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Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated

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New reports suggest certain RTX 5090 models with reduced ROP counts may be affected.

ROPs are a hardware component on your GPU responsible for blending colors, performing anti-aliasing, and transactions between the framebuffer.

GTX 970 was in hot water 10 years ago for misleading VRAM specs.

Nvidia has not commented on the matter.

We've reached out to the company for comment. Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun. RTX 4090 16-pin GPU adapter fights melting with active cooling, monitors temperature and power consumption Leaked AMD RX 9070 XT benchmarks see it match Nvidia 's RTX 4070 in synthetic tests.

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