German electronics retailer Alternate has listed three Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid OC graphics cards as B-stock products, despite these units missing Render Output Units (ROPs).
First spotted by Videocardz, the affected GPUs are reportedly missing 8 out of the expected 176 ROPs, which can potentially negatively impact rasterization performance and rendering efficiency in certain workloads. Notably, Alternate is selling these ‘defective’ GPUs at €2,899 ($3,132.12), a price nearly identical to fully functional RTX 5090 units.
ROPs play a crucial role in finalizing rendered frames, making them particularly important for high-resolution gaming and professional workloads. A reduction in ROPs could lead to slightly lower performance, particularly in 4K gaming and compute-heavy applications. Despite this, Alternate has not meaningfully discounted these defective GPUs, making them a questionable purchase for uninformed buyers.
