14 DAY TRIAL // Anyone who will be able to arrive at this year's Computex show held in Taipei, Taiwan between June 3-7 will have a "first look" at ASUS' new lineup of gaming-ready products, which is part of the company's ROG (Republic of Gamers) series and will display a wide range of products, including portable and desktop computer systems.
The new ROG product lineup is going to include no less than four graphics cards, all designed and tweaked to provide gaming users with high-performance graphics support. Built with both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, these cards are expected to lead to impressive benchmark results. One of the best high-performance graphics cards to be released at Computex is based on AMD's HD 3850 GPU. This card provides no less than 1.5GB of graphic memory and three onboard RV670PRO GPUs. Dubbed ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY, it has been designed to support a liquid cooling solution that will improve the performance level of the card.
All the other three graphics cards are based on NVIDIA's GeForce 9600GT GPU. Every one of these comes with another cooling solution, each designed to present users with an alternative product. Performance might also differ, but there's no official word on specification numbers. Besides these graphics cards, ASUS also plans to release a new gaming-ready Maximum II Formula mobo. The product is expected to be built on the latest Intel chipset with DDR2 support and to bundle some of ASUS' overclocking technologies.
A new cooling solution and a power supply unit are expected to be showcased at Computex as well. The Axe Square CPU Cooler is said to support CPU overclocking up to 180W. The 80 PLUS certified ASUS PSU G-1000HA will provide users with no less than 1000W of power and all of the required connectors for a high-performance desktop computer.
The Taiwanese company also plans to release their ROG G70 notebook that we told you about a few days ago. Furthermore, it appears that ASUS is really thinking about its gaming users, in that it is aiming at releasing a high-performance gaming-ready desktop rig as well. Dubbed ASUS ARES Gaming PC, this desktop system will provide Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU support, NVIDIA Quad SLI/ATI CrossFireX technology and up to 8 GB of fast DDR3 memory.
There's no official word on pricing for any of these products.