Some lucky RTX 5080 buyers may not be so lucky after all, as Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ chip fault also applies to this GPU as well as the RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti

Nvidia also clarified that the RTX 5070 won’t have this fault

February 25, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Xavier Griffin

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However, Team Green has now said that RTX 5080 models can also be affected.

Affected consumers can hit up the board manufacturer for a replacement.

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 sitting on its retail packaging

Analysis: Give me some ROPs, Im coming loose… No other GPUs outside the Blackwell range are affected by the problem either, Team Green clarified.

Still, it’s not a good look for Nvidia after an already-rocky launch for the Blackwell generation.