New Razer Blades include Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 GPUs

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A few years ago, Razer went from "peripheral manufacturer" to "PC provider" with the introduction of the Razer Bract: a line of stylish and powerful gaming laptops. At present, the Razer Blade is one of the most pop models on the market, and that ways yearly refreshes with exciting new hardware. At CES 2021, Razer announced the next generation of its Razer Blade 15 and Razer Blade Pro 17 gaming laptops, each of which now comes equipped with Nvidia'south powerful RTX thirty series of graphics cards.

Tom'south Guide met with Razer during this year'southward all-digital CES to larn more about the PCs on offering. While the Razer Bract fifteen and Pro 17 are quite expensive, they have premium specs to match the premium price, and offer potentially huge advances in display technology.

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Razer Blade xv

Razer volition offering no fewer than nine dissimilar configurations of the Razer Blade xv in 2021, ranging from a $1,500 model with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, all the way up to a $3,300 model with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Razer has split up the Blade xv into two basic configurations: the Base Model (which generally has full Hard disk drive displays and Intel Core i7-10750H CPUs) and the Advanced Model (which generally has QHD or 4K displays, as well as Intel Core i7-10875 CPUs).

While information technology would take too long to particular every single configuration, let'due south accept a look at the cheapest option, the nigh expensive option.

The $1,500 Razer Blade fifteen includes a 120 Hz 1080p display, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU, a 256 GB SSD, an Intel Cadre i7-10750H CPU, xvi GB RAM, a single-zone RGB keyboard, and a 720p webcam. Like all Razer Blade fifteen Base of operations models, information technology measures 13.9 ten nine.3 10 0.8 inches, although weight varies depending on the parts. Razer claims that these measurements brand the Razer Blade 15 the smallest 15-inch RTX gaming laptop, as competitors from MSI, Gigabyte and Alienware tend to accept larger profiles.

At the other end of the spectrum, in that location's the Razer Blade fifteen Avant-garde Model for $3,300. This device includes an OLED 4K touchscreen, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU, a 1 TB SSD, an Intel Core i7-10875 CPU, 32 GB RAM and per-primal RGB lighting. The device measures 13.9 x 9.3 x 0.7 inches — even thinner than the base model.

Models in-between vary in terms of GPU, RAM and storage. Ane particularly interesting configuration is the $3,000 Razer Blade Advanced model with a 360 Hz 1080p brandish. You'll sacrifice resolution for frame rate, just you could theoretically become that frame charge per unit to be pretty darn high.

In terms of ports, the Base Model comes with Thunderbolt iii, USB-A, USB-C, HDMI ii.1 and Ethernet. The advanced model comes with all of those — except Ethernet, oddly — in improver to an SD Card reader and USB-C charging port.

Razer Blade Pro 17

The Razer Bract Pro 17 targets users who desire desktop replacements, enough ability for creative work, or just very big, very powerful gaming laptops. These larger devices start at $2,300 and become all the way up to $iii,600, depending on what kind of configuration you want. But even the cheapest amongst them comes equipped with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-class GPU.

Once again, it's probably all-time to compare what y'all arrive the cheapest and most expensive models available. Bear in mind that in that location are iv models in-between, if these examples sound too bones, or too fancy.

For $2,300, the Razer Blade Pro 17 comes with a QHD display, a 512 GB SSD, sixteen GB RAM, an intel Core i7-10875H CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU. The device measures fifteen.6 x ten.2 x 0.8 inches, and weighs half-dozen.one pounds.

If you're willing to shell out $3,600, you get a 4K touch screen, 1 TB SSD storage, 32 GB RAM, an Intel Core i7-10875H CPU and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. The measurements are the same as on the cheaper model, while the weight should be about the same, too.

The Razer Blade Pro 17 is also replete with ports, including an SD card reader, a Thunderbolt 3 port, multiple USB-A ports, an HDMI port, a standard USB-C port, an Ethernet port and a 3.v mm audio port.

Both the Razer Bract xv and the Razer Blade Pro 17 are available for pre-social club now, and will start shipping within the side by side month or two. Tom's Guide will have more information on both systems once nosotros go a adventure to go easily-on.

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site'south coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a science writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of scientific discipline and technology. After hours, you can discover him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.