BLADE 15 RTX 30 SERIES | Still the Best Gaming Laptop

Dugbam
Sir, you are a god among men. This worked for my qhd 240hz Blade 15 Advanced. At first, ran into the problem from poster above. Then plugged the laptop in, performed a restart and my custom options now appear for 120/144hz under refresh rate / shrug. I did change the settings under both detailed and the first menu (blanking on what it was titled), so maybe that is Breehzy's problem?

Happy to hear that it is working for you I tried plugging in the charger and restarting but still black screen for me. Only thing I could do is connect HDMI to monitor and reset the settings back to 60hz to get it to work again. Can you kindly check the image and let me know if there is anything else I should be changing? The only field I edited is the refresh rate at the bottom. For reference I have blade 17 pro rtx3060 165hz QHD.

Thanks.

ha1o2surfer96
Use CRU (https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU) to manually add a custom refresh rate when in optimus mode. Works great! They software lock out other refresh rates for some odd reason.

Imgur Link: https://imgur.com/01eCdyb

I chose 120hz for battery life.

CRU Link: Custom Resolution Utility (CRU) (monitortests.com)

Hi if you don't mind can you walkthrough the steps for this? I ran CRU and edited the detailed resolution section to change the refresh rate to 120hz from 60hz, but it wont show in windows settings to change the refresh rate (all I see is 60hz).

Thanks.

Edit: I restarted my laptop and it came with a black screen. Connected it to my monitor to find that my laptop screen is at 120hz but not working had to change it back to 60hz via CRU to get it to come back on.

devinus
Mine is locked at 60hz plugged in on my 3080 QHD. It doesn’t show the 240hz option. I’m not sure why, I just got the laptop today and haven’t messed with any settings or installed any drivers at all.

Have you been able to solve this problem yet? I have the same model and I'm having the same issue.

Ranzenberger
Same to me. I had ordered a RBA15 RTX2070 Full HD 3 weeks ago and was so positively surprised - it was my first Razer Laptop ever - that I decided to change it for the newer QHD RTX3080 model.
As I do use a lot of audio editing software the bigger screen is a plus, besides the more on RAM and HD space and worth the +800€.
At the moment I regret changing my 2020 model into the 2021 model.
First the bummer that internal Graphics is locked to 60Hz.
Second, that gaming performance in Overwatch is stuttery every 3-5 seconds, even I did severeal factory resets
It has both being so fluid before on the former machine, desktop work and gaming :frown_:.
Third thing is, that Synapse doesnt work properly with Overwatch any longer. At my 2020 model keys were automatically colored differently when the game started (WASD, Special Abilities etc.) but now the keyboard keeps statically illuminated.
I hope all these things can be fixed software sided soon as I really like those Razer Laptops (and dont want to step back to a 2020 model again).

Use CRU (https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU) to manually add a custom refresh rate when in optimus mode. Works great! They software lock out other refresh rates for some odd reason.

Imgur Link: https://imgur.com/01eCdyb

I chose 120hz for battery life.

CRU Link: Custom Resolution Utility (CRU) (monitortests.com)

Mannymal
Are you using the charger from your old Blade? If I use the old charger I get the stuttering too. Try the new one.

Nope, I do use the charger which was sent with the new Blade. But thanks for your advice!

Ranzenberger
Same to me. I had ordered a RBA15 RTX2070 Full HD 3 weeks ago and was so positively surprised - it was my first Razer Laptop ever - that I decided to change it for the newer QHD RTX3080 model.
As I do use a lot of audio editing software the bigger screen is a plus, besides the more on RAM and HD space and worth the +800€.
At the moment I regret changing my 2020 model into the 2021 model.
First the bummer that internal Graphics is locked to 60Hz.
Second, that gaming performance in Overwatch is stuttery every 3-5 seconds, even I did severeal factory resets
It has both being so fluid before on the former machine, desktop work and gaming :frown_:.
Third thing is, that Synapse doesnt work properly with Overwatch any longer. At my 2020 model keys were automatically colored differently when the game started (WASD, Special Abilities etc.) but now the keyboard keeps statically illuminated.
I hope all these things can be fixed software sided soon as I really like those Razer Laptops (and dont want to step back to a 2020 model again).

Are you using the charger from your old Blade? If I use the old charger I get the stuttering too. Try the new one.

pulseHarvestGoldleet743
Hows the screen on the QHD 240hz model ? i have the late 2019 OLED and thinking of upgrading, not sure if i could live without the OLED display.......

Definitely a downgrade from OLED. Also, keep in mind you only get 240hz when gaming. Windows desktop is locked to 60hz on the QHD model.

Mannymal
I see. What a bummer. QHD + G-Sync were the main reason I was upgrading. A return to Razer may be in order.

Same to me. I had ordered a RBA15 RTX2070 Full HD 3 weeks ago and was so positively surprised - it was my first Razer Laptop ever - that I decided to change it for the newer QHD RTX3080 model.
As I do use a lot of audio editing software the bigger screen is a plus, besides the more on RAM and HD space and worth the +800€.
At the moment I regret changing my 2020 model into the 2021 model.
First the bummer that internal Graphics is locked to 60Hz.
Second, that gaming performance in Overwatch is stuttery every 3-5 seconds, even I did severeal factory resets
It has both being so fluid before on the former machine, desktop work and gaming :frown_:.
Third thing is, that Synapse doesnt work properly with Overwatch any longer. At my 2020 model keys were automatically colored differently when the game started (WASD, Special Abilities etc.) but now the keyboard keeps statically illuminated.
I hope all these things can be fixed software sided soon as I really like those Razer Laptops (and dont want to step back to a 2020 model again).

XrayNorthWest
What docking station are you using to pass thru your signal from the laptop to the monitor? That may be the bottleneck. Try connecting directly to the monitor.

I forgot to add it, but I already excluded the dock being the issue: the exact same setup works without any problem with an older dell XPS 15, which is even running the monitor via the integrated gpu

So, I got the Advanced model with rtx3080 and QHD screen. When I connect it via usbc or thunderbolt to my docking station, it looks like it cannot run the external monitor at its native refresh rate (144hz) but at max at 120hz. I can see that the dGPU is running it, it correctly recognize it and display the gsync options as well, but if I set 144hz nothing comes up on the monitor (the machine seems to believe it's sending the signal, but the monitor does not receive anything).

Anyone with similar experiences?

Mannymal
I have my RB15A QHD on the mail.

So I was disappointed to read here that when using the iGPU it is limited to 60hz. Very disappointed, to the point where I may return the laptop. Is there ANY way to use the iGPU at more than 60hz? Is there at least a BIOS switch to boot on iGPU mode allowing for higher refresh rates? I can't stand doing any desktop work at 60hz, and running on dGPU permantently would kill battery life. I'm used to my current 2019 RB constantly running at 144hz regardless of which GPU is active.

AFAIK you’ll have to return it and get the FHD model which uses traditional Optimus

But it still says 16 GB VRAM when configuring the 4K OLED 15 Advanced here:

https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4089/kw/rtx%203080%20advanced