufacturer to get a replacement. The production anomaly has been remedied.

NVIDIA does not give more precise figures on the number of graphics cards affected. Since the release of the RTX 5090 showed the appearance that quite a few pieces were generally available, these should be very few cards. With the RTX 5070 Ti, which has just appeared, it could be more models.

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What should those affected do now?

According to Nvidia, the production error has already been remedied. This means that newly produced cards no longer run the risk of having too few ROP units. This means special computing units that are specifically used in image synthesis (rendering).

In normal use, i.e. gaming or other applications, the missing ROP set is probably not directly noticeable. If you still want to check whether your own GPU contains the correct number, free programs such as Rop Benchmark use.

According to the manufacturer, the RTX 5090 should be over 176 ROPS have, but only 168 pieces are active. With the RTX 5070 Ti it should 96 ROPS be. If you recognize deviations from your own GPU, you should contact the manufacturer immediately. Nvidia promises to deliver a replacement for affected customers.

However, when this replacement can be provided is questionable. Because the RTX 5090 is struggling with poor availability and is still sold out everywhere. Nvidia recently boosted the production of the graphics cards, but it will probably take a few weeks (or even months) before interested parties can access again.

Meanwhile, there is still no statement on the part of the reports on the reports of melted power connections on the RTX 5090.