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RTX 2070 & 8-core i9-9880H alongside a 240Hz screen! ASUS' ROG Strix SCAR III G531GW is a beast

As part of its global press conference held last week, ASUS ROG announced a slew of new gaming laptops. Among these were three new entries to the Strix laptop family, each aimed at a slightly different market segment. With prices varying from £1400 all the way up to £2800, there’s …

A stunning 144Hz IPS display matched to an RTX 2070 and Core i7.

Today at CES, Leo sat down with JJ and Sascha from ASUS to discuss all of the latest hardware. From the all new RTX 2080Ti Matrix edition, to the ROG Mothership laptop, ROG Dominus motherboard and new monitors. Watch the video via our VIMEO Channel (Below) or over on YouTube …

CES 2019 is off to a great start, we’ve already seen some interesting new announcements from ASUS for laptops and GPUs, but those aren’t the only things drawing our attention this week. ASUS is also launching three brand new ROG monitors, each one with a big display, high refresh rate, …

We’ve had two massive hardware launches over the last couple of months. In September, Nvidia’s RTX 20 series of graphics cards officially became available and now this week, Intel has begun rolling out its 9th Gen CPUs. With those launches now out of the way, we are starting to see …

Accompanying Intel’s official 9th generation launch, third-party manufacturers have wasted no time in updating their flagship lines with the new Z390 chipset. ASUS fans in particular are being spoiled with 19 new motherboards to choose from across its ROG Maximus XI, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, Prime and WS. Once again, …

This has been a big week for the graphics card world. Nvidia has officially launched the RTX 20 series and custom cards will be available at the same time as the Founder’s Edition release in September. Today, we are taking a look at the launch line-up from ASUS. The Nvidia …

Yesterday, AMD officially launched the B450 chipset for Ryzen. This isn’t the most exciting launch in the world, as B450 shares a lot in common with both B350 and X470. However, it does provide a new option for those looking to build a low cost Ryzen PC. Now, partners are …

It's ASUS ROG's top-of-the-line H370 motherboard, but is £140 just too much to ask?

While ASUS has taken CES by storm with its new displays alongside it entry into the Windows Mixed Reality platform, that’s not all the company has in store. Its Republic of Gamers line in particular is getting some new additions, a standout of which is the ROG Strix SKT T1 …

Another killer motherboard from the ASUS team.

While there are plenty of peripherals out there that cater to specific gaming genres, ASUS has pushed it one further by marketing its new Strix Hero and Scar notebooks for MOBA and FPS titles respectively. Of course, neither are tied to just one genre, packing enough specs to play most …

An Asus Republic Of Gamers laptop fitted with a Nvidia GTX 1050? Yes, we had to check twice.

With Vega firmly upon us - this week we look at an early sample of the upcoming, custom cooled ASUS Vega card.

There has been a barrage of AMD news over the last 24 hours, ranging from Ryzen Threadripper to RX Vega. Now that AMD’s next graphics card has finally launched, third-party board partners are starting to show off their own versions. ASUS is the first to show off its own custom …

An excellent GTX 1080 in all regards, but encroaching on GTX 1080 Ti prices.

New Republic Of Gamers products announced and we were at the ASUS Berlin event to get the juicy details ...

ASUS puts a dual-fan cooler and sizeable overclock onto GTX 1050 Ti.

ASUS has slapped a triple-fan cooler and 115MHz overclock onto GTX 1080 Ti. Is this the best graphics card you can buy?

The GTX 1080Ti has been available for a couple of weeks now but only in reference/Founders Edition form so far. However, as we have previously reported, custom cards are on the way and today, ASUS officially lifted the curtain on its upcoming GTX 1080Ti STRIX Edition, along with its out …

Have Asus just managed to create another award winning motherboard?

Today we are taking a look at the slightly more conservatively clocked ‘A8G’ ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080. With an out-of-the-box boost clock of up to 1809MHz (1835MHz if you enable the OC mode in ASUS’ software), the A8G STRIX is around 90MHz slower than the STRIX OC O8G model. …

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Although there’s no denying that Nvidia’s Pascal cards hold the performance crown right now, it’s hard to argue that the RX 480 isn’t one of the best bang for buck cards around. So if you need an upgrade to a GPU that’s VR ready and operates cool and quiet, we …

ASUS has made a big push into the peripheral game in recent years, offering some unique looking products as part of its Strix line up. That owl-eye aesthetic continues with the latest entry in that range, the ROG Strix Wireless gaming headset.  Along with those big orange earcups, it features virtual 7.1 …

Nvidia’s GTX 1060 is now available to buy and while the reference design (Founders Edition) is an interesting choice, it’s the customised variants from Nvidia partners that should offer the best cooling, performance and feature set. The ASUS GTX 1060 STRIX is the first of the custom GTX 1060s to …

With Intel’s new range of Broadwell-E enthusiast grade CPUs now available, including the 10-core Core i7 6950X, it’s only fitting that motherboard vendors have refreshed ageing X99 portfolios. ASUS was quick off the mark releasing the X99-A II, X99-DELUXE II, Rampage V Edition 10 and ROG STRIX X99 Gaming. The …

When it comes to building a gaming PC these days, a high-end sound card is likely pretty far down on your list of priorities. However, if you are serious about audio and want to get the best out of your speakers or high-end headphones, then you will find that your …

Over the last 18 months, Asus has been expanding on its STRIX brand with new headsets. Today, we are taking a look at the STRIX 2.0, which packs in 60mm drivers, multi-platform compatibility and a unique dual microphone design. How does it stack up to the competition? The ASUS STRIX 2.0 …