**Testing the Razer Blade 14's Performance**

We're starting off by comparing the Razer Blade 14 to other laptops, such as the non-Ti model from last year's Blade 14 and the cheaper older model. The Blade 14's GPU is an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which is a significant upgrade compared to Radeon GPUs found in many other laptops.

As a result of this powerful GPU, the Blade 14 can typically outperform its competitors at 1080p resolutions. However, we're also interested in how it performs at higher resolutions and with various graphical features enabled. To test this, we've put the Blade 14 through a series of gaming tests at different settings levels, including DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), and ray tracing.

We started by testing Apex Legends on the latest Season 13 in the World's Edge map. Since there are no built-in setting presets for this game, we tested it with either all settings maxed out or at minimum. The results show that the Blade 14 played great at max settings on this laptop, but low settings were able to boost average FPS by 59%. We also tested Call of Duty Warzone with both maximum and minimum setting levels, and found that the differences in performance are closer together when DLSS is enabled.

We also tested Forza Horizon 5 with its benchmark settings. This game isn't super resource heavy, despite having an RTX 3080 Ti as its GPU. However, hitting 70 FPS at max settings on a 14" machine is quite impressive. We also found that God of War was able to run around 70 FPS even at max settings, although DLSS was available for this game.

In competitive games like Fortnite, higher FPS is more important than visual quality. With DLSS enabled, we were able to run above 100 FPS at max settings in 1440p. We also found that medium settings may make better use of the 165Hz screen, but by lowering the DLSS quality level, we could boost performance too.

However, not all games performed as well with these graphical features. Testing Dying Light 2 with DLSS enabled showed that even with ray tracing presets on top, the results weren't super great at 1440p. The RT presets struggled to maintain performance, especially when compared to other laptops.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is a game that doesn't require high frame rates to play well, so we tested it with high settings and found that it was close to 60 FPS. We also tested Far Cry 6 with FSR enabled, and the results were impressive enough that Nvidia's top-end laptop GPU didn't leave anything to be desired.

On the other hand, Rainbow Six Siege runs on a potato even at low performance levels compared to its screen refresh rate at 1440p max settings. However, Assassin's Creed Valhalla was able to run well above 60 FPS at max settings, and we found that DLSS helped to improve performance in this game as well.

In conclusion, the Blade 14 is a powerful gaming laptop with great performance capabilities. However, it's also worth noting that some games perform better than others when it comes to these graphical features, so there may be trade-offs to consider depending on your specific needs and preferences.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enThis small 14” gaming laptop has Nvidia’sRTX 3080 Ti graphics inside, the best GPUyou can currently get in any laptop.It’s Razer’s Blade 14, and with a thinnerand smaller design like this, there’s lessroom for cooling.But despite it being so small it can stillbeat larger 15 and 16 inch gaming laptopsthat have the same graphics!The 3080 Ti in the Blade 14 can run up to100 watts with Nvidia’s dynamic boost, butwith the CPU also loaded up, so like in agame for example, it maxes out at 90 watts.This is only a little above the minimum 80watts specified by Nvidia.Thicker laptops can run this same GPU up to175 watts which means more performance.This year’s Blade 14 has the same powerlimit range as last year’s version, butunlike last year's version this one adds aMUX switch, which means we can disable optimusto boost FPS in games.The 1440p 165Hz screen is using the exactsame panel as last year, so it's no surprisethat the response time is about the same.The Zephyrus G14 from ASUS, another 14”gaming laptop, was faster despite having alower refresh rate.The total system latency is the amount oftime between a mouse click and when a gunshotfire appears on the screen in CS:GO.This year’s model is faster than last year’sthanks to the addition of the MUX switch,but again the G14 was still a little faster.This year’s Blade 14 also has AMD’s newRyzen 9 6900HX CPU and 16 gigs of DDR5 memory,but there are lower configurations for lessmoney too.You can check out all options and currentprices with the link below.We’ll start out by seeing how the Blade14 compares with other laptops in 3 gamesat 1080p and 1440p resolutions, then afterthat we’ll look at 14 games at all settinglevels with features like DLSS, FSR and raytracing.Let’s get into it!Cyberpunk 2077 was tested the same on alllaptops, and I’ve got this year’s Blade14 shown by the red highlight.We’re looking at an 8% boost to averageFPS compared to last year’s Blade 14 with3080 non-Ti graphics.What I was more impressed with though wasthe fact that it’s basically the same asthe larger Blade 15.Both had the same GPU, but the larger 15 canboost 10 watts higher on the GPU in some workloads.The Blade 14 was still slightly ahead of itsbigger brother in average FPS at the higher1440p resolution, which is also the nativeresolution of the screen.They’re basically the same, this isn’ta difference you’re actually going to noticein practice, I just thought it was cool thatyou’re not sacrificing gaming performancewith the smaller 14” version.It’s even ahead of other larger laptopslike the Zephyrus M16 from ASUS, a 16” device,granted mine had a 3070 Ti.The Blade 14 was beating the larger 15”model in Control at 1080p too.There aren’t a whole lot of other 14”gaming laptops out there, but compared tothe best Zephyrus G14 from ASUS we’re reachinga 44% higher average FPS on the Blade.This is a huge difference, but I’ll compareboth 14” laptops in a dedicated comparisonvideo soon, make sure you’re subscribed.At 1440p the 2022 Blade 14 was just 5% highercompared to last year’s top spec Blade 14,so not a massive difference, but I suspectthere’s only so much you can do in 14 inches.The fact that it’s still coming out aheadof the bigger Blade 15 is impressive.Of course it can’t match the same 3080 TiGPU in the even larger Blade 17 because Razergives that one a much higher GPU power limit.Red Dead Redemption 2 was tested with thegame’s benchmark.The Blade 15 was finally a little ahead ofthe smaller 14 in this one, but hey the Blade14 still isn’t the slowest 3080 Ti result.This game seems to run better on AMD Radeongraphics, which is why for the first timethe Zephyrus G14, another 14” gaming laptop,was now coming out ahead instead of beingsignificantly behind.That was only at 1080p though, because atthe higher 1440p resolution the 6800S in theG14 was now a little behind.The difference is within the margin of error,but this is a pattern I’ve seen many timesin the past.Basically at 1440p and 4K resolutions, Nvidiagenerally seems to have more of an advantagecompared to Radeon, while Radeon can typicallydo better at 1080p.Anyway we’re scoring about the same as thenon Ti in last year’s Blade 14, so you’dbe just fine with the older cheaper modeltoo.Now that we know where the Blade 14 fits incompared to other laptops, let’s also testit out in way more games at all settings levelswith features like DLSS, FSR and ray tracing.Apex Legends was tested in the latest Season13 in the World’s Edge map.This game doesn’t have any built in settingpresets, so I’ve tested it with either allsettings maxed out or at minimum.It still played great at max settings on thislaptop, but low settings were able to boostaverage FPS by 59%.Call of Duty Warzone was also tested at eithermaximum or minimum setting levels for thesame reason - no presets.But this game has DLSS.The differences are much closer together inthis one, so might as well turn on some graphicaleffects to get the eye candy.Forza Horizon 5 was tested with the game’sbenchmark.This game also isn’t super resource heavy,I mean I know we’ve got an RTX 3080 Ti here,but you don’t have to run it at max settings.Regardless, hitting 70 FPS at max settingson a 14” machine is quite impressive.God of war was around 70 FPS even at max settings,though this one has DLSS available.You could of course lower the DLSS qualitymode to something like balanced to boost theperformance, but personally I prefer betterquality with a smaller FPS boost.There are options though.Higher FPS in a competitive game like Fortniteis more important, and with DLSS on we’reable to run above 100 FPS at max settings1440p.Medium settings may make better use of the165Hz screen, but again you could also insteadlower the DLSS quality level to boost FPStoo.Dying Light 2 was also tested with DLSS enabled,but even with it on the two ray tracing presetsup the top weren’t doing super well.It seems like RT at 1440p even with DLSS canstill be a struggle a bit on a 3080 Ti withmid-range GPU power limit.Microsoft Flight Simulator doesn’t reallyneed a high frame rate to play.High settings was close to 60 FPS, so likeother games, a decent mixture of performanceand visual quality.It's not max settings or nothing.Far Cry 6 was tested with FSR enabled, andit was running well enough even at ultra settings.Not too surprising from Nvidia’s top endlaptop GPU, but still, don’t forget it’sin a super portable 14” laptop.Rainbow Six Siege runs on a potato, even the1% lows which show the dips in performancewere higher than the screen’s refresh rateat 1440p max settings, so absolutely no problemsat all here.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on the other handwas much lower comparatively, but at 60 FPSmax settings, well I think that’s plentyto run this game without any problems.I’d probably settle for high settings thoughfor a nice mixture of performance while alsostill looking good enough.Watch Dogs Legion was above 60 FPS at maxsettings too, though this game benefits fromDLSS.Like many others tested though it’s possibleto get a decent FPS boost by lowering justone setting preset.After that though the gains were smaller goingto lower levels.Red Dead Redemption 2 was tested earlier inthe comparison section, but now you can seehow the different presets perform and whatDLSS adds.60 FPS at ultra settings is a great resultconsidering we’re running at 1440p on a14” machine.Control was also compared earlier, but nowwe’ve got ray tracing on in the green bars.RT isn’t performing too badly at all withDLSS enabled, it’s a PowerPoint slideshowwith DLSS off which is why we don’t bothertesting it.Cyberpunk 2077 was also tested earlier, butagain now we’ve got some ray tracing results.Like Dying Light 2 earlier, the RT presetsaren’t looking great even with DLSS on atthis higher 1440p resolution.Again though you could definitely tune thisby only using settings you care about or alower DLSS mode.If you’re interested in 14” gaming laptopsthen check out my full review of the ASUSZephyrus G14 over here next!Otherwise I’ll cover things like thermals,battery life and everything else about theBlade 14 in the upcoming full review, so makesure you’re subscribed for that, and ofcourse for that upcoming comparison betweenthe Blade 14 and Zephyrus G14.\n"