After our initial glimpse at Razer’s latest 18-inch Blade laptop at CES, it has taken the company several more months to make it ready for primetime.
The Razor Blade 18, which retails for $3,099, is available for purchase in its 2024 edition for those who have been waiting for the company’s latest chonkster. An i9-14900HX CPU, 32GB of RAM, 1TB of SSD storage, triple-fan cooling, Wi-Fi 7, a six-speaker array with THX spatial audio support, and other features are included with the base system. Up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 can be installed on the laptop’s GPU (the base model comes with a 4070 graphics card). Thunderbolt 5 connectivity is a first for a laptop, according to Razer, but only if you opt for a 4080 or 4090 GPU.
The display is one of the big talking points for this laptop. It comes with a QHD+ 300Hz Mini-LED display as standard. If you want higher fidelity, you can opt for a 4K 200Hz screen. The company seems to have found an extra 35 hertz since CES, since it said at the time the Razer Blade 18 would have a 4K 165Hz display option. Razer claims that this display is a world first for a laptop and it’ll set you back an extra $1,700, far more than an equivalent standalone monitor would cost. You’ll also need to wait until later this summer for a model with a 4K 200Hz panel to ship, whereas you can snag one with the QHD+ display now.
We felt that last year’s model was very expensive for a fully kitted-out configuration and that’s the case again this time around. Still, if you need a big-screen, high-end laptop that can run just about any program or game you can throw at it, the latest Razer Blade 18 can be all yours if you have the cash to spare.
