Razer Blade Stealth (And Razer Core) - Tomorrow's Possible Razer Announcement

[PyroDonkey]

 

 

• 12.5-inch QuadHD (2,560 x 1,440) resolution touchscreen
• Chroma-lit keyboard
• A model with a 4K touchscreen is also available.
• 0.52-inches thick 
• 2.75 pounds
• Two USB 3.0 ports
• USB-C Thunderbolt 3 port.
•  
• Intel Core i7-6500U dual-core processor
• 8GB of RAM
• 128GB/256GB (QuadHD display model) 
• 256GB/512GB (Ultra HD display model)
• Intel HD Graphics 520.

 

Razer Core is similar to the Alienware Graphics Amplifier (uses external GPU to enhance gaming experience)

 

Source: Found on a cached Mashable article.

 

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:I4Ww9hwrRR4J:mashable.com/2016/01/05/razer-blade-stealth/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

[PlayStation 2]

 

 

• Intel Core i7-6500U dual-core processor

 

Well, there goes any potential of the system.

[The Benjamins]

Well, there goes any potential of the system.

 

But its a i7. /s

 

well it is hyperthreaded so its ok.

[PlayStation 2]

But its a i7. /s

 

well it is hyperthreaded so its ok.

I know they are, but their clockspeeds render them useless in games like Just Cause 3 which scales nicely to slow and lots of cores (FX-8320) and/or fast and less plentiful cores (i5-4460)

[Suika]

That Razer Blade Stealth looks nice, but launch price is my concern with the lack of a dGPU.

[The Benjamins]

I know they are, but their clockspeeds render them useless in games like Just Cause 3 which scales nicely to slow and lots of cores (FX-8320) and/or fast and less plentiful cores (i5-4460)

 

well the point of the stealth seems to be a ultrabook that can use a external GPU. so the CPU is perfect for that. I think anything stronger would defeat the purpose of the product.

[boboman342]

well the point of the stealth seems to be a ultrabook that can use a external GPU. so the CPU is perfect for that. I think anything stronger would defeat the purpose of the product.

I can personally confirm that having a cpu in a laptop like the i7 6500U, while running an eGPU, is almost useless. 

 

My laptop's i7 3517U will turbo to 2.8Ghz across its cores and when having my gtx 970 hooked up to it through a pcie 2.0 x2.1 interface, minimum fps was almost unchanged from the dedicated 8750m inside the laptop itself. Average fps obviously increased massively, but having a lower clocked quad core would have helped more.

 

MSI's GS30 (also ~$1,000) is the best design so far, although the dock could use an upgrade.

[mr.squishy]

I have a dual core broadwell i7 in my laptop, and if the dual core skylake is anything like it, it will feel absolutely useless.

[PyroDonkey]

That Razer Blade Stealth looks nice, but launch price is my concern with the lack of a dGPU.

$999.

[Elvnadusk]

That Razer Blade Stealth looks nice, but launch price is my concern with the lack of a dGPU.

 To be competitive with the MacBook Air and the Dell XPS 13, Razer is supposedly pricing it at 999.99 USD.

[The Benjamins]

I can personally confirm that having a cpu in a laptop like the i7 6500U, while running an eGPU, is almost useless. 

 

My laptop's i7 3517U will turbo to 2.8Ghz across its cores and when having my gtx 970 hooked up to it through a pcie 2.0 x2.1 interface, minimum fps was almost unchanged from the dedicated 8750m inside the laptop itself. Average fps obviously increased massively, but having a lower clocked quad core would have helped more.

 

MSI's GS30 (also ~$1,000) is the best design so far, although the dock could use an upgrade.

 

that PCI bottleneck though. dGPU preformance will go down when you are below PCIe 3 x4 (Gen 2 x8). that could be some of the issues.

 

Thunderbolt 3 is 40 Gb/s which is 5 GB/s which is about PCIe 3 x5 

[boboman342]

that PCI bottleneck though. dGPU preformance will go down when you are below PCIe 3 x4 (Gen 2 x8). that could be some of the issues.

 

Thunderbolt 3 is 40 Gb/s which is 5 GB/s which is about PCIe 3 x5 

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GTX_980_PCI-Express_Scaling/1.html

 

The pci-e bottleneck is almost non existent... My 2c/4t 2.8Ghz cpu is the real culprit, for the low minimum fps anyways.

[GarnetDevil]

 

Intel Core i7-6500U dual-core processor

wait what?

[marldorthegreat]

I know they are, but their clockspeeds render them useless in games like Just Cause 3 which scales nicely to slow and lots of cores (FX-8320) and/or fast and less plentiful cores (i5-4460)

But just cause 3 is NOT optimized. And one game does not make it useless.

[Guest Kloaked]

I know they are, but their clockspeeds render them useless in games like Just Cause 3 which scales nicely to slow and lots of cores (FX-8320) and/or fast and less plentiful cores (i5-4460)

Eh.

One, just cause 3 is a bad example, and I don't know what you mean by it scaling nicely on a slow 8 core? It runs like garbage, so it's going to look like that on paper. Games favor fast cores, period.

Other thing is we haven't seen how this performs yet.

Not that I'm buying one of these things. I have no use for them.

[kokobash13]

I think having a dock like the onenin gs30 makes it more appealing and having a U series cpu ia really bad. Not only it has weaker power but at the same time it has a higher chance of throttling due to the slim design

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