There isn't a single Wi-Fi 8 device on the market, yet this Asus router is already outperforming everything you…
Asus has beaten every other manufacturer to market with the ROG Rapture GT-BN98, the world's first commercially available Wi-Fi 8 gaming router.
It's a bold flagship release for a wireless standard that isn't even finalized yet — and with zero Wi-Fi 8 client devices currently on sale, reviewers had to get creative just to test what it can actually do. I dug into three in-depth reviews to see whether it's worth buying now.
What reviews say
Build quality drew consistent praise. It's "extremely well constructed with very good attention to detail," said Blacktubi, while Guru3D leaned into the router's dramatic looks, joking that unboxing it feels like "a small alien spacecraft has crash-landed on the desk."
YouTuber Landpet was blunt about the performance side, calling it flat-out "an absolute beast of a router."
On paper, the GT-BN98's theoretical link rates are identical to its Wi-Fi 7 predecessor, the...
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