New Product - ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI

[jzchen]

Maybe I'm biased, because white is my favorite color, but boy it sure looks nice...

https://rog.asus.com/networking/rog-rapture-gt-be19000ai/

[Saltgrass]

These do not appear to be available on the U.S. website.  It sort of looks like an AXE16000 upgraded to Wi-Fi 7.

You can actually see your routers!!  🙂

[Saltgrass]

I just watched the CES video for that router.  Since it has a Neural processor, I suppose AI can be used to control certain processes.  My current desktop has that type of processor, and it is being used in things such as overclocking and power saving.

Maybe ASUS will release on with four radios at some point.

[Saltgrass]

Looks like they have dropped the price on the BE-98 Pro.  Perhaps new model available fairly soon?

[jzchen]

They did appear to drop the price to $699 within the last month or two as well as put it on sale @ 10% off.  I saw somewhere this AI model is set for the $799 USD price tag.  (I should check for any FCC filing).  Gonna have to wait for a quad band model, as apparently ASUS listens to customer suggestion and didn't slap a max spec AI router on us out of the gate so to speak.

TP-Link is the sole BE33000 model manufacturer still, sigh...