ASUS Republic of Gamers Wins Seven iF Design Awards 2018
Award-winning products demonstrate the ASUS commitment to being the preferred choice of gamers worldwide and include laptops, graphics cards and accessories
Taipei, Taiwan (February 20, 2017) — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced wins of seven prestigious 2018 iF Product Design Awards in the Gaming Hardware/VR category. The award-winning products represent the ROG commitment to design innovation and engineering excellence, and demonstrate why ROG products continue to be the preferred choice of gamers and enthusiasts around the world. The awarded products were selected from a competitive field of 6,400 entries from 54 countries.
Winning gaming innovations include the ROG G703, ROG Zephyrus, ROG Strix SCAR Edition and ROG Strix Hero Edition gaming laptops; ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards; ROG Strix Fusion gaming headset series; and ROG Ranger 2-in-1 backpack.
Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF Design Awards. These awards are recognized worldwide as a seal of quality for products that excel in specific criteria including design quality, degree of innovation, functionality, ergonomics and more. An independent jury of 63 experts from all over the world assesses products and selects winners.
2018 iF Design Award Winners – Gaming Hardware/VR category
ROG G703
ROG G703 is the world's first gaming laptop with an ultrasmooth 17.3-inch Full HD IPS-level display with NVIDIA® G-SYNC™ technology for a 144Hz refresh rate. Powered by the factory-overclocked Intel® Core™ i7-7820HK processor that reaches incredible speeds of up to 4.3GHz out of the box, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1080 graphics with a maximum boost clock of up to 1974MHz, and Windows 10, ROG G703 is an unmatched gaming powerhouse.
ROG Zephyrus
ROG Zephyrus is the world’s slimmest gaming laptop powered by a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor and the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 (Max-Q) graphics. It features the Windows 10 Creators Update, which improves the performance of PC games via the all-new Windows Game Mode while also making it easier to perform native game-streaming with Beam, Microsoft’s streaming service. The 15.6-inch ROG Zephyrus features an ultraslim profile and incorporates the ROG-exclusive Active Aerodynamic System (AAS) — a specially designed cooling system. It also features customizable ASUS Aura RGB lighting effects and a super-fast 120Hz panel with wide-view technology, 100 percent sRGB color gamut and NVIDIA G-SYNC™ for breathtaking gaming visuals.
ROG Strix SCAR Edition and ROG Strix Hero Edition
ROG Strix SCAR and Strix Hero Edition are built for esports gaming titles. Hero Edition is ideal for fearless multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games, and features an aggressive design with monster scales, silver Mayan-inspired patterns, and deep blue accents that project heroes’ might. SCAR Edition is ideal for first-person shooters, and features an anodized Gunmetal Grey finish. Engineered with Intel® Core™ i7 processors and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10-Series graphics, the 15.6-inch GL503 and 17.3-inch Strix GL703 give gamers the tools they need to control the competition — so they can gear up, stake their ground and get ready to win.
ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
ROG Poseidon GeForce GTX 1080 Ti features the next-generation DirectCU H2O cooler, combining liquid and air in a larger 2.5-slot design. The expanded heatsink boasts 40 percent more area than its predecessor, while the updated plumbing improves the liquid flow rate by 22 percent. Support for standard G1/