Recently, a small number of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti GPUs have been found to be missing ROPs (Render Output Units), which can lead to reduced performance. NVIDIA estimates that this affects about 0.5% of all 50-series GPUs—roughly one out of every 200 cards.
The impact on performance varies depending on workload, with NVIDIA stating that the performance loss could range from negligible to about 4%. Regardless of the impact, receiving a card with fewer ROPs than intended is not acceptable. If you discover your card has this issue, you should request an RMA.
What is Puget Systems Doing?
As you might expect, we are closely monitoring this issue for our workstations. In addition to manual inspections, we have integrated an automated check into our build process based on NVIDIA’s recommended method of using GPU-Z to ensure all RTX 50-series cards in our workstations have the correct number of ROPs.
If you already own a system with an RTX 50-series card, we strongly recommend running GPU-Z using the method in the following section to verify your card. If you discover an issue with your Puget Systems workstation, contact our support team and we’ll take care of it!
How to Manually Check for Missing ROPs
Fortunately, checking your GPU is quick and easy:
- Download GPU-Z 2.63.0 or later
- Run GPU-Z
- Check the ROPs entry to verify that your card has the correct number.
| GeForce RTX 5090 (D) | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 176 | 112 | 96 |
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For more details, NVIDIA has a blog post explaining the process: How to check the number of ROPs in your GeForce RTX 5090/5090D/5080/5070 Ti graphics card.
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