Not a good design. With a powerful CPU and high end GPU, the cooling requirements are large. Using a thinner chassis requires faster air movement for the same cooling - hence higher noise levels. Leaving off the numeric pad on a laptop this large is just stupid. For an example of a better thermal design see the ASUS G752VY (which also has a numeric keypad).
Your example is over twice as thick and weighs nearly twice as much, they are not intended for the same niche. For a student that wants a gaming computer they move from school to home every couple of months, the ASUS design is great (with an ultra book to take notes on), but for someone who wants to move the computer every day, the Razer is a better option.
Almost every 17" laptop has a numpad, which more or less rules them out for those of us who do not want an off-center keyboard. So that will actually be a selling point for those who hate numpads on laptops, but also want something with a bigger screen.
The battery size and the fact that you can't get an 8-core CPU on this "pro" laptop will be negatives though.
It's surprising how some razer laptops can be amazingly good while others are amazingly bad. The price should at least reflect as much. I feel bad for anyone buying this model.
You must have missed the 144Hz part, the 4K fad for the sake of having 4k is done (we'll eventually get there, but it isn't necessary until all the parts are capable and affordable), people are wising up to the superiority of motion clarity. This is a much better option for gaming than having a 4K 60Hz screen, or a far more expensive 4K 120+Hz solution.
I didn't miss the 144 Hz part. A large, expensive gaming laptop should be going to 1440p120. That's been the standard for high end gaming for the past four years.
now thats a gorgeous - and handsomely specc'd- machine. wish it had a 4K/60 display option and didn't omit the numpad (tho i can see why they didn't include one) oh, and while i'm making wishes- I wish i could afford one! ;)
holy crap, i looked up what the clocks are on the Max-Q 2080- Digitaltrends quotes 735Mhz base, and 1095Mhz boost. That's rough even by Max-Q standards.
They're not cookin' with gas until we get 9850 and 9880, not the HK ones however. And this very model begs the question again, why SDC didn't market a 17.3" OLED panel to go alongside the 15.6, 14 and 13.3. An OLED panel on here would have nailed it really.
I don't get the specs. Nothing I see here compels me to consider the 17" over the 15" except the card reader. Even if they had a 32GB version, I could consider that, because I wouldn't have to spend extra to upgrade myself, OTOH there's no wide gamut panel, the battery's smaller, and I don't see a mercury white version. I really don't get this, unless the 2080 is 30% faster sustained than on the 15" maybe that'll make it worth while.
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peterfares - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
How were they not able to fit a 99 Whr battery in a chassis that large? Smaller battery than the 15" with the same specs!UltraWide - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
Probably the cooling solution is larger than average.niva - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
He already stated, smaller battery than the 15" with the same specs.Lord of the Bored - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
Which doesn't mean they use the same cooler, or that they run unthrottled for the same arount of time.twtech - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
The mythical 17" with no numpad - if I was in the market for a laptop right now, this would be on a very short list.admnor - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
Still just the one Thunderbolt 3?techWASgood - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
I'd love to see Razer offer a bright, reasonably color accurate 4K display panel as an option on the Blade Pro 17! I'd probably buy one if they did.Duncan Macdonald - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
Not a good design. With a powerful CPU and high end GPU, the cooling requirements are large. Using a thinner chassis requires faster air movement for the same cooling - hence higher noise levels. Leaving off the numeric pad on a laptop this large is just stupid.For an example of a better thermal design see the ASUS G752VY (which also has a numeric keypad).
bunnyfubbles - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
Your example is over twice as thick and weighs nearly twice as much, they are not intended for the same niche. For a student that wants a gaming computer they move from school to home every couple of months, the ASUS design is great (with an ultra book to take notes on), but for someone who wants to move the computer every day, the Razer is a better option.twtech - Thursday, April 25, 2019 - link
Almost every 17" laptop has a numpad, which more or less rules them out for those of us who do not want an off-center keyboard. So that will actually be a selling point for those who hate numpads on laptops, but also want something with a bigger screen.The battery size and the fact that you can't get an 8-core CPU on this "pro" laptop will be negatives though.
willis936 - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
1080p on a 15" screen is one thing...It's surprising how some razer laptops can be amazingly good while others are amazingly bad. The price should at least reflect as much. I feel bad for anyone buying this model.
bunnyfubbles - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
You must have missed the 144Hz part, the 4K fad for the sake of having 4k is done (we'll eventually get there, but it isn't necessary until all the parts are capable and affordable), people are wising up to the superiority of motion clarity. This is a much better option for gaming than having a 4K 60Hz screen, or a far more expensive 4K 120+Hz solution.willis936 - Thursday, April 25, 2019 - link
I didn't miss the 144 Hz part. A large, expensive gaming laptop should be going to 1440p120. That's been the standard for high end gaming for the past four years.KateH - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
now thats a gorgeous - and handsomely specc'd- machine.wish it had a 4K/60 display option and didn't omit the numpad (tho i can see why they didn't include one)
oh, and while i'm making wishes- I wish i could afford one! ;)
KateH - Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - link
holy crap, i looked up what the clocks are on the Max-Q 2080- Digitaltrends quotes 735Mhz base, and 1095Mhz boost. That's rough even by Max-Q standards.DejayC - Thursday, April 25, 2019 - link
The 15in has the option for a 4K display... why doesn’t the bigger laptop have that option? At least have 1440p.Ckyannanta - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
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They're not cookin' with gas until we get 9850 and 9880, not the HK ones however. And this very model begs the question again, why SDC didn't market a 17.3" OLED panel to go alongside the 15.6, 14 and 13.3. An OLED panel on here would have nailed it really.s.yu - Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - link
I don't get the specs. Nothing I see here compels me to consider the 17" over the 15" except the card reader. Even if they had a 32GB version, I could consider that, because I wouldn't have to spend extra to upgrade myself, OTOH there's no wide gamut panel, the battery's smaller, and I don't see a mercury white version. I really don't get this, unless the 2080 is 30% faster sustained than on the 15" maybe that'll make it worth while.