The keyboard has gotten a number of noteworthy modifications. The keys have a 1.5 mm journey distance, giving them a tactile and mechanical really feel. The actuation feels heavy, although I just like the precision it provides. Razer has additionally added 5 macro keys on the fitting beneath the facility button and “dual-LED” RGB backlighting. Which means urgent and holding the Operate or Shift keys will mild up the secondary operate of every key that has one. It’s superfluous, sure, however I’ve to confess it’s neat. The expansive, glass touchpad is nice as nicely. I’ve had issues prior to now with misclicks and palm rejection, however that’s all been ironed out.
Razer used to supply two show choices, certainly one of which was a 4K panel, however now there’s only one choice: an OLED 240-Hz display screen with a 2,560 x 1,600-pixel decision. Apparently, with the RTX 5090 onboard, this seems like the primary show that would produce higher body charges at that top decision.
The OLED panel is implausible by way of picture high quality. It’s spectacular by way of shade saturation (100% sRGB, 94 % AdobeRGB) and shade accuracy (Delta-E of 0.42). At a max of 381 nits, it’s not the brightest show on the planet, however that’s what you get with OLED. The mini-LED shows Razer previously supplied have been significantly brighter each in SDR and HDR, however the excessive distinction and quick response occasions of OLED make it unbeatable. I haven’t examined it myself, however the 2025 model of the ROG Zephyrus G16 claims to hit 500 nits with its OLED panel.
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My solely criticism with the Blade 16’s display screen is it’s extraordinarily shiny. I usually discovered myself growing the brightness to beat my very own reflection. It may be distracting within the improper lighting.
The six-speaker audio system is first rate. It bests most different gaming laptops in the marketplace, even offering some bass to the combination, adequate for watching YouTube movies or perhaps a film. It’s nonetheless not aggressive with Apple’s MacBook Professional. And the 1080p webcam suffices for video calls, but it surely received’t impress your coworkers. Even in first rate lighting, I discovered the picture fairly noisy.
Multi-Body Era
My configuration of the Razer Blade 16 has an RTX 5090 Laptop computer GPU inside, paired with an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. That’ll value you a cool $4,500. You learn that proper. A part of that sky-high worth comes from being pressured to go for 32 GB of RAM and a couple of TB of storage. Razer isn’t promoting a 16 GB mannequin in any respect anymore. The beginning configuration begins at $3,000, with the Ryzen AI 9 365, RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. The Blade collection has by no means been low cost, however that worth is hard to swallow. You possibly can nonetheless purchase older fashions, however even these begin at $2,400.
That is additionally the primary time Razer has solely supplied solely AMD for the CPU on the Blade 16. That seems like a giant deal. Nobody can argue anymore that Intel is the extra premium choice. It’s not as beefy because the “desktop alternative” chip utilized in final yr’s Intel mannequin, however there’s loads of energy right here on your gaming wants.
