We Really Are Just Doing Wi-Fi 8 Gaming Routers Now
Asus has announced new gaming routers at Computex 2026, including the ROG Rapture GT-BN90 Pro, which features Wi-Fi 8 technology. This router boasts improved performance claims, such as faster throughput and lower latency compared to previous models. Additionally, Asus introduced the ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro Edition 20, a Wi-Fi 7 router with a unique aesthetic and similar port configurations.
- ▪The ROG Rapture GT-BN90 Pro will offer up to 2x faster median throughput and up to 34% lower latency for gaming.
- ▪It includes seven ethernet ports, including one 10Gbps dedicated gaming port that prioritizes gaming traffic.
- ▪Wi-Fi 8 is not a finalized spec and may not be fully implemented until 2028.
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Asus brought quite a few Republic of Gamers (ROG) products to Computex 2026. One announcement that might’ve flown under the radar is that the company is giving the Wi-Fi 8 treatment to its head crabby ROG Rapture Wi-Fi gaming router series, with a forthcoming device called the Asus ROG Rapture GT-BN90 Pro. If you’ve been following them, you’ll know the ROG Rapture routers as massive, RGB-laden affairs that take up plenty of shelf space with their big, greedy footprints. They’ve got eight antennas and an aggressively in-your-face top plate emblazoned with a shimmering ROG eye logo. Here, it’s peeking out through pixel-like dots. A significant chunk of that top plate is clear plastic that lets you see what looks like some of the router’s innards (lit by more RGB lights, naturally).
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