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NVIDIA’s latest GeForce RTX 50 laptops are set to hit the market a little later than initially planned. It seems suppliers are being particularly cautious after the previous "missing ROP" issue, which they definitely want to avoid repeating.
Caution Around RTX 50 Laptops
NVIDIA’s GPUs for consumers this year haven’t quite met expectations—not due to performance specifically, but because of supply chain challenges and issues after purchase. The notorious "missing ROP" incident led to performance drops as high as 11% for some of the GeForce RTX 50 series. A report from German media Heise suggests that this ROP mishap also affects the RTX 50 laptop GPUs, but steps are being taken to address it.
The word from various manufacturers involved in supply chains is that the launch of laptops featuring NVIDIA’s RTX 50 GPUs will experience a delay. This is primarily due to NVIDIA’s insistence on heightened quality assurance measures. Rigorous testing is now part of the protocol, with extra steps required to ensure a trouble-free launch, which unfortunately pushes the retail availability further back.
Recently, manufacturers received the final vBIOS for these laptop GPUs, and mass production is set to kick off in early March. Given this timeline, we can expect these laptops to hit the shelves by April, possibly stretching into May depending on where you are. With NVIDIA having started pre-orders for the RTX 50 laptop GPUs at the end of February, the initial plan was to get them out to consumers by March. However, now it looks like users will have to wait an additional month.
No one loves a delay, but it seems prudent for NVIDIA to focus on a smooth launch rather than risk a repeat of the issues seen with desktop GPUs. From a consumer standpoint, though, this kind of stumble isn’t ideal, especially from a company of NVIDIA’s stature. It does raise concerns about maintaining consumer trust if such issues continue over time.
