Whoops, looks like you can set the GPU PL to 175 watts manually. It does help, but performance isn't anything like Windows and it seems to throttle to ~130-150w after a few minutes in game.
You need razer laptop control from github to set the correct thermal profile. Then it will have the same performance as Windows. I don't understand why my comments keep disappearing.
By the way, better install the no dkms version which is newer and does not need a kernel module. Then you have to add the ID of your model in the config file.
Oh, thanks! I've been looking for something that can control the lid logo, as well. Anyway, setting the power profile to "gaming" does seem to work (the fans start immediately), but I'm still not really able to break 100fps in Control at 1440p with the settings @JarrodsTech used in this review of the Blade 18: ruclips.net/video/c2cgs-w0Q9M/видео.html
@@aka_bw you can set custom mode, then CPU boost and GPU high. If you are using Proton or Proton-GE, I guess around 15-20% performance loss can be expected. I heard some games have better Linux performance but some loss is inevitable, I guess. I should check the Control some day. I still didn't play it. :)
@@aka_bw by the way. The CPU is unlocked. So you can undervolt with intel-undervolt. I am not sure if it works with the 13th gen but -100mV for core and cache should help with the performance further.
Good video all around. DJI gimbal sequence was great 🤣. I'm mostly using the laptop for video editing and this helped me choose. Going with a Strix Scar 16. Thanks!
Appreciated the honest and straight forward review. I'm 35 and like to game, but don't want to bring a big gaming rig to my work because it looks silly. Was thinking this laptop was the one, but that fan noise is too much maybe. Gaming on Mac is a joke as well, so I don't know what Windows laptop would be quieter and look more professional. Would love to see your honest review on the Razer 18 or another laptop, I enjoyed your style
And they wanna charge more for that experimental screen. (Based on what you have showed) Thanks for honest review. This is the content I was looking for, amongst the "wow, amazing, awesome laptop" contents.
This was a very in-depth look at the Blade 16, thank you for showing the weird quirks of the Dual mode screen. I just have one question for Razer, when are we getting this in Mercury White?!
Maybe we will see better battery life with the intel 4 (7nm) Meteor Lake chips? Supposed to drop by end of 2023, but who knows what the perf will look like and if Razer would choose them over an HX part..
Never have seen any videos of yours. Very relaxing. Straight to the point and really genuine. Great job. I’d rather watch this kind of video as opposed to over theatrical reviews. I have the same machine and noticed you said you didn’t like synapse. What is your experience with it and will it be as quiet without it? I have also noticed that when I switch the screen to Nvidia mode it’s brighter but has a yellow tint to it. Did you have this issue? It just doesn’t seem as bright as it’s supposed to be. Thanks a lot.
Regarding the end, there should be a Blade 14 with a Zen4 CPU coming later on, though I doubt it will have the 4090 unless they also make the Blade 14 thicker or really reduce its TGP.
Not only is the video awesome in any way, it is definitly one of my favorite videos of all time! Keep up the great work! I think there´s a LOT of potential...
Thanks for the video. I have installed arch linux on the blade 16, everything OK except for the speakers which do not sound. Did you have to overcome any problem like this?
I was just looking into upgrading to blade from my Asus zephyrs g15 from 2021. I use only Linux, Fedora to be exact. I think I’m just going get the newer Zephyrus model mainly because of the awesome Linux support for the Asus laptops through the AsusLinux project
Muy útil para mí, espero que los drivers de nvidia hayan mejorado lo suficiente. Aunque todo parece indicar que no vale la pena jugar juegos en un portatil con linux y gpu nvidia.
I have the 17" Blade from 2021, the battery still working,, no issues there, I used it unplugged a lot, getting about 2:30 hours, 3:30 at the most, depending on what I do, coding mostly, now thinking on upgrading the RAM and SSD, max it out.
This was great, really well done. Hope you make more videos. I am shopping for a 16" laptop with good linux support and I can mark this one off my list. Thanks!
nice video! like the vibe. Would you say 16:9 on the 14” is still fine or are you still tempted to swap for a razer with 16:10? I want a 14” but $2700 is just too steep so i was thinking about last year’s
I had a ryzen Blade 14 with 3070 for about a year and sold it. I agree it was just too much compromise. Dock it and it is too loud. Playing without external screen is too small. Keyboards are way too hot. As a laptop the battery life is terrible. If you have that kind of money to spend. Spend half on a desktop and the other half on an ultrabook that makes the most sense to me.
I feel like every single release cycle we see Razer almost make a perfect product... like in every category that they make a product. But there's always one little way where they just go and screw it up.
Great video. Well structured, really technical stuff. I'm guessing that you are an IT Professional. I'm a blade 15 2022. And i'm having trouble setting it up with manjaro i3 on with nvidia drivers and multiple monitors. It has been a pain in the ass to set this machine to productive.
My question. I want to buy a laptop for work, unfortunately a laptop - I will not travel to the company with the desktop. I occasionally play, but rather in demanding titles. I wanted to take a blade with 4090 - but I'm terrified of the noise level it can have. As a result, I rather decided on the 4070. Razer Blade 16 with rtx 4070 seems to be a good choice. I will be working under Linux because the applications at which I write code die under windows. I will do a dual boot to windows. On the other hand I am facing the final choice whether QHD or MiniLed. I don't know which will be better - it would be different if I worked and used only under windows. But is everything REALLY OK using miniled under linux. Unfortunately the blade 16 with 4070 can also go with miniled - so they gave me another choice that I have to THINK about :(
I would do anything for a laptop like this, a lot of people in my school have super nice laptops but I don’t got a job 😢 I’m studying to become a software engineer so hopefully one day I’ll get a good job, it’s really fun to code and make programs even though it’s hard.. this really looks amazing, it’s crazy how far we’ve come in terms of laptops 🎉
Nice video. What do you think of the Asus ROG Zephyrus lineup? They have Ryzen CPU options and similar specs and form factor. I was thinking of trying the new 2023 Duo 16.
Hello! I really need you help choosing a laptop. I came a cross two razer blades that I’m torn between. One is a Blade 15 advanced with: 4K OLED Touch Intel core i9-11900H 16Cpus up 4.9Ghz 32Go ram ddr4 1to Ssd Nvme Nvidia Rtx 3080 16Go Vram. The other is 2023 Blade 16 rtx 4060 and mini LED with the double refresh feature. I don’t know which screen is better. Or how frame rates will behave in recent games like: RE4 and Cyberpunk. They both are 100$ apart with the blade 15 being the cheaper option. Seriously, I would really appreciate your professional opinion
when it comes to reviews there are 2 things I have never cared in laptops, battery life and fan noise and the reason I don't care is because those two things are usual excuses to reduce performance for the sake of "slim" and more portable laptops.
what you think of the razer blade 14 2022 with 3070ti is that one good on battery life like doing simple task and coding with vscode or on kali linux on terminal? like how many hours will that get me?
I am a digital nomad and I just bought the razer blade 18 I come from a macbook pro with 16 gb of ram and 500mb of storage and I really did not want to spend an absurd sum for a macbook with 64gb of ram and 2 terabytes of storage. To program really seen the problems with the linux driver and the battery really worth programming in linux or better in windows with WSL or some virtual machine?. If I had a fixed place to live I would buy a desktop pc and I would program with linux but it is not yet so.
Are you using the proprietary nvidia drivers in linux? I have been trying to get them working in Fedora with no luck. Was there anything in particular you did?
Yes. I'm using nvidia-dkms in arch with the usual setup (disable nouveau, nvidia-drm.modeset=1). The only new thing to me was that the driver will not load without adding ibt=off to the kernel commandline. The new open-source nvidia kernel modules also seem to work, but don't support power management.
Sort of. The headphone jack and built-in mic work, speakers do not. Someone will have to sniff the Windows driver to see how it sets up the amps and stuff. One thing to be aware of, this machine uses Intel SOF to drive some kind of DSP and I bet the Blade 18 is the same. You might want to try installing the SOF firmware if you haven't already (extra/sof-firmware in arch).
@@aka_bw Thanks for that. I went down the SOF route in Fedora, Ubuntu and Pop and didn't yield any results sadly. I was hoping someone might of found a fix. I am also willing to bet the 16 and 18 sit on top the same chipset platform.
I swear no one tells you these things in the reviews. Stop investing that much money in shit laptops and build a desktop for half the price keeping a mid-tier laptop.
My razer blade 15’s fans are always loud. Even just looking at emails. Why? I can’t use a gaming laptop as a normal laptop if the battery lasts 45 min and the fans are blasting doing menial tasks.
Whoops, looks like you can set the GPU PL to 175 watts manually. It does help, but performance isn't anything like Windows and it seems to throttle to ~130-150w after a few minutes in game.
You need razer laptop control from github to set the correct thermal profile. Then it will have the same performance as Windows. I don't understand why my comments keep disappearing.
By the way, better install the no dkms version which is newer and does not need a kernel module. Then you have to add the ID of your model in the config file.
Oh, thanks! I've been looking for something that can control the lid logo, as well. Anyway, setting the power profile to "gaming" does seem to work (the fans start immediately), but I'm still not really able to break 100fps in Control at 1440p with the settings @JarrodsTech used in this review of the Blade 18: ruclips.net/video/c2cgs-w0Q9M/видео.html
@@aka_bw you can set custom mode, then CPU boost and GPU high. If you are using Proton or Proton-GE, I guess around 15-20% performance loss can be expected. I heard some games have better Linux performance but some loss is inevitable, I guess. I should check the Control some day. I still didn't play it. :)
@@aka_bw by the way. The CPU is unlocked. So you can undervolt with intel-undervolt. I am not sure if it works with the 13th gen but -100mV for core and cache should help with the performance further.
Most honest review of the blade I have seen yet. Thank you.
I enjoyed the video, great style and thanks for covering various niche areas surrounding this laptop in this video!
Infomative and relaxing to listen, while also revealing good understanding and literacy in this field. Great video! :)
I was looking for exactly this kind of content
Good video all around. DJI gimbal sequence was great 🤣. I'm mostly using the laptop for video editing and this helped me choose. Going with a Strix Scar 16. Thanks!
Appreciated the honest and straight forward review. I'm 35 and like to game, but don't want to bring a big gaming rig to my work because it looks silly. Was thinking this laptop was the one, but that fan noise is too much maybe. Gaming on Mac is a joke as well, so I don't know what Windows laptop would be quieter and look more professional.
Would love to see your honest review on the Razer 18 or another laptop, I enjoyed your style
Maybe the rog Zephyrus series of laptops. Depends on your gaming honestly. On a lot of games you should be fine with the latest amd iGPUs.
I really liked this format of review. Nice and easy to listen to!
And they wanna charge more for that experimental screen. (Based on what you have showed)
Thanks for honest review. This is the content I was looking for, amongst the "wow, amazing, awesome laptop" contents.
This was a very in-depth look at the Blade 16, thank you for showing the weird quirks of the Dual mode screen. I just have one question for Razer, when are we getting this in Mercury White?!
sub, great content, keep it up! really impressed with quality! that nature shot in the beginning wow! loved that! do more!
I like your style of reviewing, it's calm and unique. You should definitely make more vidoes in the future 💯
Maybe we will see better battery life with the intel 4 (7nm) Meteor Lake chips? Supposed to drop by end of 2023, but who knows what the perf will look like and if Razer would choose them over an HX part..
I like your review. Strangely and positively calming
First honest laptop review I see. Thanks for that !
Never have seen any videos of yours. Very relaxing. Straight to the point and really genuine. Great job. I’d rather watch this kind of video as opposed to over theatrical reviews. I have the same machine and noticed you said you didn’t like synapse. What is your experience with it and will it be as quiet without it? I have also noticed that when I switch the screen to Nvidia mode it’s brighter but has a yellow tint to it. Did you have this issue? It just doesn’t seem as bright as it’s supposed to be. Thanks a lot.
Regarding the end, there should be a Blade 14 with a Zen4 CPU coming later on, though I doubt it will have the 4090 unless they also make the Blade 14 thicker or really reduce its TGP.
Yeah, good point. I was hoping for the 16" form factor, but maybe that's reserved for Intel.
Why didn't you go for an 18? I'm just curious. Great content by the way, keep it up! Subscribed.
Yeah, it's tough. I think about that massive display even now and suddenly 16" seems so small, but I wanted to see the weird dual-mode mini LED.
I love how this video is so quiet and easy to listen to. I hate it when the video is full of background music.
this is the best laptop review i've ever seen, I revisit every month
Fantastic review! Really dig this. Very informative and fun at the same time.
Not only is the video awesome in any way, it is definitly one of my favorite videos of all time! Keep up the great work! I think there´s a LOT of potential...
Thanks for the video. I have installed arch linux on the blade 16, everything OK except for the speakers which do not sound. Did you have to overcome any problem like this?
Gotta love that “magnificigent” display!
I was just looking into upgrading to blade from my Asus zephyrs g15 from 2021. I use only Linux, Fedora to be exact. I think I’m just going get the newer Zephyrus model mainly because of the awesome Linux support for the Asus laptops through the AsusLinux project
best laptop review ever
Muy útil para mí, espero que los drivers de nvidia hayan mejorado lo suficiente. Aunque todo parece indicar que no vale la pena jugar juegos en un portatil con linux y gpu nvidia.
bro why aren't you posting more videos,reallu enjoy your content,please keep it up
I have the 17" Blade from 2021, the battery still working,, no issues there, I used it unplugged a lot, getting about 2:30 hours, 3:30 at the most, depending on what I do, coding mostly, now thinking on upgrading the RAM and SSD, max it out.
Very nice breakdown. I won’t even bother with Linux on mine
This was great, really well done. Hope you make more videos. I am shopping for a 16" laptop with good linux support and I can mark this one off my list. Thanks!
Excellent video, can you make one about your Arch configuration?
nice video! like the vibe. Would you say 16:9 on the 14” is still fine or are you still tempted to swap for a razer with 16:10? I want a 14” but $2700 is just too steep so i was thinking about last year’s
Nice video, can you please make an informative video on AMD, Intel and Nvidia gpu in laptop, like power consumption, what feature works in Linux etc.
I had a ryzen Blade 14 with 3070 for about a year and sold it. I agree it was just too much compromise. Dock it and it is too loud. Playing without external screen is too small. Keyboards are way too hot. As a laptop the battery life is terrible. If you have that kind of money to spend. Spend half on a desktop and the other half on an ultrabook that makes the most sense to me.
Good review. Keep 'em coming..
Really good video, you should talk about more of your stuff :)
I feel like every single release cycle we see Razer almost make a perfect product... like in every category that they make a product. But there's always one little way where they just go and screw it up.
Loved this video. You’re pointing out lots of things that really matters and much of it not mentioned by the more produced reviews on it. Thank you.
chill be comprehensive review. what linux ar you using and how hard was it to install and get working nicely!?!?
Love this video good job
Great video. Well structured, really technical stuff. I'm guessing that you are an IT Professional. I'm a blade 15 2022. And i'm having trouble setting it up with manjaro i3 on with nvidia drivers and multiple monitors. It has been a pain in the ass to set this machine to productive.
we want more reviews
Bro has beautiful eyes
I have been dissuaded from this device and yet, entertained. Bravo! Keep producing more.
My question. I want to buy a laptop for work, unfortunately a laptop - I will not travel to the company with the desktop. I occasionally play, but rather in demanding titles. I wanted to take a blade with 4090 - but I'm terrified of the noise level it can have. As a result, I rather decided on the 4070. Razer Blade 16 with rtx 4070 seems to be a good choice. I will be working under Linux because the applications at which I write code die under windows. I will do a dual boot to windows. On the other hand I am facing the final choice whether QHD or MiniLed. I don't know which will be better - it would be different if I worked and used only under windows. But is everything REALLY OK using miniled under linux. Unfortunately the blade 16 with 4070 can also go with miniled - so they gave me another choice that I have to THINK about :(
Thank you very much!
Let me convert Fahrenheit to Celsius real quick...
Best review, well done ✅
Have you gotten the speakers to work on your machine?
That wm looks positively ancient. Nice video though, i surprisingly like it.
As always the Razer is too hot, too loud, too expensive and with 'intel inside'.
Oh and it sucks too many watts apparently.
I would do anything for a laptop like this, a lot of people in my school have super nice laptops but I don’t got a job 😢 I’m studying to become a software engineer so hopefully one day I’ll get a good job, it’s really fun to code and make programs even though it’s hard.. this really looks amazing, it’s crazy how far we’ve come in terms of laptops 🎉
Nice video. What do you think of the Asus ROG Zephyrus lineup? They have Ryzen CPU options and similar specs and form factor. I was thinking of trying the new 2023 Duo 16.
Please do another review.....please.
9:40. Seems like something one of Chinese friends, who don't care about patent law, could help us out with. 🤔 Make some after market upgrade options.
you should make more reviews! or videos
how the hell did you managed to use the damm thing without it bloating up?
This is your only video? Bro you should do this full-time.
Hello! I really need you help choosing a laptop. I came a cross two razer blades that I’m torn between. One is a Blade 15 advanced with: 4K OLED Touch Intel core i9-11900H 16Cpus up 4.9Ghz 32Go ram ddr4
1to Ssd Nvme Nvidia Rtx 3080 16Go Vram. The other is 2023 Blade 16 rtx 4060 and mini LED with the double refresh feature.
I don’t know which screen is better. Or how frame rates will behave in recent games like: RE4 and Cyberpunk. They both are 100$ apart with the blade 15 being the cheaper option. Seriously, I would really appreciate your professional opinion
3d print some new fan blades. Patents ... PFFT!
when it comes to reviews there are 2 things I have never cared in laptops, battery life and fan noise and the reason I don't care is because those two things are usual excuses to reduce performance for the sake of "slim" and more portable laptops.
good stuff
come on, you gotta make more videos on this 5 months later
As the new 14" Razer Blade does not come with a 4090 nor 4080, are you going to hold out until next year?
what you think of the razer blade 14 2022 with 3070ti is that one good on battery life like doing simple task and coding with vscode or on kali linux on terminal? like how many hours will that get me?
I would love an all amd razer but 14 inch is just too small for me.
I have the same laptop, blade 16 2023. The speakers do not work in Manjaro. How about yours?
Wait. How did you return your first razer laptop when you have it right there with you? Razer wont allow anyone to return a used laptop for a refund
I am a digital nomad and I just bought the razer blade 18 I come from a macbook pro with 16 gb of ram and 500mb of storage and I really did not want to spend an absurd sum for a macbook with 64gb of ram and 2 terabytes of storage. To program really seen the problems with the linux driver and the battery really worth programming in linux or better in windows with WSL or some virtual machine?. If I had a fixed place to live I would buy a desktop pc and I would program with linux but it is not yet so.
Are you using the proprietary nvidia drivers in linux? I have been trying to get them working in Fedora with no luck. Was there anything in particular you did?
Yes. I'm using nvidia-dkms in arch with the usual setup (disable nouveau, nvidia-drm.modeset=1). The only new thing to me was that the driver will not load without adding ibt=off to the kernel commandline. The new open-source nvidia kernel modules also seem to work, but don't support power management.
Interesting. Perhaps that kernel parameter was all I was missing. Appreciate the response!
Did sound work for you out of the box, or did you do anything to fix it? I have a blade 18, and hit a brick wall with getting sound working in Linux.
Sort of. The headphone jack and built-in mic work, speakers do not. Someone will have to sniff the Windows driver to see how it sets up the amps and stuff. One thing to be aware of, this machine uses Intel SOF to drive some kind of DSP and I bet the Blade 18 is the same. You might want to try installing the SOF firmware if you haven't already (extra/sof-firmware in arch).
@@aka_bw Thanks for that. I went down the SOF route in Fedora, Ubuntu and Pop and didn't yield any results sadly. I was hoping someone might of found a fix. I am also willing to bet the 16 and 18 sit on top the same chipset platform.
How do y’all get money to get these expensive gadgets? Or am just poor😭
Stupid question .. UI is smooth when use it ?
battery life on windows laptops is just... ryzen is better, but apple just did a great job with m1.
0:56 💀
Asus zephrus duo ryzen 9 3999
Haha the laptop not the cat 💀
I swear no one tells you these things in the reviews. Stop investing that much money in shit laptops and build a desktop for half the price keeping a mid-tier laptop.
bro u look tired
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Razer makes garbage.
nice video but little bit boring, try to make it more entertaining.
I didn't realise we were watching a circus for it to be entertaining
@anmol3457 what I meant is the video is boring 😴 compare to other youtubers
I actually preferred him just being himself, was a really chill watch, there’s a market for everyone :)
My razer blade 15’s fans are always loud. Even just looking at emails. Why? I can’t use a gaming laptop as a normal laptop if the battery lasts 45 min and the fans are blasting doing menial tasks.
Good work