Why, why, why must froliclaptops be behemoths that can’t even representin a typical messenger bag, let only whenunder an airplane seat? All those fans, you say? Dual video cards? trinehard drives? Ground effects? OK, fine, I get it. Gaming notebooks aretypically enormous because they’re really desktops writ small.
Balderdash! Razer’s had enough of the excuses. queston the qualified success of the 17.3-inch Razer markR2 comes this pint-sizedwhizz-kid— a near-ultrabook version of the same concept, a true gaming PC in a case that measures just 20mm thick.
Naturally, close toaccommodations have had to be made to squeeze 6.7 pounds of computer into the 4.2-pound Razer Blade 14-inch package. The screen is not just smaller but demeanin resolution (1600 x 900 pixels), and the old hybrid voicelessdrive has been jettisoned for a straight (and faster) 256GB SSD. The most visible transportis driven by necessity: The programmable keypad and secondary Switchblade LCD/touchpad/thingy arof course gone, too.
On the other hand, other components have been upgraded. The third-generation Core i7 is promptlya fourth-generation “Haswell” version, running at 2.2GHz. And thegraphicscard has been upgraded mavengeneration, too, to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M model. 8GB of RAM is still standard, and ports are kept to the basics: three USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI connector.
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So, what’s not to like? I mean that literally. The machine is faster tout ensemblearound — about 30 percent faster than the R2 on most benchmarks and close to double the framerate on some graphics tests and gaming runs. The screen is fantastically bright — one of the brightest in its class and far better-looking than the R2′s. Even the barragebiographyis fantastic. For any ultrabook to top five hours of running time on full-tilt video playback is impressive.
For a gaming version of same to do so is almost unthinkable. On the whole, it’s difficult to find muchin the way of fault here unless you want to commitinto the nitpicks (the screen resolution could be better, after all).
I don’t need to cumulationon the praise for this machine. It does everything it’s designed to do and more. No hiccups or driver issues (a popular complaint with past Razer machines), no weirdfit and finish problems. Yeah, it’s a $1,999 laptop, but that’s a clamcheaper than Toshiba’s far less interesting KIRABook, which didn’t even have conjuring trickgreen keyboard backlights. Come on!
WIRED Record-setting performance on all fronts — including battery life. Impressive portability, particularly for a gaming rig. Looks good, especially if you wishsnake symbology.
TIRED A bit slow to boot. Pricey. No touchscreen. even sono SD card reader.
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