{"id":124881,"date":"2022-05-04T15:50:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124881"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T13:50:04","slug":"the-best-new-laptop-for-competitive-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/124881-the-best-new-laptop-for-competitive-gamers","title":{"rendered":"The best new laptop for competitive gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Razer has recently announced its new lineup of Blade 15 gaming laptops.<\/p>\n

The top-of-the-line Razer Blade 15 model now has an OLED panel that renders 240 frames per second.<\/p>\n

A high refresh rate display with fast response times and G-Sync support can give competitive gamers a tangible advantage in fast-paced FPS titles like Warzone and Counter-Strike.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Blade 15 range also shipped with OLED panels, but these were 4K displays capped at 60 frames per second refresh rates, targeting mainly content creation and productivity.<\/p>\n

However, Razer\u2018s 2022 Blade 15 laptops now allow gamers to experience the vivid colours and true blacks of an OLED screen without compromising screen refresh rate.<\/p>\n

Although there are currently laptops on the market with OLED displays, only a few of them offer consumers screen refresh rates above 60 Hz.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the primary reason you\u2019d want this laptop is the 15.6-inch 1440p OLED display which can render 240 frames per second.<\/p>\n

The laptop\u2019s design also doesn\u2019t follow your typical over-the-top gaming laptop aesthetic but instead opts for a minimal look that resembles a thin-and-light enterprise notebook.<\/p>\n

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The Razer Blade 15 comes with an Intel i7-12800H processor running at a base clock of 1.8 GHz that can boost up to 4.8 GHz.<\/p>\n

The laptop ships with a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card featuring 16GB GDDR6 VRAM.<\/p>\n

With a 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD and three PCIe 4.0 slots, storage will never be anything to fret over.<\/p>\n

The Blade 15 can also support the latest DDR5 RAM, shipping with 32GB of 4800MHz dual-channel modules.<\/p>\n

Since RGB lighting has become obligatory for anything branded as \u201cgaming\u201d, the Blade 15 comes with fully customisable Razer Chroma per-key backlighting.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t expect any of these premium specs to come cheap, though \u2014 The Blade 15 retails at $3,699.99 (R58,592.78) on Razer\u2019s website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With GPU prices steadily dropping, though, I would rather invest in a high-end desktop PC for that kind of money.<\/p>\n

As someone who has nothing close to competitive skill levels in the games I play, investing in a desktop PC that I can upgrade over time is a better choice.<\/p>\n

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Razer Blade 15 Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Display<\/strong><\/td>\n15.6-inch 2,560 x 1,440p @ 240Hz, 100% DCI-P3, G-Sync, 2.5ms response time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU<\/strong><\/td>\nIntel i7-12800H, 14-cores, 1.8GHz Base Clock, 4.8GHz Boost Clock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 16GB GDDR6 VRAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/strong><\/td>\n32GB DDR5 4800MHz dual-channel memory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n1TB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Input<\/strong><\/td>\n1 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C)
\n2 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 \u2014 Supports Power Delivery 3 (15W)
\n3 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions and Weight<\/strong><\/td>\n16.99 mm x 235 mm x 355 mm (2.01 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battery and Adaptor<\/strong><\/td>\n80WHr rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery
\n230W power adapter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\n$3,699.99 (R58,592.78)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read: New PS Plus \u2014 Everything you need to know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Razer has unveiled its new lineup of Blade 15 gaming laptops, including specs that are especially attractive to competitive gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":124882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7],"tags":[26112,26113,289,1702,26111,1925],"class_list":["post-124881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-hardware","tag-240-hz-oled-screen","tag-blade-15","tag-competitive-gaming","tag-gaming-laptop","tag-high-refresh-rate-display","tag-razer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}