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TolgaCal
posted in Razer Support

Razer Blade 15 2020 battery, performance and heat

Hi TolgaCal, This is totally normal as to protect the battery, most gaming laptops do not allow the CPU and GPU to draw too much power when not connected to the charger. So now to answer your questions more specifically: "Is it bad if you keep the laptop plugged in with full battery while gaming / using it?" No, overcharging is no longer a thing on modern devices as they will automatically stop giving any power to the battery when they detect it's full. Instead they will apply just a minor trickle charging current to barely keep it at 100% "Is playing on battery bad for the laptop?" No, but you do exchange a significant amount of performance away. "Is it normal for laptop in this price category to have framerate drops while playing on battery?" Yes, it is normal for laptops in every price level, Razer is rather good though in being able to make the impact slightly less significant than other laptops I've tried. Generally you shouldn't expect full gaming performance on battery t

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3 years ago
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Sactons
posted in Systems

Should Razer switch to/add AMD cpus in future Blades?

adrinroshan1I must admit. I built a PC early this year and even as a huge intel fan from their prime, I found myself switching to AMD Ryzen. Now, I'm looking to buy the Razer Blade 15 2020 Advanced Model but I'm really reluctant to do so because after hearing all the great news about the AMD 4000 mobile series, I worry that the moment I buy the existing blade 15, Razer would announce their new lineup of AMD blades. Which would put me in an unforgivable state of disappointment. Can someone give me some advice? Shall I wait until the end of the year or should I buy it now? While of course it will be your choice, you might need to wait until at least next year until there's a chance that there might be some AMD Blades, so if you already want a really good laptop you could just buy the 2020 Blade now with Intel. Reasoning as follows: Razer tends to launch their laptops just about once per year, they already refreshed all of their laptops this year No-one saw that the newest gen of AMD R

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3 years ago
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DaiBach99Insider
posted in Systems

Oculus Link with Razer Blade Advanced

From personal experience of using Oculus Link on RBP (2020) as well as technical curiosity to answer your questions: "I read somewhere that the Thunderbolt port does not pass the nVidia graphics card so you end up using the on-board Intel graphics. That sucks. Is this true?" As per Razer's website, on mid-2019 RB (Advanced) USB-C (thunderbolt) as well as mini-DP and HDMI are connected to the Nvidia graphics card directly and thus able to output display information, which you can yourself test with an USB-C to Displayport adapter cable. However, you don't get any benefit from connecting it directly to GPU since Oculus Link is treating the connection as normal USB-data in order to also facilitate also sending back information (with a single cable connection) from the headset, like for example information from the sensors and controllers. So as long as you're connecting it to a USB 3.0 or 3.1 capable port with USB-A, (so either directly on the laptop or through a fast enough hub), yo

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3 years ago
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DaiBach99Insider
posted in Systems

Oculus Link with Razer Blade Advanced

That sounds very strange. I'm not so familiar with RB-A (2019) but is it possible to somehow disable optimus and just use the dedicated GPU? As for what model I'm using, for laptop it's the new Razer Blade Pro (2020) with the top specs. And for the cables, I'm using a standard regular 3m USB-A to USB-C cable as well as using a 5m active amplifier extender cable from some random company that had decent reviews on their cables (Newzerol). Connection is also going through an Amazon Basics powered 10-port USB-A 3.1 hub.

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3 years ago
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DaiBach99Insider
posted in Systems

Oculus Link with Razer Blade Advanced

Please note that I'm not connected to the USB-C or Thunderbolt ports which are connected to the GPU. I'm using a USB-A connector on the laptop, which is not connected to either iGPU or the main GPU, and even then it's through a hub that does not support standard graphics signal (HDMI / DP) passthrough. The reason that it's working means that Oculus Link is packaging all of the graphics data into standard USB-data stream, rather than sending HDMI or DP compatible signal, but through an USB-C connector. This is also where the connector linking to GPU or iGPU could theoretically cause a difference. Edit: Sorry that I can't give you a direct solution to the problem, reason I brought up my case is that as I've confirmed I've not connected an USB either to GPU or iGPU, it seems like the issue is less of a connector problem but more of a software / driver issue with Optimus being triggered despite load on the GPU.

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3 years ago
OldDutch
OldDutch
posted in Systems

Razer Blade 2020 MaxQ Super 2070 + Samsung 49" 5120 x 1440

"-What is max. external resolution and Hz that a Blade 2020 MaxQ Super 2070 can handle? -Does someone have the experience with a Blade advanced and a 49" monitor?" The maximum is 7680x4320 @ 60hz for RTX 2070, however this is limited more by which games you are playing as the resolution of your monitor is close to 4k in amount of pixels. Meaning you'll likely not have FPS much above 30-50 playing AAA titles and in some cases need to further scale down the resolution. I'm myself using the older CRG9 from Samsung (identical specs to Odyssey G9, the only difference is 120hz instead of 240hz) and my RBP with 2080 Super barely manages to run Far Cry 5 at max settings at this resolution with 40-50 FPS framerate, with occasional frameskips if using the HD textures. But for slightly older games like let's say GTA V or such you can probably to get FPS close to 50-60 on the native resolution of your display with some settings turned down. You'll essentially only be running above 100 FPS i

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3 years ago
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Mauvedirectpoint181
posted in Systems

Razer laptop and vr

fireflameQIt works fine. however, it lags badly in some high graphics. Suggest you set prioritise performance over graphics in the oculus link app and tune up the performance in razer synapse. Which spec are you running on? For me personally I've had limited issues with VR as getting playable framerates on that are actually much easier to reach than on the Samsung's 49" ultrawide which is essentially 4k worth of pixels to render. (Using the 2080 Super "Max-Q" on RBP)

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Mauvedirectpoint181
posted in Systems

Razer laptop and vr

fireflameQAm on 2080 Max Q ... Are you also using the "Dedicated GPU only" setting in Razer Synapse?

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3 years ago
dekades
dekadesCommunity Cowboy
posted in Systems

[TotW] Laptop or Tower?

Laptop for me definitely. Despite laptop being more expensive for same performance, this is less of a deal for me than being able to take my gaming computer with me when I travel. This is the same reason why the only console that I have is the Switch. :)

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bowiescompanda
3 years ago
dekades
dekadesCommunity Cowboy
posted in Systems

Blade 17 | More Cores. Faster Screen. Bigger Wins.

autoFawnPERIDOT525Honestly, the 300hz option is amazing, but the 4k touch 120hz is something otherworldly in terms of how good it works. Not so great for in games due to pushing 4k with good FPS out of a 2080 super max q is kinda difficult, but i find that the screen looks super sharp at 1440p as well. Which game are you running on 4k that is having issues? In my use, it seems to be running decently-ish on almost-4k (Samsung 49" ultrawide, in terms of pixels it's around 5% less than 4k) at max settings for most new single player AAA games. The exceptions that I've found so far being the Flight Simulator 2020 and on Far Cry 5 with HD texture pack and everything else enabled, there's not enough graphics memory so there's occasional stutters.

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3 years ago
dekades
dekadesCommunity Cowboy
posted in Systems

Blade 17 | More Cores. Faster Screen. Bigger Wins.

rb6freakAre you using 1440p in games only or the desktop as well? I would like to know if you can run Windows desktop in 2560x1440 at 120Hz on the 4k120 model. You can run Windows desktop on any resolution below the native 4k, whether 1440p or 1080p (latter has the benefit of being a resolution that is easy to integer scale to 4k so you don't have any artifacts from the scaling process). The better question would be why, though?

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3 years ago
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michaeljeff
posted in Systems

Razer Blade Pro 17 2020 4k 120hz G Sync

pitha1337Had the 4K version here today. Tested a bit with new drivers and BIOS. Could not see any G-Sync option in NVDIA control panel with seperate graphics card enabled. I thought I will like the 4K display but the opposite was the case. The 300Hz display is so much better in my opinion. Better colors, better contrast, better response time and much smoother. Even with 120hz the 4K display had some tearing e.g. in Diablo 3. In my opinion for Gamers the 300hz is the better option. Im glad I could make a direct comparison. Could you maybe specify a bit more what you mean with the "better colours and better contrast" in the 1080p? In every review that's been measuring them, the 4K always has done a LOT better on these including nearly 100% Adobe RGB (something the 1080p doesn't even come close to), probably because the 4k display has been geared toward also content production.

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3 years ago
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AMBERfirstDarkOrange440
posted in Systems

Running 5K resolution Razer Blade Pro (2017) with LG 34" UltraWide monitor

Did you check whether the USB-C to Displayport adapter cable that you are using supports higher than 4k / 60hz data stream?

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3 years ago
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IBUZAI
posted in Systems

Overheating Cpu and GPu

You could try to use balanced-mode with custom fan control to have the fans running up faster without increasing the TDP, essentially sacrificing a little bit of performance in exchange for much lower temperatures.

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3 years ago
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pitha1337Insider Mini
posted in Systems

Razer Blade 17 Pro 2020 black screen

sergeantashThis hasn't solved the issue for me, Razer 17 Pro - booting up I get a black screen, if I hold power button and restart then screen works...shutdown and restart and black screen again - so annoying for a 4000 EUR laptop... Can you try installing the 452.06 version of Nvidia drivers? For me I'm using this one as the newer ones had some issues on my RBP 2020 with external screen, and at least one of the displays being dark, fixed sometimes by rebooting.

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2 years ago
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Sactons
posted in Systems

Should Razer switch to/add AMD cpus in future Blades?

adrinroshan1I guess it's nice to know that I'm not alone. And to be frank. I decided not to buy this year's model because I truly believe that an AMD variant will come next year. Maybe it's worth waiting. It's the exact same thing no matter whether they use Intel or AMD, the next gen of laptops will be much faster and better anyway. That's why there's not necessarily much point in waiting, unless you know for sure it's just like 1-2 months until next release.

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3 years ago
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drewex81Insider
posted in Systems

blade 17 pro 2020 2080 super failing with new nvidia drivers

beseezyYou're not alone; I have the same issue with the following specs: Razer Blade Pro 17" (System SKU RZ09-03295E63-R3U1) Intel Core i7-10875H Nvidia 2080 Super Max-Q 4k 120Hz Display and BIOS version 1.04, EC version 1.01, Windows 10 2004 I've encountered this issue on 456.38 drivers in dedicated graphics mode as well with mine and ended up rolling back to 452.22 as a result. I read that 456.55 has this problem as well. I'm not sure about 456.71 from last week but I'm not holding my breath. I second that as well, and 452.06 seems to be the last fully working and stable version for me. Tried updating a few times to the newer version but it keeps on breaking with either the built-in display or the attached one I have at home. Unfortunately tried also 456.71 and did not work for me either.

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Razer.Caziel
3 years ago
dekades
dekadesCommunity Cowboy
posted in Systems

Blade 17 | More Cores. Faster Screen. Bigger Wins.

Darkhan1970Do not update to windows Oct release, it causes the screen to not come back after sleep or display off option in power when dedicated GPU is selected. I went back to previous windows build 2004 and works fine. Which version of Nvidia drivers and which version of Bios are you using? I have the October release of Windows, and updated BIOS to 1.04 and is working perfectly, however I have to keep on using Nvidia 452.06 as newer versions end up with the black-screen issue.

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3 years ago
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pitha1337Insider Mini
posted in Systems

Razer Blade 17 Pro 2020 black screen

sergeantashSame here in Dedicated Graphics Mode, I've given up trying to solve it and now just use the NVidia Optimus mode, whereby both cards are enabled. I've already wasted enough time with this bl00dy laptop, can't be arsed to try and troubleshoot this one further. Have you tried installing Nvidia's drivers, version 452.06 ? Keeping it at that has worked for me, though every time I tried to update to a newer version starting to have issues again. Any newer version causes either black screen at hibernation, when attaching external monitor or such.

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2 years ago

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