When NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080 Ti mobile GPU and Intel’s beefy 12th Gen Core H-Series processors first hit the scene, they tore through the lab guns a-blazin’. We had the chance to take a look at a couple of killer systems from MSI and Alienware at the time, which maxed-out the platform with both NVIDIA’s best mobile GPU and Intel’s top-end Core i9-12900HK. The newly-updated Razer Blade 17 for 2022 we’ll be showing you here, however, takes a somewhat different, more measured approach. Instead of packing the laptop with nothing but hero SKUs, which compete for every watt of power and thermal capacity in a mobile form factor, the latest Razer Blade 17 is equipped with a Core i7-12800H (12900H also available), and a 165W GeForce RTX 3080 Ti configuration. Razer, however, upgraded the cooling in the system, highly optimized its power profile, and Razer’s proprietary software also works a little magic to squeeze some extra performance out of the rig while gaming...



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