Systems integrator now ensures correct ROP counts in RTX 5000 series before shipping

What just happened? Here's something nobody could have predicted before the RTX 5000 series arrived: a systems integrator has launched a program that ensures the cards it stocks have the correct ROP counts before they're sent to customers. The move comes after Nvidia confirmed a small number of RTX 5090, 5090D, 5080 and 5070 Ti cards have fewer units than they should. CyberPowerPC hopes to give customers faith that the Blackwell cards in their systems aren't missing any components. Nvidia has advised anyone who discovers their RTX 5000 card has missing ROPs to contact the board manufacturer that made it. It seems CyberPower doesn't want to be caught up in Nvidia's mess, so it is taking the – admittedly quick and easy – step of checking that the RTX 50xx cards it ships in systems have the correct number of ROPs before they're sent to buyers. After TechPowerUp spotted the problem in some users' cards, Nvida confirmed there was an issue affecting less than half a percent of RTX 5090, 5 ... Read full article.