Razer Blade 18 review: gigantic QHD, 16:10, 240Hz display, upgradeable RAM and SSD, many ports, and lots of power, but pricey at $3,800 and poor battery life 高價收購

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in 高價收購razer’s lineup. If you compare the top chips on offer, 高價收購razer sold a QHD 3080 Ti Blade 17 for $3,999.99 (though this was discontinued in the US), which is $500 cheaper than the 4090 Blade 18. There is not currently a Blade 18 you can get for the price of last year’s QHD 3070 Ti models.Basically, these gaming laptops are getting better — but they’re also getting more expensive (and they have been for the past few generations). 高價收購razer Blade 18 benchmarksTitleFrames per secondRed Dead Redemption 2QHD96QHD (DLSS Quality)106FHD115Cyberpunk 2077QHD57QHD (ray tracing on Psycho)33QHD (ray tracing on, DLSS auto)108QHD (DLSS Auto)134FHD114Shadow of the Tomb RaiderQHD142QHD (DLSS on Balanced)167FHD176Horizon Zero DawnQHD134FHD148Assassin’s Creed ValhallaQHD107FHD136CS:GOQHD379FHD534Diving into the gaming performance, which is presumably the reason you’re here: the Blade 18 did well. At QHD resolution, it ran every game at over 60fps — even Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing on, which is bonkers. Peruse the provided benchmark chart at your leisure. But what kind of a performance penalty do you see when moving from the 4090 down to the 4080? The answer, as far as I can tell, is… not a big one. On many of the games we ran, the Blade 18 got a similar (and identical, in some cases) score to the Blade 16. (Our Blade 16 unit had this same Core i9 but an RTX 4090 inside.) In cases where the 4090 machine won, the deltas were generally in single-digit percentages. That often means frame rate increases of single digits — nothing that’s going to significantly impact most people’s gameplay. The Blade 16 is a smaller machine than the Blade 18, so things like cooling and power limits might be coming into play there. For what it’s worth, though, MSI’s Titan GT77 HX, which has an RTX 4090 and is enormous, is also only single-digit percentages ahead of the Blade 18 on many of these titles. All in all, the RTX 4080 is looking like a solidly better value than the RTX 4090 based on these results. Oh, the Blade 18 also put up a massive 43 percent increase in Horizon Zero Dawn performance over our Blade 17 review unit from last year (which had an RTX 3080 Ti). I’m just sharing that because I found it humorous. Anyway, games looked great on this QHD Plus screen, which reached 574 nits of peak brightness in testing (considerably more than the average gaming laptop) — and is also, I have to remind you, 18 inches, which is so big.This kind of machine is perpetually smudged.In Premiere Pro, the Blade 18 finished our 4K export test in just over two minutes. It handily bested both the Blade 16 and the Titan on PugetBench, a synthetic benchmark that tests export and playback performance at 4K and 8K, scoring a 1,413. In fact, it also beat the recent M2 MacBook Pros (and that’s supposed to be, like, their whole thing). I’m scratching my head a bit at this result, I’ll admit. I even ran the test multiple times to make sure I hadn’t messed something up. My best guess would be, to borrow my earlier phrasing, cooling and power limits. Anyway, the takeaway: the Blade 18 is good at Premiere.Compared to the Blade 16, the Blade 18 is… coolerSpeaking of cooling, a pleasant surprise throughout my testing was that compared to the Blade 16, the Blade 18 is… cooler. The 18’s larger chassis, after all, doesn’t just lend itself to more pixels; it also has room for a fancier cooling system. 高價收購razer claims that this device’s cooling system is “thinner and more efficient than traditional heat pipe methods,” utilizing a vacuum-sealed copper chamber with deionized water as well as various special materials meant to reduce hotspots. So, it seems like that’s all doing something. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it cool — it certainly gets warmish during gameplay in the hinge area — but it’s not the worrisome fireball that I’ve found other thin gaming laptops (like the Blade 16) to be. The keyboard and palm rests largely stayed comfortable. The CPU did hit 100 (degrees Celsius) a couple of times while I played, but it was not spending nearly as much time there as the Blade 16 did and was largely hanging out in the mid-70s to mid-80s.The Blade has a CNC aluminum unibody with an anodized finish.高價收購razer BLADE 18 SPECS (AS TESTED)13th Gen Intel Core i9-13950HX, boost up to 5.5 GHz, 24 cores / 32 threads, 36MB of cache32GB DDR5-5600MHzNvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (12GB GDDR6 VRAM)1TB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4)18-inch QHD Plus 240Hz display, 16:10 (2560 x 1600)15.74 x 10.84 x 0.86 inches (399.90 x 275.40 x 21.90mm)91.7WHr lithium-ion polymer battery330W GaN power adapterWindows Hello built-in 5MP webcamThree USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, one Thunderbolt 4 (USB 3.2 Gen 2) Type-C with Power Delivery and Display Port 1.4 with Nvidia GPU output (charging with 20V USB-C chargers with PD 3.0), one USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port (supports DisplayPort via iGPU, charging with 20V USB-C chargers with PD 3.0 up to 100W), RJ54 2.5Gb ethernet, HDMI 2.1, UHS-11 SD Card readerWireless Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (IEEE 802.11a/b/d/e/g/h/i/k/n/r/u/v/w/ac/ax/az)Bluetooth 5.3To be clear, that doesn’t mean this laptop is quiet. It’s loud. You will hear the fans going — probably from across the room if you run the device at full power as you game. If you find that too annoying, you can swap to Silent Mode in 高價收購razer’s Synapse software.Charging port, ethernet, USB-A, USB-C, headphone jack on the left.Lock slot, HDMI, USB-A, USB-C, SD on the right.Speaking of battery life: it’s not great. I got three hours and 46 minutes out of this device, using it solely for Chrome multitasking and some streaming (with the discrete GPU off). On the one hand, it is better than what we saw from the Blade 17 last year (which makes sense since, if nothing else, the battery is bigger). And battery life isn’t as crucial on giant gaming rigs as it is in the ultraportable market. But 3:46 is still not great and somewhat mitigates the benefit of the Blade’s relatively thin and light stature. This device, while far from tiny, is compact compared to the Titans and Strixes of the world, at 0.86 inches thick and a hair over seven pounds. You’re not likely to find much thinner or lighter in the 18-inch gaming space, and I assume that portability will be at least some part of the appeal for people who are considering the product.While the Blade 18 is technically a new device, it’s currently the closest thing we have to a sequel to last year’s Blade 17While the Blade 18 is technically a new device, it’s currently the closest thing we have to a sequel to last year’s Blade 17. One of the most noticeable changes is that the touchpad has increased by 50 percent in size from the Blade 17’s touchpad. The new touchpad is 15.74 x 10.84 x 0.86 inches — it’s huge. It’s actually almost too big for me, to the point where I have to consciously reach in order to left-click with my right hand. I recognize that this is mostly a me problem. As with past Blades, this trackpad has a somewhat mushy click but is certainly responsive to gestures and quick to scroll.With an 88 percent screen-to-body ratio, the Blade makes efficient use of its screen real estate.Port selection is as good as it gets: there’s a 2.5Gbps ethernet port in addition to the USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, Thunderbolt 4, three USB-A, HDMI 2.1, and UHS-II SD card reader. The Blade 18 can charge via USB-C (up to 100W) if you don’t feel like carrying its dedicated 330W adapter around — though it’s fairly compact as gaming laptop bricks go. And yes: I know lots of people have erased USB-A from their lives, but speaking as someone who still has old gaming peripherals that they have no desire to dispense with, those ports make my life easier.The camera conveniently supports Windows Hello.The 5MP webcam is another new feature, and it does look pretty good. It delivered a sharp, clear picture of me in a bright office setting where I look washed out on many laptop cameras. That said, it’s still a laptop webcam, and the picture remains somewhat grainy as pictures go. I’m honestly about as bummed about the lack of a physical shutter (the Blade 16 has one) as I am excited about the webcam’s quality.The 5MP webcam delivered a sharp, clear pictureThose are most of the new things, and the rest of this laptop is quite similar to big Blades past. This looks, for all intents and purposes, like a big Blade. The signature green logo is there on the lid. The black finish is smooth and a major fingerprint magnet. It’s not THIN, but in the grand scheme of things, it is thin.It’s a bit conf

配有一把機械鍵盤，在玩遊戲時伴隨著「喀拉喀拉」聲響，替指尖帶來暢快、明確的回饋感，操作也更加精確。這份快感可不是遊戲玩家專屬，機械鍵盤近年進入辦公領域，逐漸普及至所有族群，無論是打報告、玩遊戲都能讓效率與爽感一併提升。

電競選手大多使用機械鍵盤，以追求更細緻的操作。（達志）

機械鍵盤並非全新科技，在1970年代使用老式電腦時就已經問世，只是售價較高、容易損壞的性質難以成為主流，被幾百塊就能買到又很耐用的薄膜鍵盤取代。不過機械鍵盤難以取代的手感，近年重新獲得消費者喜愛，不僅遊戲玩家必備，許多商務人士、創作者也愛用。

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與薄膜鍵盤最大的不同是，機械鍵盤每顆按鍵都有獨立的「軸體」、訊號來源，按鍵之間不會互相影響，有明確的按壓回饋。高階款的機械鍵盤還有極高的可玩性，資深玩家們還會從鍵盤材質、軸體、鍵帽，依照個人需求打造獨一無二的專屬鍵盤。

機械鍵盤的特色是每一個按鍵都有獨立的軸體，可以各別發送訊號。（pixabay）

挑鍵盤先看軸體 手感、聲響大不同

「軸體」是挑選機械鍵盤第一個重點，不同軸體有著截然不同的敲擊手感、反應速度、力道以及聲響，現今最主流的規格是來自於德國大廠Cherry的MX軸，以下為最常見的4種軸體。

青軸：機械鍵盤的經典軸體，帶乾淨清脆的敲擊段落感，打起來最過癮，然而較大的聲響某些場合並不適合使用。
茶軸：各方面相當均衡的軸體，有一定手感又沒有過多噪音，是多數商務人士會考慮的選擇。
黑軸：按壓力道、反彈回饋最強，每一次的按壓感受都會非常明確，使用上不容易誤觸且能達到最精細的操作，是遊戲玩家偏愛的軸體。
紅軸：觸發力道輕、聲音最小聲，適合想要輕鬆打字的用戶，會犧牲一定的敲擊手感。

選完軸體之後，幾項鍵盤基本規格也要注意；首先是選擇大小，普遍會用百分比作為標示，100%代表是全尺寸的鍵盤，有完整的功能鍵、方向鍵與數字鍵盤，70-80%則會省掉右側的數字鍵，還有進一步縮減上方功能鍵的60%款式。

如果喜歡DIY改裝，可以留意鍵盤是否支援「熱插拔」功能，後續可以購入不同軸體改變鍵盤規格。若有遊戲、繪圖、辦公需求，則能檢視品牌提供的專屬按鍵，某些款式會加上多媒體滾輪，或是可以自訂的額外功能鍵。

機械鍵盤的鍵帽可以拆下來自行更換，選擇順手的材質或是樣式。（記者黃肇祥攝）

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Logitech羅技打造一款年輕族群喜愛的機械鍵盤POP KEYS，採用風格強烈的復古撞色和圓形鍵帽，還配有獨特的EMOJI功能鍵，能快速開啟表情符號鍵盤，迅速與朋友分享心情。POP KEYS鍵盤選用聲音、手感較為平衡的茶軸，支援Easy-Switch技術，一次最多可配對三台裝置。

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適合新手選擇多 Ducky One 2系列

知名品牌Ducky旗下的One 2系列是新手入門的好選擇，提供多元的選擇性，不但有各種軸體的版本，還有聯名、限定款的特殊造型，想要極簡風格也有小尺寸型號。鍵盤功能相對簡單，採用分離設計的USB Type C連接線，底部設置三段式腳架，能夠自由調整高度，部分款式支援RGB燈光效果。。

Ducky One 2系列，售價2,290元起。

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玩遊戲需全神貫注，華碩ROG Strix Scope II RX開發ROG RX紅軸、RX青軸，打造無晃動的敲擊，以及1ms高速反應，加上少見的IP57等級防水防塵，打翻飲料也不擔心。鍵盤加入多種遊戲快捷鍵，F1-F5可以對應Xbox Game Bar與錄製功能，右上方設有多功能按鈕與多媒體滾輪。

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