CES has kicked off for 2019 and Razer have announced two new products at the show.
First is the Razer Raptor, a 27″ gaming monitor with a 2560 x 1440 IPS panel and a 144Hz refresh rate. Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan mentioned that “Razer has worked alongside partners in the past to bring the Razer experience to monitors, but the full potential was never fully realized”.
We have decided to tackle this space on our own and are very excited to expand our presence to include desktop displays.
The design of the Razer Raptor incorporates 2.3mm thin bezels and also features AMD FreeSync, along with 1ms Motion Blur reduction.
While the model shown at CES is an early design prototype, production models are due to release later this year. Razer have listed the price at $699.99 USD and we’ll provide local release details once we hear more info.
Following the Razer Raptor announcement is the updated lineup of Blade 15 Advanced Model laptops with NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics.
While the Razer Blade 15 continues to use the Core i7 8750H CPU, the GPU lineup will now feature the RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6), RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6), or the RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) as options to choose from.
The updated Razer Blade 15 will be available later this year starting from $2299 USD. We’ll let you know once we hear more info on a local release and pricing.
Let us know what you think of Razer’s latest products!
Tech Specs from Razer
Razer Raptor
- Screen Size: 27 in.
- Resolution: WQHD (2560 x 1440p)
- Panel Type: IPS
- Refresh Rate: 144 Hz
- Response Rate: 4 ms with Overdrive, 1 ms with Motion Blur reduction, 7 ms typical
- Gaming Modes: FPS / Racing / MMO Mode / Streaming
- Viewing Angle: 178 Degrees (H/V)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
- Brightness: up to 420 Nits
- Color Gamut: 95% DCI-P3
- HDR: Yes
- Height Adjustable Stand: Yes, w/ 90-degree tilt for easy port access
- Connectivity: 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DP 1.4, 1 x USB-C (supports DP1.4), 2 x USB 3.0 Pass Throughs
- Included Cables: 1 x Power, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Display Port, 1 x USB-C (also supports DP and Power Delivery), 1 x 2 USB-A 3.1
- Dimensions w/ Stand: 24.15″ (613.4 mm) W x 15.29 in. 19.23 in. (388.4 mm – 488.4 mm) H x 7.46 in. (189.4 mm) D
- Weight w/ Stand: 25.4 lbs. (11.5 kg)
Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model
- 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Processor (6 Cores/12 Threads, 2.2GHz/4.1GHz)
- Display Options:
- 15.6-in. IPS Full HD (1920 x 1080) 144 Hz, matte, individually color calibrated
- 15.6-in. IPS 4K (3840 x 2160) 60 Hz, capacitive multi-touch, individually color calibrated
- Graphics Options:
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 (6 GB GDDR6 VRAM)
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 with Max-Q Design (8 GB GDDR6 VRAM)
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 with Max-Q Design (8 GB GDDR6 VRAM)
- Storage Options: Supports up to 2TB SSD
- 256 GB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4)
- 512 GB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4)
- 16 GB Dual-Channel system memory (DDR4, 2667 MHz), 64 GB maximum support, including XMP memory modules
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9560 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth 5
- Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB-C)
- USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB-A) x 3
- HDMI 2.0b audio and video output
- Mini Display Port 1.4
- Anti-ghosting keyboard powered by Razer Chroma™
- Razer Synapse 3 compatible
- Built-in front firing stereo speakers
- 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo port
- Windows Hello built-in IR webcam (1 MP/720) with array microphone
- Intel® Platform Trust Technology (Intel® PTT) security enabled
- Compact 200 W/230 W power adapter
- Built-in 80 Wh rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery, NVIDIA® Optimus™ support
- 0.70 in. / 17.8 mm (Height) x 13.98 in. / 355 mm (Width) x 9.25 in. / 235 mm (Depth)
- [GeForce RTX 2060] approx. 4.56 lbs. / 2.07 kg
- [GeForce RTX 2070] approx. 4.63 lbs. / 2.10 kg
- [GeForce RTX 2080] approx. 4.72 lbs. / 2.14 kg