March 8 — Reports from Heise Online indicate that NVIDIA’s RTX 50 series laptop GPUs may be facing the same ROP (Raster Operations Pipeline) unit reduction issue as their desktop counterparts. In response, NVIDIA has reportedly instructed OEM partners in East Asia to conduct additional screenings to identify affected batches.
Following these reports, NVIDIA GeForce’s Global PR Director, Ben Berraondo, addressed the concerns in a statement to The Verge, stating: “All partners will continue their inspections as part of our standard testing procedures. Mobile GPUs are not affected by the ROP issue, and no further clarification is needed.”
The issue first surfaced in February 2025 when TechPowerUp discovered that certain RTX 5090 desktop GPUs, such as the Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid, were missing eight ROP units, leading to a 4.54% drop in rasterization performance. NVIDIA later confirmed that the RTX 5090 and RTX 5070 Ti were affected, with subsequent findings revealing similar concerns in the RTX 5080.
As a result, the launch of NVIDIA’s next-generation RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 gaming laptops has been pushed back to March 31. Additionally, sources suggest that RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptops have been delayed until April 21. It remains unclear whether the RTX 5070 laptops, originally scheduled for an April release, will also face delays.
