Razer, the leading gaming lifestyle brand, unveiled a suite of new Razer Blade laptops at CES 2024 that push the boundaries of display technology, graphics performance, and on-the-go power.
With over a decade of expertise crafting premium gaming laptops, Razer clearly leverages that experience in these latest Blade iterations. The high-end displays and cutting-edge internals allow the new Blade lineup to justify premium pricing for gamers who want an uncompromising portable experience.
Between the buttery-smooth OLED panel on the Blade 16, the fast Thunderbolt 5 connectivity coming to the Blade 18, and the impressive performance packed into the petite Blade 14, Razer is again raising the bar for gaming hardware.
This year, both the Blade 16 and Blade 14 introduce Calman colour verification on their displays this generation—a welcome addition for content creators and professionals and will help ensure colour accuracy, which is incredibly important for fields like design, printing and editing. THX spatial audio, Dynamic Lighting features, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate round out the software improvements.
Razer Blade 16 at CES 2024
The star of Razer’s CES lineup is the all-new Blade 16, featuring the world’s first 16-inch OLED laptop display with a blistering 240Hz refresh rate. As someone who appreciates vivid colours and deep blacks, I’m thrilled to see OLED making its way to gaming laptops. Combined with a 0.2ms response time, this display looks poised to offer desktop-like visuals in a portable form factor.
Powering that groundbreaking panel are Intel’s new flagship Core i9-14900HX processors and up to an NVIDIA RTX 4090 GPU, the top mobile graphics chip currently available. Razer worked closely with NVIDIA to unlock 175W of full graphics power in the Blade 16, packing more performance per cubic inch than competitors. AI-accelerated features like NVIDIA DLSS 3 for higher framerates and improved ray tracing support mean this laptop can handle the most demanding AAA games for years to come.
Razer Blade 14 at CES 2024
Razer also updated its 14-inch Blade with AMD’s latest Ryzen processors for gamers who prefer smaller rigs. Weighing just 4.05 pounds, the Blade 14 remains incredibly portable while gaining a boost in AI capabilities ideal for creative workloads. Up to an RTX 4070 GPU keeps frame rates high on the go.
Razer Blade 18 at CES 2024
But the showstopper is still the new Razer Blade 18, which looks like an absolute beast of a gaming laptop. Slated to launch later this year, the Blade 18 will be the first laptop with an 18-inch 4K 165Hz display, paired with next-gen Thunderbolt 5 connectivity boasting triple the bandwidth of current standards.
As someone who constantly struggles to find the perfect balance between lugging around a bulky laptop for performance and wanting something light and easy to carry at the expense of computing power, I love that Razer keeps the overall size and weight reasonable despite desktop-class specs. Their signature unibody aluminum chassis balances durability and style, while the vapour chamber cooling looks like it should prevent throttling even under heavy load.
It is hard to see how well these new laptops hold out under use, but I’m excited to get my hands on review units of these new laptops and put them through their paces. On paper at CES 2024, Razer’s innovation and attention to detail in the Blade series shows why they lead the gaming laptop space.
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