Please @@JarrodsTech, review the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS Asus Tuf Gaming A15 with RTX 4060.. wanna see how it stacks up with the other Zen 4 AMD processors.
Whenever I think laptops I want a secondary screen with the same resolution. Nelson doesn't want to buy two of the exact same laptop incase one overheats. But, that's because he cannot afford it.
@@satwikmahapatra9079 I spent $1640 USD ($2200 CAD) on a Pro 5 8th Gen with an i9 13900hx and a 4070. Preliminary benchmarks suggest that I won the component lottery with my RAM, CPU, GPU, and SSD. Display and battery inspections show no issue and the Vantage software is much nicer than Dragon Centre so far.
@satwikmahapatra9079 I don't know if this info will be useful to you or not but the Legion 7 gen 8 with a rtx 4080 is on sale right now. It's about ~$200 more expensive than the rtx 4070 legion
Leaks for the 2024 Razer Blades indicate that they are considering removing the keyboard so that the touchpad can finally cover the whole base part of the laptop.
Thin ans light is the most competitive space for me this year, due to the high efficiency of the 4060/4070m chips (surprisingly also off battery due to low wattage requirements). Amazing review Jarrod!
@@anarki_in5680Build quality alone doesn't deserve such a price. Hell even 4090 laptops are available at a price like $2700 for the Legion Pro 7i during sale.
I am still waiting for Lenovo to release the Slim 5 14" next month. This year is getting competitive among new 14" laptops, because MSI has already theirs too.
I would really love to see a review of the Asus Flow X13 2023 model. That got quite a significant upgrade compared to last year: 3050ti at 35W to now 4070 at 60W while in a smaller chassis. I wonder if the performance increase is as big as those specs let us hope.
I've owned a Blade 13 and loved it, no problems with build quality or reliability. This model is $800 more than the Acer Predator Triton 14 with i7-13700H/4070/250Hz mini LED + Gsync, I'm not convinced it is worth the premium. Also with respect to warranty, no on-site repair option is very off putting for me.
You sound impressed by this laptop Jarrod! If only the speakers worked in Linux! (I had this laptop in the Mercury White edition but due to the speakers not working in Linux, it had to go back.)
11:46 chart doesn't do justice to the efficiency 7940hs + 4070 brings. 7940hs At 35Watts 90% performance & 4070 at 55Watts 80% performnce Nice to see slim and powerfull laptops.
yeah they fixed having a high end GPU too. Now it maxes out to a crappy 70 class(which is 60 ti class on desktops which also should be 60 class by its specs).
@TabalugaDragon Dude, I've seen you complaining about this laptop in the comment section quite a bit. Yes, it sucks that Razer dropped the RTX 4080 option, but Nvidia is more to blame for sticking only 8 GB of vRAM on their 4060 & 4070 laptop GPUs. I would have liked to have seen the following but I wouldn't blame Razer for this one: - RTX 3050 (2023) - 6 GB vRAM - RTX 4050 - 8 GB vRAM - RTX 4060 - 10 GB vRAM - RTX 4070 - 12 GB vRAM - RTX 4080 - 12/14 GB vRAM - RTX 4090 - 16 GB vRAM
@@cameronbosch1213 both are to blame. Razer could have put 4080m and 4090m options if they made the laptop a little thicker. That would allow them to save space by putting one RAM slot over the other. It would both improve cooling and would allow for high end GPUs. But nooo, design is everything right? It wouldn't even need to be heavier(maybe just 50-100 grams tops), just thicker.
@@snuglife3697 their last year's 3080 ti version says otherwise. Asus G14 with the same form-factor also offers top end 4090m this year. It's more of a matter of what they can put in such a small laptop form-factor. It's just they decided aesthetics is more important than practicality. Because 4070m is a terrible GPU, on the same level as full power 3070m ti and barely faster than 3070m.
I found an openbox 2023 G14 with a 4060 for usd 1250 (new price usd 1550) and its in excellent condition. I can't imagine spending another usd 1400 for a Blade 14 for marginal performance increases.
That's about the same amount I paid for my 16" Legion 5 (5600H / RTX3060) 2 years ago. Sounds like you've got a good deal. The 4070 is definitely not worth a whopping $1400 extra.
I like your reviews a lot man. But honestly, I think you and other reviewers are giving bad advice saying the temperature being super high is not a problem. I just had to send a Scar back because after playing for 10 days with it, a solder cracked and it started to become super unstable. Truth is, Asus is allowing their procs to go beyond 100c (when it says 100 its because it can't measure more than that) without thermal throttle and that's just so people can see good numbers when benchmarking. If anyone buys a Asus laptop, just downgrade the max TDP for the proc using throttlestop, trust me.
Thank you for clearing up the 140w claims from razer. Honestly that alone is enough for me to not want to give them my business. You can get the Asus G14 with a 4080 for less money and it performs alot better. I think Asus has finally got their act together this time around and the G14 is just the small laptop to beat. I hope they follow the others and give us two ram slots so we can upgrade as we please. Atleast it comes with 16gb soldered this time around so you can get to 32gb.
G14 4080 doesn’t perform a lot better… only if you leave it on Turbo all the time but it’s sooo much louder and hotter then. G14 is really weak on silent and performance after 5 minutes (they have a stronger performance in the first minutes to perform at benchmarks, see Hardware Canucks for reference). I saw the same and sold the G14. Razer Blade 14 has more wattage headroom for the GPU, that’s why it’s even great on silent playing games. The 140w is more like it could do that and that’s why it’s so great and cool at 100w, on all modes.
Absolutly not. As you are aware a 4070 laptop gpu hits 0.925 V volt. limit at ca. 110 W and performance plateaus. This year's blade 14 is much bigger, thicker, and heavier in order to accomadate that 140 W TGP which can never be reached. And as you can tell that, sadly, due to the memory slots the motherboard is not big enough to fit a 4080 gpu. 2023 Blade 14 is just a designing disaster, but I guess we should blame at Jensen Huang for that.
While I don't plant to get most of the laptops reviewed except for one or two, I really love the amount of detail in the reviews Are you also planning to review the Helios 16/18 and the Triton?
@@JarrodsTech thanks. Been looking forward to Acer laptops since it's what's easily available in my country that isn't overpriced. Still though, I agree with Acer being slow on stuff. The 4080 Helios 18 only recently popped up on Best Buy like three or four days ago
I just want hoping that the Blade 14 had 2 M.2 slots like the Blade 16 with limited single sided chip only. It turns out, impossible over space limitation, unless redesign the Blade 14, just like how ASUS managed the Rog M16 & G16 with 3 blade fan & RAM Upgrades. Looks like I will have a next year version for improved design, upgradibility & software features.
If u really wanna spend a ton more for some better build quality then maybe this is better but if u don't then G14 is better value for money, especially on sales.
The 4070 in the Razer Blade 14 makes a lot of sense and it’s appealing. Though I do question the efficiency in the video regarding the 780m and the 4070. The 780m does not need 65 watts to run the Witcher 3 at 1080p 30fps let alone a lot games doesn’t need that much wattage at 1080p. It can do that around 35-40 watts according to users with handhelds that have the same 780m iGPU. With that information, the 780m should be roughly 90-120mins of battery. Sure, not better than the 4070 but significantly better than the 65 minutes.
Why has no one made a video on the ASUS strix G17 Ryzen9 7945HX 4070 version? I seen all these other laptops with 4070 reviews. Am I missing something? Did I make a mistake buying one and it’s so bad people don’t review it?
As expected I thought the best combination of CPU/GPU of 2023 for a laptop is the Ryzen 7940HS and the RTX4070. Good performance and insane battery life. Now if only I could get this combination in a 15-16in laptop that has a number pad. I would love to be able to buy a Lenovo Legion Laptop with theses specs.
Just got an OMEN 16 with the 7940HS and RTX 4070. It doesn't have a numpad, but battery life is really good, and it runs very cool being a 16" laptop with efficient chips.
Awesome improvements. Here are my nitpicks: contrast is abysmal which would only get worse at 500 nits, needs next gen IPS Black. A 4080 Ti that scales with a cooling pad would be bussin. On battery and when traveling it would perform similarly to a 4070 but when docked it would unlock the full potential of the GPU. A huge way to attract more customers would have the option of replacing the Razer logo with one custom CNCed for a $100 premium. ISA optimization/CPU efficiency gains would also be nice to extend battery 🔋 The upgradablity and 16:10 are sweetness. These laptops are becoming more compelling with each generation. They’re directly improving on the previous with no obvious regression which is nigh unheard of with tech companies. While I could afford this laptop, I won’t buy any until they improve the contrast. I prefer IPS until microLED in 7+ years. IPS Black isn’t fast enough, improving it should be the #1 priority of conventional display makers. For now I’m content with my aging XPS 15 (1050ti). My next laptop should functionally serve as a complete desktop replacement with a docking station to enhance cooling and enable screens & peripherals to remain connected to a hub for easy reconnection en masse.
My dilemma is that I can get a used oled blade stealth with a 3090 as an egpu. As per Jarrod's testing in Red Dead at 2k it is only 2 fps down. It would be even more mobile and I would probably save close to $1500..
but 4070 is STILL only 8gb vram, I just can't get my head past that. So many machines only offer 2k/QHD/1440p this year, it's so frustrating and in such a small laptop screen like this. FHD+/1920*1200 would just be sooo much better for this size VRAM
This is what was supposed to happen with this year's AMD higher end parts, where smaller form factors will perform very well. It's amazing to see some of these 2K results now. If next year's Zen 5 laptop CPUs end up on TSMC N3 it's going to be REALLY impressive. If they're stuck on TSMC N4, not as much but there should still be decent uplift, just don't know if the power budget will be much different.
AMD could have put a desktop R7 7800X3D equivalent in a laptop. That will be a win for mobile market. R9 7945HX3D for mobile is basically a repackaged R9 7950X3D .
@@fleurdewin7958 they can't without running into power issues... laptops have limited power available not to mention they can't have too many vrms as well.
Isn't this what the whole 4060/4070 series was designed for to begin with? Powerefficient so smaller and thinner laptops could benefit the most. I really don't understand why anyone would want a hulking gaming tank when it doesn't offer that much more performance with these lower tier gpus. The Slim 7s, Blades G14/M16/G16/X13/X16's are much more attractive from a packaging point of view: less weight, less plasticky and better screens and sound. And pretty affordable as well if you stick to the lower SKU's. - Also, don't buy this class of machines for more than 2000€. Wait for a deal or go Asus/Levono for a better value.
I have a 3060 laptop and a 3080 desktop. No plans to upgrade until at least 5,000 as the cost of pc gaming has gotten stupid. I do think I'll likely not replace the desktop though and just get a 5,000 or 6,000 laptop further down the line (and happily AMD if they can catch up).
Out of topic question, but can you do a review on the IETS GT500 cooling pad? Just recently bought it on a whim, but I heard it cools temperatures down by 15-20c lesser because of its sealed foam design, unlike something like the KLIM ultimate or the Massive 20 rgb cooling pad which doesnt have a closed seal. Is this legit or just overhyped?
I'm on a Razer 17 pro right now, and it will be the last Razer I ever get until they re-do the keyboard. The arrow keys are impossible to work with. They up/down keys do not detect presses unless you really smash down on them several times. Yes, it's clean.
Been waiting for your thoughts on it since it got announced. Surprised not to see a 4080. The price though.. holy hell it's crazy expensivefor a 4070 D:
I own a razerblade stealth 13 (late 2020) model and had my battery bloat swell twice. (Original battery bloated 1 year after use. 2nd replaced battery bloated after another 1 year) Is this common for gaming laptops? I clean my fans every 6 months or so. Play Genshin, Overwatch at times. And mostly use for coding school works. And also am wondering what could be the cause or possible preventions.
Most people don't go into the bios to do things, most people just want it to play games and do other things so all these benchmarks have no bearing for an average individual. So, bottom line is it worth the price for gaming and portability?
Hey, incase you miss my comment on the previous video i would really like to see you review (if its even possible) Axioo Pongo 760, it's a rtx4060 gaming laptop that costs about $1000
It helps so so much to receive numbers while both plugged and unplugged. Who wants a 14" laptop that needs to be plugged in to get any type of decent performance? Well, someone who's taking the thing to work and using on a desk everyday, and who values the portability of a 14" laptop. With that said, it's still sort of a shame that Razer doesn't allow the user the ability to run at higher clocks in favor of less battery. It's like, yeah, we're smart enough to change the power setting and smart enough to know when we are at the max performance profile on battery, the battery will not last more than a couple hours. So please, Razer, just give us that control.
Jarrod, in my experience Mercury doesn’t show other dirt easier, it’s extremely close to the surface of MacBook. Even scratches are less visible. Source: Extensive use of Mercury and Black of Razer Blade.
love the detailed review, are you planning to review the new Asus TUF A15 2023? A side note, battery life in laptop is really important (for me at least), it would be awesome if you can do a productivity test on your reviews. thanks.
@JarrodsTech is the left USB-C not suppose to show up as connected to the 4070? When going to the Nvidia control panel, the left USB-C to DP connection I have is showing as going through the Radeon for some reason? Performed driver updates and factory reset but no change on that control panel telling me I’m running through Radeon. Only HDMI is showing as running the 4070.
Hey Jarrod, thanks for the review! Got a quick question, which model do you prefer? The blade 17 from 2022 with a rtx 3080 ti and 32 gb ram or this model?
I even undervolt the 4080 on my gp68hx A small performance drop allows more rooms for cpu power and cooling when gaming on balanced mode which has much quieter fan noise
Hi Jarrod!, I have a constructive (hope so) critic to (perhaps) make things more intuitive and better. Do you know when show graphs about temperatures, wattage, etc under different modes? (performance, balanced, powersaver...). Looking at this video, and with the bars in green for the gpu and blue for the cpu, I've thinked for a moment you were talking about an Intel processor, but I realized you introduced the laptop telling us clearly it is powered by Amd. Somehow, I've the color pretty related with their companies (you know, green to nvidia, red to amd, blue to intel), and I easily make the mistake to think intuitively you was talking about an Intel processor. Would you say it could be more intuitive for the viewer change the color of the bars depending of the company it manufactures? Of course, if a laptop haves Amd cpu and Amd dedicated gpu, that would be a problem for that color code, maybe pure red and darker red would work (old ATI red is different red than AMD one?). Besides, I realize you use red color to mark some results when talking about some comparison (beside mark the background). So.. yellow to remark comparisons commented in video?. I don't know and of course it is entirely up to you, just leave you the comment/idea, because I discovered myself a twice or more times saying to myself, the cpu bar is blue, but the processor Jarrod is talking about is a model by Amd.
Jarrod, thanks for the detailed review; I found all your content extremely helpful when deciding between a Razer 14 or 16 or an Asus ROG Flow X16. I settled on the Razer 14 based on my needs (not playing heavy-duty games, wanted portability). You mention in this review that the left-hand USB4 is connected to the dGPU, but I’m still seeing the iGPU from that port. Can you confirm/let me know if this is user error?
While I like the thermals, at 1.8kg, this is creeping up on some of the lighter 15/16" class gaming laptops, which is chipping away at the point of having a 15" gaming laptop.
'hit a voltage limit around 90 to 100 watts' ? Er, aren't voltages a constant in this case? The 'limit' is a factor of power, i.e., watts/current draw. No?
Expensive, but impressive. I wish they'd offer a version with 1080p though, as those 8gb VRAM buffer aren't very future proof for that native QHD+ resolution, especially at that price point. Next year maybe.
The problem with razer laptops is they all get a bulging battery after a few years.... I've owned 2 (a pro 15 and a 13 stealth) and both have come down with the same condition, so if you buy a razer BUY the extended warranty / geek squad warranty for no hassle repair when this DOES happen to yours battery under trackpad bulges and trackpad physicl click no longer works. have to switch to tap to click for trackpad functionality
Hey Jarrod can you please make a review on HP Omen 16 4070... ryzen 7 and ryzen 9 both. I'm sceptical since you had bad reviews for the 4070 and in this particular laptop HP claims that it gives you the best ROI. Btw love and appreciate all your efforts and videos. I noticed the ryzen 7 and ryzen 9 extracts the best performance from the 4070
Thanks for the great review. Do you know if any of the USB 4.0 ports connects to dGPU directly with or without Optimus on the 2024 model. Razer website makes it sound like both USB 4.0 support DP 1.4 through iGPU on the 2024 model.
5:04 I don't know why but I found this so funny. I was wondering when you'd review this year's razor. Your review made me think maybe I can let go of the chin and finally purchase a Blade 14 this year.. maybe
That's good but not even close to what a 4070 laptop can achieve. I have the ROG Flow 16 2023 and I'm achieving for example 121fps at high settings with no DLSS/fg/AMD super resolution 1080p and 126fps oc/ed. Yeah it's a 16" chassis and most importantly an Intel 13900H CPU but its dimensions are extremely thin for a 2in1 laptop with 16" and its cooling system superb. Putting it in tent mode or L mode let's the airflow do its job much better with great temps while gaming and amazing noise levels. If I was to go smaller I'd definitely have gone ROG Flow 13 which is top notch as well. Wonderful series
Hi Jarrod. Your reviews are simply the best. I have a new 4070 laptop and tried to compare the results in puget for adobe premiere and I am getting considerably lower results than the ones shown on the video. Do you set any particular parameters to run the tests? I just want to double check as I had I feeling my laptop is not performing as it should. I have a 13th i9-13980HX, 16GB (1x16GB) 4800MHz and the NVIDIA RTX 4070. I feel these specs should match or exceed the results compared to the 4070 laptops you have tested.
I had planned on buying this laptop the first time I went on sale with a 4080. The lack of that GPU option for this model is a big disappointment. I have been completely unimpressed by ASUS laptops in the recent so I have big reservations about switching to the G14 instead, but it’s 2500$, and will probably sell for less than $2k by Black Friday or Christmas, and that’s usually what I’m comfortable spending on a laptop. I was gonna stretch my budget for the blade 14, but not if I can’t even get 12gb of Vram.
I'm on my second 4080 G14. First one owned for one month before dead pixels started showing up. Returned it for a new one. Now the second one is having the same issue. Impressive machine in such a small package but I'm just not having any luck with them. Which is why I'm about to return the second one. Am considering the Razer but yeah I'm unimpressed with their GPU offerings for the 14 inch.
First thank you for your video's, Second I purchased this laptop but when i use the usbc both use the amd card. How did you get the left to connect to Nvidia? Thanks in advance .
I just bought one of these blade 14s and noticed that i’m not getting even close to the battery life you got. 8 hours?! I’m barely getting 2 hours at best with just web browsing and that’s after putting it on best power efficiency, and switching it to 60hz. i’m starting to think it’s a battery problem??
I’m getting the same. What are we doing wrong? I’ve tried everything, the only way I get more battery life is if I enable battery saver mode all the time. I get about 5-6 hours like that. How are people getting 8 hours of battery life without battery saver mode on?
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13:22 lol it looks way too hot in all them pictures too me.
@@c-v-n3322 It's really not, especially if you compare it to the G14 review last week.
Please @@JarrodsTech, review the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS Asus Tuf Gaming A15 with RTX 4060.. wanna see how it stacks up with the other Zen 4 AMD processors.
@@JarrodsTechYou review so many laptop , can you give me one for free even the oldest gaming laptop :)
Whenever I think laptops I want a secondary screen with the same resolution. Nelson doesn't want to buy two of the exact same laptop incase one overheats. But, that's because he cannot afford it.
Thing is that in a lot of non-US markets, the pricing difference between a 4070 and 4080 laptop is very significant.
True, I'm in one, though the Blade 14 doesn't go above 4070 anyway.
Yeah, that's why i couldn't afford a 4080 despite stretching my budget as much as i could. It was always around 500 bucks away.
@@satwikmahapatra9079 I spent $1640 USD ($2200 CAD) on a Pro 5 8th Gen with an i9 13900hx and a 4070.
Preliminary benchmarks suggest that I won the component lottery with my RAM, CPU, GPU, and SSD.
Display and battery inspections show no issue and the Vantage software is much nicer than Dragon Centre so far.
@satwikmahapatra9079 I don't know if this info will be useful to you or not but the Legion 7 gen 8 with a rtx 4080 is on sale right now. It's about ~$200 more expensive than the rtx 4070 legion
@@ymanexpress Nice. For $200 get the 4080.
Leaks for the 2024 Razer Blades indicate that they are considering removing the keyboard so that the touchpad can finally cover the whole base part of the laptop.
Leaks also suggest screen is also getting removed for a full size foldable trackpad❤❤❤
Cringe
Thin ans light is the most competitive space for me this year, due to the high efficiency of the 4060/4070m chips (surprisingly also off battery due to low wattage requirements). Amazing review Jarrod!
Cheers, MSI Stealth 14 review next week :)
It’s a nice machine, but the G14 just seems to be much better value. Similar performance, a lot cheaper, and it has its own merits.
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@@anarki_in5680unless u plan to swing around with your laptop, g14 build quality is already enough.
@@anarki_in5680Build quality alone doesn't deserve such a price. Hell even 4090 laptops are available at a price like $2700 for the Legion Pro 7i during sale.
I am still waiting for Lenovo to release the Slim 5 14" next month. This year is getting competitive among new 14" laptops, because MSI has already theirs too.
The upgradability/motherboard actually looks amazing it's layed out so neatly
I would really love to see a review of the Asus Flow X13 2023 model.
That got quite a significant upgrade compared to last year:
3050ti at 35W to now 4070 at 60W while in a smaller chassis.
I wonder if the performance increase is as big as those specs let us hope.
The 4070 60w performs like a 100w 4060, more or less. It's pretty impressive.
I've owned a Blade 13 and loved it, no problems with build quality or reliability. This model is $800 more than the Acer Predator Triton 14 with i7-13700H/4070/250Hz mini LED + Gsync, I'm not convinced it is worth the premium. Also with respect to warranty, no on-site repair option is very off putting for me.
2 hours gaming on battery with a 4070 is pretty damn impressive.
Yeah
no, it throttles down
It is pointless to have a premium slick chasis if you put a super ugly big ass logo on it - I will never buy a razer laptop with that logo
SNAKES
@@nemesis7884 and there is one - search up for Mercury White version of it.
we are not on a plane@@JarrodsTech
You sound impressed by this laptop Jarrod! If only the speakers worked in Linux! (I had this laptop in the Mercury White edition but due to the speakers not working in Linux, it had to go back.)
11:46 chart doesn't do justice to the efficiency 7940hs + 4070 brings. 7940hs At 35Watts 90% performance & 4070 at 55Watts 80% performnce
Nice to see slim and powerfull laptops.
Yes like that Ally at the bottom with brilliant perf/watt. 14k at 40-43W.
They fixed everything that lacked in previous iterations for this one. Quite insane coming from razer
yeah they fixed having a high end GPU too. Now it maxes out to a crappy 70 class(which is 60 ti class on desktops which also should be 60 class by its specs).
@TabalugaDragon Dude, I've seen you complaining about this laptop in the comment section quite a bit. Yes, it sucks that Razer dropped the RTX 4080 option, but Nvidia is more to blame for sticking only 8 GB of vRAM on their 4060 & 4070 laptop GPUs. I would have liked to have seen the following but I wouldn't blame Razer for this one:
- RTX 3050 (2023) - 6 GB vRAM
- RTX 4050 - 8 GB vRAM
- RTX 4060 - 10 GB vRAM
- RTX 4070 - 12 GB vRAM
- RTX 4080 - 12/14 GB vRAM
- RTX 4090 - 16 GB vRAM
@@cameronbosch1213 both are to blame. Razer could have put 4080m and 4090m options if they made the laptop a little thicker. That would allow them to save space by putting one RAM slot over the other. It would both improve cooling and would allow for high end GPUs. But nooo, design is everything right? It wouldn't even need to be heavier(maybe just 50-100 grams tops), just thicker.
@@TabalugaDragon this laptop isn't really for someone who wants more power and a thicker laptop. They offer options for that.
@@snuglife3697 their last year's 3080 ti version says otherwise. Asus G14 with the same form-factor also offers top end 4090m this year. It's more of a matter of what they can put in such a small laptop form-factor. It's just they decided aesthetics is more important than practicality. Because 4070m is a terrible GPU, on the same level as full power 3070m ti and barely faster than 3070m.
I found an openbox 2023 G14 with a 4060 for usd 1250 (new price usd 1550) and its in excellent condition. I can't imagine spending another usd 1400 for a Blade 14 for marginal performance increases.
That's about the same amount I paid for my 16" Legion 5 (5600H / RTX3060) 2 years ago. Sounds like you've got a good deal. The 4070 is definitely not worth a whopping $1400 extra.
Or get g14 4070
Hmm I think I'll keep my 2022 blade 14 3070 ti. The fps difference isn't at the point i would really notice I think.
I like your reviews a lot man. But honestly, I think you and other reviewers are giving bad advice saying the temperature being super high is not a problem. I just had to send a Scar back because after playing for 10 days with it, a solder cracked and it started to become super unstable. Truth is, Asus is allowing their procs to go beyond 100c (when it says 100 its because it can't measure more than that) without thermal throttle and that's just so people can see good numbers when benchmarking.
If anyone buys a Asus laptop, just downgrade the max TDP for the proc using throttlestop, trust me.
Thank you for clearing up the 140w claims from razer. Honestly that alone is enough for me to not want to give them my business. You can get the Asus G14 with a 4080 for less money and it performs alot better. I think Asus has finally got their act together this time around and the G14 is just the small laptop to beat. I hope they follow the others and give us two ram slots so we can upgrade as we please. Atleast it comes with 16gb soldered this time around so you can get to 32gb.
G14 4080 doesn’t perform a lot better… only if you leave it on Turbo all the time but it’s sooo much louder and hotter then. G14 is really weak on silent and performance after 5 minutes (they have a stronger performance in the first minutes to perform at benchmarks, see Hardware Canucks for reference). I saw the same and sold the G14.
Razer Blade 14 has more wattage headroom for the GPU, that’s why it’s even great on silent playing games. The 140w is more like it could do that and that’s why it’s so great and cool at 100w, on all modes.
Absolutly not. As you are aware a 4070 laptop gpu hits 0.925 V volt. limit at ca. 110 W and performance plateaus. This year's blade 14 is much bigger, thicker, and heavier in order to accomadate that 140 W TGP which can never be reached. And as you can tell that, sadly, due to the memory slots the motherboard is not big enough to fit a 4080 gpu. 2023 Blade 14 is just a designing disaster, but I guess we should blame at Jensen Huang for that.
*Correction: 140 W TGP achievable only in Furmark stress test at low clock speed.
You picked the wiredest product trying to explain the energy efficiency of an RTX 4070 laptop gpu. How unprofessional
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While I don't plant to get most of the laptops reviewed except for one or two, I really love the amount of detail in the reviews
Are you also planning to review the Helios 16/18 and the Triton?
Thanks! Helios 18 is coming soon, it's been hard to get anything out of Acer this year.
@@JarrodsTech thanks. Been looking forward to Acer laptops since it's what's easily available in my country that isn't overpriced. Still though, I agree with Acer being slow on stuff. The 4080 Helios 18 only recently popped up on Best Buy like three or four days ago
The Slim 7 AMD is out! Please review it. I want to buy that before University starts in October..😢
I’m thinking of getting a Blade 14, but I’m scared for the bloating battery stories :/
I just want hoping that the Blade 14 had 2 M.2 slots like the Blade 16 with limited single sided chip only. It turns out, impossible over space limitation, unless redesign the Blade 14, just like how ASUS managed the Rog M16 & G16 with 3 blade fan & RAM Upgrades. Looks like I will have a next year version for improved design, upgradibility & software features.
If u really wanna spend a ton more for some better build quality then maybe this is better but if u don't then G14 is better value for money, especially on sales.
The 4070 in the Razer Blade 14 makes a lot of sense and it’s appealing. Though I do question the efficiency in the video regarding the 780m and the 4070. The 780m does not need 65 watts to run the Witcher 3 at 1080p 30fps let alone a lot games doesn’t need that much wattage at 1080p. It can do that around 35-40 watts according to users with handhelds that have the same 780m iGPU. With that information, the 780m should be roughly 90-120mins of battery. Sure, not better than the 4070 but significantly better than the 65 minutes.
100°c !? Will this high temperature affect battery or other components in the long term?? This is really hot man.
I have a question, is it possible to run the entire PC on the Nvidia card, like for the office, web pages etc.?
Love seeing people say how interesting the video was 2 minutes after the upload time lmao
They watched it at 12x speed
Why has no one made a video on the ASUS strix G17 Ryzen9 7945HX 4070 version? I seen all these other laptops with 4070 reviews. Am I missing something? Did I make a mistake buying one and it’s so bad people don’t review it?
I'm still waiting for the Stealth 17M to be updated.
As expected I thought the best combination of CPU/GPU of 2023 for a laptop is the Ryzen 7940HS and the RTX4070. Good performance and insane battery life. Now if only I could get this combination in a 15-16in laptop that has a number pad. I would love to be able to buy a Lenovo Legion Laptop with theses specs.
Try Asus vivobook 16 pro oled 2023 model with 105w 4070. Battery life is not that great though. Available around 1800 💵
@@braveheart4388 Thanks for the suggestion. If battery life isn't good, I'm not interested.
Just got an OMEN 16 with the 7940HS and RTX 4070. It doesn't have a numpad, but battery life is really good, and it runs very cool being a 16" laptop with efficient chips.
The m16 is still my preference
Why are you comparing a 16 inch 2,2 Kg laptop with a 14 inch 1,8 Kg ? Apples and oranges...
Awesome improvements. Here are my nitpicks: contrast is abysmal which would only get worse at 500 nits, needs next gen IPS Black. A 4080 Ti that scales with a cooling pad would be bussin. On battery and when traveling it would perform similarly to a 4070 but when docked it would unlock the full potential of the GPU. A huge way to attract more customers would have the option of replacing the Razer logo with one custom CNCed for a $100 premium. ISA optimization/CPU efficiency gains would also be nice to extend battery 🔋
The upgradablity and 16:10 are sweetness. These laptops are becoming more compelling with each generation. They’re directly improving on the previous with no obvious regression which is nigh unheard of with tech companies.
While I could afford this laptop, I won’t buy any until they improve the contrast. I prefer IPS until microLED in 7+ years. IPS Black isn’t fast enough, improving it should be the #1 priority of conventional display makers. For now I’m content with my aging XPS 15 (1050ti). My next laptop should functionally serve as a complete desktop replacement with a docking station to enhance cooling and enable screens & peripherals to remain connected to a hub for easy reconnection en masse.
My dilemma is that I can get a used oled blade stealth with a 3090 as an egpu. As per Jarrod's testing in Red Dead at 2k it is only 2 fps down. It would be even more mobile and I would probably save close to $1500..
I bought a Gigabyte 15 BSF with 4070 for 1390€. With 200€ for a second SSD and 64gb of ram is basically a monster for just 1590€
but 4070 is STILL only 8gb vram, I just can't get my head past that. So many machines only offer 2k/QHD/1440p this year, it's so frustrating and in such a small laptop screen like this. FHD+/1920*1200 would just be sooo much better for this size VRAM
This is what was supposed to happen with this year's AMD higher end parts, where smaller form factors will perform very well. It's amazing to see some of these 2K results now.
If next year's Zen 5 laptop CPUs end up on TSMC N3 it's going to be REALLY impressive. If they're stuck on TSMC N4, not as much but there should still be decent uplift, just don't know if the power budget will be much different.
AMD could have put a desktop R7 7800X3D equivalent in a laptop. That will be a win for mobile market. R9 7945HX3D for mobile is basically a repackaged R9 7950X3D .
@@fleurdewin7958 they can't without running into power issues... laptops have limited power available not to mention they can't have too many vrms as well.
Very helpful, just wish it were cheaper. How does it compare to the Triton 14 with the 4070? Curious how the 16gb in that fairs.
Is triton 14 even out. I don't see it anywhere
Yeah best buy has it@@RandomUser-tj3mg
Isn't this what the whole 4060/4070 series was designed for to begin with? Powerefficient so smaller and thinner laptops could benefit the most. I really don't understand why anyone would want a hulking gaming tank when it doesn't offer that much more performance with these lower tier gpus. The Slim 7s, Blades G14/M16/G16/X13/X16's are much more attractive from a packaging point of view: less weight, less plasticky and better screens and sound. And pretty affordable as well if you stick to the lower SKU's. -
Also, don't buy this class of machines for more than 2000€. Wait for a deal or go Asus/Levono for a better value.
I can't wait for the AZERTY version of this laptop, I got myself the blade 14 (2021) and it was the beginning of a love story xD
I’m still rocking 3060, just gonna wait for the 5000 series.
Yeah makes sense
I have a 3060 laptop and a 3080 desktop. No plans to upgrade until at least 5,000 as the cost of pc gaming has gotten stupid. I do think I'll likely not replace the desktop though and just get a 5,000 or 6,000 laptop further down the line (and happily AMD if they can catch up).
100°C during stress test in almost every mode is disgusting. Still not even looking at Blade.
A 16" laptop with same specs, full keyboard and same build quality for similar price would be an awesome machine.
Out of topic question, but can you do a review on the IETS GT500 cooling pad? Just recently bought it on a whim, but I heard it cools temperatures down by 15-20c lesser because of its sealed foam design, unlike something like the KLIM ultimate or the Massive 20 rgb cooling pad which doesnt have a closed seal. Is this legit or just overhyped?
I'm on a Razer 17 pro right now, and it will be the last Razer I ever get until they re-do the keyboard. The arrow keys are impossible to work with. They up/down keys do not detect presses unless you really smash down on them several times. Yes, it's clean.
Been waiting for your thoughts on it since it got announced. Surprised not to see a 4080. The price though.. holy hell it's crazy expensivefor a 4070 D:
Thanks for the review. How hot does it get under the laptop? Too hot for your lap?
I own a razerblade stealth 13 (late 2020) model and had my battery bloat swell twice. (Original battery bloated 1 year after use. 2nd replaced battery bloated after another 1 year)
Is this common for gaming laptops? I clean my fans every 6 months or so. Play Genshin, Overwatch at times. And mostly use for coding school works.
And also am wondering what could be the cause or possible preventions.
Razer was known to have battery bloat issues on older models. It doesn't seem to be as common (I rarely see people mention it) anymore.
Most people don't go into the bios to do things, most people just want it to play games and do other things so all these benchmarks have no bearing for an average individual. So, bottom line is it worth the price for gaming and portability?
Hey, incase you miss my comment on the previous video i would really like to see you review (if its even possible) Axioo Pongo 760, it's a rtx4060 gaming laptop that costs about $1000
It helps so so much to receive numbers while both plugged and unplugged. Who wants a 14" laptop that needs to be plugged in to get any type of decent performance? Well, someone who's taking the thing to work and using on a desk everyday, and who values the portability of a 14" laptop. With that said, it's still sort of a shame that Razer doesn't allow the user the ability to run at higher clocks in favor of less battery. It's like, yeah, we're smart enough to change the power setting and smart enough to know when we are at the max performance profile on battery, the battery will not last more than a couple hours. So please, Razer, just give us that control.
Who's better in terms of temps and battery life i7 (12700h or 13700h)?
Haven't had the chance to fairly compare them, but it doesn't matter, it's not something I'd spend any time being concerned about.
Great, now I've to sell a kidney for that laptop :(
This would be perfect with a GPU that has 12-16gb's of VRAM. If they can offer us a 4080-4090 the Blade 14 could hit 140 watts on the GPU.
Jarrod, in my experience Mercury doesn’t show other dirt easier, it’s extremely close to the surface of MacBook. Even scratches are less visible.
Source: Extensive use of Mercury and Black of Razer Blade.
Battery health optimizer addition is great! I really liked Razer Blade laptops until the battery bloats.
Hey Jarod We are waiting for 140 WATT RTX 4070 Ryzen 7940HS ASUS TUF A15
love the detailed review, are you planning to review the new Asus TUF A15 2023?
A side note, battery life in laptop is really important (for me at least), it would be awesome if you can do a productivity test on your reviews.
thanks.
Please review the 2023 Flow X13 with the 4070 :)
Trying to get it, but ASUS don't have one to lend us yet
@@JarrodsTech I'm looking forward to it, thanks!
@@JarrodsTechCool!
Can't believe the BIOS looks so old for higher prices than MSI
@JarrodsTech is the left USB-C not suppose to show up as connected to the 4070? When going to the Nvidia control panel, the left USB-C to DP connection I have is showing as going through the Radeon for some reason? Performed driver updates and factory reset but no change on that control panel telling me I’m running through Radeon. Only HDMI is showing as running the 4070.
Hey Jarrod, thanks for the review! Got a quick question, which model do you prefer? The blade 17 from 2022 with a rtx 3080 ti and 32 gb ram or this model?
I even undervolt the 4080 on my gp68hx
A small performance drop allows more rooms for cpu power and cooling when gaming on balanced mode which has much quieter fan noise
Hi Jarrod!, I have a constructive (hope so) critic to (perhaps) make things more intuitive and better. Do you know when show graphs about temperatures, wattage, etc under different modes? (performance, balanced, powersaver...). Looking at this video, and with the bars in green for the gpu and blue for the cpu, I've thinked for a moment you were talking about an Intel processor, but I realized you introduced the laptop telling us clearly it is powered by Amd.
Somehow, I've the color pretty related with their companies (you know, green to nvidia, red to amd, blue to intel), and I easily make the mistake to think intuitively you was talking about an Intel processor.
Would you say it could be more intuitive for the viewer change the color of the bars depending of the company it manufactures?
Of course, if a laptop haves Amd cpu and Amd dedicated gpu, that would be a problem for that color code, maybe pure red and darker red would work (old ATI red is different red than AMD one?). Besides, I realize you use red color to mark some results when talking about some comparison (beside mark the background). So.. yellow to remark comparisons commented in video?.
I don't know and of course it is entirely up to you, just leave you the comment/idea, because I discovered myself a twice or more times saying to myself, the cpu bar is blue, but the processor Jarrod is talking about is a model by Amd.
Jarrod, thanks for the detailed review; I found all your content extremely helpful when deciding between a Razer 14 or 16 or an Asus ROG Flow X16. I settled on the Razer 14 based on my needs (not playing heavy-duty games, wanted portability). You mention in this review that the left-hand USB4 is connected to the dGPU, but I’m still seeing the iGPU from that port. Can you confirm/let me know if this is user error?
In our testing it connected to the dgpu when Optimus was off. When Optimus was on we didn't get any output at all.
Idk, the Asus M16 on sale for $1600 US seems to be the best deal for me.
While I like the thermals, at 1.8kg, this is creeping up on some of the lighter 15/16" class gaming laptops, which is chipping away at the point of having a 15" gaming laptop.
It’s really handy though, nicer to grab
@@tinybit780 it's crminally expensive and heavy for a 14" machine with 4070.
'hit a voltage limit around 90 to 100 watts' ? Er, aren't voltages a constant in this case? The 'limit' is a factor of power, i.e., watts/current draw. No?
Expensive, but impressive.
I wish they'd offer a version with 1080p though, as those 8gb VRAM buffer aren't very future proof for that native QHD+ resolution, especially at that price point.
Next year maybe.
If thinking about this 14" Blade or the 15" or 16" inch version, which one would you choose and why? Help me out!
The problem with razer laptops is they all get a bulging battery after a few years.... I've owned 2 (a pro 15 and a 13 stealth) and both have come down with the same condition, so if you buy a razer BUY the extended warranty / geek squad warranty for no hassle repair when this DOES happen to yours
battery under trackpad bulges and trackpad physicl click no longer works. have to switch to tap to click for trackpad functionality
you will change battery anyway after few years on any laptop just because of its reduced capacity if battery life matters for you :)
we need a "crazy" thumbnail"
Should have had 12 GB VRAM at least :/
That would have pushed it to a 192 bit bus, Nvidia wouldnt have made Much Profit then.
That's what happens when 4060 mobile gets renamed as 4070 mobile.
Hey Jarrod can you please make a review on HP Omen 16 4070... ryzen 7 and ryzen 9 both. I'm sceptical since you had bad reviews for the 4070 and in this particular laptop HP claims that it gives you the best ROI. Btw love and appreciate all your efforts and videos.
I noticed the ryzen 7 and ryzen 9 extracts the best performance from the 4070
Thanks for the great review.
Do you know if any of the USB 4.0 ports connects to dGPU directly with or without Optimus on the 2024 model. Razer website makes it sound like both USB 4.0 support DP 1.4 through iGPU on the 2024 model.
Can you guys recommend budget gaming laptop under 800$ 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Hp victus
5:04 I don't know why but I found this so funny. I was wondering when you'd review this year's razor. Your review made me think maybe I can let go of the chin and finally purchase a Blade 14 this year.. maybe
no it doesnt make sense. the cost of this laptop is enough to buy a 4080 laptop 😂 or even 4090 if you get it on sale. stop paying the razer premium
Which screwdriver is required? I only can find T5, not TR5
I bought a razer blade 14 2023 model. With 4070. It gets hot 🔥 just extremely hot even without running any software. Terrible 😢
Would it be worth it to upgrade from a 6700s g14 to this, since I might need an Nvidia gpu for school?
I don't care about more than 4 hours of battery life on a gaming laptop if I can get a third fan for better cooling. Power bricks aren't that heavy.
Hello Jarrod, would you be reviewing the msi stealth 16 studio anytime soon?
That's good but not even close to what a 4070 laptop can achieve. I have the ROG Flow 16 2023 and I'm achieving for example 121fps at high settings with no DLSS/fg/AMD super resolution 1080p and 126fps oc/ed. Yeah it's a 16" chassis and most importantly an Intel 13900H CPU but its dimensions are extremely thin for a 2in1 laptop with 16" and its cooling system superb. Putting it in tent mode or L mode let's the airflow do its job much better with great temps while gaming and amazing noise levels. If I was to go smaller I'd definitely have gone ROG Flow 13 which is top notch as well. Wonderful series
Hi Jarrod. Your reviews are simply the best. I have a new 4070 laptop and tried to compare the results in puget for adobe premiere and I am getting considerably lower results than the ones shown on the video. Do you set any particular parameters to run the tests? I just want to double check as I had I feeling my laptop is not performing as it should. I have a 13th i9-13980HX, 16GB (1x16GB) 4800MHz and the NVIDIA RTX 4070. I feel these specs should match or exceed the results compared to the 4070 laptops you have tested.
I run it with Optimus on at the highest setting level for the laptop. Also check that you're using version 0.98 of the Puget benchmark.
Awesome, thanks for answering 🙏
I had hoped to see your review on the M2 Max 16 inch MacBook Pro and also the M2 Ultra Mac Studio.
curious how the 7940HS efficiency and battery life compares with 7840HS
Why isn't the asus zephyrus g14 2022 on the list of battrey life with the others, is not considered a good laptop anymore?
I really want to know your opinion on the MSI Stealth 16 studio… my girlfriend just bought one and I think it’s pretty good
Is the ASUS TUF A15/17 (Specifically, the Ryzen 9 7940HS + RTX 4070) also in the works?
WOW! A laptop vendor actually sent an AMD based laptop?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHOCKING.
I had planned on buying this laptop the first time I went on sale with a 4080. The lack of that GPU option for this model is a big disappointment. I have been completely unimpressed by ASUS laptops in the recent so I have big reservations about switching to the G14 instead, but it’s 2500$, and will probably sell for less than $2k by Black Friday or Christmas, and that’s usually what I’m comfortable spending on a laptop. I was gonna stretch my budget for the blade 14, but not if I can’t even get 12gb of Vram.
I'm on my second 4080 G14. First one owned for one month before dead pixels started showing up. Returned it for a new one. Now the second one is having the same issue. Impressive machine in such a small package but I'm just not having any luck with them. Which is why I'm about to return the second one. Am considering the Razer but yeah I'm unimpressed with their GPU offerings for the 14 inch.
Great review , Could you please suggest a laptop or workstation for Apps like Blender & Aftereffects in the price range of (1500$-2000$) Thank you
How are you getting such good battery life? If I run it without battery saver mode on, it only lasts 2 hours when NOT gaming.
Info on how we do battery life testing here:
jarrods.tech/list-of-laptop-battery-life/
First thank you for your video's, Second I purchased this laptop but when i use the usbc both use the amd card. How did you get the left to connect to Nvidia? Thanks in advance .
just switch to Dedicated GPU in Razer Synapse software ;)
I think you should compare this laptop with the msi stealth 14 studio because they both have 4070 gpu but the msi has a intel cpu
Hello Can you make a laptop gaming guide for a budget of 1700 USD?
I am interested in good performance of the CPU as well
Thanks
So many gaming laptops, which one has the best gaming performance and display tho?
Can you stream on a rtx 4070 laptop icore9 16gb ram?
Can anyone find a protective foil or glass for this laptop anywhere? I cannot.
I just bought one of these blade 14s and noticed that i’m not getting even close to the battery life you got. 8 hours?! I’m barely getting 2 hours at best with just web browsing and that’s after putting it on best power efficiency, and switching it to 60hz. i’m starting to think it’s a battery problem??
You can see how we test battery life here: jarrods.tech/list-of-laptop-battery-life/
I’m getting the same. What are we doing wrong? I’ve tried everything, the only way I get more battery life is if I enable battery saver mode all the time. I get about 5-6 hours like that. How are people getting 8 hours of battery life without battery saver mode on?