Nvidia RTX 5090 seemingly has a spanner thrown in the works by new graphics driver, but we should be very careful around reports of ‘bricked’ GPUs

Some RTX 5090 owners are reporting that their GPUs are no longer being recognized, but there’s a possible fix

February 4, 2025 · 1 min · 66 words · Courtney Cobb

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Those reports totally got the wrong end of the stick (or the power connector, rather).

Its worth noting thatRTX 5080 graphics cardsarent affected by these apparent issues.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090�s power connection port

Analysis: PCIe compatibility woes?

Whats going on here?

This remains one to keep a close eye on, then, for the time being.

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