GPU, Geforce and ROPs

Missing ROPs? How to check if your GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU is underperforming
Got a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, or RTX 5090? Time to check the specs to make sure you're not missing out performance due to missing hardware.
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.
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.
GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs with missing ROPs found, up to 11% slower
Users are reporting missing ROPs in their RTX 50 Series GPUs, with the latest reports highlighting that the issues also affects the GeForce RTX 5080.
0.5% of all NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090/5070 Ti has less ROPs and here’s what Team Green has to say about it
If you're one of the lucky and well-stacked fellas who owned the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 or the recently launched RTX 5070 Ti, you better off go and run GPU-Z to find out if you're one of the unlucky ones with the "defective brains".
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.
RTX 5080s are missing ROPs, too.
A Reddit user posted a screenshot showing that their RTX 5080 has fewer ROPs than it should. Nvidia didn’t include the RTX ...
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GeForce RTX 5080 also facing missing ROP issue?
If you’re a guru who recently got your hands on a GeForce RTX 5080, you might want to check a small but important detail: some reports suggest that these cards could have fewer Raster Operations ...
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Nvidia Confirms Some RTX 50 Graphics Cards Are Underpowered
Following user complaints about certain GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards, Nvidia confirms the existence of some defective units ...
I wish Nvidia had waited with the RTX 50-series
The launch of Nvidia's RTX 50-series hasn't gone well so far, and it seems that things aren't about to improve anytime soon.
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MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION Video Card Review
When you add all this up, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has 10,752 CUDA Cores, 336 5th Gen Tensor Cores, 84 4th Gen RT Cores, 112 ROPs and 336 Texture Units. The L1 Data Cache/Shared memory size ...
Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7
Now that Nvidia’s top-end GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards have landed, ready to take on serious 4K gaming, it's high ...