Razer Blade Laptop Updated with New IGZO Display, GPU

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The Razer Blade laptop received an upgrade in the screen and GPU department.

Razer announced on Wednesday that the "world's thinnest" gaming laptop, the Razer Blade, now comes packed with an IGZO 14-inch LED-lit screen with a 3200 x 1800 resolution (262 ppi) and 10-point touch input. This mobile powerhouse is shipping in early April, but customers can pre-purchase the laptop now for a starting price of $2,199 USD.

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  • cobra5000
    Thinnest, maybe. Most powerful? I don't see how they can make that claim.
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  • vmem
    that 14" is perfect for both graphic professionals who likes to game... if only I didn't get a new laptop last year lol
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  • bluestar2k11
    Maybe for the 14inch segment it's the most powerful. But the most powerful laptops I've seen use desktop grade i7's, and dual 780's with up to 32gb of ram. But I will say, it "could" have the prettiest screen, but I don't know enough about that technology to say. Personally I think we need OLED screens, those are beautiful, love it on my Vita and S4.
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  • soldier44
    14 inch screen way too small for a gaming laptop.
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  • lostgamer_03
    GTX 870m is still Kepler... While GTX 860m and GTX 850m are Maxwell. Nvidia is still sucking money out of Kepler 2 generations later, I mean... Come on! Bring Maxwell already. If just AMD could put out some more competitiveness, so we finally can move on to the high-end Maxwell GPUs.
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  • dragonsqrrl
    The display has been a major weakness of Razer's laptops in the past, so this is good to see. Unfortunately from what I've read scaling in Windows 8.1 still sucks so I'd imagine the experience on these high pixel density Windows laptops probably won't be the greatest until Microsoft finally decides to deliver a compelling solution (who knows when that will be).

    I almost wish Razer had gone with an 860M instead, although I can understand why they didn't. I would've taken Maxwell, the additional gaming on-the-go battery life, and cooler/quieter operation if given the choice.
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  • Menigmand
    Am I the only one who doesn't want high resolution on a small screen? The GPU can't power it, and it makes everything tiny. (Yes, I know you can adjust the scaling, but it doesn't work well in my experience)
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  • bloodroses75
    Hopefully it's better than their other products, especially at this price. My experience with them has been unreliable at best over the long run. I have quit buying Razer products after I couldn't keep a mouse of theirs working for more than 6 months.
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  • helper800
    Hopefully it's better than their other products, especially at this price. My experience with them has been unreliable at best over the long run. I have quit buying Razer products after I couldn't keep a mouse of theirs working for more than 6 months.
    I have had a Razer Naga (mouse) and Razer Anansi (keyboard) for over 2.5 years and are still going on strong.
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  • Mike Friesen
    That's a 100w gpu. Can a 14 inch laptop dissipate ~135W ?
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