ASUS shows off Maximus VIII Impact, and so much more at PAX AU 2015

ASUS had gaming motherboards, their new 165Hz gaming monitor, gaming laptops and so much more at PAX Australia 2015.

@anthony256

Published Oct 31, 2015 6:27 PM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 1:03 PM CST

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PAX Australia 2015 - ASUS always impresses us at trade shows, and PAX Australia 2015 was no different. The company was teasing its new super-tiny, ROG-powered Maximus VIII Impact - powered by the new Z170 chipset from Intel and ready for the Core i7-6700K processor.

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The ASUS Maximus VIII Impact features the company's SupremeFX IMPACT III sound card, which will provide crystal clear gaming audio all day and night long.

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ASUS also had the ROG GR6 on display, offering PC performance inside of the size of a console. It's an ultra-compact gaming desktop, which also happens to look great, too.

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We can't leave out the impressive ROG gaming notebooks, with the new G752V on display. The ASUS ROG G752V features the new sixth-generation Core processors, with the Core i7-6700HQ or Core i7-6820HK. There's up to 16GB of DDR4 available, and up to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M or GTX 980M with 8GB of GDDR5. A delicious 17.3-inch 1080P IPS-based display is also featured.

Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.