Razer is now accepting orders for its refreshed Blade 14 equipped with AMD's latest Zen 3+ Ryzen 6900HX CPU, DDR5 RAM, and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or 3080 Ti graphics. Prices range from $2000 up to $3500 USD with shipments expected to begin on March 17.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Razer-Blade-14-becomes-first-14-inch-laptop-with-Ryzen-9-6900HX-and-GeForce-RTX-3080-Ti-options-retails-for-a-whopping-3500-USD.601027.0.html
"RAM has been upgraded from DDR4-3200 to DDR5-4800"
Whether it is an upgrade or downgrade depends on latencies!
Don't think it matters much using DDR4 vs. DDR5 in that notebook. What was an issue at the predecessor was that RAM was limited to 16GB when lots of people wanted 32GB.
At least the 3080 now makes "sense" as an upgrade to 3070 as it has 16GB VRAM. Before there was barely any difference between the 3070 8GB and 3080 8GB as both have same TDP limitations...
Super compact package if the thermals are good. It's a shame that Razer skipped 16:10 this generation, as that's one of the biggest holdbacks.
Missing features with this 2022 release:
- 16:10 screen
- 500cd/m² brightness
- 32GB dual channel low latency RAM (HyperX)
- Better keyboard with Page Up/Down keys and 1.3mm travel
- 1080p webcam
- Thermal Grizzly liquid metal on COU, GPU
- USB 4.0
Many has commented about the new coating on the Blades, which now attracts less fingerprints than early 2021 versions. Hopefully we could have the verification here from Notebookcheck.