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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
The Razer Blade Just Got Thinner, Smarter—and Way More Powerful
Razer has officially unveiled its thinnest and most powerful Blade laptop yet, combining cutting-edge AI processing with high-end graphics in the new Razer Blade 14. Razer is back at it again, delivering on its promise of blending form and function with the introduction of the Razer Blade 14. Touted as the thinnest iteration of the Blade series to date, the Razer Blade 14 features the latest Nvidia 50-series GPUs, with support for configurations up to the Nvidia 5070. Paired with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, the Razer Blade 14 promises a balanced gaming experience despite its slim profile and smaller screen, ideal for content creators and gamers on the move. In terms of memory, both the Razer Blade 14 and 16 will support up to 64 GB of LPDDR5X RAM running at an ultra-fast 8000 MHz. Complementing its powerful graphics and processing capabilities, the Razer Blade 14 features a 3K 120Hz OLED panel with a 0.2 ms response time and support for Nvidia's G-Sync technology, making it ideal for competitive play. Measuring just 15.7 mm at its slimmest point and weighing only 1.64 kg, the Razer Blade 14 stands out as a true powerhouse in portability. Outside of gaming, those interested in the latest AI technology can rest assured that the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor included in both Razer Blade models is capable of delivering up to 50 TOPS. Paired with support for Microsoft Copilot+, users will have access to the full suite of AI tools available through Windows. To complement its compact form factor, the Razer Blade 14 features a 72 Wh battery that Razer claims is optimized to deliver up to 11 hours of screen time, making it the longest-lasting Razer Blade SKU to date. In terms of I/O, the Razer Blade 14 includes a full-sized HDMI 2.1 port, a UHS-II microSD card reader, two USB4 Type-C ports, and support for the latest Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 7 standards. For users seeking additional screen real estate, Razer will also introduce a 16-inch model alongside the Blade 14. Both the Razer Blade 14 and Razer Blade 16 will be available later this year, with online exclusivity in the U.S. through and RazerStores. For those seeking a bit more colour variation, the latest Razer Blade models will be offered in both the standard sleek black and a Mercury White finish—exclusive to the U.S., U.K. and EU markets. The Razer Blade 14 will retail for a suggested price of $2,299.99 USD / €2,299.99 EUR, while the Razer Blade 16 will be priced at $2,399.99 USD / €2,399.99 EUR.
Time Business News
11-05-2025
- Time Business News
Best Gaming Laptops 2025: Top Choices for Every Gamer
Gaming in 2025 has reached new heights, with stunning visuals, lightning-fast frame rates, and deeply immersive gameplay. But to experience it all, you need the right hardware—specifically, a high-performance gaming laptop that can handle today's most demanding titles. Whether you're diving into the Best PC games or streaming live matches, a quality gaming laptop makes all the difference. In this guide, we'll explore the best gaming laptops available in 2025, looking at specs, design, performance, and value to help you find the perfect fit. Price: $3,999+ Processor: Intel Core i9 14th Gen GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090 Display: 16″ QHD+ Mini LED, 240Hz With dual-mode display technology and a futuristic design, the Razer Blade 16 offers desktop-class performance in a slim, premium chassis. Ideal for AAA titles and creative workloads. Price: $2,799+ Processor: Intel Core i9 GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4080 Display: 16″ QHD+, 240Hz Built for serious gamers, this laptop combines raw power with Alienware's signature aesthetic and cooling technology, ensuring smooth performance and stylish looks. Price: $2,199+ Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4080 Display: 15.6″ QHD, 165Hz Lightweight yet powerful, the Zephyrus G15 offers great thermal management, long battery life, and ultra-smooth gameplay—perfect for gamers who are often on the move. Price: $2,499+ Processor: Intel Core i7 GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Display: 17.3″ Full HD, 144Hz Known for its aggressive design and desktop-grade performance, the GE76 Raider is a favorite among gamers who also stream or edit content. Price: $3,799+ Processor: Intel Core i9-14900HX GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090 Display: 16″ WQXGA, 165Hz Lenovo's powerhouse laptop balances performance and intelligent cooling, enhanced by AI-optimization for seamless multitasking and gaming. The perfect laptop needs great games to go with it. Some of the best PC games to play in 2025 include: Assassin's Creed Shadows Doom: The Dark Ages Avowed Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl Hades II These games take full advantage of high-end GPUs, ray tracing, and fast refresh displays, delivering mind-blowing graphics and immersive storytelling. While gaming laptops deliver power, portability matters too. That's where mobile gaming apps shine. You can now enjoy AAA experiences right from your phone or tablet, especially with 5G and cloud gaming platforms. Top mobile gaming apps in 2025 include: Genshin Impact Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile League of Legends: Wild Rift PUBG Mobile Apex Legends Mobile Mobile gaming continues to grow, and many developers are optimizing their titles for both mobile and desktop experiences. Looking to buy a gaming laptop this year? Here are some trusted platforms: Dotcom Gaming Laptops & Tech – Ideal for buyers in Pakistan. – Ideal for buyers in Pakistan. Microless – Great for customers in the Middle East. – Great for customers in the Middle East. Amazon & Newegg – Global delivery with multiple options. – Global delivery with multiple options. eBay – Find refurbished and rare models worldwide. Be sure to check return policies and warranty support based on your location. In 2025, the world of gaming laptops offers more power, flexibility, and style than ever before. Whether you're after high-end specs or something portable and efficient, there's a laptop for every gamer. From the ultra-premium Razer Blade 16 to the efficient ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15, these machines are ready to take on everything from indie gems to the best PC games on the market. And for gaming on the go, don't overlook the power of today's mobile gaming apps—a new era of portable play is here. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Telegraph
29-04-2025
- Telegraph
Razer Blade 16 (2025) review: The best gaming laptop I've ever tested
This article contains affiliate links. The products or services listed have been selected independently by journalists after hands-on testing or sourcing expert opinions. We may earn a commission when you click a link, buy a product or subscribe to a service. £3,899.99 Buy Now Price at Razer for configuration tested What is the Razer Blade 16? If you want the best gaming gear, be it a gaming chair, keyboard, mouse, gaming headset or PC, Razer's catalogue of devices is a good, if pricey, place to start. In a nutshell, they make luxury gaming products for grown-ups, and if you're after a stellar gaming laptop that hides its light under a bushel, you should look to Razer. The new Blade 16 might look more like an upmarket productivity device, but this is the first laptop I've reviewed with the latest RTX 50 series Nvidia graphics. Apart from improvements in efficiency and baseline performance, this also brings the latest iteration of Nvidia's DLSS upscaling technology, DLSS4, promising major frame rate increases in the latest games. How we test laptops Testing gaming laptops combines the subjective and the empirical. A colorimeter can tell you how good a display is technically, but the eyeball is the final arbiter, especially when it comes to motion fidelity. A sound meter will tell you how loud a laptop's speaker system can go, but your ears will tell you what the sound quality is like and how good the directionality is. Gaming performance is the key metric. I run some demanding gaming benchmark tests to get a handle on performance, primarily Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong. I also run productivity tests to see how the machine handles more day-to-day tasks and intense workloads such as 3D modelling. Not every reviewer opens up the laptops they are given to test, but I do so I can tell you how easy it is to get inside to add more storage, more memory or just perform basic maintenance like blowing dust out of the fans or replacing the battery. Why you can trust Telegraph Recommended Our tech experts continuously conduct in-depth, independent, real-world tests, scoring devices against pre-set testing metrics and industry benchmarks, so we can deliver definitive and comprehensive buying advice. Telegraph Recommended reviews are never shared with product manufacturers before publication, we don't accept payment in exchange for positive reviews, nor do we allow brands to pay for placement in our articles. Visit our Who We Are page to learn more. Design and usability Score: 9/10 Made from aluminium with an anodised black finish, the Blade 16's design can best be described as angular-industrial with a pinch of Bauhaus. The only nod towards the adornments you may expect on a gaming laptop is the green backlit logo on the lid. The aluminium construction makes for a stiff and solid laptop, but Razer has managed to keep the weight and thickness down. The 2025 Blade 16 is just 15mm thick compared to the 2024 model's 22mm. At 2.2Kg, it's also surprisingly light for a high-end gaming laptop: I've tested many at over 4Kg. Despite the slender profile, Razer has found room for a comprehensive range of ports. On the left side, I found two 10Gbps USB-A connections, a USB-C 4.0 port that also supports DisplayPort 1.4 video output, a 3.5mm audio jack and the proprietary power socket. On the right, there is another Type-A and Type-C port as well as an HDMI 2.1 video connection and an SD card reader. The only thing it's missing that some gamers may bemoan is an Ethernet port, but in these days of blazing fast Wi-Fi (the Blade 16 supports the latest Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 standards), that's not such an issue. The only negative aspect of the design is that the bodywork shows fingerprints more than I would have liked, and that's despite having what Razer calls a 'fingerprint resistive coating'. Getting inside the Blade 16 is a straightforward affair, and while you can't add more memory, you can add a second SSD for additional storage, which means you can buy the basic 1TB model and up that to a whopping 8TB as your game library expands. Incidentally, the 2TB SSD in my review machine performed like a champ, recording sequential read and write speeds of 5,500MB/s, which is perfect for moving large game and media files around in no time at all. Keyboard and touchpad The Blade's keyboard is a standard albeit high-quality chiclet affair that doesn't look or feel particularly 'gamey'. I understand Razer's thinking here; anyone who buys a hardcore gaming laptop will probably invest in a separate mechanical keyboard for the best experience, like I did. Aesthetics aside, the keyboard benefits from being rock solid with a well-engineered 1.5mm of key travel and a full per-key RGB lighting system that you can modify via the Razer Chroma app. For example, you can set up the WASD and arrow keys to glow a different colour from the rest of the deck. The speaker grilles that flank the keyboard preclude the fitting of a numeric keypad, but there is a very useful column of five customisable macro keys on the far right to give faster access to whatever you deem the most important functions. The touchpad is a large 150 x 95mm affair with a glass surface that offers excellent sliding characteristics. The click-action on the lower part of the pad is crisp and quiet. There's no fingerprint scanner on the keyboard, but the rather basic 1080p webcam does support Windows Hello IR facial recognition for secure unlocking. Display and audio Score: 10/10 The Blade 16's display is a 2,560 x 1,600 OLED with a 240Hz refresh rate, and by every measurable metric, it's a cracker. Maximum brightness is good at up to 630 nits, and there's colour aplenty with gamut volumes of 162% in sRGB and 115% DCI-P3. It's extremely accurate, too, with a Delta E variance score of just 0.74. That's as close to perfect as you'll get on a laptop and makes the Blade 16 perfect for colour-critical work. Razer claims a 0.2ms response time, which, when combined with that high 240Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync technology, delivers superb levels of motion fidelity at incredibly high frame rates. The Blade 16's panel is also VESA-certified HDR500, which makes for a high level of HDR performance when playing High Dynamic Range games. Both Alan Wake 2 and The Last of Us Part II looked great in HDR, with both bright and dim environments looking more detailed than ever. Squeezed inside the Blade 16 are no less than six speakers, pumping out plenty of volume with rich bass and high levels of detail and good stereo separation, with the latter helping with the directionality of sound effects. Whether it was playing music or game soundtracks, the Blade 16's audio system never failed to impress. Performance and configurations Score: 10/10 The Blade 16 can be purchased with an Nvidia RTX 5070Ti, 5080 or 5090 GPU and an AMD AI 9 HX 365 or HX 370 processor. You can also choose up to 4TB of storage and 64GB of RAM. Prices start at £2,699.99, but the big price hikes come when you move to the RTX 5080 (a £400 jump) or the top-end RTX 5090, which is another £800 increase. To get a grip on base-level performance, I ran the Black Myth: Wukong benchmark on the RTX 5090 Blade 16 and the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16, which uses the older generation RTX 4070. The game ran at 2.5K screen resolution in both tests with ray tracing, high detail, DLSS 3.5 upscaling, and Frame Generation. On the Acer laptop, the game recorded an average frame rate of 63fps, which is a healthy showing. However, on the Blade, with the same settings, it ran at nearly twice the speed at 120fps. I also tested it against the Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark, with DLSS 4 enabled. Set to the highest Frame Generation setting, which had no noticeable detrimental impact on image quality, and again at 2.5K resolution with ray tracing and high detail levels, the Blade managed a staggering 231fps. Moving away from games, the Blade 16 ran the SPECviewperf 3dsmax 3D modelling benchmark at a blistering 220fps, which is the fastest I've ever seen on a laptop and by some margin. There's no such thing as a truly quiet gaming laptop. All that heat generated by the GPU has to go somewhere, and the fans have to shift serious volumes of air to keep things cool. That said, even when running under heavy stress, the Blade 16 can run both the CPU and Nvidia GPU at full utilisation without it sounding like you are standing underneath an aeroplane. Battery life Score: 8/10 The AMD Ryzen 9 AI 370HX processor in my review Blade 16 is the same as that used in the Asus Zenbook S16, leaning more towards efficiency rather than outright power. That may sound a little odd in a gaming laptop, but it makes sense considering the Blade 16 ran for 9 hours and 28 minutes in our battery test. That may not sound like much, but I've tested many gaming laptops with equally large batteries that haven't lasted half as long in the same test. Of course, that result is achieved without the power-hungry Nvidia GPU playing any part in proceedings. Fire it up, and that runtime will drop by 75 per cent, such is the power draw of a powerful discrete GPU. Technical specifications In my recent round-up of the best laptops on the market, I singled out the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 as the best gaming laptop. Of course, that was written before the arrival of the new batch of machines running Nvidia's latest RTX 50 graphics. The two machines are similar in many areas, but it's the price and dimensions that are the most stark differences. These laptops will come down in price, but for the time being, if you don't want to spend an arm and a leg, then a machine with a previous-gen RTX 40 is still a good option. The Razer Blade 16 starts at £2,699.99, but I was sent the top-end specification for review: Should you buy the Razer Blade 16? As a combination of quality and gaming performance, the Razer Blade 16 is without equal. Thanks to the high-quality OLED display and the immensely potent Nvidia RTX 5090, the Blade 16 delivers a gaming experience that is simply outstanding. That could equally be applied to the latest range-topping RTX 5090 gaming laptops from the likes of Asus, Alienware, and Lenovo, but none of them are smaller and lighter than a 16-inch MacBook Pro, which the Blade 16 is. Add the useful battery life into the mix, and the Razer Blade 16 is the most omni-competent laptop money can buy. It's powerful enough to run even the most demanding games incredibly fast at the highest settings, yet it has a civilised keyboard and a good selection of data ports. It even looks every bit as professional as a MacBook Pro, so you can whip it out and plonk it on a boardroom table without a second thought. Yes, if: No, if: Razer Blade 16 FAQs How much is the Razer Blade 16 and when is it available to buy? The Razer Blade 16 (2025) starts at £2,699.99. This is for the model with an RTX 5070 Ti GPU, AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, 32GB of memory and a 1TB SSD. The top-end configuration, with an RTX 5090, Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD costs £4,299.99. The Razer Blade 16 is available to buy right now. Should a gaming laptop have a mechanical keyboard? Arguably yes, but very few manufacturers now offer that option due to issues of size, weight and cost. There's also an increasing tendency for people to use their gaming laptops as 'desktops' when gaming with a separate gaming-optimised keyboard and mouse. A laptop keyboard and touchpad are suboptimal for gaming, no matter what type they are. How can I tell what games support Nvidia's new DLSS4 upscaling? Nvidia lists all the games that support DLSS4 and Multi Frame Generation. At the moment, this list runs to over 100 titles, which puts adoption ahead of what we saw at the launch of DLSS3 on the RTX 40-series GPUs. Expect most AAA games to support DLSS4 going forward.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Razer Pauses Laptop Sales Amid Tariffs
If you're shopping for a laptop on Razer's website, know that you're not the only one who can't find a Buy button. As of this morning, you can add Razer to the list of companies that are curtailing their product offerings while they wait to see how the tariff saga will play out. Razer joins Nintendo, which completely canceled preorders for US customers last week. Framework, which sells DIY-friendly computers and laptops, nixed sales of some laptop models for now. Businesses in other industries are also pausing sales or shipments, including Jaguar Land Rover Automotive. When you visit the Razer website's laptop section, you're faced with laptop accessories, rather than laptops. If you dig around enough, you can find the customization tools for laptops, such as the Razer Blade 16, but adding them to your cart is another thing. Those we found were marked Out of Stock and displayed Notify Me buttons in the place of Buy buttons. The Verge asked Razer recently about its stance on tariffs, to which Razer's public relations manager, Andy Johnston, replied, 'We do not have a comment at this stage regarding tariffs.' The PC maker hasn't provided any further details. Credit: Razer The Trump administration announced today that it's pausing most tariffs for 90 days. The news gave the stock market an upward jolt, but whether businesses will resume sales of products that they've taken off the market is an open question. In the case of Razer, pausing laptop sales is a dramatic step. The company makes and sells computers and accessories aimed at gamers. Taking its gaming laptops off the table, even temporarily, has to come at a significant hit to the company's bottom line. Although companies sometimes take political stances, they typically involve messaging rather than stopping product sales. Given the stakes, it seems likely that Razer (and Nintendo and others) view these product removals as being in their own best interests. Larger businesses with plenty of stock stateside may not need to pause sales as quickly as businesses that assemble products on demand for customers. Regarding companies that build custom PCs, tariffs likely offer a particularly difficult challenge. The US government's on-again, off-again approach to tariffs further complicates things. The 90-day break adds some stability for the next three months, at least. Now, we'll see if businesses start bringing back the products they shelved.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Razer halts all direct laptop sales in US ahead of tariffs going live
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Razer appears to have halted direct laptop purchases on its US site ahead of tonight's looming Trump tariffs going into effect. Spotted by The Verge, the laptop configurator for pre-ordering the new Blade 16, available as recently as last week, no longer appears and instead takes you to 404 page featuring Razer's cutesy snake mascot. The page also has a new Notify Me button instead of a link to a store. As far as we can tell, the store page has been scrubbed clean of any laptops and only seems to be offering skins and smaller laptop accessories. Additionally, Razer just announced a new laptop stand that normally would be available now but also only has a Notify Me button. For comparison, the same stand on the Razer Canada site is listed for $99.99 Canadian, and the Blade 16 configurator is available. We don't know for sure, but it's possible this move may be related to tariffs as President Donald Trump's sweeping global reciprocal tariffs are slated to go into effect at midnight tonight. Tom's Guide as reached out to Razer for comment and will update this story if we receive a response. The Razer Blade 16 is already an expensive laptop starting closer to $3k with the all-in configuration going for closer to $5,000. That's the only version we could find on Amazon as less expensive configurations do not appear available currently. Keep in mind, this is before you get to taxes and fees. However, tariffs would add an astounding fee on top of all that. Apparently a few days ago, PR manager for Razer Andy Johnston told the Verge, "We do not have a comment at this stage regarding tariffs." Razer isn't the first tech company directly facing issues thanks to the tariffs and they won't be the last. Today, Framework, the modular laptop maker, announced that it was "temporarily pausing" sales of its 13-inch Laptop 13 systems in the United States. Those laptops are some of the most affordable ones that Framework offers. In the gaming space, Nintendo has delayed pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2 in the United States and Canada as it attempts to deal the new tariffs. We expect to see more companies pull products or severely limit access to devices as tariffs kick in and the world attempts to figure out how to respond to them. I rarely stream PC games to my phone but Razer just convinced me with PC Remote Play Razer Blade 16 with RTX 5060 spotted in new leak — with a pretty shocking $1,999 price tag I just tried Razer's new gaming chair that can heat you up or cool you down — meet Project Arielle
