Asus has unveiled the new ROG Azoth Extreme keyboard. This latest addition maintains a design similar to its predecessor but, just like it bears “Extreme” in its naming, it comes with an extremely high price tag. The recently launched ASUS Azoth Extreme is priced at $499. To put that in perspective, it’s almost as much as an RTX 4070, which also costs around $500, maybe a little more.
The new Asus ROG Azoth Extreme features 81 hot-swappable keys and uses “ROG NX” switches. It also boasts a color OLED display on the top right corner. The keyboard has an aluminum chassis and supports all connectivity options, Bluetooth, wired, and wireless. Additionally, there’s a mini knob under the OLED display that you can customize using Armoury software.
Compared to other keyboards on the market, the ROG Azoth Extreme is quite heavy, weighing in at a hefty 2200 grams with the wrist rest included. It has an impressive 8000 Hz polling rate in both wired and wireless modes, which is a significant improvement over the 1000 Hz polling rate of its predecessor. The polling rate indicates how frequently the keyboard’s inputs are transmitted to the computer. Considering that many mice in the market have a polling rate of around 10,000 Hz, 8000 Hz for a keyboard is quite crazy.
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