A couple of months have passed since the release of Nvidia’s RTX 50 series graphics cards, which kicked off with the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 at the end of January. There were multiple issues with the new-gen cards, and a recent poll even shows that some PC gamers are starting to lose confidence in Nvidia. One of these problems was the missing ROPs fiasco, which has since been resolved.

There were a number of RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti cards being shipped with lower than standard ROPs (Render output units). These cards made it to market and into the hands of consumers, but the issue was soon spotted by hardware reviewers due to lower-than-expected performance. While refunds are being offered, a German retailer has another idea – sell them as B-stock.

German retailer is selling ‘B-stock’ RTX 5090 cards with missing ROPs

The example in question is the ZOTAC SOLID OC model RTX 5090, which is listed as B-stock for €2,899. While the card may not be in stock brand-new, there are a few B-stock variants, one of which is listed with only 168 ROPs enabled. For reference, the RTX 5090 should have 176 ROPs, which means there will likely be a slight dip in performance on the B-stock item.

Early reports of RTX 5090 GPUs with missing ROPs identified cards from manufacturers such as Zotac, MSI, and Manli were affected. Testing at the time by TechPowerUp saw performance losses of up to 8.4% when compared to other 5090 models.

Nvidia says this issue has been resolved internally, but that doesn’t stop the existing cards from being out there. Even still, these B-Stock cards are being sold for well above MSRP, though we don’t expect that to change anytime soon. As you can see above, the €2,899 price tag is still hundreds of Euros more than the recommended price tag, which should be around €2230.

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