NVidia GeForce RTX 50x0 cards - 70% performance increase, but AI > you

Kajiimagi said:

DLSS 5 Testing Ends in a Melted RTX 5090 Connector, Power Shoots Past 600 W

DLSS 5 seems to be contributing to increased power draw, and we have our first victim here. Videocardz reports a new melted-connector case on an MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC, which surfaced during DLSS 5 Neural Rendering testing in NBA 2K27, currently the only officially supported game. A...

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Wonder if that's what happened over at Hardware Unboxed too. Pretty sure theirs melted after DLSS 5 came out so they may have been dicking with it and not connected the dots.

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Remember though, it's only idiots who aren't plugging in their cars correctly and has absolutely nothing to do with retarded engineering decisions and corner cutting to save money. Which apparently runs rampant everywhere but Nvidia products.

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That octopus adapter is a known problem. Why the hell you'd use it or buy a 5090 and then go poor mode on the rest of your setup is beyond me. Pretty much a ygwyd moment.

RTX 5090 Owner Says NVIDIA Refused His RMA After Faded Serial Number, As More Redditors Report The Same GPU Defect

This is our first time covering this type of report, but it isn't a rare incident. The Reddit user/Willing-Avocado-4830 opened a thread in r/NVIDIA claiming that NVIDIA rejected his RTX 5090 Founders Edition warranty claim without giving any reasons. As per the post, the GPU is nearly one year old and was bought directly from the NVIDIA UK store.

The user reports seeing black-screen crashes when the GPU operated under full load recently, prompting him to contact NVIDIA for an RMA claim. After sending the GPU to NVIDIA, the user waited for over a month but didn't hear from the company. A few days ago, one of NVIDIA's representatives reportedly informed the user that his RMA had been rejected, and they would ship his GPU back.

However, they didn't give any reason for the RMA rejection. After contacting the company again, the user was informed that his GPU's serial number on the metal bracket had faded, making it "unreadable", which resulted in RMA rejection.

The user argues that his warranty claim shouldn't be rejected as he still owns the original packaging and the proof of purchase, which should help NVIDIA identify the product and continue with the repair/replacement. Nonetheless, this is where things get complicated. We couldn't find anything that explicitly says whether fading of the serial number on the GPU's bracket should cause an RMA rejection or not.

However, this issue appears to be more widespread than we thought. In the comments, several more users reported seeing faded serial numbers on the GPU bracket after a few months of use. One RTX 5080 FE owner reported a similar RMA rejection story, which confirms that NVIDIA is likely rejecting RMA claims based on the readability of the serial number.

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RTX 5090 Owner Says NVIDIA Refused His RMA After Faded Serial Number, As More Redditors Report The Same GPU Defect

This is our first time covering this type of report, but it isn't a rare incident. The Reddit user/Willing-Avocado-4830 opened a thread in r/NVIDIA claiming that NVIDIA rejected his RTX 5090 Founders Edition warranty claim without giving any reasons. As per the post, the GPU is nearly one year old and was bought directly from the NVIDIA UK store.

The user reports seeing black-screen crashes when the GPU operated under full load recently, prompting him to contact NVIDIA for an RMA claim. After sending the GPU to NVIDIA, the user waited for over a month but didn't hear from the company. A few days ago, one of NVIDIA's representatives reportedly informed the user that his RMA had been rejected, and they would ship his GPU back.

However, they didn't give any reason for the RMA rejection. After contacting the company again, the user was informed that his GPU's serial number on the metal bracket had faded, making it "unreadable", which resulted in RMA rejection.

The user argues that his warranty claim shouldn't be rejected as he still owns the original packaging and the proof of purchase, which should help NVIDIA identify the product and continue with the repair/replacement. Nonetheless, this is where things get complicated. We couldn't find anything that explicitly says whether fading of the serial number on the GPU's bracket should cause an RMA rejection or not.

However, this issue appears to be more widespread than we thought. In the comments, several more users reported seeing faded serial numbers on the GPU bracket after a few months of use. One RTX 5080 FE owner reported a similar RMA rejection story, which confirms that NVIDIA is likely rejecting RMA claims based on the readability of the serial number.

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There is a massive scam market revolving around these products, and always has been. My 5090's serial number is as completely clear as the day I bought it.