ASUS Debuts ROG XG Station 3 Dock With Thunderbolt 5 Interface, Supporting Up To 80 Gbps Of Bandwidth For Modern GPUs
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ASUS continues its XG Station lineup with the latest external GPU dock called ROG XG Station 3 that brings the Thunderbolt 5 interface.
Popular hardware maker ASUS has launched its latest external GPU dock called ROG XG Station 3, continuing the legacy of the XG Station lineup that debuted in 2007 with XG Station. The latest XG Station 3 now brings significantly improved features and interface vs previous XG Station docks. ASUS calls the XG Station as a platform that enables "incredible" visual fidelity with high frame rates on laptops.
XG Station 3 is the first one from ASUS to feature the latest Thunderbolt 5 port and was originally showcased at the Computex event this year. The external GPU dock is a performance-enhancing device that connects to a laptop and harnesses the computing power of the discrete GPU installed.
The XG Station 3 connects through a Thunderbolt 5 connection, which unlocks up to 80 Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth (although this amount of bandwidth isn't available exclusively to the GPU) and up to 120 Gbps of bandwidth boost for high-volume video traffic.
The dock supports NVIDIA and AMD's latest GPUs, such as the GeForce RTX 50 series and Radeon RX 9000 series, as well as RTX PRO 6000 and Intel Arc GPUs. Plus, it offers full BTF compatibility and features a GC-HPWR connector for ASUS BTF graphics cards, allowing users to install GPUs without connecting an external 16-pin power connector.
The dock features dual Thunderbolt 5 ports, one serving as the upstream connection while the other serves as the downstream port. The Thunderbolt 5 upstream port delivers up to 140 W of USB Power Delivery alongside 80 Gbps of data transfer, helping charge the laptops quickly. The downstream Thunderbolt 5 port can connect to monitors with USB Type-C ports and…
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