ASUS Announces New ROG Rapture WiFi Routers at CES 2022

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ASUS has today announced two new ROG Rapture WiFi routers during their ROG CES 2022 livestream with the ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 and ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro. The ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 is a WiFi 6E gaming router featuring a 2.0 GHz quad-core 64-bit CPU along with ASUS RF technology and RangeBoost Plus. The new 6 GHz frequency band can help to increase performance on supported devices and reduce congestion on existing frequencies while the dual 10 Gbps LAN ports, 2.5 Gbps WAN port, and quad 1 Gbps LAN ports enable bandwidth-demanding tasks. The router also supports ASUS AiMesh for use in a mesh system.

The ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro is a tri-band WiFi 6 gaming router also featuring a 2.0 GHz quad-core 64-bit CPU paired with dual 2.5 Gbps ports that support link aggregation and load balancing. The router also supports ASUS RangeBoost Plus technology and features an additional 160 MHz channel in the 5 GHz band for increased backhaul capacity. The ROG Rapture GT-AXE16000 will be available in the USA, and Europe while the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro will be available worldwide in 2022.



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[TheLostSwede]

Unfortunately, these are going to be mega expensive, but we're at least finally seeing some progress in terms of wired connectivity.

 

[stimpy88]

The trend of WiFi routers being turned in to gamer's fashion accessories and tripling the price is a bit too much these days.

Is there no affordable WiFi 6E router with 2.5Gb ports on the market or announced?

 

[TheLostSwede]

The trend of WiFi routers being turned in to gamer's fashion accessories and tripling the price is a bit too much these days.

Is there no affordable WiFi 6E router with 2.5Gb ports on the market or announced?

Not yet, at least not if you want more than one port.
One of these is apparently going to be $650, the other either more or less.