Nvidia RTX 5090 seemingly has a spanner thrown in the works by new graphics driver, but we should be very careful around reports of bricked GPUs

Date:
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:05:43 +0000

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The RTX 5090 has seemingly been thrown a curveball by Nvidias latest driver, with reports of the GPU now failing to work (or worse).

FULL STORY ======================================================================Nvidias RTX 5090 has run into trouble with the latest graphics driver There are numerous reports that GPUs are no longer being recognized by PCs after the driver has been installed The problem could be wrapped up in PCIe 5.0 compatibility

Nvidias new graphics driver, which brings in support for the RTX 5090 and
5080 GPUs, has been causing problems with games crashing and on top of that, now there are reports from some Blackwell flagship graphics card owners that theyre encountering some serious difficulties.

We should clarify right off the bat that the specter of cable melting that famously hit the RTX 4090 is not a thing with the RTX 5090, despite some rumors that were recently circulating. Those reports totally got the wrong
end of the stick (or the power connector, rather).

These fresh bugbears seemingly affecting the RTX 5090 are mostly about the
GPU failing to work (not being recognized by the PC), additionally with a claim that two of these Nvidia graphics cards have been bricked (posted on Goofish). Apparently, part of the issue here is a very small probability of internal components burning although the translation may well be an issue here, I should note. Furthermore, we should be very cautious around those particular anecdotal reports at this stage (Ill come back to that shortly).

As VideoCardz flagged up, these issues have apparently hit some RTX 5090 buyers, and also those whove purchased an RTX 5090 D over in Asia (the
variant of the flagship made for that region).

While almost all of these reports have surfaced in Asia popping up on the likes of Chiphell, Baidu, and Bilibili, as Wccftech noticed and involve graphics card makers such as Manli or Colorful, there are two reported issues on Reddit from owners of an Asus RTX 5090 (the original poster, and a follow-up claim in that thread).

Its worth noting that RTX 5080 graphics cards arent affected by these
apparent issues. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Analysis: PCIe compatibility woes?

Whats going on here? Well, thats a tricky one to unpick, and for now, we have to give Nvidia the benefit of the doubt, at least regarding the tales of RTX 5090 graphics cards being fried somehow take that with a whole heap of seasoning.

However, the problems with the new graphics driver causing the RTX 5090 to
not be recognized by the system certainly seem very real. Indeed, this
problem was observed in some reviews of the flagship, and its something that could be wrapped up in PCIe 5.0 compatibility.

The solution for some, as noted in the Reddit thread with the Asus RTX 5090, is to head to the BIOS and drop down to PCIe 4.0 instead. Yes, thatll mean a slight performance loss, but its not that big a drop (and itll only be temporary hopefully, as when things are ironed out, youll be able to switch back).

This drop to-PCIe-4.0 plan isnt helping everyone, though, and the trick didnt work for the RTX 5090 owned by the original poster on Reddit. Theyve had to send their board back to Nvidia, with Team Green now investigating the problem, were told.

This remains one to keep a close eye on, then, for the time being. Of course, with there being very few RTX 5090 graphics cards out there due to seriously limited stock any issues arent likely to be that widely reported, anyway.

Weve reached out to Nvidia to see if the company can shed some light on this matter, and will update this story with any response. You might also like... Nvidia's RTX 5080 has dethroned AMD's RX 7900 XTX at the same price but good luck finding one The end of the Nvidia RTX 4000 series is nigh with the RTX 4070 expected to sell out in weeks Nvidia releases stats that prove DLSS and Frame Generation are here to stay - sorry, angry gamers



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nvidia-rtx-5090-seemingly-has-a-spanne r-thrown-in-the-works-by-new-graphics-driver-but-we-should-be-very-careful-aro und-reports-of-bricked-gpus


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