#Asus router review upgrade#
Some shortcomings are the automatic firmware upgrade issue we encountered, the benchmark results in our testing that did not significantly best Asus’ own midrange alternative and only five Ethernet ports. We also appreciate the included security to protect the network. The pros include the integrated gaming features such as WTFast, adaptive QoS, and Game Radar. Overall, while the Asus GT-AX11000 doesn't offer the best bang for the buck, it does still provide a solid piece of gear for those that can afford this higher price point. But for those who want every possible bell and whistle in their wireless setup, then this Asus option makes a case for its crab-like self. When analyzed from a pure value proposition, it is hard to argue in favor of the Asus GT-AX11000. The problem whenever you compare the top end of any product, such as a CPU, GPU or this router, is that you often bump up against the law of diminishing returns, with the price increasing substantially at the top end, while the features and performance are only a little better than the lower products beneath it. PricingĪt a list price of $449, the Asus GT-AX11000 is clearly priced for the high-end market.
We also found that compared to the Asus RT-AX82U midrange router (which costs more than $200 less than its big brother) the scores are pretty similar, making it hard to justify the price difference, at least from performance alone. But if your laptop or desktop doesn't have a 2.5Gb Ethernet port, the safe bet is to stick with one of the 1GbE port alternatives. Without a faster 2.5Gb device to test with, it's hard to say.
#Asus router review software#
The reasons for this aren't entirely clear, but could be some combination of hardware and software issues with the 2.5Gb port. But oddly, the 2.5G test with the ten 8k video streams had the highest of the dropped frames on the video with QoS disabled at a sky-high 62.2%, worse than the 1G Ethernet port. Given that our test laptop (an Asus G512LW-WS74) doesn't have a 2.5GbE port, that's not exactly surprising. The tests run on the 2.5G Ethernet port show no improvement compared to the 1G Ethernet. Our Overwatch game played at 111.467 FPS, a rate that closely matches the same game on a wired connection, yet the dropped frame rate on our 8k video was low at 3.3%, much lower than the 35.8% rate that was seen when the same test was run on Ethernet. It’s not that the results were not plenty solid-they were-but rather that the bar was set so high in our minds for such a top-end gaming router.įor example, the 5 GHz gaming test with the ten 8k videos playing and QoS set to adaptive/game priority shows us how well that staggering amount of network congestion is handled.
Next, we look at the network congestion testing of the GT-AX11000. There are also a pair of USB 3.1 ports for adding networked storage. If we want to nitpick, that does leave a total of five Ethernet ports, aside from the WAN, and we would have liked to have seen a few more. The connections include a WAN port, along with four 1 GB Ethernet ports, and a 2.5 GB Ethernet port. At the heart is a quad-core 1.8 GHz CPU, with access to 256MB of NAND and 1GB of DDR3 SDRAM. The specs for the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 are undoubtedly impressive. Open system, WPA/WPA2-Personal, WPA/WPA2-Enterprise RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for WAN x 1, RJ45 for Gigabits BaseT for LAN x 4, Multi-Gig Ethernet port 2.5G/1G x1 USB 3.1 Gen 1 x 2
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