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a German retailer reminds us that these cards still exist on the market. In fact, only one card is on sale, but the fact that this model is offered as a fully featured RTX 5090, except with missing ROPs, is something we did not expect to see.

The ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID OC model is now offered at €2899, which sounds like a lot, given that the fully featured model without missing ROPs is sold at the same price. In fact, Alternate has three B-stock offers, and the other two cards have slightly damaged packaging and cost the same.

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ZOTAC RTX 5090 ROP, Source: Alternate



Unlike with the full RTX 5090 models, users will not be eligible to return the item and replace it with a card featuring 176 ROPs. However, since this is still a product sold by a retailer, users will have the option to return the card within a set timeframe without questions (EU law).

Missing ROP configurations:

• GeForce RTX 5090(D): 168 instead of 176
• GeForce RTX 5080: 104 instead of 112
• GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: 88 instead of 96

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[tkscz]

Missing components and still charge more than MSRP

 

[HRK69]

 

[diffusionx]

I assume that Nvidia paid them back for these faulty chips, these companies are literally foisting their garbage onto customers.

 

[FeralEcho]

Ripping you off AND spitting on your face.

There should be class action lawsuits against such business practices.

 

[Zathalus]

That's dumb, you can get a brand new full enabled 5090 now for about €2950. Still not ideal, but pricing has been crashing down from the €4500 it was at.

 

[winjer]

When I thought of a future dystopia, this was not what I had in mind.
I could have never imagined the GPU market getting as fucked up as this.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Speechless. Like DF said in a recent video, the whole market for GPUs is broken at this point. Bad times for builders.

 

[OverHeat]

Some dummy is going to buy this

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Speechless. Like DF said in a recent video, the whole market for GPUs is broken at this point. Bad times for builders.

Bad time for builders?? The 9070XT has no stock issues.

 

[GreatnessRD]

When I thought of a future dystopia, this was not what I had in mind.
I could have never imagined the GPU market getting as fucked up as this.

Blame our goofy ass PCMR friends with a case full of FOMO

 

[M1chl]

Man what a deal

Just for transparency, I cancelled the RTX5090 order and kept my ol trusty 4090

 

[MikeM]

Good luck future used market. Thats going to be a shit show.

 

[Euler007]

Ripping you off AND spitting on your face.

Some people pay extra for that kind of service.

 

[Esppiral]

3000€!? Hahahahaha

 

[StereoVsn]

God damn, Nvidia isn't taking the cards back and this store is still selling way above MSRP. What a time to be alive!

 

[Zacfoldor]

Yuck. After this we can never complain about another company being greedy again.

Imagine the poor fool that accidentally buys one of these thinking they got a 5090. It's really a shame.

Edit: Oh, multiple cards in the line came like this, what a shitshow, ugh. Makes me worried about ever buying a 50 series card honestly.

 

[IFireflyl]

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Almost €3K for a 'faulty' product?

Get the fuck out of here with that shit. It's not even worth the MSRP with missing ROPS let alone almost €1000 more!

 

[Venom Snake]

Whoever came up with this idea will not only go to hell, but will become one of the managers there.

 

[ReBurn]

There's no way I would buy a used 5090. I could see people buying these and then scalping them as fully functional for more money.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

When I thought of a future dystopia, this was not what I had in mind.
I could have never imagined the GPU market getting as fucked up as this.

On the bright side AMD is now a viable option.

 

[SlimySnake]

There are some 5080s available at my microcenter actually. All for over $1,400. What a scam the PC market has become.

 

[proandrad]

5090se

 

[Puscifer]

When I thought of a future dystopia, this was not what I had in mind.
I could have never imagined the GPU market getting as fucked up as this.

This dystopia is retarded. Look at my post history, my desist offered me to spin the wheel of fortune in their office for a in discount on some orthodontic work.

 

[zeroluck]

ROP is only used for pixel shaders, doesn't impact compute workload at all, the AI bros will scoop them up immediately.

 

[Kilau]

This dystopia is retarded. Look at my post history, my desist offered me to spin the wheel of fortune in their office for a in discount on some orthodontic work.

Did they also have a tip option at check out?

 

[Von Hugh]

Fuck NVIDIA. Fuck the retailers.

 

[N0S]

 

[Spukc]

Fuck you
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Alternate is ook echt zo een kanker website

 

[notseqi]

5089,99

 

[Lagspike_exe]

The sheer audacity you need to pull off something like this. Hoping for AMD's continuted success and Intel's GPU investment so this market is normalized.
I'm happy I got a PS5 Pro though, it seems it's good value when you look at things like this.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I wonder why those 8 ROPS are an issue at the chip plant.
Gonna have to start rating chip manufacturers based on ROPS
Real Original Perfect Silicon

 

[Lagspike_exe]

I wonder why those 8 ROPS are an issue at the chip plant.
Gonna have to start rating chip manufacturers based on ROPS
Real Original Perfect Silicon

They're not binning GPUs properly. They are well aware of this, they just shipped defective GPUs hoping nobody would notice.

 

[Spukc]

Man what a deal

Just for transparency, I cancelled the RTX5090 order and kept my ol trusty 4090

Lol so the 5070 can reach the same fps why

 

[Buggy Loop]

 

[PeteBull]

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Been building since the early 90s and this is by far the worst time to be into pc gaming, this tho makes me love my 4090 FE that much more. But I mean I gotta be honest I'm also impressed with my pro, and the gap has closed alot

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

it probably will sell

 

[bender]

Some Canadian is going to buy this.

 

[nkarafo]

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Does this even beat a 9070xt?

But ofc, there will always be d******** who buy this.

 

[64gigabyteram]

On the bright side AMD is now a viable option.

not viable enough to avoid the stock problems though. Until they get a decent restock we're stuck in this hell for quite some time. Even my local Micro Center is rinsed out.

 

[64gigabyteram]

they're gonna start selling 5090s & 5080s with melted power connectors for 20% over MSRP and stick a label that says "may need to solder on new power connector" on the box

Spoiler

..... and them bitches will be sold out

 

[Crayon]

 

[YCoCg]

The balls on Nvidia to do this "Yeah we'll sell the faulty ones, just call them B-Stock and charge a little less".

 

[//DEVIL//]

they're gonna start selling 5090s & 5080s with melted power connectors for 20% over MSRP and stick a label that says "may need to solder on new power connector" on the box

Spoiler

..... and them bitches will be sold out

i mean.. thats an easy fix .... how the hell you fix missing rops ? ur screwed.


I would take this over missing rops any day. wont take me couple of hours and its good as new ( not that I am buying this shit ), but if my power connector went down at one point... ill just solder it my self.

 

[John Wick]

Some dummy is going to buy this

If they could they would be bidding on them

 

[newtypepilot]

and idiots will buy them

 

[asdasdasdbb]

i mean.. thats an easy fix .... how the hell you fix missing rops ? ur screwed.

Selling it (as B-stock) is better than throwing it in the trash, which is the only real alternative at this point.