It will quickly become necessary to scale the resolution back to 1920×1080 to play future games so the buyer may as well just get the lower resolution panel to begin with... Then again, if you're willing to plunk down $3700 for a laptop, you're trying to make a statement to others so you may as well make the loudest possible declaration by going for broke with the 4K screen. It isn't like we wouldn't be able to figure out your insecurity from the laptop itself so get the high resolution screen and feel empowered by the additional pixels that you think will compensate for your anatomical shortcomings.
Nvidia drivers allow nearest neighbor (pixel perfect) scaling. So I don't see why the end user couldn't or wouldn't just fullscreen 1080p + 120hz the game they play.
That being said, Razer laptops apparently have poor quality control and happen to fail more often than competitors, so I see little reason to invest in this laptop anyways.
FXi, that is my take as well. Use 4k for day to day use and game at 1080p 120Hz. Essentially the best of both worlds. But very expensive too (or at least out of my price range).
That's the approach I intend to take with my next laptop. A high DPI screen for normal use, and a non-native resolution for the occasional times I game on it. I'd settle for 15" 2560x1440 if available, above that diminishing returns in image quality are small enough that I'd rather have longer on battery time instead. With an x50 or maybe x60 class GPU I know I'll only be going native resolution for turn based games and low budget indie titles most of the time; but 1440p will make native resolution reachable more often than 3k/4k would.
It's almost as if there are people out there who want a desktop-like experience on something they can just close and slip into a bag. Perhaps to play in a hotel room, friend's house, holiday home, or club/society meeting. Maybe even play on an airport bench. They might also use said device for more than just gaming, for work say, that benefits from higher resolutions. Or, they game more, so don't want 4k.
this is a smart move. i understand this laptop will struggle to play games at that, but! 120hz is very very usefull even when your not gaming at all. and since your on a small display you wont be really penalized for going down to 1080p since it is a 4x upscale to 4k. this makes a ton of since and i hope that more manufacturers take the approach. as a 144hz user, there are more benefits to 120hz than just gaming. everything is fluid. thanks razer.
120Hz, 4k (which of course you can run at 2k if you need high FPS), touchscreen and windows hello instead of that utterly stupid eye control IR camera, Intel AX200 wifi (even upgradeable when Wifi 7 comes along) and not that ridiculous "killing" wifi card. This thing curb stomps the AW17 and the entire array of competing devices.
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It's great, no doubt. But $3,699? €3,999.99? And it feels almost like they're penny-pinching on the RAM; I guess you could defend it based on power saving, but it's not that much of a defence.
I'd like to see some AMD options. I'd prefer all AMD, but a CPU option would be nice. More importantly, though, a 90+Wh battery (ideally the max allowed on a plane) would almost make me buy it instantly.
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PeachNCream - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
It will quickly become necessary to scale the resolution back to 1920×1080 to play future games so the buyer may as well just get the lower resolution panel to begin with... Then again, if you're willing to plunk down $3700 for a laptop, you're trying to make a statement to others so you may as well make the loudest possible declaration by going for broke with the 4K screen. It isn't like we wouldn't be able to figure out your insecurity from the laptop itself so get the high resolution screen and feel empowered by the additional pixels that you think will compensate for your anatomical shortcomings.JoeyJoJo123 - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
Nvidia drivers allow nearest neighbor (pixel perfect) scaling. So I don't see why the end user couldn't or wouldn't just fullscreen 1080p + 120hz the game they play.That being said, Razer laptops apparently have poor quality control and happen to fail more often than competitors, so I see little reason to invest in this laptop anyways.
FXi - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
4k helps a ton in day to day activities and when I want to game and need the FPS I'll happily drop the res as needed.ingwe - Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - link
FXi, that is my take as well. Use 4k for day to day use and game at 1080p 120Hz. Essentially the best of both worlds. But very expensive too (or at least out of my price range).DanNeely - Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - link
That's the approach I intend to take with my next laptop. A high DPI screen for normal use, and a non-native resolution for the occasional times I game on it. I'd settle for 15" 2560x1440 if available, above that diminishing returns in image quality are small enough that I'd rather have longer on battery time instead. With an x50 or maybe x60 class GPU I know I'll only be going native resolution for turn based games and low budget indie titles most of the time; but 1440p will make native resolution reachable more often than 3k/4k would.Tams80 - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link
It's almost as if there are people out there who want a desktop-like experience on something they can just close and slip into a bag. Perhaps to play in a hotel room, friend's house, holiday home, or club/society meeting. Maybe even play on an airport bench. They might also use said device for more than just gaming, for work say, that benefits from higher resolutions. Or, they game more, so don't want 4k.Nah. Those people don't exist. Obviously.
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Nice.austinsguitar - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
this is a smart move. i understand this laptop will struggle to play games at that, but! 120hz is very very usefull even when your not gaming at all. and since your on a small display you wont be really penalized for going down to 1080p since it is a 4x upscale to 4k. this makes a ton of since and i hope that more manufacturers take the approach. as a 144hz user, there are more benefits to 120hz than just gaming. everything is fluid. thanks razer.FXi - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
120Hz, 4k (which of course you can run at 2k if you need high FPS), touchscreen and windows hello instead of that utterly stupid eye control IR camera, Intel AX200 wifi (even upgradeable when Wifi 7 comes along) and not that ridiculous "killing" wifi card.This thing curb stomps the AW17 and the entire array of competing devices.
Assimilator87 - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
Ooh, 2.5 Gb ethernet! I haven't seen that on a laptop before. +1 for this trend.quickbooks23 - Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - link
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GreenReaper - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link
It's great, no doubt. But $3,699? €3,999.99? And it feels almost like they're penny-pinching on the RAM; I guess you could defend it based on power saving, but it's not that much of a defence.Tams80 - Thursday, September 26, 2019 - link
I'd like to see some AMD options. I'd prefer all AMD, but a CPU option would be nice.More importantly, though, a 90+Wh battery (ideally the max allowed on a plane) would almost make me buy it instantly.
WIld, fever-pitched dream: Socketed CPU and GPU.