2017/04/03
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that its world-leading gaming products won four prestigious 2017 Red Dot Design Awards.
The award-winning products include the ROG Maximus IX Extreme and ROG Maximus IX Apex gaming motherboards, the ROG Strix GL502 and GL702 gaming laptops, and a new, revolutionary ROG gaming laptop.
2017/03/09
ASUS today announced USB-AC53 Nano, the world’s smallest 802.11ac Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) USB Wi-Fi adapter. With USB-AC53 Nano, users now have a plug-and-forget way to upgrade almost any laptop to super-fast dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi with speeds of up to 867Mbps on the 5GHz frequency band or 300Mbps on the 2.4GHz band.
2017/03/09
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Maximus IX Extreme, a seriously powerful new Z270 gaming motherboard that’s expertly tooled to be totally cooled, with an integrated monoblock for water-cooled performance right out of the box.
To create this all-new water-cooling solution, ROG teamed up with Bitspower. Designed from the ground up, Maximus IX Extreme’s monoblock has flow-rate, water-leak and temperature sensors all seamlessly integrated to keep wiring and tubing complexity to a mini
2017/02/16
ASUS today announced that its first Social Return on Investment (SROI) report has been approved and certified by Social Value International, a global network specializing in social impact and value. This makes it the first consumer technology company in Asia to receive this certification, with Social Value International Senior Researcher Adam Richards scheduled to present ASUS Chief Sustainability Officer Sandy Wei with the certification in March.
2017/02/15
ASUS today announced the VivoMini VC66 Series, a range of high-performance mini PCs designed for a wide range of computing tasks for the home or office. They are powered by desktop-grade 7th Generation Intel® Core™ (Kaby Lake) processors with DDR4 RAM. They feature a triple-storage design that can accommodate one M.2 solid state drive (SSD) plus two 2.5-inch SSDs or hard disk drives (HDDs).
2017/01/18
ASUS today announced ZenBook UX430 and UX530, sophisticated, elegant and stylish thin-and-light laptops with large slim-bezel displays in an ultra-compact form factor. These exciting new models offer the productivity benefits of larger displays without the usual size and bulk penalty. They are also the thinnest-ever ZenBook models to feature high-performance discrete graphics.
2017/01/12
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that Team izakOOO are the winners of the ROG Join the Republic Community Challenge Grand Final held at the Dreamhack Monster Studios in Stockholm, Sweden on 5th-8th January, 2017.
Team izakOOO, led by Polish pro-gamer Piotr ‘IzakOOO’ Skowyrski, were crowned champions after defeating Team Maikelele from Sweden 16-13 in the first game, and 16-8 in the second game of the Grand Final. The match-up was watched by 170,000 viewers on the ASUS ROG Twitch c
2017/01/10
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced GR8 II, a 4-liter gaming PC with full gaming desktop performance to cater to any gamer’s requirements. It is currently the world’s smallest gaming PC that is designed for VR, and has the most advanced graphics in its class with full-size custom ASUS GeForce® GTX 1060 desktop-grade graphics. It is powered by up to a 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 (‘Kaby Lake’) desktop-grade 65W processor and 32GB of DDR4 memory, and can run the latest AAA gaming title
2017/01/04
ASUS today announced ZenFone AR, a next-generation smartphone that represents a significant advance in mobile virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies. It is the first smartphone that will be Tango enabled and Daydream-ready. Tango is a set of sensors and computer-vision software by Google that enables smartphone augmented reality. Tango technologies add three key capabilities — Tango motion tracking, Tango depth perception, and Tango area learning — to enable smartphone augm
2017/01/04
ASUS today announced ZenFone 3 Zoom, the world’s slimmest and lightest 5.5-inch smartphone with a high-capacity 5000mAh battery and a dual-camera system that delivers photographic perfection.
2017/01/03
ASUS today announced that the ASUS G11 gaming desktop is now available with the latest 7th Generation Intel® Core™ processors. This gives G11 the processing performance required to run the latest games smoothly at the highest graphics settings. G11 can be specified with up to an NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 graphics card, which delivers up to three times (3x) the performance of previous generation NVIDIA graphics cards. In addition, G11 features the exclusive ASUS Aegis III gaming utility for easy
2016/12/22
ASUS today announced that it has won a tender to supply the Volkswagen Group, headquartered in Germany, with 210,000 monitors over the next three years. This massive order will see ASUS provide the Volkswagen Group with 19-, 22- and 24-inch LCD monitors as it upgrades its production plants and offices worldwide.
2016/12/21
ASUS today announced at a press event in Taipei that the Mandarin edition of Zenbo — the first ASUS robot designed to provide assistance, entertainment, and companionship to families — will be available for pre-order in Taiwan from 1st January, 2017. The press event opened with a chorus of 10 Zenbo robots performing onstage, singing holiday songs for the audience.
2016/12/12
ASUS today announced Xonar U7 MKII, a high-quality USB sound card and headphone amplifier. The compact Xonar U7 MKII is an upgraded version of the acclaimed Xonar U7 and features true 7.1-channel,192kHz/24-bit high-definition (HD) surround-sound output for incredible audio performance. Xonar U7 MKII comes with ASUS Sonic Studio, a software utility with an intuitive single-screen interface that provides complete control over a wide range of audio features, and Sonic Radar Pro, a feature for gamer
2016/12/09
ASUS today announced that it will Outshine the Competition with Aura Sync, the world’s first RGB-lighting-synchronization feature that is compatible with a broad range of PC components and peripherals, from motherboards and graphics cards to keyboards and mice — including many developed by popular third-party hardware manufacturers.
2016/12/01
ASUS today announced BRT-AC828, an ultra-fast AC2600-class dual-band 802.11ac wireless router with a four-transmit, four-receive (4x4) antenna configuration.
BRT-AC828 is packed with all the networking features that are vital to growing companies, whether they are new start-ups or longer-established enterprises.
2016/11/29
ASUS has been recognized as Taiwan’s No. 1 international brand for the fourth consecutive year at the Best Taiwan Global Brands Awards 2016. Hosted by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy, these awards are a key indicator of how Taiwanese brands are performing on the global market. At the awards ceremony, Interbrand announced that the No. 1 company now has an estimated brand value of
US$1.748 billion.
2016/11/28
ASUS today announced that during the first half of 2016, its AiProtection network security software — an integral feature of selected ASUS routers — neutralized almost five million internet-based threats and nearly 150 million blocked attempts to visit websites with hidden security threats. This represents a daily average of approximately 1.5 attacks and risks neutralized on each AiProtection-enabled router.
2016/11/04
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced G701VI, a slim and stylish gaming laptop with overclockable NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 graphics for incredible virtual-reality (VR) gaming performance. ROG G701VI has a wide-viewing-angle display that features
NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology and an ultra-fast 120Hz refresh rate for smooth and fast gaming visuals. It also has an anti-ghosting keyboard with 30-key rollover technology for total gaming control.
2016/11/01
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the sixth and final leg of the ROG Join the Republic Community Challenge at PAX Australia, which will be held from 4th-6th November, 2016. The challenge features eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
(CS:GO) teams, each helmed by some of the biggest names in gaming and eSports
For two intense days, visitors to the ASUS ROG booth at PAX Australia can challenge each other and pro-gamer Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill in a series of unique Counter-Strike: Gl
2016/10/28
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the second and final round of ROG OC Showdown Formula Series, and RealBench Challenge III and Challenge IV.
ROG OC Showdown Formula Series Round 2 opens for entries on 28th October, 2016 and runs through to 28th November, 2016; RealBench Challenge III and IV will start respectively on 28th October and 25th November, with each Challenge running for 11 days.
Both competitions are open to overclockers that use air- or water-cooled systems.
2016/10/18
ASUS today announced the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti and Strix GeForce GTX 1050, all-new gaming graphics cards powered by the NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and GeForce GTX 1050 graphics processing units (GPUs) that deliver ultra-fast performance, advanced cooling and reliability, and ASUS Aura Sync technology for personalized styling.
Also announced were the ASUS Expedition, Dual, and Phoenix series, three all-new graphics cards series powered by the latest NVIDIA GeForce
2016/10/07
ASUS today announced that all purchases of selected ASUS gaming motherboards, ASUS gaming graphics cards, and ASUS networking products will be eligible to receive a bonus Mafia III game download key along with bonus Mafia III Family Kick-Back in-game vehicles and weapons. Purchasers can receive their free game download key by registering on the event microsite (www.asus.com/event/2016/rog/Mafia3) from 21st October to 26th December, 2016 or while supplies last. The game can be redeemed online at
2016/10/06
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the winners of the ROG Masters South East Asia Region Online Qualifier Round held on 24th and 25th September, 2016.
In the first bracket of the Dota 2 qualifier, underdogs Next-Gen VietNam eliminated Execration from the Philippines in their final match to book their place in the Grand Final. In the second bracket, Mineski Sportss from Philippines beat Indonesia’s Rex Regum Qeon for their spot in the November event.
In the Counter-Strike: Global
2016/10/06
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that the ROG G752VS and ROG G752VM gaming laptops are now certified Oculus Ready PCs. The announcement was made at the Oculus Connect 3 Developer Conference in San Jose, California.
Both models are the world’s first gaming laptops to meet the recommended specifications required to power Oculus Rift, and feature NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10-Series graphics, the latest Intel® Core™ processors, and up to 64GB of DDR4 memory. The VR-Ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX
2016/10/04
ASUS today announced that all 100-series motherboards will now support next-generation Intel® Core™ processors. A quick and easy UEFI BIOS update unleashes the full potential of the next-generation high-performance CPUs for socket LGA 1151, reaffirming ASUS as the BEST leading motherboard brand — Best Selling, Easy to Use, Stable and Trusted.
2016/10/03
A gigantic dinosaur, a disguised alien, and snow blizzards on a tropical beach are just some of the bizarre plot elements and story ideas submitted by people on the streets that were used for The Alien and the Dinosaur, the latest video commercial for the new ASUS ZenFone 3 smartphone series.
The video was compiled from hundreds of spontaneous ideas obtained from pedestrians, who were engaged on the streets of New York by two comedians.
The ‘improvised directors’ were shown the new ZenFone 3,
2016/09/22
ASUS today announced ZenBook 3 (UX390UA), the world’s most prestigious laptop with unprecedented performance.
Featuring the latest 7th-generation Intel® Core™ i7-7500U and i5-7200U processors, the ultra-thin and ultra-light ZenBook 3 is a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship that weighs just 910g. Its razor-thin 11.9mm profile makes ZenBook 3 the slimmest and most stylish ZenBook in the brand’s illustrious five-year history, while also being one of the most powerful. Designed to give discer
2016/09/22
ASUS today announced XG-U2008, a 10-port unmanaged Ethernet switch that includes two next-generation 10GBase-T (10G) ports for ultra-fast networking speeds of up to 10Gbps.
XG-U2008 is the first 10G-capable switch from ASUS, offering enterprise-level performance that is designed to meet the needs of small and medium businesses (SMBs), professional users or serious gamers who need to run bandwidth-intensive network applications or connect to the latest 10G wide-area-network (WAN) services, as w
2016/09/14
ASUS today announced that its popular ZenTalk online destination is hosting the ZenFone Photography Awards 2016, an exciting worldwide contest that challenges talented photographers to submit their best compositions to win incredible prizes — including ZenFone smartphones, cash prizes totaling US$6,000, and four expenses-paid grand-prize trips to San Diego, California for an exclusive tour of the global headquarters of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated.
ZenFon
2016/09/13
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that the ROG Masters East Asia Region Online Qualifier Round will be held from 12th to 18th September, 2016.
Throughout the week, teams from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau will battle it out in the Group Stage, with the winners making it through to the Online Qualifier Playoffs, which will be broadcast live to a global online audience. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) live broadcast on 17th September will be commentated by
2016/09/07
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix GL553VW, a gaming laptop powered by a 6th-generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor, and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M graphics with Microsoft DirectX® 12 support for superior gaming performance and sharp, detailed visuals. This 15.6-inch gaming laptop features ROG-exclusive Cooling Overboost for customizable fan speeds and GameFirst III software for optimized networks for smooth online gaming experiences.
2016/09/01
ASUS today launched ZenBook Flip UX360UA and the ZenBook Flip UX560 Series, the latest convertible models in the premium ZenBook Flip Series. Both models feature a 360°-flippable display with an ultra-reliable stepless hinge that allows them to be used as a traditional touchscreen laptop, a convenient tablet, or any option in between. This gives users the flexibility to view content comfortably in any work or leisure scenario, and particularly in the confined areas often encountered during commu
2016/09/01
Taipei, Taiwan (1st September, 2016) — ASUS today announced the elegant and powerful ZenBook UX330UA, the thinnest-ever 13.3-inch ZenBook model. Precision-crafted from solid aluminum and powered by a high-performance up to Intel Core i7 processor, the 13.5mm-thin ZenBook UX330UA is 15 percent thinner than its predecessor — the highly-acclaimed ZenBook UX305 — and is also one of the world’s slimmest 13.3-inch laptops to feature this processor.
With a crisp and vibrant up to QHD+ (3200 by 1800)
2016/08/31
Global debut of ZenWatch 3 and announcement of European pricing and availability for latest laptops, 2-in-1 PCs, tablets and displays
2016/08/31
European debut for a wide range of displays, desktop PCs, networking products, ROG gaming devices and 3D-printed accessories
2016/08/31
First ZenWatch model to feature a round case is fully customizable
and powered by Android Wear
2016/08/30
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the fourth leg of the ROG Join the Republic Community Challenge at PAX West, which will be held at Seattle, Washington from 2nd-5th September, 2016. The challenge features eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams, each helmed by some of the biggest names in gaming and eSports.
For four intense days, visitors to the ASUS ROG booth can challenge each other and pro-gamer Erik “fl0m” Flom in a series of unique Counter-Strike: Global Offensive challe
2016/08/30
ASUS today announced Transformer Mini T102, the world’s lightest 2-in-1 Windows PC. This ultra-light 10.1-inch 2-in-1 is also the first in the series to feature the new magnetically-attached ASUS Transformer Cover Keyboard.
Transformer Mini T102 is designed for extreme portability. Constructed entirely from premium magnesium-aluminum alloy, T102’s 8.2mm-thin tablet weighs a mere 530g — rising to just 790g when configured as a conventional laptop with the slim, lightweight ASUS Transformer Cove
2016/08/23
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced OC Showdown Formula Series 2016 and RealBench Challenge 2016, two distinct online overclocking competitions open to enthusiast overclockers from around the world — and offering them the chance to win both community acclaim and exclusive prizes, including a next-generation ROG motherboard. Both competitions will be hosted by and are available to enter at http://oc-esports.io.
2016/08/23
ASUS today announced the latest synchronized Aura RGB lighting technology and 3D-printed parts for PC components and peripherals. These are designed to give gamers new and exciting customization options, allowing them to express their personal style while at the same time enhancing their PC’s aesthetics, performance and functionality. Aura features nine programmable RGB LED effects that can be synchronized between the motherboard and graphics cards. The latest 3D-printed parts include personaliz
2016/08/23
ASUS today announced RT-AC58U, a dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi router featuring AC1300-class combined concurrent speeds of up to 1267Mbps.
RT-AC58U addresses the common problem of Wi-Fi congestion in the home caused by a proliferation of connected devices, with a design that delivers improved performance and range for busy home networks in multi-device households. It features four external high-gain antennas and supports the revolutionary multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) technology, which works with compat
2016/08/19
ASUS today announced Transformer Book T101, the latest addition to its successful series of 2-in-1 detachable laptops. The 10.1-inch Transformer Book T101 has a premium metallic design and is light and compact, weighing only 580g as a tablet or just 1.08kg with the keyboard attached. It features a reversible magnetic hinge that allows its display to be flipped over, giving the convenience of four versatile modes: a conventional lightweight laptop, a handy tablet, tent mode for easy screen-sharin
2016/08/19
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the third leg of the ROG Join the Republic Community Challenge at Taipei Challenge, which will be held at Syntrend Creative Park, Taipei from 27th-28th August, 2016. The challenge features eight Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams, each helmed by some of the biggest names in gaming and eSports.
2016/08/16
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced ROG Masters, Asia’s largest eSports tournament with a prize pool of US$200,000. From September to October, 2016, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) teams will battle it out in a series of regional qualifiers for a spot in the Grand Finals, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 12th to 13th November, 2016.
2016/08/15
ASUS today announced X99-E-10G WS, a new Compact Electronics Bay (CEB) workstation motherboard based on the Intel® X99 chipset and with support for four-way multi-GPU setups at full PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 x16 speed for extreme graphics performance.
X99-E-10G WS also features dual 10-gigabit (10G) Intel® Ethernet on board for high-speed networking, the latest USB 3.1, M.2 and U.2 connectivity for ultra-fast transfers and flexible storage, ASUS-exclusive 5-Way Optimization technology for one-cl
2016/08/15
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that GX800, the world’s most powerful 18-inch gaming laptop, along with the G800, G752 and Strix GL502 gaming laptops are now available with the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10-series graphics cards. The VR-Ready NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-series graphics cards provide exceptional performance and energy efficiency to give gamers incredible VR-gaming experiences. These graphics cards also feature NVIDIA G-SYNC™ technology to reduce lag and stutter, and eli
2016/08/08
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that the GT51CA gaming desktop is now available with the latest NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 10-Series graphics cards. This includes the top-spec NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which delivers up to three times (3X) the performance of previous-generation NVIDIA graphics cards. GT51CA even supports up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 2-Way SLI™ for super-smooth gaming visuals. It is powered by a 6th-generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor, with Turbo Gear for one-click full-
2016/08/08
ASUS today announced that it has solidified its position as the number one gaming laptop brand worldwide, according to sales data compiled by GfK Group, an independent market research company. For the second consecutive year, ASUS gaming laptops with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX Series graphics cards have the largest global market share based on unit sales. In separate research, gaming research firm Newzoo found that ASUS is the top PC gaming brand in the US market.
2016/08/08
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced Strix RX 460, an all-new gaming graphics card with ultra-fast performance, advanced cooling and reliability, and personalized styling. Powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ RX 460 graphics processing unit (GPU), clocked at 1256MHz in OC mode, ROG Strix RX 460 delivers up to 8.2%-faster performance than reference cards in 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme and 38.6%-faster gaming performance in Hitman™.
ROG Strix RX 460 is packed with exclusive ASUS technologie