14 DAY TRIAL // Asus has joined this year’s CES with an impressive lineup of new devices, and one of the announcements that caught everybody’s attention concerns a new gaming router.
The ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 is what Asus claims to be the world’s first quad-band Wi-Fi 6E router for gamers. The claim is more or less accurate, as the gaming tidbit is what makes a big difference – a quad-band router is already available from Netgear, so in theory, Asus is only launching the first such device specifically aimed at gamers.
As expected, the new router from Asus is supposed to offer super-high speed with reduced latency.
“This is our first quad-band router. Its 6GHz band offers data rates as high as 4,804 Mbps to compatible WiFi 6E devices, and it has two 5GHz bands with the same bandwidth on top. Together with the 2.4GHz band’s 1,148 Mbps, that’s 16,000 Mbps of aggregate throughput, provided that WiFi 6E is available in your region. What of the second 5GHz band? You might use it as a dedicated backhaul link on AiMesh-compatible networks for maximum performance between wireless clients and other nodes,” Asus says.
To go on sale later this quarter
The device comes with two 10 Gbps ports, four 1 Gbps LAN ports, and one 2.5 Gbps WAN port.
“Most of its wireless throughput comes from a pair of 5GHz bands, each rated for up to 4,804 Mbps. Again, you can use one band for client connectivity and the other as a backhaul between other AiMesh nodes. A third, 2.4GHz band can move up to 1,148 Mbps of wireless data, bringing the GT-AX11000 Pro’s combined total up to 11,000 Mbps,” the company further explains.
The new router won’t come cheap. If you want to get the new quad-band model from router, be ready to spend no more, no less than $649, though worth knowing is the device isn’t yet available for purchase.
The Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 is scheduled to hit the shelves later this quarter in the United States and other international markets.