Defective RTX 5080 gaming GPU reported, despite earlier Nvidia reassurance
Nvidia is facing a growing manufacturing issue with its latest graphics cards. Reports of at least one Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 card with missing render output units (ROPs) have surfaced, coming just days after Nvidia confirmed that only a supposedly limited number of RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti cards were affected. While these new Nvidia GPUs are now among the best graphics cards you can buy, this growing manufacturing issue adds to a series of problems the company has been facing since it launched its new GPU lineup, from melting RTX 5090 power cables to near-zero stock availability across the board. Given that Nvidia only confirmed the first two cards in its earlier statement, it’s possible that this manufacturing crisis is a bigger problem than the company first thought. Continue reading Defective RTX 5080 gaming GPU reported, despite earlier Nvidia reassurance MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards


Nvidia is facing a growing manufacturing issue with its latest graphics cards. Reports of at least one Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 card with missing render output units (ROPs) have surfaced, coming just days after Nvidia confirmed that only a supposedly limited number of RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti cards were affected.
While these new Nvidia GPUs are now among the best graphics cards you can buy, this growing manufacturing issue adds to a series of problems the company has been facing since it launched its new GPU lineup, from melting RTX 5090 power cables to near-zero stock availability across the board. Given that Nvidia only confirmed the first two cards in its earlier statement, it’s possible that this manufacturing crisis is a bigger problem than the company first thought.
MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Nvidia RTX 5090 review, Nvidia RTX 5080 review, Best graphics cards