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ASUS is gearing up for WiFi 7-powered gaming with its new ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro router which allows you to “game beyond speeds.” This new gaming router doesn’t appear to have an official release date yet and so far there’s no availability for it either. This also means there’s no pricing information. That being said, given the current cost of the ROG Rapture GT-BE98, it probably won’t be an inexpensive option. Nor would it be expected to be with all of the new tech inside.
The big feature here is that this is WiFi 7-ready. But it also makes quite a few improvements over the non-pro model. For starters, it has now has two 6GHz bands whereas the non-pro model only has one. It’s not all different though. ASUS has kept the same design with a total of 8 antennas, and the same exact shape.
ASUS bumps the ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro up to two 6GHz bands
This is another really notable improvement over the non-pro model. As it bumps up to two 6GHz bands instead of just one. It also comes with one 5GHz band and one 2.4GHz band. The router can support speeds of up to 30 Gbps and the router has dual 10Gbps ports. You may never see those speeds if your internet service provider doesn’t support them. But if they ever do, you would be ready for it with this router.
Since this is a gaming router there is, as to be expected, plenty of gaming-focused features. ASUS baked in hardware that is better suited for cloud gaming than other competing options. Plus there’s a dedicated gaming port. This is a 10Gbps port that will prioritize any gaming device you hardwire into it. So if you plug your PC into the router instead of using the wireless, it’ll get priority for bandwidth during high-traffic usage. Such as when multiple people are using connected devices at the same time.
This feature in particular isn’t new. Routers have been offering stuff like this for years. And many of them allow you to set priority devices within companion apps. But ASUS is offering a way around that by giving you a dedicated port that you can hardwire into. So long as it’s always plugged into this port, it will always have priority.
On that same token, the router also offers a mobile game mode that lets you prioritize game traffic to your favorite mobile games for lower latency. Although it won’t be cheap, the ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro is bound to be a solid router for gamers.