ROG XG Station 3 dock adds 80 Gbps Thunderbolt 5 support

ASUS announced the ROG XG Station 3 external graphics card dock. The device uses a Thunderbolt 5 connection providing up to 80 Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth. Using Thunderbolt 5 Bandwidth Boost, it can reach up to 120 Gbps for video traffic. The dock supports Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series, RTX PRO 6000 series, AMD Radeon RX 9000 series, and Intel Arc series graphics cards.

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The dock includes an upstream Thunderbolt 5 port that offers up to 140 W of USB Power Delivery to compatible laptops. A downstream Thunderbolt 5 port supports daisy chaining up to three 4K displays and provides up to 36 W of power for peripherals. Two front-facing USB 10 Gbps Type-C ports are also included. For users with BTF 2.5 graphics cards, a GC-HPWR slot allows for power delivery without a visible cable.

The ROG XG Station 3 does not include a power supply. Buyers must source a separate SFX or SFX-L device capable of running their hardware. Pricing information has not been released.