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A new graphical setting called Performance Mode allows you to increase the performance of Fortnite on low-end or old-date hardware until 150%. It loses itself in graphics quality, but in this way Epic opens the game to a new audience.

by Manolo De Agostini published 15 December 2020 , at 10: 21 in the Videogames channel

Fortnite Epic

Starting today, Fortnite earns a “ Performance Mode “which allows the game to run better on low-end PCs or with more than a few year on the shoulders . Available in alpha version, and selectable from the advanced graphics settings menu within the title, this new mode improves performance by reducing graphics quality , so as to have less impact on RAM, CPU and GPU memory. Performance Mode will initially only support Creative and Battle Royale modes.

Another novelty intended for those who do not have a cutting-edge system is the possibility to remove the high resolution textures from the title options within the library in the Epic Games Launcher. The goal is to reduce the space occupied by the game on the SSD / hard disk , eliminating approximately 14 GB of content not playable on older systems.

“Although Performance Mode will offer improvements to all users that select it, there are certain hardware requirements that can offer a much smoother experience. For users with older systems, running the title from an SSD or installing 6GB of RAM or more will allow the game to better adapt to memory and reduce stuttering and other hiccups in general. No dedicated GPU is required, but this will help balance the system load and deliver a much smoother experience, “points out Epic Games.

What to expect in terms of performance? The software house has made a couple of examples with resolution 720 p to convey the idea. One notebook with Intel Core i5 CPU – 8265 U, 8GB RAM and UHD integrated graphics 630 can switch 24 at 61 fps thanks to Performance Mode , while a system with AMD A APU 10 – 5745 M (issued in 2013!), 6GB RAM and HD Graphics 8610 G from 18 a 45 fps . This is a boost of over 150% which opens the title to an audience of new players from less advanced areas of the world or with low financial resources willing to leave out some graphic gem while playing to battle royale.

by Antonio Delgado Make 25 minutes …

Recently, OPPO unveiled a concept smartphone with a retractable screen that caused quite a stir. A bold forward-looking form can end up as an idea. It is not certain when and whether the manufacturer will undertake the production of such a device at all. The new OPOO proposal – Slide Phone, for the preparation of the concept, which is the responsibility of the Japanese design studio Nendo acting on behalf of the manufacturer, may also miss the store shelves. Despite the lack of a certain future, I want to introduce you to the topic a bit, because the idea of a device working in as many as seven modes seems extremely useful. What could innovative mobile equipment have to offer if it went on sale?

OPPO Slide Phone is a concept smartphone developed by Nendo studio. The foldable screen of the device can work in as many as seven modes, each of which is responsible for a different function.

Test OPPO Reno4 Pro 5G – smartphone with 12 GB RAM and ultra-stabilization

Concept projects are not always successful and put into regular sale. Some visions are too crazy. The latest idea of OPPO also seems to be complicated to implement, but it is worth spending a moment about it. The smartphone called “Slide Phone” is characterized by a screen that bends in many places. Thanks to a series of hinges, the user can use the equipment in as many as seven modes, six of which cover part of the screen. This is perfectly illustrated by the video that you will find at the end of the post. What exactly does the innovative form offer?

OPPO Reno4 series review: Discover the most important features of smartphones

OPPO Slide Phone can display notifications and the time on a narrow slice screen. After its partial disassembly, it will work as a tool for selfie photos. When fully unfolded, the user has a wide working space, the sides of which can be arranged in various ways, for example using them as game controllers or a panel for mini-applications. The smartphone also works with a stylus and will be perfect as a 7-inch notebook. As you can see, manufacturers are experimenting with innovative forms, looking for real innovations. Let me remind you that a few more years ago we could hardly believe in the concept of folding displays.

Source: OPPO, Nendo

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PROCESSOR	ARCHITECTURE	CORES / WIRE	GHZ BASE	GHZ BOOST	CACHE	TDP
AMD RYZEN 5000 H Series
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HX	Zen 3	8 / 16	3.3 GHz	4.6 GHz	?	?	¿?
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 HS	Zen 3	8 / 16	3.1 GHz	4 , 5 GHz	?	?	35 W
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 H	Zen 3	8 / 16	3.0 GHz	4.3 GHz	?	?	85 W
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 H	Zen 3	6 / 12	3.0 GHz	4.1 GHz	?	45 W
AMD RYZEN 5000 U Series
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800OR	Zen 3	8 / 14	2.0 GHz	4.4 GHz
8CU 2.0 GHz	17 MB L3	12 – 25 W
AMD Ryzen 7 5700OR	Zen 2	8 / 16	1 , 8 GHz	4.3 GHz	8CU 1.9 GHz	8 MB L3	10 – 35 W
AMD Ryzen 5 5600OR	Zen 3	6 / 14	2.3 GHz	4.2 GHz	7CU 1.8 GHz	12 MB L3	10 – 35 W
Zen 2	6 / 12
2.1 GHz	4.0 GHz	7CU 1.6 GHz	8 MB L3	10 – 20 W
AMD Ryzen 3 5400OR	Zen 3	4/8	2.6 GHz	4.0 GHz	6CU 1.6 GHz	8 MB L3	00 – 25 W
AMD Ryzen 3 5300OR	Zen 2	4/8	2.6 GHz	3,85 GHz	6CU 1.5 GHz	4 MB L3	10 – 25 W

Sales of PC systems designed for gaming in EMEA regions, with positive quarterly rates of at least 25%. Consumer preferences are increasingly going towards notebooks at the expense of desktops

by Paolo Corsini published on 14 December 2020 , at 08: 21 in the Systems channel

Demand for systems for gamers , both desktop and notebook, continues to remain strong in EMEA regions. IDC highlights this in its most recent analysis, reporting as during the third quarter 2020 sales increased by 29, 7% reaching 2.4 million systems.

However, the growth is not destined to end now : for the fourth and last quarter of the dl 2020 the estimates foresee a leap forward of 25, 1% in sales, with a figure of + 27, 2% which will continue to register during the first 3 months of next year. Subsequently, demand will tend to stabilize, albeit with constant growth that will lead to the sale of approximately 9.4 million gaming systems in the region for 2024 with a average annual sales growth rate of 2.2% from 2020 to 2024 .

Between notebooks and desktops are the first ones that registered the most significant market demand , well evidenced by the trend in the western European regions. During the fourth quarter 2020 it is estimated that the sales of gaming notebooks will increase by 41% compared to those of the corresponding period last year, while the growth of desktop systems will be more limited overall with an annual + 7.8%.

The demand for gaming systems is obviously linked to the dynamics put in place by the global pandemic ; that of gaming notebooks, in particular, from the desire to offer solutions that can adapt to both entertainment and productivity for those who are forced to spend most of their time inside the home.

IDC estimates for 2020 that the market share of notebook gaming systems will be equal to 62, 5% , up to 72, 2% in 2024. From this an average annual rate of growth in sales volumes that will touch 5.9%, against a contraction of desktop systems expected to be -5.2%.

ASRock has introduced a second mini PC series with AMD’s Ryzen mobile processors 4000 U alias Renoir, intended for end customers . The models Mars 4000 U are marked with 26 mm height flatter than the 4X4 BOX – 4000, but still have space for a 2.5-inch data carrier thanks to the wider housing – a fast PCI Express SSD (PCIe 3.0 x4) can also be installed in an M.2 slot.

To Mars – 4000 U- PCs installed by ASRock all Renoir CPUs from the four-core Ryzen 3 4300 U to the eight-core Ryzen 7 4800 U with 10 Threads thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) including an integrated Radeon Vega graphics unit. A radial fan keeps the processor at the right temperature. There are also up to 64 GByte DDR4 – 3200 – RAM in the form of two SO-DIMMs in dual-channel. An M.2 E-Key slot optionally houses a WLAN card such as Intel’s AX 200 for Wi-Fi 6.

ASRock Mars 4000 U (4 pictures ) (Image: ASRock) Few display connections Compared to the 4X4 BOX – 4000 ASRock makes significant cuts in the connections: on USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C with data transfers of 10 GBit / The manufacturer does not use s and DisplayPort Altmode, instead there are five USB 3.2 Gen 1 with 5 GBit / s, including a Type-C port, and two USB 2.0 Type A. The Type-C connection does not support Altmode, so users can only use an HDMI 2.0 and D-Sub to connect monitors. That is enough for one Ultra and Full HD display with 60 Hertz .

Realteks Soundchip ALC 233 for connecting a headset, Gigabit Ethernet and an SD card reader round off the equipment. The .

Manufacturers usually sell mini PCs like the Mars 4000 U as barebone systems without memory. ASRock does not comment on availability and prices in the press release. Most recently the mini-PCs of the 4X4 BOX – 4000 disappeared again from the German trade and also competitor models like Asus’ PN 26 with Ryzen 4000 U are poorly available. A look at the notebook market leads to the assumption that AMD cannot deliver enough mobile processors.

(mma)

With the ongoing corona pandemic, schoolchildren are facing completely new challenges. In addition to distance learning and the unusual situation of only consuming the learning materials digitally, some of the students do not have the necessary technical infrastructure in their own four walls. In addition to an adequate internet connection, this also includes a suitable device. For this reason, schools use the federal funding program to purchase notebooks. However, as can now be seen in a report by the Handelsblatt, only half of the school authorities have so far used the said program. As a result, just 14% of the students have received a device.

The teaching staff poses a further challenge. Here 63% of the organizations stated that the teachers were almost overwhelmed, both in terms of pedagogical and teaching staff technical implementation of digital learning content. Sebastian Weitzel, member of the Rednet management, pointed out that various further training courses are required here in order to adequately prepare the teachers for comprehensive distance learning.

Thus, a renewed lockdown should not only be the Confront students with further challenges. The school authorities also seem to be largely overwhelmed with the implementation at the moment, which has a negative effect on the education of adolescents. There is an acute need for action here and schools need further support from the federal and state governments. It remains to be seen whether another funding program will be launched in the future to address this issue. However, it will take some time before the level will catch up with the concept of the well-known frontal teaching.

Lenovo Legion Y 25 – 80

Whether we’re talking about desktops or notebooks, their performance depends on the performance of all components, from the processor and graphics card to the system cooling, storage or RAM. And when we talk about performance or competition, the talent and experience of the user of the desktop or notebook must be supported by a balanced system, in which all components are designed to serve the same purpose. Nothing new under the sun, I would say, this is true in any field, since ancient times.

Only when we are talking about some more recent competitive activities, such as eSports, the progress of the different components did not take place simultaneously, some with a considerable advance, while in the case of others the necessary technology has become available only recently, if we refer to the existence of PCs in general.

Thus, processors and graphics cards have constantly developed in the last 25 years, systems cooling closely following this development. Then it was the turn of storage to evolve, the last 12 years bringing impressive progress in this regard. Thus, the computers of the year 2020 are equipped with incredibly powerful processors and graphics cards, ultra-fast SSDs, certified sources 80 + Titanium and impressive amounts of memory, WiFi 6 has appeared on mainstream motherboards and slowly, slowly we are witnessing the assault of network cards 10 Gigabit.

However, for competitive gaming we need something else, namely a monitor with a refresh rate as high as possible, and the evolution of these monitors, as I told you In another article, it was a bit slower than what I could see in the case of processors, video cards or storage units. Fortunately, in recent years, monitors have been launched that offer the perfect balance between image quality and refresh rate, and this year we can even discuss a democratization of the field, with the appearance of such monitors that can boast a report enviable quality / price.

For a long time, information has been appearing on the network that Samsung intends to kill the long-standing Galaxy Note series. At first, the matter seemed absurd and raised a lot of doubts, but now we can only wait for the official confirmation of the rumors by the manufacturer. Before this happens, however, the company will treat us with one more “Notebook”. This is indicated by two online sources, one of which has proven its verifiability several times. Fans of the brand will therefore have one more opportunity to purchase a device which, due to its flagship nature, will be able to serve the user for two or even three years from the date of purchase. However, this is not much consolation.

If you believe the reports, the Samsung Galaxy Note series of smartphones will soon disappear from the South Korean manufacturer’s offer. Before that happens, however, we will witness the launch of one more model.

Samsung could kill the Galaxy Note series. Where will the S Pen go?

For next year’s Samsung Galaxy S smartphones 21 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold3 will hit the S-Pen stylus with all the functions that were previously reserved for the Galaxy Note series. By adding the reports of analysts and leakers, we can conclude that the manufacturer will actually abandon the popular line. The latest information from Cozy Planes, confirmed by Ross Young, is an indirect confirmation. However, the company intends to launch another generation of the “Notebook”. This one would debut in September next year on the occasion of the premiere of these smartphones, i.e. S 21 Ultra and Z Fold3. )

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone test – perfect evolution

Contrary to appearances, extinguishing more or less recognized series is nothing new in the world of mobile technologies. This also applies to flagship lines of which Samsung had two. Now, after adding the third series of flagships to the offers, this time assembled, the portfolio has become too crowded. The potential decision to kill the Galaxy Note continuation is therefore a natural consequence of the brand’s development. However, the question remains whether Samsung will end the series “with a bang”, giving customers an extremely refined product.

SAMSUNG NOTE FACT CHECK

There will BE a new NOTE phone release in September.

The DISCONTINUATION of the Note series will be AFTER the 2021 release.

The NOTE release in 2021 may be held with the With Fold 3 event. The main feature of the event will be the Z Fold 3.

– cozyplanes (@cozyplanes) November 24, 2020

Source: Cozy Planes, Ross Young

A few months ago we prepared a large comparison of two Hyperbook notebooks. I’m talking about the Hyperbook V models 13 and Hyperbook Z 15 that were equipped with Intel processors 10 generation (Comet Lake) and AMD Ryzen series 4000. This time for testing, we received a larger model with a diagonal 17, 3 “. This is the premiere Hyperbook Pulsar V notebook 17, which in addition to the larger matrix has also been equipped with solid components. The laptop itself, like other models of the company, has a very simple design. Nevertheless, I have some concerns about the profitability of choosing any laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce card RTX 2000 as the premiere of the next generation GPU for high-performance gaming laptops is approaching.

Author: Damian Marusiak

Compared to many other Clevo or Tongfang hulls (the tested model is based on the design of the latter company ), here it was decided to prepare a laptop with a housing largely made of magnesium alloy. You can feel it in everyday use, because the material used for production is characterized by a much better quality and overall better stiffness. Adding to this efficient components in the form of the 8-core Intel Core i7 processor – 10875 H and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics card 2070 SUPER, we get a solid notebook for gaming and work at first glance. At first glance, it looks very good, but I am curious if the relatively slim design will cope with cooling the components – experience makes me look at such a set with a pinch of salt.

Hyperbook Pulsar V 17 is a new one CPU-based gaming notebook 10 Intel Core i7 generation – 10875 H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX mobile graphics 2070 COOL.

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Notebook Hyperbook Pulsar V 17 was equipped with the NVIDIA graphics chip belonging to the architecture Turing. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX card 2070 SUPER was made in an improved, 12 nm process FFN (NVIDIA FinFET), including 13, 6 billion transistors, and everything was placed on a much larger surface of 545 mm². this is due to the addition of dedicated Tensor cores and RT units which support pro tracking technology by default changes in real time (Ray Tracing) and a new form of upscaling (DLSS and DLSS 2.0) based on artificial intelligence algorithms. The base clock of the GeForce RTX card used 2070 SUPER was set at 1140 MHz, while in GPU mode Boost 4.0 increases to 1380 MHz with a TDP of 115 W. Unfortunately, you can see that in relation to the desktop version of the card the clocking has been severely twisted due to energy limits.

Hyperbook Pulsar V Specification 17:

Intel Core i7 – 10875 H (2.3 GHz – 5.1 GHz)
Memory: 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
Dedicated graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 COOL
Screen: 17, 3 “/ IPS matte / 144 Hz / 1920 x 1080 pixels
Samsung 1TB SSD 970 EVO / M.2 PCIE 3.0 x4 NVMe Interface
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 2004 Version

Hyperbook Pulsar V 17 is equipped with a powerful Intel Core i7 processor – 10875 H. It is “almost” the top representative of the latest, 10 generation of Intel Comet Lake-H chips, which is equipped with 8 physical cores and 16 threads, however being a model with a locked multiplier. The processor also supports the Intel Thermal Velocity Boost technique, thanks to which the clocking for up to two cores under appropriate conditions can be 5.1 GHz. The default CPU TDP is 45 In And Yes is also set in the presented notebook. In turn, with a short-term load, the TDP increases to 60 Hyperbook Pulsar V 17 therefore offers very slight increase in TDP, and therefore lower power consumption compared to other laptops with these processors. Processors 10 Intel Comet Lake-H generation also have a 2-channel DDR4 memory controller 2933 MHz.

Mobile processors from AMD’s upcoming Ryzen notebook family 5000 U can be found in Geekbench’s online benchmark database. The top model Ryzen 7 5800 U (code name Cezanne) is there with 16 MByte level 3 cache noted – twice as much as in the previous Ryzen 7 4800 U. The specification of a single L3 cache pool confirms that it is the first mobile Zen 3 offshoot. In Zen 2, the cache is divided by two CPU core clusters.

Combining them into one large core complex helps with single-threading performance, because a single CPU core can access the entire L3 cache. Further architecture improvements and higher clock frequencies (stable 4.4 GHz) bring the Ryzen 7 5800 U in Geekbench a single threading result of 1421 Points – about 23 Percent more than the Ryzen 7 4800 U manages in a Lenovo IdeaPad 5. The 5000 he test system ran with DDR4 – 2666 – instead of DDR4 – 3200 – memory or even faster LPDDR4X-RAM, so that there would still be potential for more performance.

6450 Points in the multithreading benchmark are meanwhile below the result of a good Ryzen-7 – 4800 U notebooks, which could be due to insufficient cooling or reduced power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5700 with Zen 2 architecture An entry for Ryzen 7 5700 U in Geekbench coincides with rumors that AMD is in the 5000 U series Zen 3 processors (Cezanne) with a Zen-2-Refresh (Lucienne). According to the data, the Ryzen 7 5700 U corresponds to a higher clocked Ryzen 7 4800 U with a good 4.3 instead of 4.2 GHz boost, but still 2 × 4 MB L3 cache. The single threading result increases accordingly (1192 points); However, the multithreading rating is too low here (6284 points).

The final mobile processors from the Cezanne family would have to run a bit faster in order to be able to compete with Intel’s current Tiger Lake CPUs in terms of single threading performance. The Core i7 – 1185 G7 almost manages 1421 Points in Geekbench – but lags behind in multitheading benchmarks because of its four processing cores (just 5000 Points in Geekbench at 15 Watt TDP). Apple’s M1 processor from the new ARM MacBook sets itself apart at least in the Geekbench from AMD and Intel: A performance core creates 1740 Points, all eight together just under 7700.

(mma)

HP’s notebook business is doing excellently in times of the coronavirus pandemic: In the fiscal year 2020, which started on 31. October 2020 ended, the PC manufacturer took 25 , 77 billion US dollars with notebooks – about 10 percent more than a year earlier. In the last quarter it was even 17 percent more at 7.4 billion US dollars.

However, HP was unable to fully absorb the other business areas with notebooks: Annual sales fell by 3.6 percent to 56, $ 6 billion, profit by 10 percent to 2.8 billion US dollars.

Due to the high demand in home offices and homeschooling, notebooks are currently in great demand. In contrast, demand for desktop PCs has fallen, in particular due to a lack of acquisitions in companies. In the entire fiscal year 2020 HP’s sales of desktop computers fell by 19 percent to 9, 81 billion US dollars, last quarter by high 28 percent to 2, 25 billion US dollars.

Workstations detached The workstation division with particularly powerful desktop PCs was doing well Even worse year-on-year – 1. 82 billion US dollars in sales meant a loss of 24 percent. HP ended the last quarter with a minus of 31 percent to 355 Million US dollars for workstations.

A breakdown of the markets shows that HP has lost orders especially with companies: minus 23 Percentage is the bottom line there. In the end customer area there was a strong upward trend in the last quarter with an increase of 21 percent – remains for the entire year it at minus 1 percent. The large PC manufacturers cannot meet global demand due to a lack of components.

Little margin The operating margin was most recently 6.5 percent, with Drucker taking the average with 14, 8 percent pushed up – desktop PCs and notebooks only came to 5.1 percent, which adds up to 6.1 percent. The figure cannot be directly compared with the high double-digit gross margins of AMD, Intel and Nvidia, because no tax benefits flow into the operating margin. Nevertheless, the profit margin for PC manufacturers is comparatively low.

With quarterly sales of 4.8 billion US dollars (-3 percent), the printer business has stabilized in the fall; the annual turnover however fell by 12 percent to 17, 64 billion US dollars. (mma)

In the United States a small producer of gaming notebook is the first to adopt a 1440 p panel with a refresh rate of

by Manolo De Agostini published 25 November 2020 , at 12: 31 in the Portable channel

Eluktronics , a US company based in Delaware, announced the first notebooks equipped with one IPS screen 1440 p with refresh rate up to 165 Hz . The panel – from 15, 6 o 17, 3 inches – is made by Chinese BOE and is coupled to high-end configurations defined “QHD Edition” and part of the Mech lines – 15 G3, Max – 15 and Max – 17 with prices of 2200 – 2300 dollars.

On board these laptops we find a processor Intel Core i7 – 10870 H (8 cores / 16 thread, introduced in September) whose cooling is facilitated by liquid metal, a GPU Nvidia RTX 2070 Super , a 1TB M.2 SSD and 16 GB of DDR4 memory.

The BOE panel – for which we speak of 318 nit of brightness, sRGB coverage of the 100% and Adobe RGB of 87% – it is not a custom made product for Eluktronics, so we expect to see it in the near future on board solutions from Asus, HP, Acer and MSI .

Our Verdict

The Razer Blade Stealth is confused about what it wants to be. It’s priced as a premium ultraportable and looks like one too. But as a gaming notebook, it’s quite underpowered for the price. While the OLED screen is beautiful, Razer needs to work on the keyboard.

For

Great build quality
OLED screen is gorgeous
Thunderbolt 4 on both sides

Against

Cheaper gaming laptops offer better graphics
Uncomfortable keyboard

There are a few things I can say with certainty about the Razer Blade Stealth ($1,799.99 to start, $1,999.99 as tested). For one thing, it’s built like a tank. Our option had a beautiful OLED display, and Razer doesn’t heap on bloatware.

What I can’t tell you, though, is who this laptop is for exactly. Razer calls it a “gaming ultraportable,” and prices it among the

best ultrabooks

, which are often expensive partially due to build quality. But the mix of an Intel Core i7-1165G7 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, while they can play eSports games or AAA games, are low-end for a laptop of this price. Competing gaming notebooks with far superior graphics performance can be found for less money. To make it more confusing, Razer has announced

the Razer Book 13

, a non-gaming ultraportable that houses Intel’s Xe integrated graphics.

Among competing ultrabooks, the

best gaming laptops

and in Razer’s own stack, the Blade Stealth feels more niche than it used to. And yet, somehow, it still gets plenty right.

Design of the Razer Blade Stealth

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We last reviewed the Razer Blade Stealth in September with a 10th Gen Intel Ice Lake processor, and the design hasn’t changed a bit in the intervening two months. But for those who aren’t familiar with it, the Stealth is a black aluminum notebook. The lid features the Razer tri-headed snake logo, but at least the company made it black on black, so you can mostly ignore it if it doesn’t fit your style.

The no-frills aluminum build continues when you unfold the laptop. It’s all-black aluminum on the deck, with speakers flanking both sides of the keyboard. That’s the one spot with some color, as the keys are lit with single-zone Chroma RGB. The display is surrounded by a moderate, but inoffensive, bezel.

The left side of the laptop has a Thunderbolt 4 port over USB Type-C, USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A and a headphone jack. The right side is the same, minus the headphone jack. I do appreciate that Razer has the ports evenly distributed across the laptop, and you can charge on either side via the Thunderbolt ports.

If you consider the Stealth to be a gaming notebook, it’s small at 3.1 pounds and 12 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches. The

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14

, a 14-inch gaming notebook, is 3.5 pounds and 12.8 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches, and even that’s petite for a gaming notebook.

But if the Blade Stealth is an ultraportable, then it’s big. The Dell XPS 13 9310 is 2.8 pounds and 11.6 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches, though it does have fewer ports.

Razer Blade Stealth Specifications

CPU	Intel Core i7-1165G7
Graphics	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q (4GB), Intel Iris Xe Graphics (integrated)
Memory	16GB LPDDR4X-4266
Storage	512GB PCIe NVMe SSD
Display	13.3-inch, 1920 x 1080, OLED, touch
Networking	802.11ax Intel Wi-Fi 6
Ports	2x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A, 2x Thunderbolt 4, 3.5 mm headphone/mic jack
Camera	720p IR
Battery	53.1 WHr
Power Adapter	100 W
Operating System	Windows 10 Home
Dimensions(WxDxH)	12 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches / 304.6 x 210 x 15.3 mm
Weight	3.1 pounds / 1.4 kg
Price (as configured)	$1,999.99

Gaming and Graphics on the Razer Blade Stealth

The Razer Blade Stealth comes with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti for gaming. To put it flatly, that’s not going to get you strong performance outside of some eSports titles, unless you’re willing to bring down your settings.

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I tested out the Stealth playing a few rounds of Rocket League, an eSports title that’s matches the type of game one should most expect to play on this laptop. In a round, I saw frames fluctuate between 177 and 202 frames per second (fps) on high quality mode at 1080p resolution. Since our review unit’s screen only has a 60 Hz refresh rate, it really would have made sense to limit the frames.

You may notice that our primary competitor in gaming, the Asus Zephyrus G14, has a much better GPU: an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q. This isn’t an accident — you can get that machine for $1,449, which is cheaper than the Blade Stealth we’re reviewing. What the Stealth offers is better than the integrated graphics you get in most ultraportables, but other, cheaper gaming laptops do offer more power.

On the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark, on the highest settings at 1080p, the Stealth ran the game at 26 fps, which is below our 30 fps playable threshold, while the Zephyrus G14 hit 49 fps. Red Dead Redemption 2, at medium settings and 1080p, was also unplayable at 22 fps, while the Zephyrus G14 hit 35 fps.

On Grand Theft Auto V, at very high settings at 1080p, the Stealth played at 35 fps, but the Zephyrus G14 hit 115 fps.

The Blade managed to play Far Cry New Dawn (1080p, ultra) at 47 fps, but the Zephyrus beat it again at 73 fps.

To stress-test the Blade Stealth, we ran the Metro Exodus benchmark 15 times on a loop, which simulates about half an hour of gameplay. On the high preset, the game ran at an average of 29.9 fps, suggesting that you really need to drop down to normal or lower for playable frame rates. It hit 30 fps the first two runs before dropping down to around 29.9 for the rest of the gauntlet.

During that test, the CPU measured an average clock speed of 3.5 GHz and an average temperature of 60.8 degrees Celsius (141.4 degrees Fahrenheit). The GPU ran at an average speed of 1,287.6 MHz and an average temperature of 57.2 degrees Celsius (135 degrees Fahrenheit).

Productivity Performance on the Razer Blade Stealth

We tested the Razer Blade Stealth with an Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU, 16GB of LPDDR4X RAM and a 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD. The package is a formidable workhorse, though other machines in both the gaming and ultraportable space do have some advantage.

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On Geekbench 5.0, the Stealth earned a multi-core score of 4,992, falling to the XPS 13 (also with a Core i7-1165G7) and the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, a gaming machine with an AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS.

The Blade Stealth copied 4.97GB of files at a rate 946.6 MBps, beating the XPS 13 9310 but still slower than the Zephyrus.

On our Handbrake test, Razer’s laptop took 16 minutes and 19 seconds to transcode a 4K resolution video to 1080p. That’s faster than the XPS 13, but the Zephyrus smashed it in less than half that time.

Display on the Razer Blade Stealth

The 13.3-inch FHD OLED touchscreen on the Stealth sure looks nice. The trailer for Black Widow (is it ever going to come out?) looked excellent. When the titular heroine is surrounded by flames in a car chase with Taskmaster, the orange reflections really stood out on a dark road. The villain’s navy suit contrasted with Red Guardian’s, well, red, knockoff Captain America outfit. In Rocket League, the Blade Stealth’s screen made the orange and blue cars pop against green turf.

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Razer’s panel covers 83.2% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, just a smidge higher than the Zephryus’ display. The XPS 13 covers 69.4%.

The Blade Stealth measured an average brightness of 343 nits, while the XPS 13 was the brightest of the bunch at 469 nits. The Zephyrus G14 was a tad behind at 323 nits.

Keyboard and Touchpad on the Razer Blade Stealth

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Earlier this year, Razer fixed a long-maligned keyboard layout that put the shift key in an awkward place. That’s a major improvement, and the next step should be to focus on key travel. The keys have soft switches, and I had a tendency to bottom out on the aluminum frame, which tired my fingers. As I got used to the keyboard, I hit 112 words per minute with my usual error rate, which isn’t bad, but I could’ve felt a bit better doing it with more travel.

It wouldn’t be a Razer device without Chroma RGB lighting. The keyboard is single-zone backlit and can be controlled via the Synapse software.

The 4.3 x 3-inch touchpad is tall, making it more spacious than much of the Windows competition (though it’s still not as luxuriously large as what you see on Apple’s MacBooks). Windows Precision drivers ensure accurate scrolling and gestures. This is definitely one of the best touchpads on a Windows 10 laptop.

Audio on the Razer Blade Stealth

I’ll give the Blade Stealth’s audio this: It gets loud. The twin top-firing speakers immediately filled up my apartment with sound — in fact, I found it uncomfortable at maximum volume. When I listened to Blackway and Black Caviar’s “What’s Up Danger,” I got the best results with audio around 85%. The audio was clear, with vocals mixing well with sirens and synths in the background, as well as some drums. Bass, however, was lackluster. In Rocket League, car motors and bouncing balls were all clear.

Of the little software pre-installed on the system, one you might want to check out is THX Spatial Audio. Switching between stereo and spatial audio didn’t make a huge difference, but there are some presets, including games, music and voice to toggle between.

Upgradeability of the Razer Blade Stealth

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Ten Torx screws hold the bottom of the Razer Blade Stealth’s

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to the rest of the system. I used a Torx T5 screwdriver to remove them, and the bottom came off without much of a fight.

The SSD is immediately accessible, and the Wi-Fi card and battery are also easily available for upgrades. The RAM, on the other hand, is soldered onto the motherboard.

Battery Life on the Razer Blade Stealth

The Razer Blade Stealth’s history with battery life has been mixed, but this iteration with Intel’s 11th Gen Core processors is decent, especially considering it has a discrete GPU. The laptop ran for 9 hours and 11 minutes on our battery test, which continuously browses the web, run OpenGL tests and streams video over a Wi-Fi connection, all at 150 nits of brightness.

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But ithe Razer was outclassed by both the Dell XPS 13 (11:07) and the Zephyrus G14, the longest-lasting gaming notebook we’ve ever seen (11:32), so there’s still room for improvement on Razer’s part.

Heat on the Razer Blade Stealth

Since Razer classifies the Blade Stealth as a “gaming ultraportable,” we took our heat measurements by pushing it to the limits on our Metro Exodus test.

During the benchmark, the keyboard between the G and H keys measured 42.7 degrees Celsius (108.9 degrees Fahrenheit), while the touchpad was cooler at 30.9 degrees Celsius (87.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

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The hottest point on the bottom of the laptop reached 47.3 degrees Celsius (117.1 degrees Fahrenheit).

Webcam on the Razer Blade Stealth

Above the display, the Razer Blade Stealth has a 720p resolution webcam with infrared (IR) sensors. The IR sensors let you use facial recognition to log in to Windows 10 with Windows Hello, which was quick and accurate.

The webcam is passable. It caught details about as fine as a 720p webcam can, like hairs on my head, but the picture was still a little grainy and could definitely be sharper. On a laptop that has so many of the little details right, I’m ready for an upgrade on the camera.

Software and Warranty on the Razer Blade Stealth

You won’t spend much time removing bloatware from the Stealth. The only major piece of software that Razer adds to Windows 10 is Synapse, its hub for Chroma RGB lighting, adjusting performance modes, registering products and syncing accessories.

Windows 10 comes with some bloatware of its own, including Roblox, Hulu, Hidden City: Hidden Object Adventure, Spotify and Dolby Access.

Razer sells the Blade Stealth with a one-year warranty.

Razer Blade Stealth Configurations

We reviewed the $1,999.99 top-end variant of the Stealth, with an Intel Core i7-1165G7, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a 13.3-inch OLED FHD touchscreen.

I suspect that those who are using this system primarily for gaming will prefer the $1,799.99 base model, which has all of the same parts except for the display, which is a 120 Hz FHD screen.

Bottom Line

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The Razer Blade Stealth does a lot right, with great build quality, a lovely OLED screen and symmetrical Thunderbolt 4 ports for convenient charging on either side of the system.

If you’re buying this as an ultraportable, it’s expensive at $1,999.99 (with the OLED screen, anyway). But if you’re buying it as a gaming notebook, you should look elsewhere to save money and get better performance. The Asus Zephyrus G14 gives you the best Ryzen mobile processor for gaming around and has an RTX 2060 Max-Q for $450 less at $1,449.99. It doesn’t have Razer’s build quality or an OLED option, but it’s a worthwhile tradeoff in performance and you still get a 120 Hz display.

Razer doesn’t offer a version of the Stealth without the GTX 1650 Ti. That’s saved for the new Razer Book 13, which we haven’t reviewed yet as of this writing. But with that notebook in the wings, and the excellent

Razer Blade 15 Advanced

on the other side of Razer’s lineup, it makes a lot of sense to either spend more for better parts for gaming or spend less for better parts for productivity.

Those who just want to mix in some casual eSports play with work will get what they need out of this laptop, but a high-priced eSports laptop is a bit of a niche. While the Stealth is still a decent laptop, it doesn’t make as much sense as it used to.

Intel’s Chief Performance Strategist Ryan Shrout recently gave a presentation to the US press in which he described the performance of Tiger Lake’s own Intel Core i mobile processors – 1100 G with AMD’s Renoir models Ryzen 4000 U compared. Specifically, it was about the computing power of the processors in battery mode and with the power supply connected – or rather the difference between them.

Based on a few benchmarks, including PCMark 10 and a PDF converter, Intel concludes that notebooks with Ryzen – 4000 U – Processors calculate significantly more slowly when traveling without a power supply. The discrepancy from 38 – 48 Percentage between plug and battery operation would make the differentiation between Ryzen 3 ( four CPU cores), Ryzen 5 (six CPU cores) and Ryzen 7 (eight CPU cores). The benchmark results are correct in the right context, but Intel’s presentation distorts reality enormously.

Intel’s notebook performance comparison with power supply vs. Battery operation (6 pictures) Intel’s Core i7 – 1165 G7 keeps its performance in battery mode, but takes 50 Watts and more.

(Image: Intel, via ExtremeTech) Delayed boost Intel shows the reason for the performance difference itself on: The Ryzen – 4000 U processors in the notebooks tested require up to 10 seconds to fully utilize their boost rate. What Intel hides, however: This is a behavior deliberately provided by the notebook manufacturer in order to save battery power by preventing the CPUs from speeding up immediately with every brief load. AMD gives manufacturers guidelines for this, but leaves them free to configure. Intel has tested five notebooks, four of them came from Lenovo, one from HP.

Due to the delay Boost behavior, the results of benchmarks that run continuously for longer than a few seconds turn out significantly better in battery mode. Intel itself shows the results of the Cinebench R render benchmark 20, but only dismisses this with a “strange” (“oddly”).

Ryzen with high efficiency Indirectly, Intel also admits with its own presentation that Tiger Lake needs a lot of energy to get through very high clock frequencies to keep up with AMD’s competition. Because Tiger Lake only has four CPU cores, while AMD’s Renoir has up to eight. The top AMD model Ryzen 7 Tiger Lake CPU Core i7 – 1165 G7 and uses less energy at the same time.

AMD specified for the Ryzen 4000 U a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 15 Watt. However, depending on the design of the power supply and cooling system of the respective notebook, the notebook manufacturers adapt the CPU to their hardware using a configurable TDP (cTDP). Renoir processors can be set to 20 Set watt cTDP – in short-term boosts the power consumption increases to good 30 watts. Intel recommends notebook manufacturers, however, Tiger Lake with 28 Watt TDP to be installed. The short-term PL2 (power limit 2) is more than 50 Watt, usually for 20 to 30 seconds.

The website ExtremeTech suggests in this context that Intel could market the improvements in clock performance in battery mode as an advantage over its in-house predecessor Ice Lake. A tested Surface Laptop 3 with Core i7 – 1065 G7 from Microsoft showed the same behavior that Intel AMD criticizes: In battery operation, the performance sometimes drops rapidly and that also over longer periods of time, for example in the Cinebench R render benchmarks 23 and handbrake, with the latter to halved performance.

Extreme dynamics In the typical everyday use of notebooks The highest possible short-term computing power is desirable because it speeds up booting, starting applications and loading complex websites, for example. The CPU cores then fall back into a more economical operating mode in order to save battery power. How the processor reacts specifically to changing computing loads depends heavily on the design of the individual notebook. With many notebooks, the clock behavior of the processor can also be adapted to your own requirements via the power management.

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