Razer Blade 14 review: Big power, small package

Razer finally found the perfect balance between power and portability with a knife 14. It displays the latest AMD processors, GPU RTX 30-series NVidia, and a 14-inch screen that is responsive, but wraps it together in the sub-four pound package. What doesn’t like it? While the 13-inch razer knife knife is even lighter, I always find it to be sad and dramatically too expensive. But the 14 bar represents what is best: provide strong hardware that feels more polished than competition.

Imagine the blade 15 version that shrinks, and you have enough 14 inches. It has the same slim black aluminum case, and a minimalist aesthetic that resembles Apple MacBook Pro more than a typical gaming laptop. That, of course, has become the main achievement of Razer over the past few years: the computer is still a nearby Windows user who can reach the polished Apple hardware. The only main feature that screams “laptop gaming” is a 14 blade RGB LED keyboard, which allows each key to display its own color (something you can also turn off easily).

Like most 14 inch gaming laptops today, the biggest selling point of Blade 14 is that it is lighter than most 15-inch notebooks. This is where the innovation of Razer himself began to work against him. The 15 blades currently weigh around 4.4 pounds, while 14 hours at 3.9 pounds. It’s just a half pound difference, something that can be seen if you compare this laptop in each hand, but less in normal use. Blade 14 will look more impressive when a 15-inch model up 4.6 pounds, but now it’s actually rather decent compared to competitors like Asus Zephyrus G14 3.5 PON.

This is not the first time the Razer has a 14-inch laptop, which takes a few crazies away from the bar 14. The last model fell about three years ago, Toting CPU Intel 7-Gen and Weak Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics. What makes this new version prominent in the hood. This is the first time the Razer uses an AMD processor – each Blade 15 comes with a strong Ryzen 9 5900HX – and also has the fastest NVIDIA RTX graphics.

However, it should be noted even the graphics card is limited by the size of the knife 14. Nvidia allows each PC maker tweaking their GPU watt, which is useful for dealing with thermal constraints, but that also means performance can vary wild. Basically, not every RTX 3080 is made the same, especially when it comes to laptop games. Keep in mind the warning, because it would explain some performance benchmarks that I finally saw.

Our review unit is the most expensive configuration, A $ 2,800 Build with Ryzen 9 5900Hx, RTX 3080, 16GB RAM fixed, 1TB SSD, and a Quad HD 165Hz screen considering the hardware of the caliber, blade 14 does not interfere with demanding games and tortured benchmarks. In Destiny 2, it reaches up to 120fps while playing at 1.440p with maximum settings. It also looks smooth on a 14-inch laptop screen, with very good color reproduction and solid brightness. The performance of light search is also solid; I can see between 60 and 70fps which hold control when playing in 1.440p with maximum graphics, DLSS, and moderate ray tracking.