ASUS has unveiled its flagship ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Gaming WiFi Router. The developer calls the best router for gaming: the world’s first gaming router with Wi-Fi 6E standard, which provides for the use of the 6 GHz band. Wi-Fi 6E technology is designed to provide high performance in very busy places. According to preliminary tests, data transfer rates can reach 2 Gb/s with latencies of 2 ms.
The GT-AXE11000 Asus gaming router is built on a processor with four processing cores, clocked at 1.8 GHz. The chip functions in tandem with 1 GB of RAM.
The design of the gaming wifi router includes eight external antennas to ensure stable Wi-Fi coverage of large areas. There is a LAN port with a bandwidth of up to 2.5 Gb/s. The Asus wifi router supports operation in three frequency ranges: this is the mentioned 6 GHz band, as well as 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz.
The Asus wireless router is made in a silver-black case with an aggressive design. The top panel has a multicolor backlight.
Price and availability
The Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 gaming wifi router has been priced at $549.99 and it can be purchased through the Amazon.com and Bhphotovideo.com websites.
Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Features
- World’s first WiFi 6E tri-band router boosts speeds up to 11000Mbps
- New 6GHz frequency band – Wider channels and higher capacity delivers higher performance, lower latency, and less interference
- All network traffic through 2.5G port is given top priority, and 2.5G port unlocks the full potential of WiFi 6
- Quad-core CPU, advanced cooling system, and optimized antenna design for next-level computational capabilities
- Triple-level game acceleration – Accelerate game traffic every step of the way, from device to game server
Talking about gaming devices, Asus has also introduced the Asus ROG Strix G15 & G17 gaming laptops with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, and a 300 Hz display. Asus ROG Strix SCAR 15/17 laptops with 360 Hz display, Ryzen 9 5900HX, and a GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 SE dual-display gaming laptop with new AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and Ryzen 9 5900HX processors. And Asus TUF Gaming A17 2021 laptop with an advanced AMD Ryzen processor and RTX 3060 GPU at CES 2021.
