ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 Gaming Router available soon (WIFI 5)

This AC2900 GT-AC2900 WiFi Gaming Router is certified by NVIDIA for the GeForce NOW Recommended program. Supports triple-level game acceleration, easy port forwarding, AiMesh for whole-home wifi and AiProtection Pro for network security.

The ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 has the high-end specs to juggle a house full of wireless clients, plus the software features needed to prioritize all the traffic. It does all of that while looking good, too. Five distinct zones loaded with RGB LEDs and support for Aura Sync mean you can dress the ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 up to match your gaming PC. 

The router was built with the networking demands of a modern home in mind. Dual wireless radios give you up to 750Mbps peak throughput on the 2.4GHz band and 2167Mbps on the 5GHz band.

Maximizing performance and keeping latency to a minimum involves the use of multi-user, multiple-input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) technology, which divides available bandwidth into separate streams able to service client systems simultaneously. The ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 enables this functionality via four antennas in a 4x4 configuration. Three dual-band antennas are external and detachable, while the fourth resides inside and is dedicated to 5GHz traffic. As wireless devices start connecting to the router and making requests, MU-MIMO ensures none of them are left waiting. That kind of responsiveness is naturally critical to gaming.

The battle against congestion is further aided by the ROG Rapture GT-AC2900’s Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) support, which allows it to utilize frequencies in the 5GHz band normally used by radar systems. To avoid interfering with those systems, DFS detects radar signals and switches away from them. But in areas where those 15 channels aren’t monopolized, DFS support opens up room to broadcast with less interference.

Prioritizing packets helps speed up gaming traffic locally. But once that data leaves the router, you’re at the mercy of congestion elsewhere along its path. Free access to Gamers Private Network (GPN), powered by wtfast, optimizes the connection between you and your game server to reduce ping times, minimize variation between the lowest and highest pings, and circumvent bad router hops. To cap it all off, the ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 has a mode that’s being optimized for NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW recommended program. GeForce NOW is a cloud gaming service that turns your PC, Mac and SHIELD TV into a powerful gaming rig, streaming games at up 1080p60 with low latency. The ROG Rapture GT-AC2900 incorporates prioritized port assignments, an automatic QoS profile that kicks in for GeForce NOW, and the ability to dedicate up to 90% bandwidth.

There's no information on pricing as of this writing. The product is expected to be available late May, or June.