Nvidia Admits RTX 5080 Also Affected by ROP Issue, Joins 5090 and 5070 Ti
Nvidia confirms RTX 5080 GPUs had early production issues with missing ROPs, affecting performance. Affected users can seek replacements.
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Nvidia Admits RTX 5080 Also Affected by ROP Issue, Joins 5090 and 5070 Ti
When Nvidia originally confirmed that some of its new RTX 50-series graphics cards had a “rare” manufacturing issue that left them missing some promised render units and a slight amount of performance as a result, it only named three affected cards: the RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and RTX 5070 Ti. But now, Nvidia has confirmed to us that RTX 5080 production was affected by the same issue as well. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge “Upon further investigation, we’ve identified that an early production build of GeForce RTX 5080 GPUs were also affected by the same issue. Affected consumers can contact the board manufacturer for a replacement,” Nvidia GeForce global PR director Ben Berraondo say. In response to questions, Berraondo adds that “no other Nvidia GPUs have been affected” — we specifically asked about the upcoming RTX 5070, and he says it’s not affected either. Nor should any cards be affected that were produced more recently: “The production anomaly…
