Razer is one of the leading hardware manufacturers in terms of peripherals. The mice, keyboards, gaming helmets and other peripherals of the Californian company are highly valued and, in addition to this type of devices, they also have portable gaming that stand out, above all, for their design. This is the Razer Blade, a gaming laptop that has just been renewed.
The Razer Blade laptop has a very contained size that hides a hardware to the last. The new Razer Blade grows from 14 to 15.6 inches, a much more comfortable size to play, the main purpose of this laptop. However, increasing the size of the panel will not have consequences on the chassis, since they have reduced the bevels to the maximum.
The screen, besides growing in size, will come in three versions. Two of them will have a resolution of 1080p and will be IPS panels, but the Hz rate changes. One of the models will have a 60 Hz panel and the other at 144 Hz, two options that allow each player to choose the solution that best suits them. agree The third type of screen of the new Razer Blade will be 4K, IPS and, in addition, touch with multi-touch capacitive panel.
On the hardware, we also have updated elements. The processor of the new Razer Blade will be the Intel Core i7-8750H, an eighth-generation processor introduced a few weeks ago that has six cores and twelve threads at a base rate of 2.2 GHz and 4.1 GHz boost.
The RAM will be 16 GB DDR4 that we can expand to 32 GB and there will also be two configurations of graphics card. Both will have Nvidia's Max-Q technology to allow a better performance balance when we are away from an outlet, and will be the GTX 1060 and the GTX 1070.
The configuration with both graphics cards is quite intelligent, if we take into account the characteristics of the screens. And, the GTX 1070 will allow us to take advantage of those 144 Hz of the 1080p screen in some games, with the GTX 1060 ideal to take advantage of the 60 Hz panel at 1080p.
To finish, Razer has given data on the weight and measurements of both models. Those with a 4K screen go to 2.15 Kg, while the two with a 1080p screen are left at 2.07 Kg. The dimensions are 16.8 mm x 355 mm x 235 mm (those of the GTX 1060 ) and 17.3 mm x 355 mm x 235 mm (those of the GTX 1070).
The price will be in line with that combination of hardware and software. As you can see, there are quite a few possible combinations, and Razer has it well tied. Next, we leave you the prices of the new Razer Blade:
1080p screen at 60 Hz with the GTX 1060, 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of M2 SSD - € 1,949.99
Screen 1080p to 144 Hz with the GTX 1060, 16 GB and 512 GB of SSD M.2 - € 2,249.99
1080p screen at 144 Hz with the GTX 1070, 16 GB and 256 GB SSD M.2 - € 2,449.99
Screen 1080p to 144 Hz with the GTX 1070, 16 GB and 512 GB of SSD M.2 - 2.649,99 €
4K touch screen with the GTX 1070, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB SSD M.2 - 2,899.99
In addition to renewing the gaming notebooks, Razer has introduced a new frame to place an external graphics card on the Mac. Razer Core X is the peripheral that allows us to install a graphics card inside to, via Thunderbolt 3, to increase the performance of our device
Now, the new Razer Core X is optimized for Mac OS High Sierra, which means that we can connect an external card to the Mac to play or to accelerate some processes, such as video rendering. Of course, we can only mount AMD cards (although MacOS is compatible with Nvidia drivers).
This type of external graphics cards allow you to have a real two-in-one computer, a light laptop to take home and a graphic desktop unit. In the case of the Mac, it is quite interesting, since it allows us to install a graphic on laptops that lack dedicated graphics, such as some MacBook Pro models or the MacBook.
The price of Razer Core X will be $ 299, a very interesting solution if we want to expand the possibilities of our laptops.