GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptop, a new family of mobile GPUs based on the “Blackwell” architecture that is said to bring game-changing capabilities to gamers and creators alongside what’s been described as a massive level of AI horsepower, features the correct amount of ROPs unlike some of their desktop counterparts, according to a new statement that NVIDIA has sent out to several outlets that had alleged GeForce RTX 50 Series Laptop GPUs are missing ROPs, too.
“No further issues, all partners continue to run checks as part of our standard testing procedure,” NVIDIA told Hardwareluxx today after the website referenced a report from Heise Online that claimed there are faulty mobile GPUs out there and how shipments will have to be delayed:
…several notebook manufacturers…are currently working extra shifts in the Far East to prevent the drama from moving into the next act: Nvidia has asked manufacturers to check notebooks that have already been produced with the new mobile GeForce RTX 5000 graphics chips. Here, too, the focus is on GPUs that have fewer ROPs active than the data sheet specifies. This leads to potentially significant losses in 3D performance.
The aim of the campaign is to ensure that systems with faulty mobile GPUs – some of which, like the desktop versions, have apparently slipped through Nvidia’s quality assurance – are intercepted before they are even delivered to customers. The current testing procedure is still likely to mean less effort for manufacturers than later exchange campaigns – not to mention frustrated customers.
The report from Heise goes on to suggest that the affected notebooks may not go on sale until May or later:
The first gaming notebooks with GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 have been available for pre-order since the end of February. However, as things currently stand, delivery will not take place in March as originally planned, but only from April. Depending on the notebook manufacturer and model, GPU variant, CPU manufacturer and delivery region, it could also be May or even later.
“As thin as 14.9mm, GeForce RTX 50 Series laptops boast up to 40% better battery life thanks to new Blackwell Max-Q innovations, and double the performance of previous-generation models,” NVIDIA explained in January. “Game with double the FPS. Create content and complete workflows in half the time. And finish generative AI tasks 2.5X faster.”