ASUS has launched the ProArt GR1X mini-PC — the first confirmed desktop system built around NVIDIA’s RTX Spark SoC, and it’s priced at $1,299 in the US and Rs 1,09,990 in India. Pre-orders opened globally on 9 October 2026, with shipments expected to begin 28 October. The device is marketed as a compact workstation that doubles as a 1440p gaming rig, claiming 100FPS in AAA titles at that resolution while drawing just 140W of power.
That TDP figure is central to ASUS’s pitch: the GR1X uses only a dual-fan, four-heatpipe cooling setup, not the bulky vapor chambers or liquid loops typical of high-end mini-PCs. It’s built for desks, not server racks. And for creators who also play. But the 100FPS claim comes with quiet caveats.
Wccftech notes ASUS hasn’t published frame-time breakdowns, GPU utilization stats, or test conditions. The number appears tied to DLSS 4.5 upscaling and NVIDIA’s Multi-Frame Generation (MFG), which can interpolate up to six frames per rendered frame. Since RTX Spark is based on Blackwell, MFG support is baked in, but real-world stability, latency impact, and visual fidelity under heavy interpolation remain unmeasured by third parties.
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