ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro WiFi 8 router wins Computex Best Choice award

Computex 2026 kicks off next week. As has become tradition, the Computex Best Choice awards highlight some cool hardware to be shown off, and one of those new products is the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro WiFi 8 router. It won in the Gaming and Immersive Tech category.

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The ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro appears to be based on the WiFi 7 ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro with a few tweaks. The headline feature is its support for WiFi 8, adding Multi-AP coordination architecture, integrating intelligent path optimization, dynamic bandwidth management, and a patented thermal design. It includes 10Gbps ports and support for ASUS AiMesh systems. If it's anything like the GT-BE98 Pro, the GT-BN98 Pro is sure to take up a lot of desk space!

It's not the first WiFi 8 router to be shown by ASUS. It revealed its futuristic NeoCore concept router back at CES, complete with a live demonstration.

Don't sell off your WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 hardware just yet though. It'll be some time before WiFi 8 sees widespread adoption as the standard is not expected to be finalized before 2028. Its aim is to improve range and reliability over raw throughput, which will help in dense environments where overlapping signals lead to congestion and interference issues.

The ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro doesn't have a release date or pricing, and its full specifications haven't been revealed. We wouldn't expect it to hit the market for some time, but when it does, it will surely be expensive.

We expect to see more WiFi 8 hardware at Computex, which kicks off next week. The TweakTown team will be on the ground in Taipei, so be sure to check back for our coverage.