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    Razer Blade 14 2014 Kepler 870m vs Clevo W230SS 860m Stock and Overclock

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by HTWingNut, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I've been meaning to publish these, just never took the time. I got my hands on a Razer Blade 14 2014 with GTX 870m and ran some benches... so what the heck, here goes...

    Compared with GTX 860m Maxwell in a Sager NP7338 based on Clevo W230SS 13.3" notebook.

    (1) GTX 860m Stock (W230SS - Maxwell)
    Core: 1029MHz / 1097MHz Boost
    vRAM: 5000MHz
    vCore: 1.15V

    (2) GTX 860m OC (Prema Mod on W230SS - Maxwell)
    Core: 1309MHz / 1377MHz Boost (equates to +250MHz over stock)
    vRAM: 5850MHz (equates to +425MHz over stock)
    vCore: 1.20V

    (3) GTX 870m (Razer Blade 2014)
    Core: 941MHz
    vRAM: 5000MHz
    vCore: ?


    ARTIFICIAL BENCHMARKS:

    3DMark Fire Strike
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    3DMark 11 'P'
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    3DMark 11 'X'
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    Catzilla
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    Unigine Valley
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    GAME BENCHMARKS @ 1080p:

    Bioshock Infinite
    [​IMG]

    Crysis 3
    [​IMG]

    Final Fantasy XIV
    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    Grid 2
    [​IMG]

    Metro Last Light
    [​IMG]

    Resident Evil 6
    [​IMG]

    Sleeping Dogs
    [​IMG]

    Thief (2014)
    [​IMG]

    Titanfall
    [​IMG]

    Tomb Raider (2013)
    [​IMG]


    TEMPERATURES:

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    POWER CONSUMPTION:

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    SIZE COMPARISON:

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    BLADE 14 2014 COOLING SYSTEM:

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    HTWingNut, Aug 20, 2014
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    Marksman30k Notebook Deity

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    Wutttt? Razer doesn't even bother sanding down the heatpipes flat?
    If you're going to do direct contact at least do it right. This might have been heaps better with the traditional copper heatplate soldered to the heatpipes.
     
    Marksman30k, Aug 20, 2014
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    HTWingNut, Aug 21, 2014
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  4. wB`

    wB` Notebook Consultant

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    awesome work!
     
    wB`, Aug 22, 2014
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    Superb Report! I'm now convinced to but w230ss. Thanks
     
    reed1, Nov 12, 2014
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  6. Splintah

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    Man Razer really is the Gucci of laptops

    Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
     
    Splintah, Nov 12, 2014
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