Nvidia, GPU and ROPs

Worried your Nvidia RTX 5080, 5090 or 5070 Ti isn't performing as well as it should? CPU-Z can now check your GPU for missing ROPs
A small handful of RTX 50 series partner cards have reportedly shipped without the full intended hardware as standard on the boards. It's said that less than 1% of RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards (or one in 200) have a loss of ROPs, meaning slowed down performance compared to what they should be able to achieve.
Nvidia admits some early RTX 5080 cards are missing ROPs, too
Nvidia has confirmed to us that RTX 5080 production was affected.
CPU-Z Validator can now check your NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPU for missing ROPs
CPU-Z Validator will now test NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards to see if they have missing ROPs or not.
Nvidia RTX 5080 is also suffering from missing ROPs similar to the 5090 and 5070 Ti0 0
Following Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards' missing raster operating units (ROPs) issue, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5080 has also been found to be affected by the same problem.
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 5080 when it confirmed to The Verge that a manufacturing defect is leaving “less than 0.
NVIDIA admits: yeah sorry, our new GeForce RTX 5080 has missing ROPs as well
NVIDIA admits that its new GeForce RTX 5080 is missing ROPs as well, with affected customers told to contact the AIB manufacturer for a replacement.
How to check whether your graphics card has missing ROPs
Before you get started checking whether your card is missing ROPs or not, though, you need to update to the latest Nvidia drivers. How to check your GPU's ROPs with CPU-Z Validato
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