gotta think the chunky monkey fat boy line will be 14, 16 and 18 13, 15 ,17 will these be super skinny products in the future? so i guess it all comes down to skinny vs ports, battery life, top wattage and a screen bump. i think most people will go from odd to even pretty quick a super slim packed out 15 or lil bit bulky 14 sounds cool to me al the same. lets go.
I can't even say how happy I am to see them go thicker for more battery and better cooling. Always loved the form factor but hated that they sacrificed performance and battery just for the sake of being "the thinnest".
Intel and Nvidia are the ones to blame, they're only going after pusing out big performance numbers. Hell nah would I want a thick ass laptop that's heavy and has a shitty batterylife.
Aesthetically this is one of the best UA-cam videos I've ever watched. Syncing the background of the computer to the lighting in the back was awesome and this was such an awesome color config for this room. I feel like the usual blue is very cold in an already cold space this is such a cool juxtaposition of warm colors in a very cold industrial space 10/10 Dave
My company used the Razer laptops. 10 out of the 12 had multiple issues over a span on 2 years. 2 dead motherboards, battery swelling 10+ times, webcam failed on 3, wifi dead on 5, etc etc. Each time it took 1-2mo for the RMA process.
My early 2019 Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2070MQ) is still going strong after ~4 years. No battery bloat, no issues apart from a TB driver issue when I updated windows recently - had to do a fresh windows install. Still handles most games like a champ.
I have every single piece of tech I've ever wished for and yet I still tune in to every tech video, check out every review on newest coolest stuff, and enjoy every minute of innovative new stuff.
@@marzx13 yeah you got lucky. I’ve had a Razer Blade 15 since 2020, and the battery is super swelled. Should have been covered in the warranty. But it’s not, so I’ll never be buying another razer. If longevity is what you’re going for, DO NOT BUY A RAZER
@@eniff2925 unfortunately integer scaling is only available on modern GPUs and even then only on some of them. There are some software hacks for games that work regardless of GPU, but that doesn't work for all of them.
The 4K and 1080p switch sounds like an integer scale thing since 1080p is a 4th of the resolution of 4K so you could easily assign 4 pixels for 1 pixel when in 1080p mode without having to deal with pixel crawl or improper scaling. The higher refresh rate might also have to do with bandwidth because they don't want to use DSC
@@ramsinsoumi6030 there are a lots of scaling algorithms. If the resolution is multiplied by an integer than it can be scaled very cheaply and perfectly sharply.
Hi Dave! Just a suggestion for laptop reviews. Please let us hear the fan noise when gaming. Next to the short battery life, fan noise is the biggest deal breaker for me for staying away from gaming laptops. But now that desktop components are getting more and more expensive, and gradual desktop PC upgrades are practically out of the picture because of new motherboard and RAM specs, I'm seriously considering investing in a gaming laptop instead of trying to build a desktop PC within the next year or so. It's just that my perception of gaming laptops is still that they are incredibly noisy when being pushed. I also want to know why gaming laptop makers keep stuffing the top end CPUs into laptops even though they're mostly using beyond 1080p resolution and beyond 144Hz refresh rates. In desktop reviews, most reviewers say that for gaming going beyond an i5 (and its AMD equivalent) has diminishing returns if you choose to game at 1440p and 4K. So I wonder why laptop makers don't cut back on prices and heat by letting customers combine a mid-range CPU with ANY GPU when they're placing an order. You always have to get the tier that has the more expensive and power hungry CPU if you want to get the best GPU that can be placed into the laptop. This isn't a rhetorical question, I'm really curious. :)
@Dream i kinda disagree for the nothing portion. Portability is important especially if you are traveling or don't have much space Also, the reason i said kinda, was about laptops. But razor is too expensive to say you are paying for Portability
I'm hoping they invested more on their quality control. Something many reviews don't go over is long-term use, I've had to sent back 3 Razer Blades in the past because there would always be defects that would ruin the experience and some would even be dangerous like extreme overheating and batteries expanding. I think if you are going to charge a premium, you should also have the peace of mind that the device will work as intended. Also I should note that this isn't just my experience, there are many small channels and reddit posts talking about this very issue.
I have an ROG M16 with a 12700H and 3060. Rarely have I wished it were faster, but I wish it were bigger frequently. I wish the Blade 18 could come with lower end components to be cheaper. A 13700H and 4070 are more than enough for almost all of us on a laptop. I'd probably still play my games at FHD, I just want more real estate to see what's going on, especially in spreadsheet type work.
@@KK-fi6ms Doesn't fit in a backpack, no matter how big the backpack is. And if you take a desktop monitor, you probably need a desktop keyboard as well, otherwise the ergonomics are ducked up. A large laptop might not be the most friendly for use in public, but it is still just as portable when you want to move from home, to work, to conference room, to hotel.
@@imaginerd92 This laptop hasn't launched yet. But it's a large laptop with an i9, the latest NVIDIA GPUs and can be optioned with lots of RAM. So there's absolutely no reason it should be anything less than wonderful. You can do 4K editing on an iPad - and honestly if media production is your primary concern, get a Macbook.
Exited to see Dave's new 90p grow out. Starting tanks over is always fun. Quick note however, that you should be careful in buying bunched aquarium plants (like the ludwigia super red/red mini) in that they can come with snails. Buying tissue culture is always the safest option.
I always wonder why freshwater guys don't dip their plants. 5mins in copper would nuke any hitchhikers and (iodine) dips are standard practice in the salt water world.
That native-resolution switching feature is phenomenal and with that gorgeous screen makes this the clear frontrunner for most desirable mixed use (work/gaming) laptops. I'm currently running a Lenovo Legion Slim 7 with a 5800h and RTX3060, but the Blade 16 would be my most desired device now.
I OC’d my 2070MQ early 2019 Advanced Blade to like a ~7400-7500 Time Spy Graphics score. Didn’t come across any major issues in 4 years so was looking forward to the next major redesign (and consequently a big jump in performance). Razer is delivering on that front because I feel they got left behind in the TDP race. Still the most premium laptop chassis out there. Nothing like a true aluminum unibody.
@@jhpk Yeah, like, I’m 4 years in with no battery bloat. I swear there are more MSI/Asus/Lenovo Legion owners talking about and repeating the supposed battery swelling issue than actual Razer Blade owners.
@@anarki_in5680 Well my undervolted late 2019 Advanced R70 Optokb version battery swollen only after a year or so I have to pay $100 for a new battery. Bad experience. I have used almost every Razer peripherals after purchasing Blade, most of them ended with a bad experiences. Guess I have bad luck then?
@@jhpk I guess. If you can swell up any battery in a year for any product, it’s very much your use case that is at fault, or your maintenance. Qualitatively the only thing Razer can be faulted for is that they use laptop batteries rated for 500 cycles (Apple uses batteries rated for a 1000 cycles). Even so, Razer came out with a 2 year battery warranty now to handle this. But even without that warranty, since you’re a 2019 owner, 500 cycles puts 500 days of complete 100% charging between you and a possible battery bloat. I imagine you continuously charged and drained out your laptop multiple times a day/gamed on it plugged off a lot? If so then you would bloat many a battery, Razer or otherwise.
@@anarki_in5680 it's the opposite. I rarely drained out my Blade's battery. I can see you have good experience with your Blade but quite can't understand why you are trying to defend the company. Blade battery issue is notorious and have been constant issue for 2018~2020 model users if you can look it up. I have cheap MSI laptop late 2018 which was under a thousand bucks, 2015 Macbook pro which I used very harshly, 2020 Macbook air and very old Samsung laptop. Also have seen my colleagues using laptops from numerous company. NONE of them had swollen battery issue under a 3 year. One year battery issue is unacceptable for any excuses. It's just their QC problem. It's not just for the laptop. If any device uses a lithium ion battery, and if it's more than a whopping three thousand dollar, you expect more than a year long lifespan. At the end of the day now I fully understand Razer. They are just a small Chinese computer peripherals company trying something cool and big. They are not like a Alienware/Legion/ROG which always have reliable big brother behind them.
Thanks Dave for showing the laptops side by side and giving good perspectives. Many other reviews are so zoomed in you really cannot tell the size differences. Well done. oh p.s. in college I remember when I got a 19 inch monitor to code on my desktop PC, which was pretty grand back then. This laptop is almost that big!
My God... They finally increased the height for better cooling! My old 15 inch Razor few years back had its Intel processor completely fried after leaving it overnight completing MATLAB simulations/calculations. Glad to see Razor finally did something to fix it (at least according to initial specs/benchmark numbers) and maybe I'll try out their new laptop in the next few years when my G15 needs an upgrade. (Btw, I got a full refund for my Razor thanks to Microsoft's Store extended warranty)
Word! I hate how nowadays you can't find a laptop with a decent keyboard anymore. Meaning full size arrow keys and numpad. Only exception to this seems to be the Lenovo legion series, but only the 7 is big enough to utilize the QHD screen resolution.
@@xruud24 I mean that QHD is more comfortable to work on if your screen is physically large enough. For what I do I run into the limitations of FHD and could use a bit more resolution but I certainly don't need (or want) 4K. The Lenovo 5 looks small to have a QHD screen. 16-18" screen with QHD, keyboard with numpad and full size arrow keys, good specs and battery life (and if I would go overboard I'd also make it a convertible with Wacom type screen like the yoga series, fingerprint sensor and gyroscope so it has stuff like autorotate screen) and Linux support. I use an older Acer with Arch and KDE plasma, and an old yoga on the go with Ubuntu and Gnome. I'm getting used to touch and pen input on the yoga, but still need the full keyboard and bigger screen+QHD. 16 or 17" Yoga with those and AMD Ryzen 8 series and RDNA4 graphics, and I wouldn't need another laptop for 10+ years.
Thickness doesn't matter too much for me, but weight definitely does. The XPS 15 and blade 15 used to be quite pocketable. I always saw Razer laptops as powerful ultrabooks, compared to proper gaming laptops that were twice as thick. Especially the Blade stealth was a truly unique product that they decided to stop selling. I'm not happy with that new direction.
the 16 inch model with resolution switching mini LED is such a good idea for creators that play games I do wish they would add that OLED panel from last year though
Cool laptops, these RTX4000 generation laptop GPU look promising, and the brightness and hardware privacy for the webcam are awesome. PD: Any 4K display can do 1080p native, just each 4 pixels (2x2) will show the same color, that's nothing new.
I really want to see the performance numbers from these RTX 4000 laptop series cards. Nvidia has been screwing up desktop performance big time with the increase in price... wondering about the laptop. When would the benchmarks be available Dave? :) Can't wait for your next video! Also, would you be covering Tongfang chassis laptops too this time? It's been a while.
I'm still rocking my base 2020 blade 15 after 2 years, haven't had too many issues besides having to replace the screen myself (due to damage I accidentally did to it, and for some reason changing the screen out seems to have tripled the battery life). idk if I would want to get another blade whenever I have to upgrade in the future, but this thing is serving me well so far.
I have a blade 15 for around 2 year and 3 months now - starting to notice a slight battery bloat as well as overheating. Any advice on how to keep temperatures low and also if you've had to clean out the fans and swap batteries? Do you also use a laptop stand or a cooling pad?
@@antimatics759 the vast majority of the time I use this thing it is plugged in with a cooling pad / stand I have cleaned the fans once, but they are definitely do for another one - I have honestly not done too much to maintain the thing
Battery life is 17 minutes in furnace mode and 30 minutes in toaster mode, running at half the clock speed. Plugging the laptop to a wall outlet to unlock full performance, also known as the thermonuclear mode. Radiation shielding and heat resistant suit highly recommended.
Hey Dave, would be great if you could also say some more about noise performance when you are allowed to test them some day. Because yeah, performance is great but actually, not in a trade off for 40-60 decibels. Plus performance on battery is a thing too I guess. Once these companies really wanna try to compete with Apple you need to address those. I really love the power in the 16inch , especially for 3D rendering, where Apple honestly doesn‘t see land but yeah, not if the trade off is two hours battery and an airplane next to me for two hours. Actually that is also for gaming laptops, I got a aero 15inch in the household and its so fucking loud while gaming, you can not enjoy it without any noise cancellation and damaging your ears with it. I wait for the PS5 moment in gaming notebooks, the PS4 pro was not reasonable with noise, you couldn’t enjoy gaming with the fans so loud but the PS5 is almost silent compared to it. That’s where gaming laptop and creator laptop need to get.
I have the exact same experience with my Aero 15X. I honestly hate it. Not to mention I had issues with the ram failing and shit like that. I started realizing gaming laptops don’t make any sense. Just get a pc for games, and a macbook for travel/work.
I think they can come up with a “thin” design again if they made an AMD (ryzen 7000 nonX) version of this. Razer innovated the laptop gaming space with the thin form-factor. And they are devolving if they go thicker from here on out.
Nope. Nobody asked for gaming laptops to be as thin as these companies were making them and it was totally destroying their performance. A gaming laptop that actually has the cooling capacity to make full use of the hardware inside it is a revelation. We have been waiting for this product for years.
My worry about these machines is battery lifespan, in 2-3 years those bad boys start to swell pretty bad and then have to go through the hassle of sending the machine to them to replace the battery, etc.
Glad you agree that going thicker is the right move. I am a big fan of the new Blade 16/18 changes. It really helps razer compete against other brands that have been rocking higher performance for years.
Since 4k is a perfect multiple of 1080p, the "dual resolution" is just a very practical trick of having 1 big pixel occupying 4 real pixels of the display.
No 27-36in would of been more popular for most viewing experiences. 18in was small for a TV and likely was one used in someplace like a kitchen or bedroom. Around 18in was also the size of a mid sized monitor then though
I bought a brand new razorblade stealth back in like 2016 and by December 2017 the combination of the fans vibration and the heat had melted all of the bumpers off and destroyed the rivets on the screws on the bottom side of the chassis… literally is hanging on by a thread these days. By 2018 the touch screen started glitching and started flashing random rbg pixels across the display frequently. Worst computer I’ve ever purchased, all because of how thin it was. Very glad to hear they are making strides to fix it
I love their new design in the blade. I prefer thicker laptops because of cooling space, more potential spaces for multiple components. They really accommodated the cooling capacity now and the chassis is lovely.
Very glad they finally made them a bit thicker, but still too thin for my liking. If you look at 2:07 you will notice that quite a bit of that increased height is "wasted" on the screen. While that was obviously neccessary it does not help with cooling at all. The actual inceased thickness on the cooling is only 2-3 mm at best. I would have wished for 24 or 25 mm. That would be the sweet spot of still reasonably thin but great cooling and somewhat quiet fans with full performance. It would be heavier of course, but still fairly portable. At least on the big Blade 18 I would have wished for a bit thicker chassis.
So glad they thought of better cooling. My Blade 15 3070 80w had swollen battery so I had to remove it. Lets see how this design will perform because the wattage is pretty high as well at 140-170
I hope we see this shift back to thicker laptops expand across the industry. I loved the gradual pushing of boundaries with thinner and lighter stuff as much as the next guy but over the years I've come to the realisation that it comes second to comfort and usability. I'll gladly take back some height and weight for better temps. Also give me back my RJ45 port while we're at it...
I couldn't agree more about the thicker design. I've been saying that for years, laptops could be faster with bigger batteries if they just made them somewhat thicker. Sure, it's not as sleek but I'll take function over form for a device I use every day
I like what the they did here. It gives the 14 especially, 16, and 18 distinct advantages. The 15 and 14 were marginally different in screen size, but the 14 felt better because it was lightweight, more portable, and carried the AMD CPU for battery life. Now with each size difference, you really pick which suits you best. Blade 14 - portable ,lightweight, good battery, and AMD. Blade 16 - All-rounder. Blade 18 - Balls to the wall, desktop performance for the power user.
I'm interested to see what the new 16 core AMD laptop parts can do within the given form factors. On desktop the 16 cores still perform brilliantly in eco mode.
I own a Blade 15 2021, and I was looking forward for these new models to come out, for an upgrade; but as I use the laptop 90% to work(have a dedicated desk pc for gaming) the thing of being thicker and heavier is a deal breaker for me, even if I understand why they did it. I've always found great the usage, design and specs on the Blades, really balanced; something that can rival with a Macbook on the Windows ecosystem side. But these two at least(may be there will be a more classic specs product coming) sadly seem to be going into a diferent direction.
Glad that I have switched to MacBook Pro 16", an actual "Laptop": thin, sleek, extremely long battery life, amazing screen, amazing speakers, very good performance compared to form factor and power usage, the only downside is that it can't game as good as normal windows laptops, but it is not that big of a concern for me. I am very excited of what M3 max could bring to the table.
For Laptops, Razer had and then lost me. Had a 2017 Blade 15 in top spec. Paid discount price 3700€ for it back then. At first I loved the hardware and feeling, worked great and performed flawlessly. But it soon had defects (under warranty) 6 times in 2 years, and then a final fault 1 week after warranty ended. (We have 2 years warranty in germany). Sold the broken device for 350. Thats 3350€ for 2 years of laptop and sending it in 6 times - no thank you. I never had a device failing that often for the same reason every single time (motherboard power circuit, needs new replacement board every time). Now using an XMG device (intel developed) for 2 years with no issues whatsoever, just not as nicely built.
I had a similar experience with my Aero 15x.. it was nice at first, then issues started popping up. Battery life degraded faster than I expected too. I don’t think these issues are unique to razer. Honestly I don’t think I’ll ever get a gaming laptop after that experience. Better to get a gaming PC for gaming and a MacBook for work/school
I previously had Razer Blade Stealth - never again. That thing was in service more time than on my desk. However i must admit they are cool looking , hope they are more reliable nowdays.
Kind of a missed opportunity for Razer to not use the new 16 core AMD chips. Considering how efficient their 16 core desktop parts can be in eco mode. Efficiency interests me more than pure performance. I got rid of my bulky MSI with its 2 SLi card and dual power bricks.
yeah honestly I haven't even seriously looked at any of the recent laptop launches bc I know that battery is gonna be awful, Intel really needs to figure out efficiency
Hope they eventually refresh the 14 to these nice 16:10 screens. Had one for about 8 months and loved it. Accidentally dropped it and got and the shell got dented and screen a little scratched up. Best Buy gave a full refund and just been using the Surface Pro 8 since.
A red dot is the universal recording signal, the privacy shutter having a red dot when closed is pretty confusing. Being a Razer product the area around the camera should be green when the shutter is open and be completely covered in black when the shutter is closed.
I hope the 16 has some decent battery life. Because based on those specs, I'm not very optimistic. Although I'm happy they're going thicker. I swear, the previous models kept getting slightly thinner
Even on the QHD+ only model, if you set the output resolution to FHD+, ie. one quarter the res of QHD+, to get integer pixel scaling and no blur, you have the same thing as on the Blade 16, just not the adaptive refresh rate. The refresh rate would stay the same.
Feel like we’re seeing the same thing that happened with phones, in laptops. For ages they got smaller and smaller and then eventually we went back to bigger and more useable.
You should show us their new GAN charger too. I used to have a 2021 blade 15 and switch to a legion 7i max spec just because of performances. The downside of this latter is their gigantic 300w charger. So I'm intrigued to see what razer is doing!
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equals razer blade 34
Happy Lunar New Year Dave!
internets gonna take that the wrong way :)
LOL
Looks good, but now I need it in Mercury.
thanks for the 4k60 though
Can we just take a minute of silence for those who are watching Tech videos without buying anything
Shut up
Us bro us
I feel like this is most people
why minute of silence? we save money instead of giving it to greedy companies!
I bought a Lenovo legion 5 pro based on his reviews
I’m excited for when some of the design language trickles down to the 14”
❤
gotta think the chunky monkey fat boy line will be 14, 16 and 18
13, 15 ,17 will these be super skinny products in the future?
so i guess it all comes down to skinny vs ports, battery life, top wattage and a screen bump.
i think most people will go from odd to even pretty quick
a super slim packed out 15 or lil bit bulky 14 sounds cool to me al the same.
lets go.
Keep up the good work
My terraria king, loving the thorium playthrough at the moment and love seeing you on tech channels. Keep it up James!
Might not be possible, but what do i know.
I can't even say how happy I am to see them go thicker for more battery and better cooling. Always loved the form factor but hated that they sacrificed performance and battery just for the sake of being "the thinnest".
wow u must be so happy. at this point it’s kinda braggy of u. Keep the bigotry to a minimum please.
Intel and Nvidia are the ones to blame, they're only going after pusing out big performance numbers. Hell nah would I want a thick ass laptop that's heavy and has a shitty batterylife.
@@Niels_f2704 blame them for more performing hardware? Are you even serious?
@@dmytrotarasov9477 think about the relation between performance and battery life. Just think of it, and you'll understand his point.
@@filbertmangiri7389 processors have gotten more efficient in laptops, just tune down the power in settings, not that hard lmao
Aesthetically this is one of the best UA-cam videos I've ever watched.
Syncing the background of the computer to the lighting in the back was awesome and this was such an awesome color config for this room. I feel like the usual blue is very cold in an already cold space this is such a cool juxtaposition of warm colors in a very cold industrial space
10/10 Dave
The Zephyrus Duo last year also had a display option where you can switch between 2 native resolutions and refresh rates.
It's likely the same panel. Mini led and all
My company used the Razer laptops. 10 out of the 12 had multiple issues over a span on 2 years. 2 dead motherboards, battery swelling 10+ times, webcam failed on 3, wifi dead on 5, etc etc. Each time it took 1-2mo for the RMA process.
Not an uncommon (it could probably be argued that it's a common) story with razerblade laptops.
Yes, they are low quality products.
Stick with asus or msi
My early 2019 Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2070MQ) is still going strong after ~4 years. No battery bloat, no issues apart from a TB driver issue when I updated windows recently - had to do a fresh windows install. Still handles most games like a champ.
Same here. Their customer service is really bad, or at least was.
I have every single piece of tech I've ever wished for and yet I still tune in to every tech video, check out every review on newest coolest stuff, and enjoy every minute of innovative new stuff.
The Razer Blade Series has always been my favorite Laptop Lineup. And man that new Blade 16 with Mini-LED is really tempting!
Yea, big time. I can't decide between the 16 and the 18 because of the screen on the 16.
Ig 16 would be much better if you aren't prioritising performance
@@marzx13 Id pass, the batteries swell after a year.
@@95mustafa I have owned 3 Razer laptops and never had a battery issue. Daily 8hr a day use here. Could have gotten lucky.
@@marzx13 yeah you got lucky. I’ve had a Razer Blade 15 since 2020, and the battery is super swelled. Should have been covered in the warranty. But it’s not, so I’ll never be buying another razer. If longevity is what you’re going for, DO NOT BUY A RAZER
that display resolution switching technology is a game changer
It isn't really actually new. Last year's zephyrus duo had it
Every single computer has it it is called integer or nearest neighbour or point scaling
@@eniff2925 yeah but quality is still shit, mini leds will make it crisper
@@Ifalvarado Why would they make it crisper?
@@eniff2925 unfortunately integer scaling is only available on modern GPUs and even then only on some of them. There are some software hacks for games that work regardless of GPU, but that doesn't work for all of them.
Love the studio lighting in sync with the laptop wallpaper
The 4K and 1080p switch sounds like an integer scale thing since 1080p is a 4th of the resolution of 4K so you could easily assign 4 pixels for 1 pixel when in 1080p mode without having to deal with pixel crawl or improper scaling. The higher refresh rate might also have to do with bandwidth because they don't want to use DSC
wait what? i always thought that's how all downscaling works
@@ramsinsoumi6030 Not all downscaling is an integer scale. Much of it is done in different methods like bilinear
@@ramsinsoumi6030 it works at 2x but gets fuzzy (literally) at, for example, 1.5x.
@@ramsinsoumi6030 there are a lots of scaling algorithms. If the resolution is multiplied by an integer than it can be scaled very cheaply and perfectly sharply.
Um, I am pretty sure 4k is a lot more pixels than 4 times 1080p
Hi Dave! Just a suggestion for laptop reviews. Please let us hear the fan noise when gaming. Next to the short battery life, fan noise is the biggest deal breaker for me for staying away from gaming laptops. But now that desktop components are getting more and more expensive, and gradual desktop PC upgrades are practically out of the picture because of new motherboard and RAM specs, I'm seriously considering investing in a gaming laptop instead of trying to build a desktop PC within the next year or so. It's just that my perception of gaming laptops is still that they are incredibly noisy when being pushed.
I also want to know why gaming laptop makers keep stuffing the top end CPUs into laptops even though they're mostly using beyond 1080p resolution and beyond 144Hz refresh rates. In desktop reviews, most reviewers say that for gaming going beyond an i5 (and its AMD equivalent) has diminishing returns if you choose to game at 1440p and 4K. So I wonder why laptop makers don't cut back on prices and heat by letting customers combine a mid-range CPU with ANY GPU when they're placing an order. You always have to get the tier that has the more expensive and power hungry CPU if you want to get the best GPU that can be placed into the laptop. This isn't a rhetorical question, I'm really curious. :)
4090 mobile is 4080 desktop but price is +2000 Euro. Be ready pay 4000-5000 dollars for nothing.
@Dream i kinda disagree for the nothing portion. Portability is important especially if you are traveling or don't have much space
Also, the reason i said kinda, was about laptops. But razor is too expensive to say you are paying for Portability
@@Random_dud31 you can by last year generation with 12800HX/5800H + 3070ti/3070, maybe Lenovo legion 7, and save your money.
Can we all take a moment and appreciate one of the cleanest animations to show the inside components
You gotta love Dave's work put into his videos ♥️
I'm hoping they invested more on their quality control. Something many reviews don't go over is long-term use, I've had to sent back 3 Razer Blades in the past because there would always be defects that would ruin the experience and some would even be dangerous like extreme overheating and batteries expanding. I think if you are going to charge a premium, you should also have the peace of mind that the device will work as intended. Also I should note that this isn't just my experience, there are many small channels and reddit posts talking about this very issue.
I'm so hyped about the 16. This is an instant buy.
The 18 inch version is my dream laptop, and I'm taking that everywhere with me. I don't care about weight or a perfect fit into a backpack.
16 is way better
bro I loved your new lighting, a big upgrade for the channel, it's such a small upgrade but the effect is wooow
I have an ROG M16 with a 12700H and 3060. Rarely have I wished it were faster, but I wish it were bigger frequently. I wish the Blade 18 could come with lower end components to be cheaper. A 13700H and 4070 are more than enough for almost all of us on a laptop. I'd probably still play my games at FHD, I just want more real estate to see what's going on, especially in spreadsheet type work.
Why not just use another monitor?
@@KK-fi6ms Doesn't fit in a backpack, no matter how big the backpack is. And if you take a desktop monitor, you probably need a desktop keyboard as well, otherwise the ergonomics are ducked up. A large laptop might not be the most friendly for use in public, but it is still just as portable when you want to move from home, to work, to conference room, to hotel.
Hows this laptop for content creation ? mostly for 4k video editing work, if you have any experience with the same, please do share
@@imaginerd92 This laptop hasn't launched yet. But it's a large laptop with an i9, the latest NVIDIA GPUs and can be optioned with lots of RAM. So there's absolutely no reason it should be anything less than wonderful.
You can do 4K editing on an iPad - and honestly if media production is your primary concern, get a Macbook.
@@imaginerd92If you really need that 18 inch screen, go for asus strix scar 18. It will be cheaper and with better specs.
Really impressed with how far you've come man been watching your videos for a while thought I subscribed ages ago but you certainly earned it.
Exited to see Dave's new 90p grow out. Starting tanks over is always fun. Quick note however, that you should be careful in buying bunched aquarium plants (like the ludwigia super red/red mini) in that they can come with snails. Buying tissue culture is always the safest option.
I always wonder why freshwater guys don't dip their plants. 5mins in copper would nuke any hitchhikers and (iodine) dips are standard practice in the salt water world.
@@kingeggs it is because he is new to it
Came here to see new tech. I actually learned something about Aquariums. Wild.
What's wrong with snails? :P
That native-resolution switching feature is phenomenal and with that gorgeous screen makes this the clear frontrunner for most desirable mixed use (work/gaming) laptops. I'm currently running a Lenovo Legion Slim 7 with a 5800h and RTX3060, but the Blade 16 would be my most desired device now.
I OC’d my 2070MQ early 2019 Advanced Blade to like a ~7400-7500 Time Spy Graphics score. Didn’t come across any major issues in 4 years so was looking forward to the next major redesign (and consequently a big jump in performance). Razer is delivering on that front because I feel they got left behind in the TDP race.
Still the most premium laptop chassis out there. Nothing like a true aluminum unibody.
beware the battery swelling issue ;)
@@jhpk Yeah, like, I’m 4 years in with no battery bloat. I swear there are more MSI/Asus/Lenovo Legion owners talking about and repeating the supposed battery swelling issue than actual Razer Blade owners.
@@anarki_in5680 Well my undervolted late 2019 Advanced R70 Optokb version battery swollen only after a year or so I have to pay $100 for a new battery. Bad experience. I have used almost every Razer peripherals after purchasing Blade, most of them ended with a bad experiences. Guess I have bad luck then?
@@jhpk I guess. If you can swell up any battery in a year for any product, it’s very much your use case that is at fault, or your maintenance.
Qualitatively the only thing Razer can be faulted for is that they use laptop batteries rated for 500 cycles (Apple uses batteries rated for a 1000 cycles). Even so, Razer came out with a 2 year battery warranty now to handle this.
But even without that warranty, since you’re a 2019 owner, 500 cycles puts 500 days of complete 100% charging between you and a possible battery bloat. I imagine you continuously charged and drained out your laptop multiple times a day/gamed on it plugged off a lot? If so then you would bloat many a battery, Razer or otherwise.
@@anarki_in5680 it's the opposite. I rarely drained out my Blade's battery. I can see you have good experience with your Blade but quite can't understand why you are trying to defend the company. Blade battery issue is notorious and have been constant issue for 2018~2020 model users if you can look it up. I have cheap MSI laptop late 2018 which was under a thousand bucks, 2015 Macbook pro which I used very harshly, 2020 Macbook air and very old Samsung laptop. Also have seen my colleagues using laptops from numerous company. NONE of them had swollen battery issue under a 3 year. One year battery issue is unacceptable for any excuses. It's just their QC problem. It's not just for the laptop. If any device uses a lithium ion battery, and if it's more than a whopping three thousand dollar, you expect more than a year long lifespan. At the end of the day now I fully understand Razer. They are just a small Chinese computer peripherals company trying something cool and big. They are not like a Alienware/Legion/ROG which always have reliable big brother behind them.
Thanks Dave for showing the laptops side by side and giving good perspectives. Many other reviews are so zoomed in you really cannot tell the size differences. Well done. oh p.s. in college I remember when I got a 19 inch monitor to code on my desktop PC, which was pretty grand back then. This laptop is almost that big!
Thicker machines makes so much sense thank you! I need more of this true performance I don’t want it to be gimped.
My God... They finally increased the height for better cooling! My old 15 inch Razor few years back had its Intel processor completely fried after leaving it overnight completing MATLAB simulations/calculations. Glad to see Razor finally did something to fix it (at least according to initial specs/benchmark numbers) and maybe I'll try out their new laptop in the next few years when my G15 needs an upgrade. (Btw, I got a full refund for my Razor thanks to Microsoft's Store extended warranty)
18" could really use a 65% keyboard with full-size arrows and navigation keys
Word! I hate how nowadays you can't find a laptop with a decent keyboard anymore. Meaning full size arrow keys and numpad. Only exception to this seems to be the Lenovo legion series, but only the 7 is big enough to utilize the QHD screen resolution.
@@michieltieleman9462 what do you mean 5 pro also has qhd
@@xruud24 I mean that QHD is more comfortable to work on if your screen is physically large enough. For what I do I run into the limitations of FHD and could use a bit more resolution but I certainly don't need (or want) 4K. The Lenovo 5 looks small to have a QHD screen. 16-18" screen with QHD, keyboard with numpad and full size arrow keys, good specs and battery life (and if I would go overboard I'd also make it a convertible with Wacom type screen like the yoga series, fingerprint sensor and gyroscope so it has stuff like autorotate screen) and Linux support. I use an older Acer with Arch and KDE plasma, and an old yoga on the go with Ubuntu and Gnome. I'm getting used to touch and pen input on the yoga, but still need the full keyboard and bigger screen+QHD. 16 or 17" Yoga with those and AMD Ryzen 8 series and RDNA4 graphics, and I wouldn't need another laptop for 10+ years.
very nice to see the slight move away from Form over function, to Function over Form here.
I love your reviews Dave. Keep up the good work
Its cool to see how smooth that white outline when you show the internal.. Its just aestethic!
Thickness doesn't matter too much for me, but weight definitely does. The XPS 15 and blade 15 used to be quite pocketable. I always saw Razer laptops as powerful ultrabooks, compared to proper gaming laptops that were twice as thick. Especially the Blade stealth was a truly unique product that they decided to stop selling. I'm not happy with that new direction.
Well people wanted more battery life and better cooling and therefore more weight
Man Dave just gets up in the AM, walk in basement, give video, and walk back upstairs and make breakfast and go back to bed
the 16 inch model with resolution switching mini LED is such a good idea for creators that play games
I do wish they would add that OLED panel from last year though
OLED would’ve been sick! But using a mini LED on the MacBook the screen is still really nice. I think it would look good
you can see the bulk of that extra thickness is in the lid, presumably to accommodate that mini led screen
Cool laptops, these RTX4000 generation laptop GPU look promising, and the brightness and hardware privacy for the webcam are awesome. PD: Any 4K display can do 1080p native, just each 4 pixels (2x2) will show the same color, that's nothing new.
It won't double your refresh rate normally. In this case it will.
that screen is brighter than my future
I really want to see the performance numbers from these RTX 4000 laptop series cards. Nvidia has been screwing up desktop performance big time with the increase in price... wondering about the laptop. When would the benchmarks be available Dave? :) Can't wait for your next video! Also, would you be covering Tongfang chassis laptops too this time? It's been a while.
The fully specced 4090 laptop is gonna be at least $4000 no question.
I'm still rocking my base 2020 blade 15 after 2 years, haven't had too many issues besides having to replace the screen myself (due to damage I accidentally did to it, and for some reason changing the screen out seems to have tripled the battery life). idk if I would want to get another blade whenever I have to upgrade in the future, but this thing is serving me well so far.
I have a blade 15 for around 2 year and 3 months now - starting to notice a slight battery bloat as well as overheating. Any advice on how to keep temperatures low and also if you've had to clean out the fans and swap batteries? Do you also use a laptop stand or a cooling pad?
@@antimatics759 the vast majority of the time I use this thing it is plugged in with a cooling pad / stand I have cleaned the fans once, but they are definitely do for another one - I have honestly not done too much to maintain the thing
Excited for the new 16!
Battery life is 17 minutes in furnace mode and 30 minutes in toaster mode, running at half the clock speed. Plugging the laptop to a wall outlet to unlock full performance, also known as the thermonuclear mode. Radiation shielding and heat resistant suit highly recommended.
Lol more like 8-9 hours when using the integrated graphics. It’s not 2001 anymore you can have your cake and eat it too.
Really hoping they give us a glossy screen option for the 18 inch
Ahh was waiting for a new Blade to come out and a video to be made on it just the other day
Thank you Dave
Hey Dave, would be great if you could also say some more about noise performance when you are allowed to test them some day.
Because yeah, performance is great but actually, not in a trade off for 40-60 decibels.
Plus performance on battery is a thing too I guess.
Once these companies really wanna try to compete with Apple you need to address those.
I really love the power in the 16inch , especially for 3D rendering, where Apple honestly doesn‘t see land but yeah, not if the trade off is two hours battery and an airplane next to me for two hours.
Actually that is also for gaming laptops, I got a aero 15inch in the household and its so fucking loud while gaming, you can not enjoy it without any noise cancellation and damaging your ears with it.
I wait for the PS5 moment in gaming notebooks, the PS4 pro was not reasonable with noise, you couldn’t enjoy gaming with the fans so loud but the PS5 is almost silent compared to it.
That’s where gaming laptop and creator laptop need to get.
I have the exact same experience with my Aero 15X. I honestly hate it. Not to mention I had issues with the ram failing and shit like that. I started realizing gaming laptops don’t make any sense. Just get a pc for games, and a macbook for travel/work.
Haven't been here in ain, your new studio looks fantastic
I think they can come up with a “thin” design again if they made an AMD (ryzen 7000 nonX) version of this. Razer innovated the laptop gaming space with the thin form-factor. And they are devolving if they go thicker from here on out.
Nope. Nobody asked for gaming laptops to be as thin as these companies were making them and it was totally destroying their performance. A gaming laptop that actually has the cooling capacity to make full use of the hardware inside it is a revelation. We have been waiting for this product for years.
I just love that 3:2 aspect ratio is starting to be more common. Screens are getting so good, even at lower end laptops, even with 90hz.
My worry about these machines is battery lifespan, in 2-3 years those bad boys start to swell pretty bad and then have to go through the hassle of sending the machine to them to replace the battery, etc.
It’s not that hard changing it yourself. It’s just a single plug connecting to the motherboard.
Glad you agree that going thicker is the right move. I am a big fan of the new Blade 16/18 changes. It really helps razer compete against other brands that have been rocking higher performance for years.
I agree will that...
this years laptop gonna be WILD for sure. means a lot coming from a desktop guy who never ever even looked at laptop.
I am not first
Since 4k is a perfect multiple of 1080p, the "dual resolution" is just a very practical trick of having 1 big pixel occupying 4 real pixels of the display.
I've been looking forward to this video, enjoy, thanks Dave
Dude when you do a benchmark, please also benchmark on deep learning tasks. It is a humble request.
Glad to see that the 18 was able to at least keep the Razr aesthetic
Fun fact, in 2001, 18inch was a good size tv.
No 27-36in would of been more popular for most viewing experiences. 18in was small for a TV and likely was one used in someplace like a kitchen or bedroom. Around 18in was also the size of a mid sized monitor then though
@@crestofhonor2349 I had a 18 inch tv in my studio when I was in college, that's why I said it was good size
@@seanjiang3174 Yeah for college dorms that's a nice size
I bought a brand new razorblade stealth back in like 2016 and by December 2017 the combination of the fans vibration and the heat had melted all of the bumpers off and destroyed the rivets on the screws on the bottom side of the chassis… literally is hanging on by a thread these days. By 2018 the touch screen started glitching and started flashing random rbg pixels across the display frequently. Worst computer I’ve ever purchased, all because of how thin it was.
Very glad to hear they are making strides to fix it
I love their new design in the blade. I prefer thicker laptops because of cooling space, more potential spaces for multiple components. They really accommodated the cooling capacity now and the chassis is lovely.
Very glad they finally made them a bit thicker, but still too thin for my liking. If you look at 2:07 you will notice that quite a bit of that increased height is "wasted" on the screen. While that was obviously neccessary it does not help with cooling at all. The actual inceased thickness on the cooling is only 2-3 mm at best. I would have wished for 24 or 25 mm. That would be the sweet spot of still reasonably thin but great cooling and somewhat quiet fans with full performance. It would be heavier of course, but still fairly portable. At least on the big Blade 18 I would have wished for a bit thicker chassis.
I pre-ordered a Blade 18 with a RTX-4090. So excited.
So glad they thought of better cooling.
My Blade 15 3070 80w had swollen battery so I had to remove it.
Lets see how this design will perform because the wattage is pretty high as well at 140-170
God that's a clean intro. Love ya stuff dude!
I hope we see this shift back to thicker laptops expand across the industry. I loved the gradual pushing of boundaries with thinner and lighter stuff as much as the next guy but over the years I've come to the realisation that it comes second to comfort and usability. I'll gladly take back some height and weight for better temps. Also give me back my RJ45 port while we're at it...
I couldn't agree more about the thicker design. I've been saying that for years, laptops could be faster with bigger batteries if they just made them somewhat thicker. Sure, it's not as sleek but I'll take function over form for a device I use every day
Your video production gets better and better! :-)
This is the Razer I been waiting for one with a Mini LED... amazing..stuff
Finally the thin bezel that I've been waiting for from Razer !
I like what the they did here. It gives the 14 especially, 16, and 18 distinct advantages. The 15 and 14 were marginally different in screen size, but the 14 felt better because it was lightweight, more portable, and carried the AMD CPU for battery life. Now with each size difference, you really pick which suits you best.
Blade 14 - portable ,lightweight, good battery, and AMD.
Blade 16 - All-rounder.
Blade 18 - Balls to the wall, desktop performance for the power user.
I'm interested to see what the new 16 core AMD laptop parts can do within the given form factors. On desktop the 16 cores still perform brilliantly in eco mode.
Been a while since I heard this outro. It's a nice feeling.
Oh boy can't wait to see these Razer batteries in 2 years!
Best gaming laptops on the market are finally here! 🎉
razer's battery is always the thing that bugged me most. So glad seeing them made these changes.
I own a Blade 15 2021, and I was looking forward for these new models to come out, for an upgrade; but as I use the laptop 90% to work(have a dedicated desk pc for gaming) the thing of being thicker and heavier is a deal breaker for me, even if I understand why they did it.
I've always found great the usage, design and specs on the Blades, really balanced; something that can rival with a Macbook on the Windows ecosystem side. But these two at least(may be there will be a more classic specs product coming) sadly seem to be going into a diferent direction.
Hopefully that added thickness also translates to better speaker performance
love the sound on the intro
Finally! I'm so happy laptops are getting thicker again!
Glad that I have switched to MacBook Pro 16", an actual "Laptop": thin, sleek, extremely long battery life, amazing screen, amazing speakers, very good performance compared to form factor and power usage, the only downside is that it can't game as good as normal windows laptops, but it is not that big of a concern for me. I am very excited of what M3 max could bring to the table.
Your eyes seems not okay. Hope you're okay buddy. Great content by the way
For Laptops, Razer had and then lost me. Had a 2017 Blade 15 in top spec. Paid discount price 3700€ for it back then.
At first I loved the hardware and feeling, worked great and performed flawlessly.
But it soon had defects (under warranty) 6 times in 2 years, and then a final fault 1 week after warranty ended. (We have 2 years warranty in germany).
Sold the broken device for 350. Thats 3350€ for 2 years of laptop and sending it in 6 times - no thank you.
I never had a device failing that often for the same reason every single time (motherboard power circuit, needs new replacement board every time).
Now using an XMG device (intel developed) for 2 years with no issues whatsoever, just not as nicely built.
I had a similar experience with my Aero 15x.. it was nice at first, then issues started popping up. Battery life degraded faster than I expected too. I don’t think these issues are unique to razer. Honestly I don’t think I’ll ever get a gaming laptop after that experience. Better to get a gaming PC for gaming and a MacBook for work/school
I previously had Razer Blade Stealth - never again. That thing was in service more time than on my desk. However i must admit they are cool looking , hope they are more reliable nowdays.
Kind of a missed opportunity for Razer to not use the new 16 core AMD chips. Considering how efficient their 16 core desktop parts can be in eco mode. Efficiency interests me more than pure performance. I got rid of my bulky MSI with its 2 SLi card and dual power bricks.
yeah honestly I haven't even seriously looked at any of the recent laptop launches bc I know that battery is gonna be awful, Intel really needs to figure out efficiency
60fps on this video look weird :D Great video as always!
Hope they eventually refresh the 14 to these nice 16:10 screens.
Had one for about 8 months and loved it. Accidentally dropped it and got and the shell got dented and screen a little scratched up. Best Buy gave a full refund and just been using the Surface Pro 8 since.
And 32 GB of RAM.
Omg 3.2kg laptop!! Thought that era was over
A red dot is the universal recording signal, the privacy shutter having a red dot when closed is pretty confusing. Being a Razer product the area around the camera should be green when the shutter is open and be completely covered in black when the shutter is closed.
No laptop will ever be desktop replacement, it a substitute.
I don’t mind the thickness, they just need to use materials to make it lighter.
I hope the 16 has some decent battery life. Because based on those specs, I'm not very optimistic. Although I'm happy they're going thicker. I swear, the previous models kept getting slightly thinner
Even on the QHD+ only model, if you set the output resolution to FHD+, ie. one quarter the res of QHD+, to get integer pixel scaling and no blur, you have the same thing as on the Blade 16, just not the adaptive refresh rate. The refresh rate would stay the same.
My main interest is the battery life for normal use on the Blade 16. Battery is the biggest flaw on my current Blade 15” 2019
Feel like we’re seeing the same thing that happened with phones, in laptops. For ages they got smaller and smaller and then eventually we went back to bigger and more useable.
great video as always dave!
Hopefully a full review soon 🙏
4:49 didn’t expect it’d be that humongous
Sad to see many 18 inch laptops without a numpad, as a heavy excel user this would have been perfect as a desktop replacement
Hope the battery doesn’t bloat this year
16's double native resolution schtick's going to be interesting.
18 tho... that's an absolutely gigantic unit, wow.
You should show us their new GAN charger too. I used to have a 2021 blade 15 and switch to a legion 7i max spec just because of performances. The downside of this latter is their gigantic 300w charger. So I'm intrigued to see what razer is doing!
what video editing programs do you use? its always so well done
in any unclear situation, watch dave2d’s video and enjoy.