The launch of Nvidia's RTX 50-series hasn't gone well so far, and it seems that things aren't about to improve anytime soon.

“We have identified a rare issue affecting less than 0.5% (half a percent) of GeForce RTX 5090 / 5090D and 5070 Ti GPUs, which have one fewer ROP than specified," an Nvidia representative told Tom's Hardware Saturday. "The average graphical performance impact is 4%, with no impact on AI and Compute workloads.”

Got a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, or RTX 5090? Time to check the specs to make sure you're not missing out performance due to missing hardware.

Following user complaints about certain GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards, Nvidia confirms the existence of some defective units and offers replacements.

An Nvidia staff member confirmed the company is still investigating RTX 50 series crashes and black screens. The staff member clarified fixes might come in the form of driver updates or VBIOS updates.

The once popular PhysX graphics technology by Nvidia is now out of support, leaving fans of the legacy games it powers saddened.

While the first Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs are now with us in the form of mighty (and perhaps melty?) graphics cards, some of us have been looking towards mobile versions of the GPUs for our slice of the Blackwell pie.

Nvidia confirms rare hardware flaws in RTX 5070 and RTX 5090 GPUs. The issue affects less than 0.5% of GPUs and impacts graphical performance by 4%. Affected consumers can contact the board manufacturer for replacement,

It was quite an exciting week for many gamers, as NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, alongside support for Avowed and many other goodies on GeForce NOW.