tilaak

Hey all! I'm planning to buy a blade to replace my old 2016 model, and I've decided on the 2070 Max-Q variant. There are 3 to choose, but only 2 come in white so I'm torn on what decision to make. One is an 8th gen 1080 model with a 144hz screen, and the other (for $100 more) is a 9th gen model with a 240hz screen. Does the 9th gen really perform that much better? Is 240hz a noticeable bump over 144hz? I don't know if it's worth the extra $100. Thank you!

Hey all, I have a 2016 Razer Blade with a Nvidia 970M dedicated GPU. The card and CPU are in great condition and have been repasted twice with Arctic Silver 5. Within the last week, however, I have been having a major issue with the card. Whenever I start up a game, within the first 5 mins of me playing it, the game will freeze and I will end up either having to close it or force shut down my computer (it depends on the game). What's weirder is when I do close the game, the GPU cannot be used anymore BUT it is still detected in device manager. However, when I try to load up a game, it doesn't detect it, and the same with any stress test. I finally got AIDA64 to detect it after I restarted the PC, and when I started a stress test within 2 minutes the GPU just "turned off". AIDA64 crashed and when I re-opened the program it didn't detect the GPU. In device manager it shows up fine. I haven't done anything to the PC within that week, and I even reset windows to no avail. Has anyone seen this before? I contacted support, and they were absolutely useless, telling me to reinstall my drivers BOTH times I called them (that was the first thing I did) so I was wondering if anyone had encountered anything similar.