If you've been out of the loop, a handful of RTX 50-series (Blackwell)GPUs are reported to suffer from a manufacturing flaw that fuses off an ROP partition in the GPU. Nvidia quickly addressed these ...

Nvidia's latest gaming GPU, the RTX 50-series, hasn't enjoyed a flawless launch. With high prices, low stock, and concerns over melting connectors, black screens, and unstable cards, it's transpired ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA has identified a rare issue affecting less than 0.5% of GeForce RTX 5090 / 5090D and 5070 Ti GPUs, which have fewer ROPs than specified, resulting in a 4% average graphical performance ...

A few people who managed the minor miracle of tracking down a new Nvidia RTX 50-series graphics card were shocked and appalled to find that these GPUs were underperforming thanks to missing Render ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA confirmed a production issue affecting 0.5% of GeForce RTX 5090, 5090D, and 5070 Ti cards, leading to fewer ROPs and a 4% performance drop. Users should check ROP counts using GPU-Z and ...

If you bought an Nvidia RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, or (probably) the upcoming RTX 5070, you should check if it's missing ROPs and therefore you're missing out on performance. As many as 0.5% of all ...

Nvidia has admitted that there’s a problem with some of its early RTX 5080 graphics cards. No, it’s not the power connectors melting, or the random black screens, or the ridiculous pricing and ...

So, you finally managed to get your hands on an RTX 5090 after the paperwork cleared on your second mortgage, only to discover that it’s giving you 10 percent fewer frames in Minecraft than you ...

The Nvidia RTX 50 series GPUs are no stranger to issues. From melting connectors to missing PhysX support, RTX 50 series owners have faced many problems. However, TechPowerUp's report of RTX 5090 with ...

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.

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Deployment/redeployment operations (D/ROPS) teams are designed to facilitate the reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (RSOI) of units in theater. D/ROPS teams operated as a functional ...