ASUS Intros New ROG Products for Serious PC Gamers

ASUS today announced a number of exciting new products for high-performance gaming PCs to further expand its Republic of Gamers (ROG) range.

“The ROG philosophy is based on the core ideals of class-leading performance, innovative user controls and gamer-focused design,” said ASUS Vice President and GM of Worldwide Sales, Jackie Hsu. “The products announced today not only hold true to these ideals, but also introduce a host of new innovations that push high-end PC performance to even greater extremes.”

ASUS unveiled today three new ROG motherboards based on the latest Intel® and AMD chipsets.

• The Maximus IV GENE-Z and Maximus IV Extreme-Z both use the new Intel® Z68
• Crosshair V Formula is the first AMD 990FX-based motherboard supporting both
  3-Way SLI™ and CrossFireX™, and with a graphical UEFI BIOS

Two new NVIDIA® GTX 580-based graphics cards

• MATRIX GTX580
• MARS II

ASUS is also adding gaming peripherals to its ROG range starting with the Vulcan ANC gaming headset with active noise-cancellation and the ASUS VG278H 3D 27-inch display.

Zane Ball, General Manager for Desktops at Intel, said: “We’ve had great success in the gaming market and we appreciate that a vendor like ASUS is devoted to this field. Brands such as ROG demonstrate the best practice for gaming and overclocking PC hardware, and the two new motherboards and one desktop with Intel Z68-based chipsets announced today offer exciting new performance-turning opportunities.”