- A GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition owner has reported a defect in their graphics card, specifically a shortage of raster operations pipelines (ROPs). According to GPU-Z diagnostics, the GPU has 104 ROPs instead of the expected 112.
- The user fully reinstalled the drivers, but the issue persisted, leading to the conclusion that it's a hardware defect, not a software issue.
- Other RTX 5080 owners on Reddit confirmed that their cards have the correct number of ROPs, suggesting that this defect is rare.
- NVIDIA previously stated that "less than 0.5%" of RTX 5090, 5090D, and 5070 Ti units were affected by missing ROPs, but they did not mention RTX 5080 as part of the issue.
- Performance tests indicate that GPUs with fewer ROPs can be up to 11% slower in certain scenarios.
- NVIDIA has assured customers that defective GPUs can be exchanged for fully functional replacements by contacting the manufacturer.
