ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that new ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboards have been used to achieve 5 world records, 19 global first-place records and 31 first-place records. In the hands of some of the world's premier professional overclockers, the Maximus Z890 Apex has coaxed dazzling performance out of the latest Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) lineup and the latest high-performance memory kits.

Veterans of the overclocking scene will not be surprised to learn that these records were achieved with an Apex motherboard on the bench. This series has an undeniable pedigree. Since the very first model, ASUS has designed Apex motherboards for the singular purpose of helping the world's most talented overclockers shatter barriers on their way to new records.

The WireView Pro GPU was developed in collaboration with Jon "elmor" Sandström, a renowned hardware R&D engineer, extreme overclocker, and founder of Elmor Labs, to introduce new functionalities. To better protect the graphics card from potential damage, the Pro version of the WireView includes sensor pin detection that recognizes whether the 12V-2x6 power connector is correctly plugged into the power supply.

Another new feature is the temperature sensors on the PCB of the WireView Pro GPU, which measure the temperature at the power connectors. Users can set a threshold via the WireView Pro GPU, which triggers an acoustic alarm when exceeded. Additionally, an alarm can be set to trigger when a defined current level is exceeded. The WireView Pro GPU also includes two additional temperature sensors that can be connected to monitor, for example, the temperature of the graphics card's memory or voltage regulators.

Elmor Labs unveiled plans for its own OCP (overclock panel) accessory, which combines the most important machine controls and diagnostic readouts from a compatble motherboard into a handy desktop gadget, so overclockers don't crane their neck over to the test bench while staring at a black screen between OC attempts. ASUS has developed such an accessory a few years ago, although the last such device was released almost a decade ago during the Socket LGA1150 days, and although ASUS continued to release high-end motherboards with the OCP headers, the panel itself has been hard to come by in the market. This is what Elmor hopes to address.

Elmor's panel looks like a scientific instrument, a big departure from the ROG aesthetic of ASUS's OCP. Each of its buttons is an bare SMD switch that imitates the look of some 2-pin threaded connectors on instruments. There is a monochrome LED matrix display that puts out pretty much all the real-time monitoring and diagnostic readouts as the ASUS OCP. Elmor Labs hasn't put out pricing information yet.