13:31 UPDATE there's a fix for screen flicker: mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9748 I have confirmed this resolved the issue for us. 6:40 I said 4 and a half hours battery life, that is correct, the graph is incorrect, which I also used to base the percentages on, which are also incorrect. I have updated the graph for future videos, however the value should be 273 mins. So it's actually 16% more battery life from a 12% larger battery vs last year's Blade 17, still an improvement, but no where near as much as I said based on the incorrect graph. Advanced Optimus might disappear after updating the Nvidia drivers, you can fix that here: jarrods.tech/how-to-fix-razer-blade-18-missing-advanced-optimus/
Hey @Jarrod'sTech can you make a review of g18 4080, which is really popular at this moment or aw m16? I guess lot of ppl that want to make a purchase now is torn between those 2 :) I am leaning to the g18 but im afraid of coil while that lot of ppl are reporting and gpu temps are hot, I would like if you could check that for us? Is it just few bad examples or a standard?
@@dusanljesevic3979 yes M16 2023 I am waiting. The 4070 model is available for preorder at bestbuy for 1999 which is pretty cool. I am waiting for the 4090 model with miniLED screen and AniMe matrix lid.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use ~~~Best thermals and no heating 1. Data science graphics 2. Computer networking 3. Cloud computing ~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better ~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use ~~~Best thermals and no heating 1. Data science graphics 2. Computer networking 3. Cloud computing ~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better ~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
The smaller form factor of a laptop was the one that caught my eye, but after seeing the posts on how powerful the Blade 18 can go (Rivals or Beats an RTX 3090/i9 12900k from some posts I've seen), I'm excited for the bigger machines. What's really nice is how much they improved over the previous generations, the battery level cap, actual CPU overclocking, bright displays, and I'm pretty sure what's left is just to improve battery consumption. I've read that Windows has an issue with swapping to E-Cores, causing massive battery drain.
Yes but main reason is their node 10nm so huge power consumption in single core tasks or light tasks. Soon meteorlake laptops will give us huge improvements on efficiency later this year. 50% better performance per watt than 13 gen.
Yeah, I’ve seen the leaks for that and it has me very hopeful. I just would like a desktop replacement with the battery life of a MacBook. We may soon hit that reality, hopefully sooner than rather than later
@@LAFadhel main game changer is 18A node(angstrom era) in 2025. New transistors design knows as RibbonFET with power via backside power delivery technologies (everyone is using FinFet since 2012 to now)
@@LAFadhel one new leak from red gaming tech channel. I have never imagined this. Now intel has new type of cores which can act as both performance cores and efficient cores. Example:- if your cpu has 24 cores so on light tasks it will work as efficiency cores for better battery and when huge performance needed it will act as P cores. So need of Efficiency cores. Way faster, less latency, huge ipc gains, huge efficiency gains. You can check his channel.
@@HDRPC Oh, I'll have to look into that. Been eyeing the gaming laptop market since maybe 2019. One thing I cannot wait to happen is 240W+ USB-C Charging. Also, Thunderbolt 5/USB 4 Gen 2. If Razer can make an Intel Blade 18 or even an AMD variant with great battery life, I'd get one as soon as I can.
Came here to stand next to my numpad brothers and sisters; THERE ARE DOZENS OF US. Seriously, I don't understand why folks hate numpads; I can't live without 'em.
@@FesterSilentlyI hate numpads so much that I'll never buy a laptop that has one, like ever. The numpad on laptops is often right next to the enter key, and that makes it hard to know where the enter key and arrow keys are without looking down at the keyboard. (Unlike on desktop keyboards, the is no space separating the numpad from the normal keys.) Also, on laptops with a numpad, the touchpad is shifted to the left, and that makes using that ''lap''top on your lap feel awkward. A bigger laptop to me means a bigger/a more immersive screen.
Great review! I knew you'd come around to the bigger is better idea! Really, the Blade 16 and 18 are still more portable than any of the competitors at the same TDP, especially when factoring in their small laptop size--that's why I'm glad they them thicker this year, thick enough to really be in the same high performance space vs other notebooks. Though they still aren't as powerful as the highest end laptops for sure--at least they aren't massively slower now, so the trade off for better portability is worth it for someone like me.
I like that options exist, it's still not for me personally, but now that I know the Blade 14 and 15 aren't going anywhere it's good to have more choice.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use ~~~Best thermals and no heating 1. Data science graphics 2. Computer networking 3. Cloud computing ~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better ~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
@@MaDFroG88 even if it overlaps the tray I wouldn’t have an issue but thank you for your feedback !!! I want the 4090 performance of the Blade 18 but the size of the Blade 16. Most comparisons that I am seeing on TH-cam are with the Blade 18 4090 & Blade 16 4080 in which the blade outperforms but I wonder if the Blade 16 4090 would get better FPS than the blade 16 4080. I’ve been made aware that there is an extra fan in the 18.
Kind of feels like they took a 16" platform and added a bigger screen and better cooling. Not a terrible thing. My only annoyance is the single thunderbolt port, but that won't matter to a lot of people. Decent effort from Razer here. Can't wait to see your Scar review!
I suspect that Intel told their OEMs that the latest chip will run hot and need a larger bulkier chassis to work as intended. Hence the wholesale move to an 18-inch display to accommodate the cooling needed. That does mean prices rise even further than inflationary pressures.
@andyH_England The move to 18 inch screens is for the 16:10 aspect ratio, literally almost nothing to do with cooling as GPU power limits have not been increased compared to last year.
So good to hear that Razer now offer an option to limit battery charging! I wonder if this is offered on the 16 inch 4k variant. I'm personally happier with thicker laptops if better thermals. Compared to many laptops they're still pretty slim.
@@Legitti yup, lenovo gigabyte & Dell also offer this option. The only one who doesn't is HP. HP offer a form of it on their business machines, but not on their consumer machines, premium devices included.
I’m so glad you mentioned the flickering problem. You are literally the only review that discusses it. I returned two of the 18” 4090 just for the flickering problem. Although discrete GPU fixes the flickering during normal use, the screen still flickers in game, which makes it completely unusable. I’m waiting for a 16” 4090 now, do you know if the problem also exists on the 16” model? Thanks!
Oh we didn't have it flicker in games on dGPU mode, that's how we did all our game benchmarking and it was ok, maybe it varies, not sure what the deal is there but hopefully fixed soon. We just got the Blade 16 with 4090 yesterday, haven't opened it up yet but will mention if it's present in its review.
@@JarrodsTech looking forward to the 16” review! If you don’t mind would you please also briefly mention the thermal performance compared to the 18”, I’m worried the smaller chassis is going to struggle with the 4090, thanks!
I returned Blade 18 4090 the next day due to flickering issues as well. Same observations actually - dGPU mode made it less frequent/visible in normal use, but it was still present in games. Also, when I recorded the issue with my phone I could clearly see pixel-wide vertical lines in at least 2 places on the screen that looked like bad pixels (maybe some out of sync issue related to flickering, not sure).
We've done it for at least the last 6 months and it's not going anywhere :) Our LG B9 only goes up to 120Hz, but I'd assume if it can manage that 144Hz is probably ok too.
210W total TDP is pretty weak compared to the other high end laptops. I know some people on Reddit have reach higher scores even with the Blade 16. I cannot believe G-Sync doesn't work with Optimus enabled. This makes no sense to me, at least when on the dGPU. The keyboard is terrible given the extra space. They should do better here, even if they skip the numpad.
All of these amazing gaming laptops have one thing in common that after a year passes, and you need a new battery and can't find one in your region and you'll have to import it from somewhere else. You'll end up paying a ridiculous amount in taxes and import duties. I had to get a genuine acer predator 15's battery from poland. And it cost me alot.
Where are you from? Genuine question since you mentioned Poland. If your country is within EU there should be no problem, but I guess that's not the case
Would you say this is a better machine than the Titan? Would you do a comparison of all the big devices for example: Alienware M18 vs Blade 18 vs Scar 18 vs GT77 Titan vs GE78 HX?
IMO razer blade is the best overall if price is not an issue. It does sacrifice a bit of performance (about 5-10%), but it provides very unique gaming laptop experiences. I would personally pay for this uniqueness.
Hey Jarrod, thanks for testing the laptop with Ubuntu. I bought the same spec Blade four days ago and after hours of trying to fix the speakers issue, I couldn't (although I'm experienced in Linux OS). Most probably, the processor is pretty new, the drivers don't seem to be supporting the new generation yet. Having used it as a daily driver for my software development setup, migrating from a well-speced MacBook Pro feels like some sacrifice on screen resolution, but nothing else beats it in terms of performance. For my developer usage based on tools like VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, terminal emulators and many Chrome processes, the battery lasted more than two hours with relatively moderate brightness. I, personally, do not intend to use it for gaming, but rather for my professional work. An RTX 4080 easily allows me to plug three 4K displays (120Hz, 60Hz, 60Hz), plus the laptop screen, and they all work well. The headphone jack works though, and also a Bluetooth earbud. Would recommend developer folks like me. As an additional suggestion, instead of carrying that small-but-still-big charger, get a USB-C charger from Razer and a Thunderbolt 4 dock for a full-fledged setup.
I didn't understand from the video: when you overclocked the CPU for testing, did you also undervolt it? If not, you might try it and see if it goes above 40W and sustain it.
Finally we came to realise that 17 inch is not enough, it is so silly that most of of the laptops today are max 17 inch, it is becoming to look like with phone era when 5 inch was cosidered a big phone, strangely enough we moved just recently from 15 to 16 and now from 17 to 18, there are a lot of us power users, like programmers, 3d designers, video editors who really want a bigger screen and i am one of those, going without a numpad for a 18 incher is a no go lol.
I love how razor laptops look, since they are basically gaming macbooks. They even share that macbook pricing... Sure it is a premium product but dang are they hard to justify lol.
Absolutely loving my Blade 18 i9-13980HX/4090/64gb 5200mhz/2tb nvme. 22000 TimeSpy 6002 Speed Way. RT Ultra on Ultra everything with amazing FPS. Expensive ($5k) but worth every penny. The keyboard is nice but could be better. However I use a controller for gaming. The build quality is very good. I’m good now until the 60 series comes around. Update: Razer updated the PL limits and the CPU can go 160w boost and runs 65w with 165w+/- on GPU in Hogwarts. Best R23 so far was 33400.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use ~~~Best thermals and no heating 1. Data science graphics 2. Computer networking 3. Cloud computing ~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better ~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
The max battery charge limit is essential on a laptop like this which essentially acts as a desktop replacement. I had used my 2017 blade pro for work during the pandemic and burned through 2 batteries (the original, and a replacement) due to having it plugged in for practically 16+ hours a day for both work and gaming. I ended up building a desktop for work after getting the third battery just to save it from the same fate. Sitting at 95-100% charge and constantly charging is a death sentence for these high voltage, high capacity batteries.
@@kiyoponnn Razer batteries the last few generations have been the definition of "spicy pillow". I imagine that's why they started putting fans in them.
do you think it would help gaming 1% lows and overall gaming performance to simply disable half of the cores/hyperthreading so it doesn't have to spread the available power to too many cores and to help thermals, or would it hurt more than it helps?
That would be interesting. But normally if a games isn't well optimized and only use 1-3 cores the other cores won't draw a lot of power so I don't think this would have much impact.
It might in some games, but not sure, because I turned off all E cores the other day while troubleshooting a different laptop and in tombraider at least it resulted in lower performance. Depends on the game though. Suppose after all the GPU comparisons are done, I could just retest one of the laptops with cores disabled to find out, just not sure how much interest there is in such a video.
The 18" nowadays is basically the 17" from several years back, when they had significantly bigger bezels. I know I have on my ASUS V752VM from 2016. 17" screen, but I bet that the laptop size is about the same as this 18", as the bezels seem huge (not a problem for me though, but it does show its age). I don't think it needs specialized bags, the one meant to carry 17" laptops should fit this fine. And just 4 kg with the charger included is pretty good for a big laptop like this. You can see the "blade" in the name with this.
1:50 "All the keys and secondary functions get lit up" Based off past blades, regions such as the UK don't get all the keys lit up, particularly the secondary function keys, which could be very likely this year again.
Looks like Razer's laptops are nearly at the peak of their features now compared to previous models! Battery limiter and overclocking through Synapse is great! I think Razer is confident in their laptops pushing their absolute highest performance this year. Although, I don't think the Blade 18 is for me since it's a bit too big and very expensive. But I can't wait to see this year's Blade 14!
Agreed 100%. I have a Razer 17 and overclocked it through Synapse. I love how Razer made it easy to push there gaming laptops to the limit. I paired mine with a cooling pad so I’m not worried about it overheating. I have played games at high-ultra settings 100+fps for hours without losing performance or overheating!
Your old games benchmark is very helpful actually, for example, I did watch your videos 3 years ago before buying my Area 51-M and now I can easily see what would be the performance gain if i go for a laptop upgrade 👍 I understand it takes time to make but do you think you can add the usual game performance comparison list in you future reviews?
We always include the 3x game comparison in reviews and that won't change :) maybe in future we will change to 3x newer games, but it will take months to build up enough data to replace it.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use ~~~Best thermals and no heating 1. Data science graphics 2. Computer networking 3. Cloud computing ~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better ~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
The only sin this massive laptop commit is not having a numpad to properly make use of those keyboard space. Otherwise, it's CNC aluminium is still one of the best in the windows space.
The one and we know about jarrod review is he always dare to say not good if laptop is not good. And always have their own opinion about the unit Itself, "its not like common review says, its your decision" Respect Jarrod 💯
Looking at the battery charge, I'm surprised that AMD has lower time when gaming on battery. Multiple units show that Trend. Would've expected intel to be worse; or does Intel cap the performance and wattage when on battery morese than AMD to acheive this? Or is it more about the gpu?
Can't wait to see your Scar review, but I don't think it matters much. The Strix 18 is $1,200 cheaper than the Blade 18. I'm not sure how Asus could have messed up bad enough for the Strix to not be the best buy. And the reduction in unicorn vomit you get with the Strix as opposed to the Blade or Scar is a feature in my eyes.
the razor laptop is just a more premium feel in general, it being aluminum instead of the plastic used in the scar. also the scar is full of rgb bullshit no ?
@@sadek__4952 You’re probably right. But even though I’m fortunate enough to comfortably afford the Razer, I just can’t justify paying $1,200 more. Also, Asus has 2 versions of the laptop - Strix and Scar - Scar has all the RGB bullshit, Strix only has a small amount that isn't bothersome when turned off. I don't think there's any other differences.
The battery life chart says 393 minutes for watching TH-cam which is 6 and a half hours but you mentioned 4 and a half hours? Is the chart wrong or just a slip up Also will you be able to review the blade 16 with the dual mode screen?
The 18" form factor is ridiculous. Just because the laptop is thin does not mean it will fit in any reasonably sized bag. I had the blade 17 from 2019 and while it was a very similar thickness and weight compared to the MacBook pro 16 I also had at the time, the blade didn't fit in any of my computer bags. Who is a computer like this for?
I had the same screen flickering problem with my 2019 blade 17. I noticed it really bad with grey screens or windows start screens or things of the like. I fixed it by turning off all the battery savor settings on the Intel integrated graphics program (I can’t remember the programs name). Hope that helps someone!
My three gripes with the Blade 18 are, it has only one thunderbolt 4 port, no dedicated left/right mouse buttons (which seem to be a trend with majority of the manufacturers) and the absence of a number pad, like wth?! It's 2023 people! All that free real estate, isn't really free I guess .. sigh. Waiting on your ROG 18 review. It's definitely between the ROG 18 and the Titan just because they have number pads! 👀at you Razer.
@@levygaming3133 £1 = $.120 could be the VAT that's done it, didn't realise that wasn't a thing in US, even so if makes it prohibitively expensive it's effectively $5,400 not including extra add on like more RAM or SSD space
Finally I can made the decision to skip this generation. I really wanted to buy a new laptop this year, but 18% and a little above it is not something worth 4k. I will wait for 2 more years and see what the next gen CPUs and GPUs will be compared to last year. I also read that the GPUs will be cheaper then, so fingers crossed. Thank you for the video :D
Yeah me too. I currently have a PS5 and a very nice laptop but with no dedicated gpu (4600h). I love laptops but have decided to just build a 3060/70 computer and buy a really good laptop either next year or the year after. I feel like the cooling and fan noise will be a lot better in 2 years too.
Why a gaming laptop? Why not a mini ITX gaming system? You do know you can't play games on the move, right!? The performance is reduced drastically, and you can use a gaming laptop ONLY plugged in, like a desktop. A 10 liter mITX case like formd T1 is as portable as a 17" gaming laptop. To carry around a 17" laptop you need a large backpack, i know because i have one. I wasn't aware of the mITX scene when i purchased the laptop. But alas, is too late now, so i know for future. If you need to use a laptop while moving, an actual portable device, get a 14" ultrabook (or any of those slim ones that clearly are not for gaming) and they will last you many hours to do blog, vlog, and other work related stuff.
18:26 That may be an issue with how the Linux Kernel is interacting with the speakers. There might be a way to fix it when Linux is installed to the drive, but it also will likely be fixed in future Linux kernel versions. Which of course Ubuntu isn't even using Linux kernel version 6.1, so depending on the distro, your mileage (as the buyer) may vary.
Is there anything I should be doing in livecd to try and get the "best experience" in my quick and dirty test? I think I can still technically run updates, but I don't do that. Maybe let me know in Discord, sometimes hard to see when people reply here.
@Jarrod'sTech With the ROG Strix Scar 16, it took over a day to get them to work, and only the tweeters worked; I couldn't get the woofers to work no matter what I did because they're from Realtek, which run like 💩 on Linux. If Razer is also using Realtek speakers, they may unfortunately be facing the same fate. I had to use alsa-tools and fiddle around with the options for that day to even get any progress. It's not something you can do with a Live USB...
hey jarrod i also have this model is it common for a bump on the top pass the keyboard? you have to look real close but i see that yours also has it so i'm wondering if its a defect or is it the way it was manufactured
Just curious, would it be possible to mention the noises and sounds that come from the laptop? For example is there any coil whine? Or do the fans have a whistle or more of a woosh sound?
For gaming and media consumption just move a 15" laptop a bit closer to you, to give the effect of a marginally bigger screen. Larger screened laptop are for productivity and creative app usage.
16 inches with 16 : 10 or 3:2 imo is the sweet spot. Any bigger and you start to lose pixel density (Jarrod mentioned that starting at 17.3 inches, he can tell the difference between 1920 × 1080/1200 & 2560 × 1440/1600) and decrease portability by a lot.
Buyer beware. I just got my Blade 16 and it has ghost inputs on the trackpad. More cases keep popping up on reddit forums. However, Razer has mentioned to other users that this is a software problem they are working on, but it may take a couple of weeks.
I think the 4090 is 20 to 25 percent more powerful with just raw performance but check out some 4090 game benchmark reviews and compare it against the 4080 to actually get a good idea
Personally i love that there is no number pad. I don't use them, don't like them and i think they are uncomfortable since the keyboard gets shifted slightly to the left.
Hey Jarrod i have a Blade 18" aswell and got the same Flickering issue. But here is something new to add for you: I never opened the Intel Software. First Time i got it was after updting NVidia Drivers. Secound Time after a Reset it happend the First time in Synapse. I am now in a bad situation i am not Sure if i want to keep a 5200€ Laptop with a bug or should i send it back :-( Till Razer support was not the Best in the past i dont know how long it would take till they fix it. I would use the Blade 18" for my work aswell as for Gaming so a lowered Batterylife with NVIDIA only is bad for me. Sidefact: I also have a Blade 16" here and there it did not happen till now. In now will start it and try to reproduse the Problem on the 16" with opening Intel software to cofirm if its a 18" only problem. Thx for your Amazing work. You inspired me to do Laptoptesting aswell, but i do it atm only for myself!
Hey Guys for everyone who is interested in Informations about the Blade 18" Flicker Problem. I now also have the Problem of Fickering in some Games with optimus turned off in BIOS. In Windows all is fine after closing the Game. I contacted the Razer support but thats for a "normal" customer like a day in Hell. I let you know when i have more information.
@@mathiasbossmann6323 Thank you for your work! BTW try to turn off G-sync in the Nvidia control panel since it helps with the in-game issue under discrete GPU setting. It seems like a mixed problem with G-sync and integrated GPU involved.
That standard was only barely just finalized. I’d expect stuff supporting it to come out next year, at the earliest. I mean, has literally any product supporting it been released yet?
Thanks for the review(s)! I can’t wait to see more. I’m currently waiting for my Asus Scar 16, but I’m thinking about canceling the preorder, because of the coil whine issues. I don’t know what to do. Did you had any issues with the new Asus laptop(s)?
I wish they plumbed the Thunderbolt port to the iGPU not the dGPU for displayport. This would allow for running 7 external monitors using only cheap 3 way MST adapters. When using an eGPU the iGPU wouldn't be responsible for running any external monitors but the dGPU could run 4. I also wish that they sold the grey model with to spec and had an option for bo ram so that I can add a 96GB kit without having 32GB or 64GB that I need to resell.
@6:40 hold on ... The Legion Slim 7i got over 10 hrs? And almost 2 hrs of gaming? On an Intel processor? (granted, it's 99.9Wh battery...) I'm shocked.
I did have it before I updated my driver in GeForce Experiences. It disappeared after but I don’t bother to turn it off in BIOS since the performance is already good enough for me.
Thanks for another awesome review. Really hoping you can get your hands on the new Aorus 17x. I have one ordered and just waiting for stock to get it. It looks like Gigabyte has addressed the problems from the 2022 model so I'm hoping this is a good purchase!
13:31 UPDATE there's a fix for screen flicker: mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9748 I have confirmed this resolved the issue for us.
6:40 I said 4 and a half hours battery life, that is correct, the graph is incorrect, which I also used to base the percentages on, which are also incorrect. I have updated the graph for future videos, however the value should be 273 mins. So it's actually 16% more battery life from a 12% larger battery vs last year's Blade 17, still an improvement, but no where near as much as I said based on the incorrect graph.
Advanced Optimus might disappear after updating the Nvidia drivers, you can fix that here: jarrods.tech/how-to-fix-razer-blade-18-missing-advanced-optimus/
Thanks for the clarification!
Hey @Jarrod'sTech can you make a review of g18 4080, which is really popular at this moment or aw m16? I guess lot of ppl that want to make a purchase now is torn between those 2 :) I am leaning to the g18 but im afraid of coil while that lot of ppl are reporting and gpu temps are hot, I would like if you could check that for us? Is it just few bad examples or a standard?
At the lowest settings, absolute bare minimum how much battery life can we expect?
@@dusanljesevic3979 yes M16 2023 I am waiting. The 4070 model is available for preorder at bestbuy for 1999 which is pretty cool. I am waiting for the 4090 model with miniLED screen and AniMe matrix lid.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use
~~~Best thermals and no heating
1. Data science graphics
2. Computer networking
3. Cloud computing
~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better
~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H
I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
It’s unfathomable to me that an 18” laptop can be sold without a numpad.
I think its basically modelled after the design of the Macbook Pro which doesnt come with a numpad
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use
~~~Best thermals and no heating
1. Data science graphics
2. Computer networking
3. Cloud computing
~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better
~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H
I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
Not everyone uses their gaming laptop for gaming. I would never own a laptop without one.
@@Samdevaylegion lenovo
I personally don't like numpads so im really happy with this.
The smaller form factor of a laptop was the one that caught my eye, but after seeing the posts on how powerful the Blade 18 can go (Rivals or Beats an RTX 3090/i9 12900k from some posts I've seen), I'm excited for the bigger machines. What's really nice is how much they improved over the previous generations, the battery level cap, actual CPU overclocking, bright displays, and I'm pretty sure what's left is just to improve battery consumption. I've read that Windows has an issue with swapping to E-Cores, causing massive battery drain.
Yes but main reason is their node 10nm so huge power consumption in single core tasks or light tasks.
Soon meteorlake laptops will give us huge improvements on efficiency later this year.
50% better performance per watt than 13 gen.
Yeah, I’ve seen the leaks for that and it has me very hopeful. I just would like a desktop replacement with the battery life of a MacBook. We may soon hit that reality, hopefully sooner than rather than later
@@LAFadhel main game changer is 18A node(angstrom era) in 2025.
New transistors design knows as RibbonFET with power via backside power delivery technologies
(everyone is using FinFet since 2012 to now)
@@LAFadhel one new leak from red gaming tech channel.
I have never imagined this.
Now intel has new type of cores which can act as both performance cores and efficient cores. Example:- if your cpu has 24 cores so on light tasks it will work as efficiency cores for better battery and when huge performance needed it will act as P cores.
So need of Efficiency cores.
Way faster, less latency, huge ipc gains, huge efficiency gains.
You can check his channel.
@@HDRPC Oh, I'll have to look into that. Been eyeing the gaming laptop market since maybe 2019. One thing I cannot wait to happen is 240W+ USB-C Charging. Also, Thunderbolt 5/USB 4 Gen 2. If Razer can make an Intel Blade 18 or even an AMD variant with great battery life, I'd get one as soon as I can.
Everyone has their preferences. It's all about how you use it.
There’s an obvious joke to be made here, but I don’t know if I have the guts to say it…😊
@@DoodleDonkey45 can't yours withstand 😶
@@DoodleDonkey45 penis joke🤭
@@DoodleDonkey45 Well.. That's what she said.
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Really wish Razer would improve their keyboard quality... And an 18 inch without a numpad seems crazy
Came here to stand next to my numpad brothers and sisters; THERE ARE DOZENS OF US.
Seriously, I don't understand why folks hate numpads; I can't live without 'em.
@@FesterSilentlyI hate numpads so much that I'll never buy a laptop that has one, like ever. The numpad on laptops is often right next to the enter key, and that makes it hard to know where the enter key and arrow keys are without looking down at the keyboard. (Unlike on desktop keyboards, the is no space separating the numpad from the normal keys.) Also, on laptops with a numpad, the touchpad is shifted to the left, and that makes using that ''lap''top on your lap feel awkward.
A bigger laptop to me means a bigger/a more immersive screen.
Numpads are stupid
Great review! I knew you'd come around to the bigger is better idea! Really, the Blade 16 and 18 are still more portable than any of the competitors at the same TDP, especially when factoring in their small laptop size--that's why I'm glad they them thicker this year, thick enough to really be in the same high performance space vs other notebooks. Though they still aren't as powerful as the highest end laptops for sure--at least they aren't massively slower now, so the trade off for better portability is worth it for someone like me.
I like that options exist, it's still not for me personally, but now that I know the Blade 14 and 15 aren't going anywhere it's good to have more choice.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use
~~~Best thermals and no heating
1. Data science graphics
2. Computer networking
3. Cloud computing
~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better
~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H
I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
I have the 17 inch version of this laptop from last year. Tbh I prefer bigger laptops so I’m glad Razer went bigger!
It’s not really bigger though. Just got it’s chin deleted so make space for the bigger aspect ratio. Unless you meant the thickness.
Me too 3070 ti 12800 16 gb ram
Are able to use the 17 inch laptop on an airplane table tray , would the 18 inch be too big to fit ?
@redcloud2992 it's a big machine I doubt it will fit.
@@MaDFroG88 even if it overlaps the tray I wouldn’t have an issue but thank you for your feedback !!! I want the 4090 performance of the Blade 18 but the size of the Blade 16. Most comparisons that I am seeing on TH-cam are with the Blade 18 4090 & Blade 16 4080 in which the blade outperforms but I wonder if the Blade 16 4090 would get better FPS than the blade 16 4080. I’ve been made aware that there is an extra fan in the 18.
Kind of feels like they took a 16" platform and added a bigger screen and better cooling.
Not a terrible thing. My only annoyance is the single thunderbolt port, but that won't matter to a lot of people.
Decent effort from Razer here. Can't wait to see your Scar review!
If only the price wasn't in the stratosphere :(
17", not 16".
I suspect that Intel told their OEMs that the latest chip will run hot and need a larger bulkier chassis to work as intended. Hence the wholesale move to an 18-inch display to accommodate the cooling needed. That does mean prices rise even further than inflationary pressures.
@andyH_England The move to 18 inch screens is for the 16:10 aspect ratio, literally almost nothing to do with cooling as GPU power limits have not been increased compared to last year.
Didn’t he mentioned on 3:55 that there 2 USB-C That function as TB, connected to the GPU?
Means:
2 x TB - GPU
1 x Hdmi - GPU
?
So good to hear that Razer now offer an option to limit battery charging! I wonder if this is offered on the 16 inch 4k variant. I'm personally happier with thicker laptops if better thermals. Compared to many laptops they're still pretty slim.
My 2018 Asus TUF did that lol
@@Legitti yup, lenovo gigabyte & Dell also offer this option. The only one who doesn't is HP. HP offer a form of it on their business machines, but not on their consumer machines, premium devices included.
I’m so glad you mentioned the flickering problem. You are literally the only review that discusses it. I returned two of the 18” 4090 just for the flickering problem. Although discrete GPU fixes the flickering during normal use, the screen still flickers in game, which makes it completely unusable. I’m waiting for a 16” 4090 now, do you know if the problem also exists on the 16” model? Thanks!
Since it's obviously a software issue, it should still be present on the 16".
@@kennetha6594 Looks like we’ll just have to stay away from the intel software and wait it out 🫠
Oh we didn't have it flicker in games on dGPU mode, that's how we did all our game benchmarking and it was ok, maybe it varies, not sure what the deal is there but hopefully fixed soon. We just got the Blade 16 with 4090 yesterday, haven't opened it up yet but will mention if it's present in its review.
@@JarrodsTech looking forward to the 16” review! If you don’t mind would you please also briefly mention the thermal performance compared to the 18”, I’m worried the smaller chassis is going to struggle with the 4090, thanks!
I returned Blade 18 4090 the next day due to flickering issues as well. Same observations actually - dGPU mode made it less frequent/visible in normal use, but it was still present in games. Also, when I recorded the issue with my phone I could clearly see pixel-wide vertical lines in at least 2 places on the screen that looked like bad pixels (maybe some out of sync issue related to flickering, not sure).
Awesome job testing it with the lid closed, but I'm curious how the 4090 version would do.
Thanks for testing if the HDMI gets 12 bit + 120hz + G-Sync. I’d love it if this can be a test included with all reviews going forward! ❤️
which tvs and monitors for decent money is 12 bit? even LG's top ranging C2 oled is 10 bit. 12bit might be another 5-10 years from now.
We've done it for at least the last 6 months and it's not going anywhere :) Our LG B9 only goes up to 120Hz, but I'd assume if it can manage that 144Hz is probably ok too.
210W total TDP is pretty weak compared to the other high end laptops. I know some people on Reddit have reach higher scores even with the Blade 16.
I cannot believe G-Sync doesn't work with Optimus enabled. This makes no sense to me, at least when on the dGPU.
The keyboard is terrible given the extra space. They should do better here, even if they skip the numpad.
All of these amazing gaming laptops have one thing in common that after a year passes, and you need a new battery and can't find one in your region and you'll have to import it from somewhere else. You'll end up paying a ridiculous amount in taxes and import duties. I had to get a genuine acer predator 15's battery from poland. And it cost me alot.
ouch
Where you living bro even in Iraq worst place in the world we have replacement battery's and components of high end laptops and desktops.
Where are you from? Genuine question since you mentioned Poland. If your country is within EU there should be no problem, but I guess that's not the case
Where im from (malaysia) we never get the right models came in. If it did came in, the price is xxxx over the msrp in usa lol
Bullshit comment. Depends heavily on where you live. Can get a replacement battery for Razer Laptops as low as 50€ here.
Would you say this is a better machine than the Titan?
Would you do a comparison of all the big devices for example: Alienware M18 vs Blade 18 vs Scar 18 vs GT77 Titan vs GE78 HX?
YES
I would to include the msi ge raider 78hx , even tho it has a small screen , 17inch it's by no means a. Small laptop so yeah
@@almostdead9567 Yeah added it
IMO razer blade is the best overall if price is not an issue. It does sacrifice a bit of performance (about 5-10%), but it provides very unique gaming laptop experiences. I would personally pay for this uniqueness.
yes, I have both 4090 models. the Titan feels and looks too cheap. returning it
That intel cpu is insane. My Ryzen 6800H is already more powerful than I need a cpu to be and that intel is 2x the performance of that.
Hey Jarrod, thanks for testing the laptop with Ubuntu. I bought the same spec Blade four days ago and after hours of trying to fix the speakers issue, I couldn't (although I'm experienced in Linux OS). Most probably, the processor is pretty new, the drivers don't seem to be supporting the new generation yet. Having used it as a daily driver for my software development setup, migrating from a well-speced MacBook Pro feels like some sacrifice on screen resolution, but nothing else beats it in terms of performance. For my developer usage based on tools like VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, terminal emulators and many Chrome processes, the battery lasted more than two hours with relatively moderate brightness. I, personally, do not intend to use it for gaming, but rather for my professional work. An RTX 4080 easily allows me to plug three 4K displays (120Hz, 60Hz, 60Hz), plus the laptop screen, and they all work well. The headphone jack works though, and also a Bluetooth earbud. Would recommend developer folks like me. As an additional suggestion, instead of carrying that small-but-still-big charger, get a USB-C charger from Razer and a Thunderbolt 4 dock for a full-fledged setup.
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I have the Asus Scar 17 SE with the i9 12950HX. I get consistent scores of about 18.5-19K in R23, not sure how you achieved 23K?
I didn't understand from the video: when you overclocked the CPU for testing, did you also undervolt it? If not, you might try it and see if it goes above 40W and sustain it.
Jarrod bruh its so good to see your channel growing exponentially. Been following you when you were like only 13.8k followers. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your support bruh!
Finally we came to realise that 17 inch is not enough, it is so silly that most of of the laptops today are max 17 inch, it is becoming to look like with phone era when 5 inch was cosidered a big phone, strangely enough we moved just recently from 15 to 16 and now from 17 to 18, there are a lot of us power users, like programmers, 3d designers, video editors who really want a bigger screen and i am one of those, going without a numpad for a 18 incher is a no go lol.
I love how razor laptops look, since they are basically gaming macbooks. They even share that macbook pricing... Sure it is a premium product but dang are they hard to justify lol.
I was surprised that a laptop this big doesn't have numpad
What in the world you will need a numpad on your laptop man :) You really on cheap drugs :)
Absolutely loving my Blade 18 i9-13980HX/4090/64gb 5200mhz/2tb nvme. 22000 TimeSpy 6002 Speed Way. RT Ultra on Ultra everything with amazing FPS. Expensive ($5k) but worth every penny. The keyboard is nice but could be better. However I use a controller for gaming. The build quality is very good. I’m good now until the 60 series comes around.
Update:
Razer updated the PL limits and the CPU can go 160w boost and runs 65w with 165w+/- on GPU in Hogwarts. Best R23 so far was 33400.
I wonder why there is no 18 inch laptop with 4k display. Its ridiculous. Most offer only 1 display option which is qhd
Can't wait to see the performance of the rtx 4070 and 4060 and 4050 laptop over last gen
Testing 4070 atm!
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use
~~~Best thermals and no heating
1. Data science graphics
2. Computer networking
3. Cloud computing
~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better
~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H
I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
@@Samdevay lenovo legion 7i i7 12800hx rtx 3070 ti and 80w/hr
@@beataoo Should I go for last generation or current gen?
@@Samdevay what is last gen?? I7 12th gen rtx 30 series last fucking gen??? No fuckin way bro. But this legion and ur all set
Really impressed with how razer is keeping the internals cool while literally restricting airflow vents to the fans
The max battery charge limit is essential on a laptop like this which essentially acts as a desktop replacement. I had used my 2017 blade pro for work during the pandemic and burned through 2 batteries (the original, and a replacement) due to having it plugged in for practically 16+ hours a day for both work and gaming. I ended up building a desktop for work after getting the third battery just to save it from the same fate.
Sitting at 95-100% charge and constantly charging is a death sentence for these high voltage, high capacity batteries.
That doesn't sound normal
@@kiyoponnn Razer batteries the last few generations have been the definition of "spicy pillow". I imagine that's why they started putting fans in them.
do you think it would help gaming 1% lows and overall gaming performance to simply disable half of the cores/hyperthreading so it doesn't have to spread the available power to too many cores and to help thermals, or would it hurt more than it helps?
That would be interesting. But normally if a games isn't well optimized and only use 1-3 cores the other cores won't draw a lot of power so I don't think this would have much impact.
It might in some games, but not sure, because I turned off all E cores the other day while troubleshooting a different laptop and in tombraider at least it resulted in lower performance. Depends on the game though. Suppose after all the GPU comparisons are done, I could just retest one of the laptops with cores disabled to find out, just not sure how much interest there is in such a video.
There is interest.
The 18" nowadays is basically the 17" from several years back, when they had significantly bigger bezels. I know I have on my ASUS V752VM from 2016. 17" screen, but I bet that the laptop size is about the same as this 18", as the bezels seem huge (not a problem for me though, but it does show its age). I don't think it needs specialized bags, the one meant to carry 17" laptops should fit this fine.
And just 4 kg with the charger included is pretty good for a big laptop like this. You can see the "blade" in the name with this.
1:50 "All the keys and secondary functions get lit up"
Based off past blades, regions such as the UK don't get all the keys lit up, particularly the secondary function keys, which could be very likely this year again.
Oh really !!
just buy the us version
@@JarrodsTech Yes unfortunately!
This computer is nice, If possible, I'd undervolt and underclock this thing to allow more stable power for GPU and lower temps tbh.
Will you review the 16 inch razer as well?
Yes. I plan on reviewing it as well.
Hopefully the new 14" and 15" will still have 120w TGP and retain the thin and light chassis and with Phoenix for best battery life.
Looks like Razer's laptops are nearly at the peak of their features now compared to previous models! Battery limiter and overclocking through Synapse is great! I think Razer is confident in their laptops pushing their absolute highest performance this year. Although, I don't think the Blade 18 is for me since it's a bit too big and very expensive. But I can't wait to see this year's Blade 14!
Agreed 100%. I have a Razer 17 and overclocked it through Synapse. I love how Razer made it easy to push there gaming laptops to the limit. I paired mine with a cooling pad so I’m not worried about it overheating. I have played games at high-ultra settings 100+fps for hours without losing performance or overheating!
61°C IN IDLE WHAT THE HELL
Premium metal build including Razer tax of good speakers, webcam but laptops lesser than a grand can beat it in every single benchmark.
I would like to see comparisment - 4080 laptop VS 3080TI desktop.
Jarrod 3070ti vs 4070 as you promised. Will the legion 7 2022 3070ti 12800HX be good how will it compete against the conpetition
Ah yes have that laptop
Wouldnt expect much of a jump from 3070ti to the 4070 but we will have to wait.
razer applies 4-5 stickers on deck to show-off the specs
but when it comes to power button, they want minimalist design -_-
BRUH MOMENT 101
Still can't believe they made a laptop that big with no num pad and no mini-DP and is probably well above $4k
Your old games benchmark is very helpful actually, for example, I did watch your videos 3 years ago before buying my Area 51-M and now I can easily see what would be the performance gain if i go for a laptop upgrade 👍
I understand it takes time to make but do you think you can add the usual game performance comparison list in you future reviews?
We always include the 3x game comparison in reviews and that won't change :) maybe in future we will change to 3x newer games, but it will take months to build up enough data to replace it.
What's best laptop under 1.5-1.8 lac for 3-4 year of reliable heavy use
~~~Best thermals and no heating
1. Data science graphics
2. Computer networking
3. Cloud computing
~ Need graphics equivalent to 3070TI or better
~ Need performance nearly same or better than 12700H
I need bit better battery life as I travel.. average battery life would do
The only sin this massive laptop commit is not having a numpad to properly make use of those keyboard space. Otherwise, it's CNC aluminium is still one of the best in the windows space.
It's actually the opposite for many people, cause there're not so much laptops out there without the Numpad. That is a plus for me personally
Also the arrow keys are cramped. A shame for a laptop this big.
@@adrimi5 Blasphemy! Numpad is a basic human requirement. I hope you oversleep for an important meeting.
@@mikeo759 Why do you think 60% keyboards are so popular? Most people think its just a waste of space and it's uglier.
@@_iczyzy For gaming I feel the numpad is not necessary, so I wouldn't mind it. For work it's quite useful and convenient though
how does the screen compare to the fHD of the 2022 17" model? what about the nits?
When will AMD variant laptop be released?
The one and we know about jarrod review is he always dare to say not good if laptop is not good. And always have their own opinion about the unit Itself, "its not like common review says, its your decision"
Respect Jarrod 💯
Looking at the battery charge, I'm surprised that AMD has lower time when gaming on battery. Multiple units show that Trend. Would've expected intel to be worse; or does Intel cap the performance and wattage when on battery morese than AMD to acheive this? Or is it more about the gpu?
I have an MSI66 12th gen and cannot get more than 3.5 hours and that is with all settings turned down to save battery life.
Can't wait to see your Scar review, but I don't think it matters much. The Strix 18 is $1,200 cheaper than the Blade 18. I'm not sure how Asus could have messed up bad enough for the Strix to not be the best buy. And the reduction in unicorn vomit you get with the Strix as opposed to the Blade or Scar is a feature in my eyes.
the razor laptop is just a more premium feel in general, it being aluminum instead of the plastic used in the scar. also the scar is full of rgb bullshit no ?
@@sadek__4952 You’re probably right. But even though I’m fortunate enough to comfortably afford the Razer, I just can’t justify paying $1,200 more. Also, Asus has 2 versions of the laptop - Strix and Scar - Scar has all the RGB bullshit, Strix only has a small amount that isn't bothersome when turned off. I don't think there's any other differences.
I wonder how this performs on a secondary tv sized screen. frames per second wise in like. halo infinite.
The battery life chart says 393 minutes for watching TH-cam which is 6 and a half hours but you mentioned 4 and a half hours? Is the chart wrong or just a slip up
Also will you be able to review the blade 16 with the dual mode screen?
Updated in pinned comment.
What did you need? The speakers didn't work out of the box at 18:25?
Does this have a mux switch? Or do all of the 40 series cards have advanced Optimus?
Yes it has a mux switch. It's required for Advanced Optimus to work.
No numpad on this huge laptop. No buy for me just because of this. If you are not getting 4090, might as well save money and go for 3080
The 18" form factor is ridiculous. Just because the laptop is thin does not mean it will fit in any reasonably sized bag. I had the blade 17 from 2019 and while it was a very similar thickness and weight compared to the MacBook pro 16 I also had at the time, the blade didn't fit in any of my computer bags. Who is a computer like this for?
I had the same screen flickering problem with my 2019 blade 17. I noticed it really bad with grey screens or windows start screens or things of the like.
I fixed it by turning off all the battery savor settings on the Intel integrated graphics program (I can’t remember the programs name). Hope that helps someone!
I think it might have had something to do with screen refresh rate but idk for sure.
Price of 1999 Honda Civic lol
Razer blade 16 review coming soon?
My three gripes with the Blade 18 are, it has only one thunderbolt 4 port, no dedicated left/right mouse buttons (which seem to be a trend with majority of the manufacturers) and the absence of a number pad, like wth?! It's 2023 people! All that free real estate, isn't really free I guess .. sigh.
Waiting on your ROG 18 review. It's definitely between the ROG 18 and the Titan just because they have number pads! 👀at you Razer.
i thought blade pro 17 2017 (7820hk gtx1080 4k60 touch) was big. this would be humongous..
no, it's actually smaller or similar size
We would appreciate if u could add 2560•1600 gaming performance with 1080p and 1440p as mostly the new laptops are coming with 16:10 aspect ratios
0:42 "there's a big space i'on front in the middle to get your finger in"🤣🤣🤣, i zoned out and thta like caught me off guard.
No numpad in a 18 inch laptop is bullshit.
Can you please compare ryzen 7945hx and i9-13980hx?
Late February/March before we see the 7945HX's full potential.
As a blender user, numeric keyboard is must. Thanks Razer but I'll have to pass this also.
So it is $4,500 in US and in UK it is £4,500
adding over £800 on to price for UK customers... priced itself out of the UK market by miles.
Ah, the joys of 20% VAT!
Why 4500, the 4090+mini Led dual mode display cost 4299 if my memory serves me right
@@NguyenHung-dk2ht 4299 is for 16”, the 18” is 200$ more. And the UHD dual mode display is 16” only as well.
Also, I thought the British pound was still less valuable than the dollar, not to mention the VAT/import taxes likely involved.
@@levygaming3133 £1 = $.120
could be the VAT that's done it, didn't realise that wasn't a thing in US, even so if makes it prohibitively expensive it's effectively $5,400 not including extra add on like more RAM or SSD space
Finally I can made the decision to skip this generation. I really wanted to buy a new laptop this year, but 18% and a little above it is not something worth 4k. I will wait for 2 more years and see what the next gen CPUs and GPUs will be compared to last year. I also read that the GPUs will be cheaper then, so fingers crossed. Thank you for the video :D
dude why? wait to series 7000, it would be amazing
Yeah me too. I currently have a PS5 and a very nice laptop but with no dedicated gpu (4600h). I love laptops but have decided to just build a 3060/70 computer and buy a really good laptop either next year or the year after.
I feel like the cooling and fan noise will be a lot better in 2 years too.
That’s what I’m doin. Prolly gonna wait for price drops on 4070s if they don’t I’ll just wait till next gen, my 3070Ti is plenty for gaming at 1440.
Why a gaming laptop? Why not a mini ITX gaming system?
You do know you can't play games on the move, right!? The performance is reduced drastically, and you can use a gaming laptop ONLY plugged in, like a desktop. A 10 liter mITX case like formd T1 is as portable as a 17" gaming laptop. To carry around a 17" laptop you need a large backpack, i know because i have one. I wasn't aware of the mITX scene when i purchased the laptop. But alas, is too late now, so i know for future.
If you need to use a laptop while moving, an actual portable device, get a 14" ultrabook (or any of those slim ones that clearly are not for gaming) and they will last you many hours to do blog, vlog, and other work related stuff.
Asus Strix g18 with 4080 for $2,500.
hey man how are you liking the new in flames album?
Such a small keyboard on such a huge laptop is just silly
razer owns thx or vice versa. that's why it has thx audio
18:26 That may be an issue with how the Linux Kernel is interacting with the speakers. There might be a way to fix it when Linux is installed to the drive, but it also will likely be fixed in future Linux kernel versions. Which of course Ubuntu isn't even using Linux kernel version 6.1, so depending on the distro, your mileage (as the buyer) may vary.
Is there anything I should be doing in livecd to try and get the "best experience" in my quick and dirty test? I think I can still technically run updates, but I don't do that. Maybe let me know in Discord, sometimes hard to see when people reply here.
@Jarrod'sTech With the ROG Strix Scar 16, it took over a day to get them to work, and only the tweeters worked; I couldn't get the woofers to work no matter what I did because they're from Realtek, which run like 💩 on Linux.
If Razer is also using Realtek speakers, they may unfortunately be facing the same fate.
I had to use alsa-tools and fiddle around with the options for that day to even get any progress. It's not something you can do with a Live USB...
Can't wait to see Strix Scar 18 review.. :)
These large laptops with mini keyboard layouts really irritate me. But each to their own. Some will like it while others won’t.
6:40 small mistake there you said four and a half hours but its six and a half. Thats really good for a laptop like this! Im impressed
Oh my gosh. What I said is correct, the graph is wrong. I will add a pinned comment now and fix it for future videos, sorry about that!
hey jarrod i also have this model is it common for a bump on the top pass the keyboard? you have to look real close but i see that yours also has it so i'm wondering if its a defect or is it the way it was manufactured
6:39 you mean 6 and a half hour because 393/60 = 6.5
I clarified in the pinned comment.
Just curious, would it be possible to mention the noises and sounds that come from the laptop? For example is there any coil whine? Or do the fans have a whistle or more of a woosh sound?
sounds like a fan dude not a car
He did the fan test lol did you watch the video at all
I mention if there is anything I notice, you can hear how the fans sound at 11:00
For gaming and media consumption just move a 15" laptop a bit closer to you, to give the effect of a marginally bigger screen. Larger screened laptop are for productivity and creative app usage.
16 inches with 16 : 10 or 3:2 imo is the sweet spot. Any bigger and you start to lose pixel density (Jarrod mentioned that starting at 17.3 inches, he can tell the difference between 1920 × 1080/1200 & 2560 × 1440/1600) and decrease portability by a lot.
Buyer beware. I just got my Blade 16 and it has ghost inputs on the trackpad. More cases keep popping up on reddit forums. However, Razer has mentioned to other users that this is a software problem they are working on, but it may take a couple of weeks.
Our 16 arrived yesterday so we'll see if that happens!
Thanks for this video bro
How big is the difference between the RTX 4080 and 4090 in laptops?
I think the 4090 is 20 to 25 percent more powerful with just raw performance but check out some 4090 game benchmark reviews and compare it against the 4080 to actually get a good idea
@@ahsoka6807 The problem is there are not direct comparisons.
@@gustavochavez4664 try looking them up online instead of youtube there are definitely a few articles that did 4090 benchmarks
Personally i love that there is no number pad. I don't use them, don't like them and i think they are uncomfortable since the keyboard gets shifted slightly to the left.
Hey Jarrod i have a Blade 18" aswell and got the same Flickering issue. But here is something new to add for you: I never opened the Intel Software. First Time i got it was after updting NVidia Drivers. Secound Time after a Reset it happend the First time in Synapse. I am now in a bad situation i am not Sure if i want to keep a 5200€ Laptop with a bug or should i send it back :-( Till Razer support was not the Best in the past i dont know how long it would take till they fix it. I would use the Blade 18" for my work aswell as for Gaming so a lowered Batterylife with NVIDIA only is bad for me. Sidefact: I also have a Blade 16" here and there it did not happen till now. In now will start it and try to reproduse the Problem on the 16" with opening Intel software to cofirm if its a 18" only problem.
Thx for your Amazing work. You inspired me to do Laptoptesting aswell, but i do it atm only for myself!
On my Blade 16" i can not get the screen to flicker like on the 18" (same Panel Config both QHD 240hz)
Hey Guys for everyone who is interested in Informations about the Blade 18" Flicker Problem. I now also have the Problem of Fickering in some Games with optimus turned off in BIOS. In Windows all is fine after closing the Game. I contacted the Razer support but thats for a "normal" customer like a day in Hell. I let you know when i have more information.
@@mathiasbossmann6323 Thank you for your work! BTW try to turn off G-sync in the Nvidia control panel since it helps with the in-game issue under discrete GPU setting. It seems like a mixed problem with G-sync and integrated GPU involved.
I don't care about 300+w laptops, where are the decently powerful laptops that work with 240w USB-C charging.
That standard was only barely just finalized. I’d expect stuff supporting it to come out next year, at the earliest. I mean, has literally any product supporting it been released yet?
@@levygaming3133 I don't think so that's why I'm asking
Thanks for the review(s)! I can’t wait to see more.
I’m currently waiting for my Asus Scar 16, but I’m thinking about canceling the preorder, because of the coil whine issues. I don’t know what to do. Did you had any issues with the new Asus laptop(s)?
I wish they plumbed the Thunderbolt port to the iGPU not the dGPU for displayport.
This would allow for running 7 external monitors using only cheap 3 way MST adapters.
When using an eGPU the iGPU wouldn't be responsible for running any external monitors but the dGPU could run 4.
I also wish that they sold the grey model with to spec and had an option for bo ram so that I can add a 96GB kit without having 32GB or 64GB that I need to resell.
@6:40 hold on ... The Legion Slim 7i got over 10 hrs? And almost 2 hrs of gaming? On an Intel processor? (granted, it's 99.9Wh battery...) I'm shocked.
I don’t have any of those NVIDIA control panel setting on my new Blade 18. Is there something I have to do to enable those? 12:18
I did have it before I updated my driver in GeForce Experiences. It disappeared after but I don’t bother to turn it off in BIOS since the performance is already good enough for me.
@@alexxdl3728 yeah I ended up going into bios and making the 4090 the dedicated GPU. After that all of those options popped up
This happened to me once too, go into the BIOS and manually swap the MUX switch to dGPU, go back and put it on optimus and it might be back
5k for a LAPTOP is insane. You could build one hell of a PC with that allowance.
"for a LAPTOP"
Huh? A laptop being this expensive is not insane in the least. Packing that much power into such little space is expensive.
@@olivercharles2930 suckers like you keep them in business, I guess.
what do you think jarrod except cou and gpu everything is same with 12gen laptops
Hello , quick question
What is the similar desktop counterpart of this 4080mobile?
Is it 3090desktop?
Prob around 3080-3090 or lower since 4090 laptop is 3090-ish level
What is the 3rd small fan cooling? I don't see heat pipes from cpu/gpu going to the 3rd fan.
The Razer Blade 18 is a confirmation of the superior fan layout and cooling system of ASUS Laptops!
Have you or would you ever review workstations?
Probably not. I don't have much time for anything other than gaming laptops at this point.
0:38 is that the normal notepad in Windows? How do you set that thing to black? Can that even be done in Windows 10 or is it only on 11?
It is just notepad. You just need to change the theme.
@@JarrodsTech how do you set it to dark mode in Windows 10? I have my laptop set to dark mode but my notepad is still white
Thanks for another awesome review. Really hoping you can get your hands on the new Aorus 17x. I have one ordered and just waiting for stock to get it. It looks like Gigabyte has addressed the problems from the 2022 model so I'm hoping this is a good purchase!
I've asked Gigabyte for the new ones as it looks like a nice redesign vs last year, just waiting on them to have availability in my country
Get me one too lol
@@justswitched8841 Right? If I was Mr. Beast, I totally would! 🤣
Jarrrrrroood bbrro, what time will you post review of 4060 - 4070 tomorrow? when??? so excited bro!!!!
Funny how the bios is the same as my Pentium 3 550MHz from 1999
Well I wouldn't mind leaving my finger prints on this LAPTOP!
razer laptops are the best looking ones, but not the fastest if you compare them to other manufacturers. so you have to choose: style or power :/
My dream laptop is the 16 Razer