BLADE PRO 17 RTX 30 SERIES | Ultra-Fast. Ultra-Thin. Ultra-Powerful.

The Fire Strike score is approx. 12% better than the last Alienware M17 R3 RTX 2080 Super I tested with OC'ing.

That said, the Fire Strike benchmark is really not great at capturing where the improvements are going in these GPUs. It would be great to see a Time Spy Extreme benchmark of the RB 17 4K with RTX 3080 as that would be a better analysis of some of the improvements in the three series cards.

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Kohaashi
I was about to pull the trigger on one of these until I realised that they don’t have a DisplayPort.

That means no external support for 3440x1440 at 120Hz with GSYNC. (Alienware AW3420DW).

Looks like Razer has switched to the less popular HDMI 2.1 connection - good for new oled TVs - bad for monitors.

It’s a shame that Razer couldn’t also support DP via USBC or ditch the Thunderbolt port and give us MiniDP.

Usb c should do what display port does, since probably TB3 connected directly to CPU other usb c maybe to gpu which means can pull out g sync, it’s similar with blade 15 usb c that I saw from users can pull out g sync.

Joikansai
Usb c should do what display port does, since probably TB3 connected directly to CPU other usb c maybe to gpu which means can pull out g sync, it’s similar with blade 15 usb c that I saw from users can pull out g sync.

It appears that the TB3 port may support DP with just a TB3 USBC connection to DP.

As a result I’m going to order one and if it doesn’t work then I’ll just return it. I have reached out to a Razer for clarification regarding DP support to save the hassle of a potential return, but no reply.

Here's a great detailed review of the top end Razer 17 Pro 3080. I have last years same exact model (I upgraded to 32MB 3200 memory like the new one has), with the only difference being I have the 2080 Super Maxq vs the 3080, so quite an apples to apples comparison.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Razer-Blade-Pro-17-Early-2021-Laptop-Review-The-GeForce-RTX-30-Difference.519563.0.html

Their results are very consistent with the video review posted above.

I'm somewhat relieved that the differences aren't that much between mine and the new one. For 3dMark, I'm seeing only about a 14% improvement in all the scores comparing with the 3080 vs mine:
Port Royal: 5842 mine vs. 6686 new
Timespy Graphics: 9494 mine vs 10898 new
Firestrike Graphics: 24206 mine vs 26486 new

And the overall performance benchmarks are actually a little lower on the new one, but basically the same.
PcMark Score 6609 mine vs 6531 new

All in all, certainly not worth the upgrade for me and definitely not in the same ballpark of the improvements seen in the desktop 2080 vs 3080, but still a killer laptop/game machine. Basically only so much juice and heat dissipation with these thin laptops.

rjkrejci
Here's a great detailed review of the top end Razer 17 Pro 3080. I have last years same exact model (I upgraded to 32MB 3200 memory like the new one has), with the only difference being I have the 2080 Super Maxq vs the 3080, so quite an apples to apples comparison.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Razer-Blade-Pro-17-Early-2021-Laptop-Review-The-GeForce-RTX-30-Difference.519563.0.html

Their results are very consistent with the video review posted above.

I'm somewhat relieved that the differences aren't that much between mine and the new one. For 3dMark, I'm seeing only about a 14% improvement in all the scores comparing with the 3080 vs mine:
Port Royal: 5842 mine vs. 6686 new
Timespy Graphics: 9494 mine vs 10898 new
Firestrike Graphics: 24206 mine vs 26486 new

And the overall performance benchmarks are actually a little lower on the new one, but basically the same.
PcMark Score 6609 mine vs 6531 new

All in all, certainly not worth the upgrade for me and definitely not in the same ballpark of the improvements seen in the desktop 2080 vs 3080, but still a killer laptop/game machine. Basically only so much juice and heat dissipation with these thin laptops.

Check also on QA they mentioned that on real gaming FPS it is on some case performs a lot better than 3080 laptop that has higher gpu tdp Asus ROG Duo, though it’s on 15 inch form factor it has massive cooling with its rise up secondary display to add more room, comes to conclusions on gaming where all parts bottleneck by cooling limitation on laptops the bigger cassis might give more advantages. 3DMark maxes gpu and cpu usage for short period time and take advantage on higher tdp gpu so not really objective measurement compared to real gaming usage imo.

Still can't wrap my head around that RTX card in that thinly designed laptop!

S1ndrome
Still can't wrap my head around that RTX card in that thinly designed laptop!

The laptop 3080 is a significantly different from the desktop one. Shouldn't really even be called by the same nomenclature.

Dekades


Ultra-Fast. Ultra-Thin. Ultra-Powerful. Enter the all-new Razer Blade Pro 17, now armed with NvidiaGeForce RTX 30 Series graphics. Experience next-gen visuals on a silky-smooth 360Hz FHD screen (high refresh-rate 2K and 4K screens also available). Encased in a super-sleek body that’s just 15.5"-wide take on any game anywhere with unrivalled power.

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This is savage and beautiful at the same time

Will there be a QHD version with 3080 and 16GB VRAM at one point?

I beg you @razer to allow undervolting for the Pro 17 (2021) again. This already incredible mashine could be even quieter by allowing us to undervolt it (again).

At the moment I can only restrict the i7s power (pl1/pl2) with throttlestop to reduce noise, which helps, but with undervolting we can reduce noise AND gain performance at the same time. Not be able to do it is a real shame, since there is performance and noise improvements which we are not able to use.

Also, since this mashine has already really good cooling, adding may be 10-20w on the GPU Power Target would be awesome.

Both this tweaks (undervolting and a little more gpu Power Target) would make this mashine so much more awesome! Come on Razer, give us a bios update. Pls

I pre ordered my 2021 razer blade 17 3080 with 360hz monitor a couple weeks ago and I am DAMN excited. Can’t wait. I know the monitor is 360hz refresh rate, but what is the response rate ms? What is the significance of the difference between desktop and laptop 3080s?

webmich
Got G-Sync working with external monitor, if anyone is interessted in this kind of topic. HDMI wont work, but USB-C to Displayport is!

Yes usb C acts as display port where g sync can be outputted, but for hdmi blade pro has hdmi 2.1 so it can output g sync if your external monitor has hdmi 2.1 support.