Arrr, matey! The Nvidia RTX 5090's got a pesky barnacle in its hull, but beware the tales of sunk GPUs!
2025-02-04
Arrr, matey! The RTX 5090 be caught in a tempest o’ Nvidia's latest trickery, with tales afloat o’ the GPU bein’ as useless as a barnacle on a ship’s hull! Aye, it’s givin' more trouble than a scallywag in a tavern brawl!
Ahoy mateys! Gather 'round, for I've a tale of the cursed Nvidia RTX 5090, a grand piece o' treasure that be causing quite the ruckus on the high seas of gaming! The latest driver, said to be the key to unlocking this beast, hath turned many a PC into a ghost ship, with GPUs vanishin' without a trace after installation!But fret not, for the dreaded cable-melting specter of the past be absent from this adventure! Nay, the trouble lies in a mysterious compatibility with PCIe 5.0, which has left many a sailor scratchin' their heads. A few brave souls have reported their graphics cards turnin' into mere paperweights—bricked and powerless, like a ship run aground!
Some savvy scallywags suggest droppin' down to PCIe 4.0 in the BIOS to ward off these troubles, but alas, it be not a fix for all. Some brave captains, like the one on Reddit, had to send their prized cards back to Nvidia, seekin' the wise counsel of Team Green! With the treasure of the RTX 5090 scarce as gold doubloons, we must keep a sharp eye on further news, lest we find our gaming dreams dashed upon the rocks!