Razer Blade 16 2023

[joikansai]

The 4090 blade and Mini led which I awaited isn’t out yet here’s ultrabook review for 4080 qhd variant.

Edit: it is out from dave2d showing 16 performance.

 

 

 

[jlp0209]

On 2/7/2023 at 10:35 AM, joikansai said:

The 4090 blade and Mini led which I awaited isn’t out yet here’s ultrabook review for 4080 qhd variant.

Edit: it is out from dave2d showing 16 performance.

 

 

 

That's fantastic performance for sure! I'm ready to eat my words from when I thought the 4000 series might be disappointing. That $3600 USD price tag for the 4080 version though...I have an Alienware M16 4080 ready for pick up today for $1000 cheaper. Would love to get the Blade because it looks damn good this year. Maybe by end of year the price will come back down to earth. 

 

Long time no talk, bud. Are you upgrading to the new Blade? 

[saturnotaku]

I want to see reviews of it, but the 4K/144+1080/240 mini LED screen has piqued my interest. That model of Blade 16 is insanely expensive, but I am getting a tax refund this year that's about four times larger than I was expecting so I'm tempted to pull the trigger. I would then sell off my Legion and desktop PCs.

[DarginMahkum]

What is interesting, looks like overclocking is now available through Synapse:

https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9699

 

...and a redditer reported that it is possible to undervolt the 18 (I am assuming same thing goes also for 16):
 

I will still wait for the 7945HX laptops before buying anything.

[saturnotaku]

What has me most excited is that apparently you can now set a maximum battery charge limit on these laptops. If this is true, it should all but eliminate the battery bloating issues.

[DarginMahkum]

I prepared a list of questions I had on Razer reddit. Let's see if anyone will respond...

 

[DarginMahkum]

Someone posted this on reddit. Looks like it is possible to undervolt via Synapse.

[kojack]

I was all set to splurge for a new asus proart studiobook, but the razer is 1. Thinner, 2. lighter, 3. Mini LED, 4. NOT ASUS!  I think I am going with the Razer 16 as a new workstation while mobile. 

[epguy3]

if only Razer would post a full set of driver downloads on their support site for the Blade 16 2023 laptop that would be great.
only downloads I see for Razer Blade 16 2023 on the Razer site are just the firmware & bios updates but no driver downloads.  lame 😞

[kojack]

On 8/18/2023 at 8:24 AM, epguy3 said:

if only Razer would post a full set of driver downloads on their support site for the Blade 16 2023 laptop that would be great.
only downloads I see for Razer Blade 16 2023 on the Razer site are just the firmware & bios updates but no driver downloads.  lame 😞

In that case, the device maker's website will have everything you need. 

[epguy3]

On 10/9/2023 at 2:07 PM, kojack said:

In that case, the device maker's website will have everything you need. 

for most devices like graphics and network/ethernet/Wifi, yes the device maker sites can provide them.
for a few other specific devices like touchpad and audio, NO - the device manufacturers sites for such devices do not have them (or don't have up to date versions) and only provide such drivers direct to laptop manufacturers (and Razer does NOT have specific touchpad and audio drivers on the Razer support site for their current 2022/2023 model laptops as I checked myself).