Video sponsored by Nvidia. Just how powerful is a reasonably priced gaming laptop? A while back, Amazon were offering the Razer Blade 15 with RTX 3070 Mobile 95W for £1399 - so Rich bought one, tested it and presents his findings here, with key next-gen experiences and technologies stacked up against Microsoft's Xbox Series X. The RTX 3070 Mobile at 95W isn't the most powerful laptop GPU either, so we've also stacked it up against the RTX 3080 in laptop form, and explain the importance of power budgets and how they affect performance.
00:00 Introduction
00:25 The Razer Blade 15 with RTX 3070 Mobile
01:42 Comparing Gaming Experiences vs Xbox Series X
04:30 Control
09:25 Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
11:52 Doom Eternal
16:10 Microsoft Flight Simulator
19:48 Recap of Testing + Laptop vs Desktop + Console Rasterisation Advantages
21:00 Unreal Engine 5: Valley of the Ancient
22:30 Laptop Purchase Recommendations
23:37 Laptop GPU TGP Power vs Performance Scaling
24:25 RTX 3070 Mobile vs RTX 3080 Mobile
25:41 Budget, Power, Cooling, Form Factor - Balancing a Laptop Purchase
26:36 Conclusion
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