![]() ![]() 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. The Blade managed to play Far Cry New Dawn (1080p, ultra) at 47 fps, but the Zephyrus beat it again at 73 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. Red Dead Redemption 2, at medium settings and 1080p, was also unplayable at 22 fps, while the Zephyrus G14 hit 35 fps. 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. What the Stealth offers is better than the integrated graphics you get in most ultraportables, but other, cheaper gaming laptops do offer more power. ![]() This isn't an accident - you can get that machine for $1,449, which is cheaper than the Blade Stealth we're reviewing. 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. Since our review unit's screen only has a 60 Hz refresh rate, it really would have made sense to limit the frames. In a round, I saw frames fluctuate between 177 and 202 frames per second (fps) on high quality mode at 1080p resolution. 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. And yet, somehow, it still gets plenty right. To make it more confusing, Razer has announced the Razer Book 13, a non-gaming ultraportable that houses Intel’s Xe integrated graphics.Īmong competing ultrabooks, the best gaming laptops and in Razer's own stack, the Blade Stealth feels more niche than it used to. Competing gaming notebooks with far superior graphics performance can be found for less money. 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. Razer calls it a "gaming ultraportable," and prices it among the best ultrabooks, which are often expensive partially due to build quality. What I can't tell you, though, is who this laptop is for exactly. ![]() Our option had a beautiful OLED display, and Razer doesn't heap on bloatware. 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). ![]()
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