ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Rapture GT-AC5300

ASUS
Republic of Gamers Announces Rapture GT-AC5300

First ever battle-ready ROG gaming router
features tri-band AC5300 Wi-Fi, eight-port gigabit LAN, powerful PC-grade
1.8GHz 64bit quad-core CPU and ROG Gaming Center

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Singapore, 16 March 2017
— ASUS Republic
of Gamers (ROG) today announced Rapture GT-AC5300, the first ROG router
designed specifically for gaming.

Modern online games
require close teamwork and precise control from players; even a second of
unwanted network latency can lose a game. To date, most routers labeled as
‘gaming routers’ are largely defined by their fast Wi-Fi data rates. With over
10 years at the forefront of gaming hardware, ROG knows that a good data rate
is not the only thing gamers need: features that improve the actual gameplay
experience are equally important. Such is the design thinking behind ROG
Rapture GT-AC5300, which is built from the ground up for full-on gaming action.
From the powerful PC-grade CPU to the striking high-performance antennas and ultra-fast
ports, this router is ready to meet the toughest challenges.

GT-AC5300
features super-fast tri-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, as well as eight gigabit-LAN ports
for wired devices and two USB 3.0 ports for high-speed access to files on USB
storage. Hardcore network-attached storage (NAS) enthusiasts will appreciate
the Link Aggregation (802.3ad) feature that allows two LAN ports to be teamed together
into a single blisteringly fast 2Gbps connection.

In
addition, GT-AC5300 comes with many innovations that make gaming easier, faster
and smoother than ever. The ROG Gaming Center gives players easy control over their
gaming network and provides a comprehensive overview of essential game-related features,
such as device connections, traffic statistics and game-server status.
GT-AC5300 is also the first gaming router to offer three levels of game
acceleration: two dedicated gaming LAN ports, Game Boost and Gamers Private
Network®. These powerful features prioritize all types of devices,
which are connected to the dedicated gaming ports, as well as game traffic while
minimizing server ping and latency for smooth, lag-free gaming.

Easy gaming network management

ROG
Rapture GT-AC5300 features ROG Gaming Center, a powerful and easy-to-use
interface that gives gamers full point-and-click control over all aspects of
the network. It provides an instant overview of the key network parameters, including
the current internet status and stability, and what apps or games the gaming
devices are running. ROG Gaming Center also gives gamers easy one-click control
over many network settings, and the Game Radar feature shows server ping speeds
for selected games all around the world.

Other
killer features include Wi-Fi Radar, which allows users to analyze the wireless
signal to pinpoint any interference, and choose the least-congested channel for
the best wireless performance; Game Boost analyzes networking traffic and
prioritizes gaming packets for the best possible performance, and Game IPS
(Intrusion Prevention System), which provides the gaming network with extensive
protection against external threats.

Triple-level game acceleration for super-smooth gaming

ROG Rapture GT-AC5300
is the first gaming router to offer three levels of game acceleration. Two of
the eight LAN ports are dedicated gaming ports that prioritize network traffic
to devices connected to those specific ports. GT-AC5300 also has a Game Boost
feature that works in conjunction with two dedicated gaming ports to prioritize
gaming traffic for the best networking speeds, as well as optimizing speeds for
each connected gaming device. The Game Boost feature also supports many popular
game consoles.

Gaming packets often
have to travel via long and complex routes before they reach the game server,
which can impact game performance, but the third level of acceleration makes
that a thing of the past. The built-in support for Gamers Private Network®,
powered by WTFast®, allows users to set up an optimized private
gaming network to achieve the best possible connection between the router and
preferred gaming servers for selected games. The result is reduced ping rate
and packet loss, and reliable, responsive and lag-free gameplay.

Ultimate hardware for extreme performance

ROG Rapture GT-AC5300
offers tri-band AC5300 Wi-Fi with two separate 5GHz bands and a 2.4GHz band,
allowing gamers to create a dedicated high-speed gaming Wi-Fi network by
allocating one of the two 5GHz bands to gaming devices and leaving the other
free for general use. At the heart of GT-AC5300 is a superior 1.8GHz 64bit
quad-core CPU that puts many desktop processors to shame. It offers more than
enough power to handle anything that is thrown at it, without skipping a beat –
whether it is maximizing the WAN/LAN throughput for online gaming or
supercharging USB data transfers.

GT-AC5300 includes an eight-port
gigabit-LAN switch that provides all the connections needed for running multiple
wired gaming devices, as well as two USB 3.0 ports deliver high-speed access to
files on USB storage.

GT-AC5300 also comes
with RangeBoost, a combination of hardware and software that increases coverage
while significantly improving long-range throughput. With RangeBoost, gamers
have the freedom to play where they want, not where the router decides.

Front-line protection for gaming networks

To ensure network
security, ROG Rapture GT-AC5300 features Game IPS, a state-of-the-art intrusion
prevention system powered by Trend Micro™ technology. It protects the gaming
network from external attacks and threats, neutralizing them before they can
reach the network or devices. As it is integrated into the router, even if a PC’s
security software is not turned on — to get around blocked games, for example —
Game IPS still protects the network from attacks and intrusions, giving gamers added
peace of mind.

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