The latest keyboard from Republic of Gamers is in the 75% size category and supports many flagship features, but some parts of the market have to settle for ABS keycaps despite the hefty price tag.
Asus’s ROG Azoth is currently considered one of the best ready-made gaming keyboards on the market. Alongside it, the company presented a new Extreme model at the Computex trade fair, and now the keyboard has also been revealed.
Asus ROG Azoth Extreme is a 75% size class gaming keyboard at the most expensive end of the market. The company has spared no expense in designing the keyboard, but in addition to the aluminum body, it utilizes, among other things, a carbon fiber Positioning plate, an adjustable gasket mount structure and an OLED touch screen.
Being in the 75% size category, the keyboard features arrow keys, but the Home and End buttons are omitted and the rest of the function buttons are in a vertical row. Like the original Azoth, the ROG NX switches are used, but the keyboard also supports the switches’ hotswap feature. Asus has even pre-greased the key stabilizers and of course uses double-molded PBT keycaps, unless you happen to live in an area that uses ABS caps coated with a hard UV coating instead. A three-layer sound dampening structure is hidden inside the keyboard.
From the upper right corner of the keyboard, a 1.47″ OLED touch screen, which can show, among other things, whether the Caps Lock has been forgotten, whether the keyboard is in PC or Mac mode, or even information about the current state of the computer or the user’s typing speed. In addition to touch, the screen is controlled with a switch next to it. The gasket mount frame can be adjusted with a switch on the bottom, and harder and softer operating modes can be selected to suit each situation. In turn, the angle of the keyboard can be adjusted with the help of magnetic feet, and the wrist can rest in the gentle touch of the extended silicone wrist support.
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Does the keyboard communicate with the computer either via 2.4 GHz wireless connection, Bluetooth or wired via USB. It supports a refresh rate of up to 8000 hertz, as long as a separate ROG Polling Rate Booster receiver is used. With the ROG Omni receiver, you stick to lower update speeds, but it supports one compatible mouse with the same transmitter in addition to the keyboard.
The Asus ROG Azoth Extreme keyboard will be available on August 20, which is just over a month from now. It is listed in Finland at the time of writing According to Hinta.fi price tracking only by Proshop and there the price is lower, a terrible 579 euros.
Source: Asus
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