ASUS Republic of Gamers Unveils World’s First Gaming Desktop ROG GT51CA with Titan X Graphics at Premiere of X-Men: Apocalypse

First gaming desktop to feature the latest
2-way SLI NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Titan X graphics card and latest
generation of Intel® Core™ i7 processor with full-core Turbo Gear
overclocking to 4.6GHz

 

Singapore (17 May 2016) —  In conjunction
with the premiere of the latest X-Men instalment, ASUS
Republic of Gamers (ROG) today unveiled the
ROG GT51CA, a powerful gaming desktop with liquid-cooled features
at The Cathay today. Powered by the latest Intel® Core™ K-SKU
processor with Turbo Gear for one-click full-core processor overclocking, the ROG GT51 is the world’s first gaming
desktop to feature the latest 2-way SLI NVIDIA® GeForce®
GTX Titan X graphics card and also capable of gaming at 4K display
resolution. Also demonstrated at the press event is the compatibility of Oculus
Rift virtual reality system with the ROG GT51CA, which brings gaming experience to the next level. The ROG
GT51CA with 2-way SLI of NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Titan X
graphics card will be available for pre-order from 18 May onwards at $7,498
with a free 4K ROG monitor (worth $1,459) with every purchase.

“We are very honoured to
partner with Twentieth Century Fox for the premiere of the X-Men: Apocalypse
movie. Designed to be extremely bold and aggressive, the ROG GT51CA gaming
desktop pushes gaming performance to the limits, which makes it a good partner
with an amazing blockbuster like the X-Men series. We believe our gamers share
the same sentiments as us,” said Mr Leo Tseng, country manager of ASUS
Singapore (Systems).

The ROG GT51CA press
event was also in collaboration with ASUS’ key partners, Intel and NVIDIA.
Intel and NVIDIA keynote speakers were invited to share more about their Intel®
K-SKU Processor for overclocking and NVIDIA elaborated more about their latest
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Titan X graphics card enabling top
gaming performance.

The ROG GT51 has a bold
aerodynamic-inspired design comprising of aggressive, sharp-angled polygonal
edges, smooth surfaces, and a fully-functional turbine-like air intake on its
front panel. The latter features a pulse-width modulation (PWM) fan that draws
air into the cooling system. Inside, a carefully thought out design ensures
perfect neat cable routing.

The ROG GT51CA is
designed to impress, with dynamic 8-million-colour LED effects on 4 zones
across its chassis, and a preset OC lighting mode that is activated whenever
the system is overclocked. The ROG GT51CA’s bold design helped it
win a 2016 iF Design Award and a 2016 CES® Innovation Award.

The ROG GT51CA supports
up to two NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Titan X graphics card in a
single desktop with 2-Way SLI for smooth, stutter-free 4K/UHD gaming at over 60
frames per second. It also features 512GB NVMe PCIe® SSDs for data
access speeds of up to 3.2Gbps — up to six times faster than SATA SSDs. The ROG
GT51CA with 2-way SLI NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Titan X
graphics card with a 64GB DDR4 RAM comes clocked at 2800MHz for faster boot-up
and game load times.

Furthermore,
the
ROG GT51CA delivers efficient heat management for stable
high-performance gaming sessions. It features the liquid-cooled Hydro
Overclocking System for the processor and dedicated air channels to draw cool
air into the chassis for the graphics card. In addition, its power supply unit
is situated at the bottom corner of the chassis, thus providing an isolated
airflow design for effective cooling. Featuring a multi-zone thermal solution,
the ROG GT51 is capable of lowering the
system’s internal temperatures by up to 31%, even during heavy-load marathon
gaming sessions.

The
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX TITAN X’s beating heart is the 28nm
GM200 graphics processor unit (GPU). Built using the same energy-efficient
Maxwell architecture as its GTX 900-series brethren, the TITAN X packs a
whopping 3072 CUDA cores—compared to the GeForce GTX 980’s 2048—along with 192
texture units. The card comes clocked at 1,000MHz, with a boost clock of
1,075MHz.

The TITAN X packs high-capacity VRMs with 10% power headroom, a 6-phase GPU
power supply with overclocking capabilities, and a dedicated 2-phase power
supply for the 12GB of 7Gbps GDDR5 memory. Together, these features and
Maxwell’s overclocking headroom can power TITAN X to even greater speeds.

Furthermore, the TITAN X’s suitability for
driving cutting edge Virtual Reality headsets was demonstrated at the press
event. Each demo was rendered on an Oculus Rift headset using two
high-resolution displays running at 90Hz, requiring a constant 90 frames per
second, per screen, and TITAN X is the best GPU in town for this task.

“The GeForce
GTX TITAN X is the ultimate graphics card based on NVIDIA’s Maxwell
architecture and is a gamer’s dream. It delivers incredible performance,
unmatched power efficiency and cutting-edge features such as G-SYNC, 4K gaming,
VR, and ShadowPlay. With two of these in SLI mode, the ROG GT51CA gaming desktop is taking gaming ecstasy to a whole new
level,” said Simon Tan, Director of Consumer Business, APAC South at NVIDIA.

The ROG GT51CA is a
powerful gaming desktop powered by the latest Intel® Core™
i7 processor, with Turbo Gear for one-click full-core processor overclocking to
4.6GHz. The latest Intel® Core™ processor delivers
significant improvements in graphics performance to offer stunning visuals for
gaming as well as compelling 4K content creation and media playback.

The Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition
offers extreme gamers an immersive experience, and performance that takes full
advantage of 14nm technologies. Overclockers can expect flexible settings and
adjustable factors including wide range BCLK tuning and granularity, plus easy
overclocking with air-cooled overclocking performance and breakthrough memory
overclocking headroom, adjustable for big throughput.[1]

“Intel has strong working relationships across
the ecosystem with both hardware OEMs such as ASUS in driving enthusiast PC
demand, and a wide range of software vendors to deliver compelling applications
and environments for enthusiasts. We are excited that our Intel®
Core™ i7 Extreme Edition is powering this device to bring the ultimate
experience to the gaming community in Singapore and beyond,” said Karen Chow,
Head of MNC and Telco Sales, Intel Malaysia and Singapore.

The ROG
GT51CA boasts an ESS Sabre headphone
DAC and amp on its front audio jack to give users incredible audiophile-grade
sound. It provides high dynamic range (DNR) and low noise levels for rich audio
with less distortion.

The wearable ROG BAND gives
users access to Shadow Drive — a hidden hard drive space for managing personal
and confidential data safely. ROG BAND can also be used to activate
overclocking mode. The ASUS-exclusive AEGIS II application lets gamers monitor
system performance, record and edit gameplay with Gamecaster, and easily share
their gaming experiences on social media.

The ROG GT51CA gaming desktop will be
available for pre-order at $3,498 onwards from 18 May. To celebrate the launch
of the ROG GT51CA gaming desktop model, this liquid-cooled gaming
desktop will be available for pre-order at http://bit.ly/gt51preorder with the following pre-order promotions:

For the lowest end model with 1 x NVIDIA® GTX 980 graphics card at
$3,498, pre-order will be from 18 to 29 May. Every pre-order of this
model will receive a free X-Men: Apocalypse bag (worth $70), 1-for-1
X-Men movie passes (worth $11) and an exclusive ROG hoodie (worth $119).

For
the mid-range model with 2 x NVIDIA® GTX 980 graphics card at $4,298,
pre-order will be from 18May to 30 June. Every pre-order of this model is
eligible to purchase the ROG G-SYNC monitor at a discounted price of $729 (Usual SRP: $1,459).

Last
but not least, for the highest end model with 2-way SLI NVIDIA®
GeForce® GTX Titan X graphics card at $7,498, pre-order will be from
18 May to 30 June. Every pre-order of this model will receive a free 4K ROG
G-SYNC monitor (worth: $1,459).

For more information on
the ROG GT51CA, visit www.asus.com/sg.