- Nvidia has clarified that Blackwell-Laptop GPUs are not affected by hardware-level error in reproduction pipes
- Nvidia was very aware that this is the case when he was pressed on the case
- The error applies only to Desktop GPUs (not including RTX 5070)
Nvidia has made it clear that its Blackwell GPUs for laptops are not affected by the same hardware level error discovered in its desktop models (with the exception of the latest RTX 5070, which is also free of this glitch).
Alarming reports showed up yesterday, from two German tech places – Hardwareluxx and Heise Online – claimed Nvidia asked notebook manufacturers to check their laptops with RTX 5000 GPUs, and part of it was to see if the said glitch – where a hardware species known as ROPS (I come back to it, it is right) Performed.
The Verge spoke with Nvidia’s Ben Berraondo, Global PR -Director who informed the site that there is no problem with these laptops and that: “All partners continue to run control as part of our standard testing procedure.”
The Verge pressed and specifically asked if we just went ‘from’ no other GPUs affected ‘to’ some laptop GPUs’ is also affected, “and Berraondo said no, it wasn’t the case.
The technical site then asked to ‘Triple-Check’, whether this means that no Blackwell-Baptist GPUs have the mistake of ROPS, and the PR director said, “Correct, no further problems.”
So it’s a cast iron declaration that NVIDIA’s RTX 5000 GPUs in laptops will not be affected.
Analysis: A necessary clarification
While reports like those that occurred yesterday must always be treated with caution, you can easily understand why there may be some doubts here. If you remember, Nvidia initially said that only the RTX 5090 and 5070 ten desktop graphics card were hit by this GPU error, and then later admitted that the RTX 5080 was also a potential victim.
To clarify the nature of the error – and how ordinary or rather uncommon it is – to say it simply, ROP’s pipelines reproduce to 3D graphics, and 8 of them (a block) are missing in the defective GPUs. This means they run some PC games a little slower (the effect is quite variable as some games use these rendering pipes more than others – some titles will not be lowered noticeably at all).
Still, this is clearly a major problem at times when games (other tasks are not affected) for those with a Blackwell GPU suffering from a lack of rops. According to Nvidia, only 0.5% of the desktop graphics cards it had produced in the desktop models (all except RTX 5070) are affected by this issue (a claim partly backed up by Corsair’s experience with its pre -built PCs).
In any case, it is pretty clear that no one who buys a game-bearable computer with an NVIDIA RTX 5000 graphics card will suffer this hardware level nastiness. Either because the problem does not apply to any mobile hardware at all, or because (“default”) controls with portable manufacturers will definitely catch the defective chips before these laptops are sent.
Rumors also say that there is likely to be a delay with these Blackwell-Toting Notebooks, which went on pre-order in late February and was expected to start sending in March. Now it looks like we might be waiting until April or even May, according to Hardwareluxx.
If other scraped from Grapevine is right, Nvidia actually wanted to get these laptops out in January 2025 originally. Between it and the catastrophic thin storage levels of the Blackwell Desktop GPUs, the RTX 5000 series has come to a very shaky start in terms of sliding time frames and accessibility.
