On the BioShock Infinite benchmark, the Blade held its own against notebooks equipped with the same GPU. There wasn't a jagged texture to be found as I mowed down slow-moving pedestrians while drifting around a particularly sharp corner. With all the settings cranked to high, the game sailed along at a smooth 40 fps. Outfitted with Nvidia's second-most-powerful mobile graphics card, the GeForce GTX 970M (with 3GB of VRAM), the Blade delivers impressive frame rates.ĭuring my runthrough of GTA V, I engaged in a few street races, went on a hike and got a haircut, all in beautiful 3,200 x 1,800. The Razer Blade is like a concealed weapon - small and unassuming, but with the capacity to cause lots of damage. Trading gunfire with random cops and gang members was punchy, but the music still lacked the oomph I would have expected. As I played GTA V, the dialogue was on point. Once again, the Blade put its best foot forward during gaming. The highs weren't that much better, leaving Beyonce's powerhouse soprano sounding flat and uninviting during "Love on Top." The Mellotron keyboard on "Summer Madness" was grating at high volume, while the guitars on Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" sounded a bit strained.
Despite the Dolby Digital Plus software, the Blade struggled to replicate the bass on Jay Z's "No Church in the Wild" and Kool and the Gang's "Summer Madness," which resulted in compressed-sounding lows. However, the machine's top-mounted speakers didn't produce the most precise audio I've heard.
The Blade easily filled our medium-size lab with sound. The 10-finger capacitive display was agile and responsive to my touches, pinch-zooming and highlighting items accurately. When measured for brightness, the Blade's display scored a dazzling 337 nits, destroying the 231-nit thin-and-light average.
On the Delta-E test (color accuracy), the Blade registered 1.2 (scores between 1 and 0 are ideal). The Aorus X3 Plus notched a slightly higher 106.3 percent. If they get similar reports it may help them in identifying and rectifying the problem).The Blade can reproduce 101.8 percent of the sRGB color gamut, which is slightly higher than the 100 percent we look for. (they classified my case as a unique and isolated case. Call up Apple and inform them so they'll know this is a thing. My suggestion is for you to go on SafeBoot to see if your screen also ***** up. Just disappointed and frustrated all mixed together. I scheduled another call with Apple Support. Guess what? the replacement (this one i'm using to type this message) has the EXACT same problems: a loud fan, graphics card problems, AND the volume is really low on this unit- at halfway past the volume rocker range, I can barely hear anything! (notifications, movies, music, videos on YouTube, etc). I got transferred to Technical Assistance and from there, I worked with other specialist and spent 2 entire days troubleshooting before it was decided I will have to have a replacement. the graphics were distorted, like horizontal blinds moving up in waves over and over before it settled down into SafeBoot. Then it happened- the screen started "misbehaving". As a final check, the specialist told me to reboot the computer on SafeBoot to make sure it was all running ok. I gave Apple a call and they ran through some troubleshooting (SMC reset, PRAM or something) and eventually, the fan did quieten down. I could hear the fan whirring and the exhaust pumping air out like I'm running a lot of applications at a go, when in fact I had only launched Settings. On the first MBP i received (I say first, because I eventually had to return in and have a replacement sent to me) the fan is unusually loud.