ASUS Republic of Gamers Introduces New 300Hz Gaming Laptops

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today showcased new 300Hz displays in several Strix and Zephyrus gaming laptops at IFA Berlin 2019, offering a glimpse into the future of portable esports and hardcore gaming. These groundbreaking displays qualify as the world’s fastest; the first ROG device to be released with the ultrafast display will be the Zephyrus S GX701 in Q4, followed up by multiple ROG laptops in the following year.

ROG is focused on delivering not only the fastest gaming devices, but translating that speed into a more responsive and immersive experience. By aggressively adopting high-refresh laptop displays, ROG gives gamers the opportunity to see more frames per second for gameplay that feels smoother, especially in fast-paced esports titles, and even offers a competitive advantage over opponents.

Unprecedented speed

Raising the refresh rate to 300Hz represents a 25% increase over the current standard for high-level esports tournaments. At that speed, the screen can draw 5X more frames than the 60Hz panels found on conventional laptops. 

Higher frequencies can also improve the experience when the refresh rate is fixed and the FPS drops below the maximum. The delay between refresh cycles is shorter, allowing the display to respond faster to fresh frames produced by the GPU. When the system is running Vsync to eliminate visual tearing, the higher frequency mitigates visible stuttering that can occur when the display is forced to wait until the next cycle to show a new frame. At 300Hz, it’s ready to draw a complete new frame every 3.3ms, which matches the 3ms response time of the pixels.

Beyond faster frequencies

The 300Hz gaming laptops on display at IFA focus on higher refresh rates and represent one part of greater efforts that ROG is making toward broader panel leadership. At Computex 2019, ROG combined high resolution and high speed in a 4K UHD laptop display running at 120Hz. While that panel is destined for future devices, the groundbreaking ROG Mothership is available with a wide-gamut 4K UHD display that covers the full Adobe RGB color gamut.