ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced the ROG XG Station 3, an external graphics card dock featuring Thunderbolt 5 connectivity. This dock offers up to 80 Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth, or 120 Gbps with Bandwidth Boost, enabling high-end gaming and content creation on everyday laptops. Compatible with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series, RTX PRO 6000 Series, AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series, and Intel Arc graphics cards, it delivers AAA game performance and powerful creative tools.
The ROG XG Station 3 features an open-frame design that showcases the installed GPU while ensuring optimal cooling. It includes a GC-HPWR slot for BTF 2.5 graphics cards like the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 BTF OC Edition and ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 BTF Edition, allowing for hidden power cables. The dock is finished with polished metallic surfaces, sleek lines, and full Aura Sync RGB support for visual customization.
Designed for convenience, the dock provides multiple display outputs via the installed graphics card. It offers a true single-cable solution with Thunderbolt 5, delivering up to 140W of USB Power Delivery for laptop charging alongside 80 Gbps data transfer. A secondary Thunderbolt 5 downstream port supports daisy-chaining up to three 4K displays or connecting other USB-C devices.
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