Just a few months ago, Razer refreshed its baby 13-inch Blade Stealth with a new design, updated specs, and a lovely pink colorway. Now, it’s the big boys’ turn for new improvements, including updated components for both Blade and Blade Pro, and an all-new chassis for its 17-inch flagship.
Just a few months ago, Razer refreshed its baby 13-inch Blade Stealth with a new design, updated specs, and a lovely pink colorway. Now, it’s the big boys’ turn for new improvements, including updated components for both Blade and Blade Pro, and an all-new chassis for its 17-inch flagship.
Let’s start with the 15-inch Blade. While its slim, boxy chassis remains the same, its performance is getting a substantial upgrade in the form of new 9th-Gen Intel Core-i7 9750H CPUs, featuring six cores with a max turbo clock speed of 4.5GHz, along with a new Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 wireless card.
On top of that, Razer also spruced up the $2,000 base model of the Razer Blade with a new full HD screen featuring a 144Hz refresh rate, a spec that is quickly becoming standard on premium gaming laptops.
The Razer Blade Advanced is also getting beefed up and split into two different variants: a $2,400 model with a 15-inch full HD 240Hz display, and an even pricier model with a 4K OLED screen.
The arrival of Razer’s new screen options combined with what Asus is doing with its new ROG lineup (also announced today) highlights how hard the gaming industry is pushing high refresh rate displays.
