Last week it was revealed that some RTX 50-series cards were shipping with missing ROPs, dampening the performance some got from their $2,000 upgrade. Now, even PC builders are making assurances to ...

It turns out that a spattering of reports about some GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards shipping with missing render output unit (or raster operations pipeline) hardware were the result of a "production ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA admits its new GeForce RTX 5080 also suffers from possible missing ROPs, joins the RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti with gamers needing to send their elusive new GPU back to the AIB manufacturer ...

Have you tuned into this season of How The GPU World Turns? I've lost track of what season this actually is, or even which episode for that matter, but there's no shortage of drama, intrigue, and even ...

March 31, 2025 This retail listing has now been taken down, and according to a report on Computerbase.de, retailer Alternate has stated that it does not sell graphics cards with missing ROPs as ...

TL;DR: Corsair addressed the issue of "missing ROPs" in NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs, emphasizing that any potential performance deviation is unacceptable. Corsair and its two pre-built gaming PC ...

German electronics retailer Alternate has listed three Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid OC graphics cards as B-stock products, despite these units missing Render Output Units (ROPs). First spotted by ...

German retailer Alternate has listed one of the defective RTX 5090 graphics cards with eight missing ROPs, selling it as a "B-stock" option that has been opened but is otherwise in as-new condition.

Cutting corners: Supplies of Nvidia's RTX 50 series graphics cards are so limited that at least one retailer is selling units marked as slightly defective – potentially still selling out at inflated ...

The graphics card market is an absolute mess at the moment. Stock issues persist despite Nvidia’s early claims that it would solve early issues with the 50-series, and AMD has promised to get its ...

It's often surprising to me how different engineering samples can be from the end product that reaches the shelves. As a case in point, redditor Substantial-Mark-959 reports they've come into ...