*/This article is based on the Razer Blade 17 2022 version: i7-12800H processor + RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU, 32 GB DDR5 + 1TB SSD, 2K 240Hz refresh rate, currently priced at 31,969 yuan.
Advantages:
There are many hardware options available, with the highest optional RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU+ i9
The fourth generation Max-Q technology further improves the gaming performance, battery life and power consumption of the notebook
The whole machine is less than 2cm in size Performance release reaches 195W (GPU164W + CPU31W)
Double baked keyboard surface temperature and noise performance are good
Power consumption allocation is biased towards the GPU, so the game has a good frame rate performance
The screen has a 240Hz refresh rate and 100% DCI-P3 wide Color gamut, NVIDIA G-SYNC technology
Insufficient:
The screen has 16:10. Version selection is better
Design and experience:
In terms of appearance design, the Razer Blade series has not changed much, and it is more about optimizing and adjusting some details. , such as the anti-oil coating on the surface of the fuselage, which is now less likely to stick to fingerprints.
I still like the appearance design of the Blade. There is only a glowing Razer logo on the A side. Straight. It has the ultra-high hardware of a gaming laptop, but is much simpler and more attractive than most gaming laptops on the market. The thickness of the body is less than 2cm, making it relatively portable.
The screen of Blade 17 is available in three specifications: 1080/2K/4K. The one in my hand is the 2K version of BOE . The screen ratio is maintained at 16:9, so its chin looks slightly wider. The biggest advantage of this screen is that it supports 240Hz refresh rate and 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut and NVIDIA G-SYNC, which meets the high refresh requirements of games and the high color gamut requirements of creative production.
has a few changes in the keyboard compared to the previous generation. The keys are wider and feel good, and there is a single-key RGB backlight. What attracts me most is the large left and right speaker areas. The Blade 17 is equipped with a total of 8 audio units, 4 tweeters and 4 basses. It is also a very luxurious level among gaming laptops. The speakers have passed THX certification, so they can achieve 7.1 surround space sound effects. , which can achieve more accurate sound identification when playing chicken games.
In terms of interfaces, the left side is the power interface, RJ45 network port, two USB 3.2 Gen2, Thunderbolt 4 and audio interface.
And there is an HDMI 2.1, USB 3.2 Gen2, Thunderbolt 4, and UHS-II SD card reader on the right side. Overall, the Blade 17 has a rich set of interfaces and high specifications. Two Thunderbolt 4 and HDMI 2.1 can achieve four-screen expansion linkage, and three USB 3.2 ports can also meet most expansion needs.
The Razer Blade 17, which is also equipped with the RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU, also supports the fourth generation Max-Q technology. In order to make laptops run quieter and save more power, the fourth-generation Max-Q technology includes CPU Optimizer intelligent collaboration, Rapid Core Scaling intelligent core optimization, Battery Boost 2.0 battery life enhancement, Dynamic Boost dynamic enhancement, and WhisperMode intelligent noise reduction. , DLSS deep learning super sampling and many other technologies, among which WhisperMode intelligent noise reduction can be intelligently configured according to hardware and system requirements to reduce power consumption pressure.
Dynamic Boost dynamically enhances – automatically balances power consumption between GPU, GPU memory and CPU through AI to improve performance.
NVIDIA DLSS - A breakthrough AI rendering technology for that improves performance without affecting image quality. More than 180 games and applications now use NVIDIA DLSS.
Advanced Optimus dynamic display switching - can automatically select whether the GeForce GPU or integrated graphics card drives the internal display, and switch as needed based on the running application, bringing the best performance and optimized battery life to GeForce RTX laptops. The lowest gaming latency and G-SYNC display panel for tear-free, ultra-smooth gaming.
internal design:
The bottom of the Blade 17 is divided into four air inlet areas. In addition to the regular air intake at the two middle fan positions, there are air inlet designs in the long area at the upper foot pad and the lower middle area. The left and right sides It is the speaker opening.
The bottom disassembly method is very interesting. It is not a conventional plastic buckle design. After unscrewing 10 screws, the front end of the bottom case can be easily lifted, and then the bottom case can be easily removed by simply pulling it outward. build.
The internal layout of the Blade 17 is very regular. The cooling system occupies a large area. The capacity of the bottom pool is 82Wh. You can see that the THX 8 speakers on the left and right sides of the battery have large sound chambers. The entire heat dissipation system adopts the vapor chamber plus three-fan rear air outlet design. The bottom fan is used to dissipate heat to the touch panel area, and at the same time, it can increase the air flow in the entire lower area to enhance heat dissipation. The
fan is a high air volume and noise reduction fan customized for the Blade series. The blades are thin and dense, and they also show different curves. In theory, they should have good performance in terms of heat dissipation and noise.
Blade 17 has high internal scalability, dual M.2 hard drive bays + dual memory slots, and there is a lot of room for later upgrades and expansions. The hard drive in my hand comes from Lianxing's 1TB PCIe4.0 version. Its measured read and write speed is as follows:
The measured maximum read is 6.9GB/s, and the maximum write is also about 5GB/s. The read and write speed is very high, and the long-term Reading and writing are also relatively stable, and the newly built PCIe 4.0 hard drive is in very good condition. The
memory is Samsung DDR5 4800MHz with 8 particles on one side. It can read 66360MB/s, write 65885MB/s, and copy 63030MB/s. The latency is very low, only 96.3ns. The system is also relatively good.
Heat dissipation and noise:
Next is the heat dissipation performance of the CPU. As usual, we first conduct continuous running tests through CINEBENCH R15. The purpose is to intuitively show the changes in its CPU independent load performance. The actual measurement results are as follows:
From the data, we can It can be seen that the i7-12800H equipped with the Blade 17 can achieve R15 peak performance of 2574cb for the first time. After three times to the end, it is almost in a straight line, and the performance is still lower than the average level of 2257. The difference is very low, which shows that it Long-term load performance is quite good.
During the test, we recorded the entire benchmarking process. We can see that the instantaneous power consumption of the Blade 17's CPU is around 88W, and can be stabilized around 60W in the future. At this time, the CPU temperature is 83°C, and the frequency is around 2.9 GHz. From the temperature change of the air outlet of the fuselage, the heat dissipation efficiency K of the whole machine can be calculated. The higher the K value, the better the heat dissipation efficiency.
The K value of the final Blade 17 2022 version has reached 1.7, and the average gaming laptop is around 1.5. This shows that its heat dissipation efficiency is very high and it can quickly export the heat of the body to the outside.
The RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU equipped on the Blade 17 can consume 165W in a single test. At this time, the temperature of GPU is only about 79°C.
When double-baked, it can achieve ultra-high performance release of CPU 31W + GPU 164W, a total of 195 W. From here, we can also see that the power consumption allocation of the Soul Blade is more biased towards the GPU. At this time, the CPU is 90°C , the GPU is 82°, which is not very high.
The ambient temperature we tested was 24°C. When the internal temperature stabilized, we can see that the keyboard surface temperature control performed well. Although the highest temperature reached 45.5°C, being above the function keys did not affect typing and gaming. experience. The average temperature of the keyboard is 36°C, the left hand area (point 3) is 41°C, and the right hand area (point 4) is 37°C. Because the surface is made of metal, it will feel a little hot to the touch, but it is still an acceptable level. scope.
Finally, there is the noise. When the dual fans are fully loaded, the measured noise at the human position is 48.4 dBA, which is an excellent level among gaming notebooks. There is no abnormal sound at a single frequency in the spectrum curve, so all you can hear is whirring. The sound of wind.
theoretical performance:
Blade 17 supports Advanced Optimus dynamic display switching. You can choose whether to use "independent display direct connection" or switch to the core display power-saving mode according to the current scene, or the system can automatically determine the application needs and switch by itself. The entire switching process does not require a restart.
Its graphics card specifications include RTX 3060/70Ti/80Ti laptop GPU. If you have enough budget, the Blade 17 equipped with RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU should be the most worth buying at present. It can It allows you to perfectly experience smooth 3A masterpieces on a 2K high-resolution screen. Coupled with NVIDIA DLSS technology to balance image quality and performance, even the ultimate light-tracing images under 2K will have good game frame rate performance.
In the 3DMARK test, the performance of the RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU on the Blade 17 is as follows:
Time Spy: 12986 points; graphics card 12967, processor 13099
Fire Strike: 27591 points; including 32927 graphics card, 27182 physics, and 12584 comprehensive
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Port Royal: 8182 points The overall performance of the
graphics card is still very good. Compared with the 3DMARK RTX 3080 notebook GPU, the average score is about 6-7% higher.
Compared with the performance of ray tracing, the performance of RTX 3080Ti notebook GPU also exceeds the average of RTX 3080 notebook GPU, with an increase of about 10%. The excellent light chasing performance of Blade 17 will also bring games that are visually closer to reality. experience.
If you want high scores + light tracing to achieve a good frame rate, then DLSS is a very important part. You can see that when DLSS turns on Quality, the frame rate increases from 37.88 to 63.7 FPS, with a 68% promote. The improvement will be more obvious in Performance mode.
In terms of CPU, the Blade 17 is equipped with the 12th generation Core i7-12800H, which uses 6 large cores + 8 small cores to form a 14 core 20 thread design. Its CINEBENCH R23 performance is as follows:
A single core can reach 1810 pts , the multi-core score is 16221 pts, which is in line with the performance of this processor under this power consumption. Overall, the Blade's GPU performance is more impressive than that of the CPU, so we are looking forward to its actual game performance.
game actual test:
Before the game test, adjust the power mode to custom in Thundercloud, set the CPU and GPU performance points to full, and switch to the independent display output mode for testing. The test includes FHD (1920x1080) and QHD (2560x1440) Two resolutions.
The first is Forza Racing: Horizon 5
Horizon can achieve 101 FPS at FHD ultra-high quality and 91 FPS at QHD resolution. This frame rate performance is already very smooth for racing games.
We also tested the extreme image quality under QHD, and the Blade 17 can still achieve the level of 79FPS.
It can be seen from the recorded power consumption that whether it is ultra-high image quality or extremely high image quality, the GPU is almost in full performance release state, and under extremely high image quality, the memory occupancy rate has increased by about 1.5G, reaching 8.6 G.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
In FHD high quality, Blade 17 can achieve an average of 159 FPS, and QHD can also reach 126FPS.
Even at QHD resolution, the high image quality of Tomb does not put much pressure on the RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU, so we also tested the highest image quality, and we can see that when DLSS is turned off, the Blade X17 can achieve 114FPS , also at a very high level. If you have higher requirements for frame rate, the frame rate will reach 139FPS after turning on DLSS quality, and 150FPS under DLSS balancing, which is a 34% increase in frame rate compared to DLSS OFF.
From the power consumption curve of the GPU, we can find that when DLSS is OFF, the power consumption of the graphics card is significantly higher than when DLSS is turned on. This means that turning on DLSS can not only increase the frame rate, but also reduce the power consumption of the graphics card to a certain extent. The requirements are lower.
Rainbow Six: Siege
Rainbow Six can achieve 388 FPS at FHD high quality, which can perfectly take advantage of the high refresh rate of the Blade 17 screen.
has a lower frame rate at QHD resolution, but still reaches an average frame rate of 336 FPS. Rainbow 6 also supports DLSS. After turning on the quality, you can see that it is very close to the FHD frame rate performance of the same quality, and DLSS is balanced. Compared with the quality, the improvement is not obvious.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Assassin's Creed We also tested three different image qualities. FHD can achieve 106FPS at very high image quality, QHD can also reach 88, and it can still reach a smooth level of 70FPS at extremely high image quality. .
Assassin's Creed In extremely high image quality, the power consumption release of the GPU and the occupation of video memory are obviously higher than in very high image quality, but it can be seen that the game has not fully squeezed out the performance of the CPU, and there is still a certain margin for power consumption. .
Watchdog 2: Legion
Watchdog FHD can achieve an average of 111FPS under very high image quality, and 88FPS under QHD. We also tested the highest image quality under QHD to see the improvement effect of DLSS. When DLSS is OFF, The frame rate can only reach 68FPS. After turning on the quality mode, it can reach 85FPS, an increase of nearly 25%. The improvement is even more obvious in the balanced mode.
And its GPU load situation is also as after turning on DLSS, the power consumption requirements of the GPU begin to decrease, and the usage of the video memory is not much different.
and finally Cyberpunk 2077:
CDPR has been improving the game's ray tracing image quality, and the update patch for Cyberpunk 2077 adds ray tracing local shadows to the game. The game now supports multiple ray tracing technologies such as ray tracing local shadows, daylight shadows, reflections, ambient occlusion, diffuse lighting and global illumination.
We tested three levels of image quality, namely high, light pursuit low and light pursuit super. It can achieve 108FPS in FHD high image quality, and 75FPS in QHD. After turning on DLSS in QHD, the frame rate is the same as that in FHD resolution, and the improvement is most obvious in balanced mode.
In QHD, when ray tracing is turned on and DLSS is turned off, it can only reach about 54FPS, which is already a certain pressure on Blade 17. After turning on DLSS, the quality improves to 67FPS, and the balance has reached 81. After turning on DLSS, it can reach a relatively smooth level. .
Under the highest light chasing super special effects, the frame rate can only reach 30FPS after turning off DLSS, and there is a clear sense of lag. After DLSS is turned on to equalize, the frame rate reaches about 60FPS. The minimum frame rate is significantly improved compared to turning off DLSS. , basically able to run relatively smoothly.
It can be seen from the GPU monitoring that under QHD light pursuit super image quality, the power consumption of the GPU is almost at full load after turning on DLSS, and its video memory usage is lower than turning off DLSS.
Taken together, the RTX 3080Ti equipped with the Blade 17 can almost play most 3A masterpieces at QHD resolution at high image quality. Even if the image quality is reduced to extremely high, with DLSS blessing, the frame rate can be improved The efficiency is increased by about 30% and the running state is relatively smooth.
Of course, the most important thing is that during the entire test process, the RTX 3080Ti did not experience excessive memory usage. The maximum usage rate was only around 9GB, and there was still a lot of headroom.
So, I believe that after seeing this, everyone can understand why RTX3080Ti still needs DLSS, because the development direction of laptop screens is high refresh rate + high resolution, at higher 2560 x 1440 or even 3840 x 2160 later. As resolutions become more common, DLSS is the best option for laptops to continue to achieve high frame rate gaming.
productivity performance:
The large video memory of RTX 3080Ti is especially suitable for engineering software in addition to games:
From the recorded SPECviewperf full CPU+GPU load situation, we can see that the highest GPU memory usage has reached about 10GB, and the GPU power consumption is extremely high. The situation is also at full capacity. The CPU is not that conspicuous in comparison. The maximum in the whole process is only about 40W, and the memory usage is between 6-13G.
Blade 17 Finally, in the engineering test, maya-06 can reach 436 FPS, solidworks-05 284FPS, 3dsmax-07 147FPS, so if you have engineering software needs, this may be the best time to buy Quadro professional without spending additional architecture Under the premise of using the card, you can buy the strongest product.
The slightly lower-loaded Adobe PS and LR and PR perform even better, with a picture editing score of 8387 and a PR video editing score of 7027, making it capable of most heavy-load requirements and lightweight picture editing and video Editing will also be very fast.
For office work, Blade 17 has no pressure at all. Applications can reach 14175, and modern offices can also reach 5918. However, because the power consumption of the Blade is more biased towards the GPU, it is not too high compared to hardware gaming systems with the same specifications.
Summary:
Although the 2022 version of Blade 17 has not changed much in appearance, with the addition of the new generation RTX 3070 Ti/3080 Ti laptop GPU and 12th generation Core, it has great advantages in gaming and productivity. promote. Especially in terms of games, the RTX 3070 Ti/3080 Ti laptop GPU has better support for high scores and high brushes. Even if DLSS is not turned on, it can achieve a frame rate of 60-70FPS and above at relatively high image quality. After it is turned on, While the frame rate is greatly improved, the image quality will also be in a relatively balanced state.
On the other hand, while the performance of the Blade 17 has been increased, its heat dissipation and noise are much better than those of gaming laptops of the same specification. Its design is not as exaggerated as gaming laptops, and the whole machine does not have many flaws. The Blade 17 It can be said that it is a product with excellent overall performance.
