Purchased a few extra months to get the latest 18-inch Blade laptop ready for primetime later . Those waiting for the company’s latest chonkster can now order the 2024 edition of the Razor Blade 18. Starting at $3,099.
The base system comes with an i9-14900HX processor, 32 GB of RAM, 1 TB of SSD storage, Wi-Fi 7, a three-fan cooling system, and a six-speaker array with THX spatial audio support. On the GPU side, you can equip the laptop with up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (the base model has a 4070 graphics card). In what Razer claims is a first for a laptop, there’s Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, but only if you opt for a 4080 or 4090 GPU.
The display is one of the main talking points for this laptop. It comes with a QHD+ 300Hz Mini-LED display as standard. If you want higher resolution, you can choose a 4K 200Hz display. The company seems to have found an additional 35 hertz since CES, as it said at the time that the Razer Blade 18 will have a 4K 165Hz display option. Razer claims this display is a world first for a laptop, and it’ll set you back an extra $1,700, far more than the cost of an equivalent standalone monitor. You’ll also have to wait until later this summer for the model with a 4K 200Hz panel to ship, while you can get one with a QHD+ display now.
We felt it for a fully equipped configuration and this time too. Still, if you need a big-screen, high-end laptop that can run any app or game you can throw at it, with the cash to spare, the latest Razer Blade 18 could be yours.
