Nvidia RTX Spark powers Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra as Windows on ARM gets a major upgrade

Microsoft built its most powerful Surface ever on Nvidia's new chip, and we saw every RTX Spark competitor coming this fall

Nvidia, alongisde Microsoft, used Computex 2026 to announce RTX Spark, a chip that puts a 20-core Arm CPU and a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, the same count as the RTX 5070, on a single package with up to 128GB of unified memory. The CPU side was co-designed with MediaTek, and Nvidia rates it at 1 petaflop of AI compute, enough to run 120B-parameter models locally with up to a million tokens of context. It's the consumer descendant of the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip that powers the DGX Spark and machines like the Lenovo ThinkStation PGX, except this one runs Windows. In a private showcase hosted by Nvidia, we were able to see every RTX Spark-based machine that was announced. Unfortunately, the story told by every OEM is fairly homogeneous. It arrives in fall 2026, there's no pricing, and spec sheets range from complete to nearly empty, so what we have is what was on display and what each company was willing to say. Still, I've used the GB10 extensively for AI workloads and even gaming, and the 5070 comparison isn't marketing fluff. I've run Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p on the GB10 through FEX and Proton, two translation layers stacked on top of each other, and it still held playable frame rates at maximum settings. These Windows machines only carry one of those layers, since Prism does on Windows what FEX does on Linux and Proton has no job to do at all, so the overhead only goes down from here. Nvidia says more than 30 laptops and 10 desktops are in the pipeline, with Acer and Gigabyte machines to come as well. Here are all of the machines we know are coming, and what we got to see. Disclaimer: Asus paid for my travel and lodging in order to attend Computex 2026 in Taipei. The company had no input into the contents of this article. Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra A Surface with Nvidia silicon inside Arguably the star of the show, Microsoft calls the Surface Laptop Ultra the most powerful device it has ever made. Oh, and it's the first Surface with Nvidia silicon since the Tegra-powered Surface RT, the machine that gave Windows on Arm its terrible first impression back in 2012. The company is aiming it at what it calls "world makers," which translates to creators, developers, and AI researchers, and selling it as an alternative to the MacBook Pro with up to 128GB of unified memory and complete CUDA support on board. After years of Snapdragon and Intel Surfaces, Nvidia is the next big frontier. The display is the standout spec. It's a 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen at 2,880 x 1,920 and 262 pixels per inch, with up to 2,000 nits of peak HDR brightness, which makes it the brightest panel Microsoft has ever put in a Surface. Mini-LED is an unusual choice in a lineup where most rivals went OLED, but it gets to that brightness ceiling without the burn-in anxiety of an OLED. The machine comes in under 18mm thick and under 2kg, with the largest haptic touchpad on any Surface to date, in Platinum and Nightfall finishes. Port selection is surprisingly generous for a Surface, too: HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, a full-size SD card slot, and a headphone jack. Microsoft's line is that every port you actually use is on the device, and for once that's not far off. What Microsoft didn't share is storage options, battery capacity, or a price, and given the hardware inside, I wouldn't expect it to be cheap. Microsoft also built its flagship around Nvidia rather than Qualcomm this time, right as Qualcomm's Windows on Arm exclusivity comes to an end. It arrives later in 2026 with everything else. Asus ProArt P16 and P14 The most complete spec sheets of the show While most OEMs kept their cards close, Asus published actual details for both of its RTX Spark laptops. The ProArt P16 (H7607) is the flagship and the ProArt P14 (H7407) is its smaller sibling, and both are CNC-machined aluminum in Nano Black and Neo White finishes. Asus says the new P16 is 13% thinner and 16% lighter than the model it replaces. The displays are what you'd expect from the ProArt name. The P16 gets a 4K 120Hz Lumina Pro OLED with variable refresh and G-Sync, while the P14 steps down to a 3K 120Hz panel, and both hit 1,600 nits of peak HDR brightness with 100% DCI-P3 coverage, Pantone validation, and Delta E under 1. Asus also fitted an anti-reflective coating it claims cuts reflections by 65%, which matters quite a lot on a glossy OLED when it comes to color grading and general display legibility in the sun. The P16 is 12.9mm thick at 1.77kg with a 99.9Wh battery and up to 2TB of storage, while the P14 is 13.9mm at 1.48kg with a 90Wh battery and up to 1TB. Connectivity is properly creator-focused, with three USB-C ports, a USB-A port, HDMI 2.1, a full-size SD card reader, a headphone jack, and Wi-Fi 7. Asus appears to be pitching the P16 directly against the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Memory goes up to 128GB of unified LPDDR5X-9400, which is the most important spec for running large local models on this thing. Asus also confirmed an RTX Spark mini PC alongside the laptops, though it shared far less about that one and had nothing to show for it. Like everything else here, there's no price, and availability is fall 2026 in select regions, but of all the machines I saw, these two are the closest to finished products, if only because Asus alone would commit to a complete spec sheet. Asus later announced a third machine, the ProArt Mini PC, and gave it the most complete spec sheet of any RTX Spark desktop at the show. It's a 150 x 150 x 51mm box whose chassis is nearly identical to the Ascent GX10, the GB10 machine Asus already sells, with up to 128GB of unified memory, expandable M.2 NVMe storage, four USB-C ports, HDMI, and 10Gb Ethernet. Asus is pitching it against the Mac Studio, and it's coming in fall 2026 with no price either. Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition The XPS name is back for this one Dell retired the XPS brand in early 2025, replaced it with the Dell Premium naming scheme, and then brought it back at CES 2026, saying it was getting back to its roots. The XPS 16 Creator Edition is the first XPS to carry Nvidia's full software and hardware stack, so the revived badge's first big swing is an Arm machine with no Intel inside. That's not likely to be a choice that Dell made lightly. The confirmed hardware is a 16-inch tandem OLED display with True Black HDR 600 certification, up to 128GB of unified memory, and a built-in SD card reader and HDMI for I/O. Dell's pitch is 4K 4:2:2 timeline playback, faster exports, and 3D work that would normally choke a thin laptop, which is also the kind of workload this chip was designed for. Beyond that, Dell shared very little: no storage configurations, no battery capacity, and no price ahead of its fall 2026 launch. Dell also brought a second RTX Spark machine that almost nobody is talking about, a small-form-factor desktop with no name attached. The company was very clear that it was a concept and that the design isn't final, so what Dell was really showing was a public commitment to building an RTX Spark mini PC. The unit we saw is a small, square box with perforated mesh sides for airflow, two USB-C ports and a full-size SD card slot on the front. There are no specs or a launch window to go with it, but an SD slot on the front of a desktop tells you the creator pitch isn't limited to the laptops. The commitment makes sense, though. Dell already sells the Pro Max with GB10, a roughly $5,000 mini workstation on the previous chip that runs Nvidia's Linux-based DGX OS, so it knows there's an audience for a small box with 128GB of unified memory. An RTX Spark version swaps that Linux workstation positioning for native Windows, and that's a much bigger potential market than AI developers alone. HP OmniBook Ultra 16 and OmniBook X 14 Two laptops, one disclosed spec HP brought two RTX Spark laptops to Computex, the OmniBook Ultra 16 and the OmniBook X 14, and is calling them the world's thinnest RTX Spark machines. The X 14 measures 13.53mm at the rear and the Ultra 16 comes in at 15.73mm. I'd take the "world's thinnest" framing with a grain of salt, though, since Asus quotes the ProArt P16 at 12.9mm. The measurements likely aren't taken the same way, and we won't know who's right until someone shows up with a tape measure to verify. Thickness is also more or less the only thing HP disclosed. Both machines support the platform's headline capabilities, including 12K 4:2:2 video editing and local 120B-parameter models in the 128GB configuration, but HP withheld display specs, storage, battery, ports, weight, and pricing entirely. There was hardware on the floor, but the details are being saved for closer to launch, with both OmniBooks expected later this year. HP is also building an RTX Spark mini PC of its own, confirmed at the show as a compact desktop on the same platform, with specs fully under wraps and a launch later in 2026. It doesn't have a name yet, and it's easy to mix up with the OmniDesk Mini that HP announced at the same event, which is an Intel Core Ultra machine with no RTX Spark inside. If you see people talking about a "HP mini PC" at Computex, check which one they're about. As with Dell, HP isn't starting from zero here. It already ships the ZGX Nano G1n AI Station, its GB10 machine, in a chassis that measures just 150mm square, so it has built a tiny computer around this silicon's predecessor once already. Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n The 'n' is for Nvidia Lenovo's naming scheme is pretty self explanatory: the Yoga Pro 9i is the Intel model, and the new Yoga Pro 9n is the Nvidia one. It's Lenovo's first RTX Spark laptop, and it follows the same design language as the 9i, with a 15-inch display, an aluminum chassis, top-firing speakers, and a backlit keyboard. The trackpad is unusually large and supports pen input for drawing, which is a strange feature on paper until you remember who this machine is for. The confirmed details read like a creator checklist: an HDMI port, an SD card slot, and all-day battery life that Lenovo won't put a number on. The top configuration gets the full 20-core chip with 128GB of unified memory. What Lenovo hasn't published is the panel's resolution or refresh rate, and I'd caution against assuming it inherits the 9i's display, because nothing official says it does. Lenovo is no stranger to this hardware family either, as the ThinkStation PGX it already sells uses the GB10. I've used mine to serve 80B-parameter models at up to 40 tokens per second and fine-tune my own 7B model, all from the same 128GB unified memory pool this laptop will ship with. That experience is the most concrete preview of the Yoga Pro 9n that exists right now. The Yoga Pro 9n is that capability moving from a Linux workstation into a consumer Windows laptop, and that's the entirety of the proposition behind the RTX Spark. Lenovo hasn't given it an official date or price, but fall 2026 alongside everything else is the safe assumption. MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+ The only convertible in the lineup The Prestige N16 Flip AI+ is the only 2-in-1 in the RTX Spark lineup of announced devices so far, a 16-inch convertible that rotates between laptop, tablet, tent, and presentation modes. As with Lenovo, the naming appears to be self-explanatory, with the "N" denoting Nvidia. MSI is the launch partner that looks like it took the biggest risk on form factor, and I honestly respect it. Subscribe for in-depth RTX Spark coverage and analysis Join the newsletter to get hands-on breakdowns, clear spec-tracking, and plain-language analysis of RTX Spark hardware and Windows-on-Arm implications. Curated device comparisons and buyer-focused guidance will help you evaluate the new platform. Get Updates By subscribing, you agree to receive newsletter and marketing emails, and accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe anytime. The display is a 16-inch UHD+ tandem OLED that stacks two emissive layers to push past 1,000 nits, with touch support and Delta E under 1 for color work. MSI fits a 99.9Wh battery, plus a quad-speaker array and a customizable Action Touchpad. The MSI Nano Pen, a stylus that stows away under the chassis, is also a great little detail for creators. In other words, a digital artist gets a 16-inch pen-input tablet with a color-accurate OLED and a 5070-class GPU behind it, which can run image generation and other local AI workloads on-device instead of requiring the cloud. Storage, weight, and pricing are all undisclosed, with availability in the second half of 2026. Of everything I saw, this is the machine I'm most curious about, mostly because pen-input convertibles almost never get this much GPU. MSI also brought a second RTX Spark machine, and it's the odd one out of the show. The EdgeMesa N AI+ is a mini PC, and where every other machine here is pitched at creators, MSI is aiming this one at edge AI deployments across healthcare, retail, finance, robotics, and smart city infrastructure. The specs lean that way too, with an emphasis on a 10Gb Ethernet port for moving datasets and talking to inference servers, plus one HDMI and three USB-C ports driving up to four displays. Storage, memory SKUs, and pricing are all undisclosed. It's a true platform already Every machine here ships in fall 2026, and not a single one has a price. Estimates put the top-spec systems at a minimum of $3,000 and up, and given that the GB10 machines cost even more than that, I wouldn't bet on these being affordable. The hardware itself doesn't worry me, because I've spent months with the GB10 and unified memory at this capacity changes what you can run locally in a way no consumer GPU can match. Nvidia is also treating this as a platform rather than an experiment. It has committed to three generations of Spark silicon, with the current Grace Blackwell chip followed by a Vera Rubin generation on LPDDR6 and a Rosa Feynman generation after that, and Acer and Gigabyte are lined up behind the launch partners. Whatever happens this fall, Nvidia isn't planning to walk away from Windows PCs after one round. There's a pattern in the branding, too. Nvidia spent a significant amount of time during its keynote and even in its demos talking up 1440p gaming at over 100fps, yet not one of these machines wears a gaming badge. Dell went with XPS rather than Alienware, Asus chose ProArt over ROG, MSI picked Prestige instead of one of its gaming lines, Lenovo used Yoga rather than Legion, and HP went OmniBook, not Omen. Every OEM looked at a 5070-class GPU and decided gaming wasn't the pitch, filing it under creator lines for the laptops and edge AI for MSI's mini PC. Either they don't trust Arm gaming to be ready on day one, or they know exactly who's going to pay $3,000 for the first wave. The open question is Windows on Arm. These machines live or die on Prism emulation, which Microsoft says it tuned specifically for this chip, along with driver maturity and whether anti-cheat and legacy software cooperate. Frame counters and frametime overlays were nowhere to be seen during gaming demos at the show, but the reason for that is that the software is changing a lot right now, and frequently enough that any performance figures would mean very little this far from launch. To be fair, the chip held up its end on Linux through two layers of translation, so if Microsoft holds up its end too, this is the biggest shake-up Windows laptops have had since Apple Silicon forced the industry to take Arm seriously.

NVIDIA's ARM chipset and early Wi-Fi 8 routers: How-To Geek's favorite tech of Computex 2026

Unlike CES or MWC, which are fairly consumer-focused trade shows, the annual Computex Taipei event is traditionally a "B2B" affair. Boring! Still, we made a point to attend, and it's a good thing we did. Some of the greatest tech innovations of 2026 (or maybe even the decade) made their debut during Computex, including a few surprises that may completely change how the average person interacts with computers at a fundamental level. Hello, RTX Spark! Nice to meet you, Arc G3! This is an exciting time for all classes of PC enthusiasts, from Windows on ARM evangelists to hairbrained homelabbers. Of course, the AI geeks get plenty of love, too. So, let's stop yapping and get to the goods. NVIDIA RTX Spark (n1x) A turning point for Windows on ARM (and PCs as a whole, hopefully) NVIDIA absolutely stole the show at Computex 2026, which is really no surprise given the company's status in the AI boom and its near-biological interdependence with Taiwanese manufacturers. Even if the brand had attended this event without a peep of progress or products, the regular appearances of its CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang were a pure highlight for a majority of the attendees, particularly the locals. His lightly-guarded catwalks through the show floor (and comical enthusiasm for dashing off Sharpie signatures on other brands' products) were met with messianic joy, rhythmic chants of "Jensen! Jensen!," and the glow of stock trading apps. We learned a lot about the venue's layout during these appearances, as we were forced to explore uncharted paths just to attend our pre-planned meetings and walkthroughs. But Jensen and company knew better than to arrive empty-handed. Instead, they revealed the RTX Spark (n1x) "superchip," an all-new PC platform that promises to bring high-end agentic local AI to all classes of PC, including consumer devices. It offers a petaflop of AI compute power with up to 128GB of unified memory, enough to power AI agents with up to 120 billion parameters. The closest comparison, at least in NVIDIA's words, is a pro RTX 5070 AI workstation. Though, in our eyes, the most interesting part of RTX Spark is its architecture. This isn't a clone of AMD's x86 Ryzen AI Ultra platform. Instead, it's ARM. Ignoring all of the AI stuff, RTX Spark creates a unique opportunity for Microsoft to finally push Windows on ARM into excellence, as the operating system is no longer bound by Qualcomm's de-facto monopoly on ARM desktop development. It's easy to compare this moment to the introduction of Apple Silicon, which occurred nearly 6 years ago. Yet there are still questions as to whether RTX Spark will begin its life as a prosumer platform (as Apple Silicon did). Its emphasis on AI development and technical similarities to DGX Spark AI, a 2025 dev workstation that currently sells for $4,700, suggest a more enterprise-focused approach. But even if the average enthusiast is priced out of the equation, RTX Spark could give Windows on ARM (and PCs as a whole) the kick in the pants we've craved for the last decade. Microsoft certainly seems to think so. Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra The flagship NVIDIA Spark machine Microsoft calls the Surface Laptop Ultra "the most powerful thing we've ever made." And while it isn't the most visually exciting device to grace the Surface lineup, the specs are, to Microsoft's credit, outrageous. Surface Laptop Ultra is the first RTX Spark device and potentially the first slam-dunk for Windows on ARM, boasting a 20-core CPU, up to 128GB of unified memory, and a maximum 1 petaflop of AI performance for local LLMs and AI/ML development. The closest comparison is a desktop PC with an RTX 5070 GPU (as we mentioned earlier), although there are no real-world benchmarks at this time and the ARM architecture means that 1:1 comparisons should be taken with a grain of salt. Externally, Surface Laptop Ultra utilizes a gorgeous 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen display with a 3:2 aspect ratio and 2880 x 1920 resolution. Microsoft promises 2000 nits of peak HDR brightness, which is excellent for any laptop. The chassis and keyboard are very MacBook Pro-esque; you get an aluminum body, lattice keys, a haptic trackpad, two USB-C ports (presumably Thunderbolt 4 or 5 though not confirmed), one USB-A port, an HDMI jack, an SD card slot, and 3.5mm audio output. The Surface Laptop Ultra launch event was fairly GPU-focused, with laptops chugging through demanding games like Pragmata, but Microsoft also spent some time showing off the device's repairability. You can remove the Laptop Ultra's backplate, and internal components are tagged with QR stickers for easy lookup. Plus, the SSD and battery are readily accessible. Mild repairability has slowly become a key feature in Surface products, though it's surprising to see this trend continue in a high-end ARM laptop, at least for those of us who've spent any amount of time with a modern MacBook. Pricing and availability for the Surface Laptop Ultra are unknown, but a late-2026 launch date is expected. Microsoft's use of unified memory should alleviate some cost concerns, although RTX Spark makes pricing a bit of a guessing game. It's obviously safe to assume that Surface Laptop Ultra will exceed $1,000, but we could be looking at a product that goes beyond the $2,000 or $3,000 threshold. Intel Arc G3 and G3 Extreme Intel's trying to eat AMD's lunch AMD managed to dominate the handheld PC gaming market with surprisingly little effort. Through this dominance, AMD has also entrenched itself as the premiere processing platform for Linux gaming as a whole. Frankly, it's always seemed like a missed opportunity for the Intel Arc platform, which could have secured an early niche in the handheld market if it hadn't spent so much time banging its head against desktop PCs like a bumblebee that can't figure out how to get through a car window (although we'd be remiss if we failed to mention how Intel Arc excels in homelabbing scenarios). Evidently, Intel finally caught on to the scent of opportunity. It introduced the Arc G3 and G3 Extreme, a set of powerful and power-efficient mobile processors that can rival AMD's Ryzen Z-series chipsets. Leveraging the Panther Lake architecture, these CPUs are essentially handheld-focused versions of the Intel Core Ultra Series 3, a chipset that quietly smuggled high-end iGPU gaming performance and an extended battery life to laptops a few years ago. The Arc G3 Extreme is especially notable, as it borrows the B390 iGPU from the Core Ultra X7 and X9 line (Intel's standard Arc G3 uses a B370 graphics unit). The first Arc G3-powered handhelds will arrive in June 2026, and the first confirmed device is the OneXPlayer 3 (which will launch through an Indiegogo campaign in the coming weeks). Acer plans to stick an Arc G3 in a future Predator Atlas 8 handheld, while MSI has confirmed that the Claw 8 EX AI+ will eventually get an Arc variant. These Arc-based handhelds should be more powerful than AMD Ryzen Z-series machines, at least on paper. The real question is whether game developers (and Valve) will prioritize Arc compatibility at a software level. If games aren't optimized for this platform, then they won't be able to take advantage of the Arc G3 or G3 Extreme's raw power. We'll have a better grasp of the situation once large brands like Acer and MSI put their hat in the ring. Dell XPS 13 The closest thing that Windows users can get to a MacBook Neo The Dell XPS family has always served as a sort-of Windows counterpoint to Apple's MacBook lineup. They're thin and light laptops with a ton of processing power, high-quality screens, excellent keyboards, and wonderful (though occasionally excessive) trackpads. In light of the $600 MacBook Neo, it's no surprise that Dell is pushing to sell a "mid-range premium" laptop of its own; a refreshed XPS 13. Priced at $700 MSRP in its lowest config (or just $600 with a student discount), the base model XPS 13 comes with a minimum Intel Core 5 320 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. Dell promises 17 hours of battery life, a backlit keyboard (something the MacBook Neo lacks), and a 13.4-inch 1600p display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The most notable thing here, aside from the price, is the build -- XPS 13 is slimmer and lighter than the MacBook Neo, clocking in at 0.5 inches thick and just 2.2 pounds. But like the MacBook Neo, there are some notable shortcomings in the XPS 13's build quality. Dell opted for a mechanical touchpad instead of a haptic trackpad (just as Apple did), and it settled for a basic lattice keyboard layout instead of going hog-wild on the awesome, edge-to-edge keyboard layout that's featured in the XPS 14 and 16. There's also some questions about processing power, as the Intel Wildcat Lake platform hasn't been properly benchmarked yet and 8GB of RAM is questionable for a Windows device in 2026. But the point still stands; Apple decided to stop neglecting the $600 to $1,000 market, and brands like Dell are following suit. If you're a customer shopping in this range, and especially if you're a student who can cash in on discounts or other promotions, the new XPS 13 appears to be your best non-Apple option. It's certainly a welcome addition as computer components and PCs continue to march toward the extreme end of unfriendly pricing. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D A 10-year-old processor revived Reinventing the wheel every year is a fool's errand. At least, that's the mindset that we see in most corners of the tech industry. Automakers are happy to stick with a single platform for a decade, Apple likes to reuse its laptop chassis, and legacy software keeps the entire world from falling into chaos. But desktop CPUs tend to disappear from the market after just a couple of years. So, needless to say, AMD's decision to re-introduce the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is kind of unusual. The chipmaker proudly announced a "10th Anniversary Edition" of the CPU at Computex 2026 alongside a revived Ryzen 7 7700X3D. As far as upgrades are concerned, there are none, aside from the inclusion of a Carbice Ice Pad that may provide extended thermal dissipation in some PC builds. This move is clearly a response to rising component costs in the AI era (and the stubborn stagflationary economy, which would have contributed to demand for cheaper PCs in the consumer market regardless of the AI boom). While this CPU isn't a great option for high-end modern PC builds, it's more than good enough for a decent desktop rig, and it should provide a solid upgrade opportunity for anyone currently rocking an older machine with an AMD 400 or 500-series board. Priced at $350 with a launch date set for June 25, the 10th Anniversary Ryzen 7 5800X3D is slightly more expensive than an aftermarket Ryzen 7 5800X3D. The extra cost is a decent trade-off for a fresh warranty, and the CPU's re-introduction should create some downward pressure on aftermarket prices -- used CPUs could get cheaper. ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro A big honkin' Wi-Fi 8 router "Is it a large-scale model, or is it the real thing?" That's the question we kept hearing from passers-by as ASUS introduced us to the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, a colossal Wi-Fi 8 (802.11bn) router that looks like something you'd find crawling in the mercurial waters of an alien beach. ASUS is getting a huge head-start on the soon-to-be Wi-Fi 8 craze with this monster, boasting two-times mid-range throughput, two-times wider IoT coverage, and 34% lower latency when compared to an unspecified product (we love vague product comparisons). The router's also packed with seven Ethernet ports, specifically a 10Gbps high-speed gaming port, a 2.5Gbps and 10Gbps WAN/LAN jack, three 2.5Gbps ports, and a single 1Gbps connection. We asked why this router is so big, and the answer's pretty predictable; a bunch of 2.5GbE and 10GbE lanes, combined Wi-Fi 8 capabilities, require some decent processing power and heat dissipation. Thermals seem to be a big part of the conversation here, as ASUS took the time to tell us that the new Wi-Fi 8 router will offer better heat dissipation than the Wi-Fi 6E Rapture GT-AXE1600 -- hopefully that means the thermals have actually improved, as it could also mean that the new router simply spits out more heat. ASUS plans to launch the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro at some point, presumably in late 2026 or early 2027. Though, notably, the Wi-Fi 8 standard probably won't be finalized until 2028. That means the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro may lack some functionality that becomes standard to Wi-Fi 8 in the next year or so. Future Wi-Fi 8 routers will be a lot smaller than the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, as the high-speed connections that are responsible for its size are only necessary in enthusiast and enterprise markets.