- Challenges have been made around RTX 5090 revision samples
- Some people think that GPU labeled as “press build” could be faster than retail products
- Nvidia assured us that this is not the case
Nvidia denied that the RTX 5090 graphics cards sent to the press for examination were somehow different from the flagship advice which will be sold by the retailers, following online accusations according to which the revision samples were somehow “Binned ».
As Tom’s material reports, there are brands on certain models of revision of the RTX 5090 which say “ press build ” (as we see at TechpowerUp, for example), something noticed by Andreas Schilling (editor of the German HardwareluxXXXXXXX Site on X.
Ian Cutress (from TechTechpotato) answered Schilling’s comment on the question of whether there was something “ special ” on these graphics cards by jokingly modifying the words on the RTX 5090 chip to read `Press On Bined ” as you can see below (if you develop the post).
Binning refers to not launching graphic chips in the trash, of course, but in the silicon allocation process to different GPU models (in “bins” or groups). Each chip of a particular group which concerns a certain GPU model conforms to the basic level specification (the silicon which does not do so is generally reused in a lower bin), but certain chips are actually slightly higher and can be pushed to faster than basic clock speeds.
This is why you get different overclocking levels with a certain GPU, or even a processor, with more margin in a better quality chip (even if it is in the same tank) – which is called “ winning the lottery In silicon ” (you have a good overclocking, in short).
So, without getting too deep into the weeds on this subject, the innuendo made by some people online is that Nvidia assured that these better efficient chips at the end of the bac, were used in magazine samples Get the best Results for RTX 5090.
Tom asked NVIDIA directly if these Cards Press Build RTX 5090 Founders Edition were “more efficient iterations of retail counterparts” and a representative of Team Green replied: “Some first GPURCE RTX GPUS include a first brand plan related to the planned use [the ‘Press Build’ stamp]. Their functionality and their performance are identical to retail GPUs. »»
In short, the marking does not mean anything to indicate that these graphics cards are models put aside for sending the press.
Analysis: an unusual clarification, but clearly Nvidia deemed necessary
It is a strange, and it is unusual that Nvidia responds to such a chatter, but it is clear that Team Green considered that the need to set the record right here.
We have to take Nvidia’s assertion at its nominal value, but of course, the difference that such binning could do would not be so huge anyway. But even if it was the case, it would be an idiotic path for Nvidia, because the criticisms of the third -party RTX 5090 advice compared to the edition of the founders would surely look strange if there was an obvious divergence. Yes, NVIDIA’s own advice can be well designed and cooled, but you can be sure that third -party price labels will also be.
I believe that Nvidia is in advance here, and all brands are just for administrative or legal purposes (guaranteeing the resale of exams for example). Indeed, if there were Binning reviews with RTX 5090 criticism, it would surely be more logical for Nvidia not to identify these chips as “press samples” so explicitly.
There are more urgent concerns on the RTX 5090, for sure, including if you can really buy one on the launch day (tomorrow January 30) – because this is not the case with the MSI online store , we just discovered. Although you can pre -order an MSI RTX 5090 model tomorrow, it will not be shipped until February 6, we are told – and Nvidia warns the potential stock shortages of RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. This is a subject Who has been working on the rumor mill for some time now, with a lot of pessimistic noises, unfortunately.
