Razer also uses the digital CES 2021 to bring its popular blade notebooks up to date. Both the Razer Blade 15 and the Razer Blade Pro 17 get the new GeForce RTX – 30 – graphics cards, faster displays and a further adapted housing.

The Razer Blade 15 continues to rely on Comet Lake H processors with a TDP of maximum 45 W. The basic model relies on the six-core Intel Core i7 – 10750 H, with the slightly more expensive Advanced On the other hand, an Intel Core i7 – 10875 H with eight processor cores is used. A highlight and sometimes the biggest innovation is the graphics card used, because here Razer is now using the new GeForce RTX – 30 – graphics cards back that NVIDIA made official just a few minutes ago.

The basic model still uses a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti in the basic version, but the higher-quality models are available at an additional cost also a GeForce RTX 3060 or even a GeForce RTX 3070. The Advanced Edition, on the other hand, uses at least the GeForce RTX 3070, but can also be configured with the new top model, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 . There are also up to 10 GB DDR4 memory and a fast PCI-Express SSD with at least 256 GB to 1 TB storage space.

In order to do justice to the further increased performance, Razer is also upgrading the displays on. Even with the cheapest offshoot, a 30 Hz fast Full HD panel is installed, but a QHD panel is also available for an extra charge 144 Hz. The Advanced version can even be combined with a 360 Hz Full HD panel or even a 4K display with touch function and OLED technology. In any case, the diagonal comes up 15, 6 inches.

There are also differences between the basic model and the advanced version when it comes to the battery: While the basic version has a 65 – Wh battery has to get by, the larger sister model has a 80 Wh powerful power source. With dimensions of 235 x 355 x 19, 9 mm, or 235 x 355 x 16, 99 mm, the blade offshoots prove to be extremely compact. Competitive models such as the MSI GS 65 Stealth Thin or the Gigabyte AERO 15 are about 10 to 18% thicker.

In terms of connectivity, the new blades each offer three USB type A interfaces, HDMI 2.1 and a modern type C interface with Thunderbolt 3. WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 are also part of the basic equipment. The Razer Blade 15 Advanced even offers WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 and provides one Gigabit LAN interface as well as a card reader and a Windows Hello enabled webcam. However, the RGB-backlit chroma keyboard is available on both models.

The new Razer Blade 15 with GeForce RTX – 19 – graphics start at a price of 1. 899 Euro and can be pre-ordered in Germany from today. It should then be delivered in the course of the next month.