![]() ![]() For those that want the extra edge, it is a nice addition to the software. Some of us are certainly not good enough gamers to gain any sort of insight with this data, but it is interesting to look at. And speaking of heat, moving over to the Heatmaps section displays some very cool graphics of where your mouse clicks occur on the screen, where you tend to move your mouse to, and what keys you use the most while gaming. Stats, once enabled, will keep track of total keystrokes, distance, profile switches, and macro use, to let you know just what it is you are doing in the heat of battle. Opening this goes to some interesting software which lets you keep track of what you are doing while gaming. What is new is a new Stats option on the Synapse software. We will not go over what has not changed, so if you want to check that out, it is detailed on our last review here. The Synapse software is their in-house software to control the Blade and other Razer peripherals. Razer Synapse has continued to evolve since we last took a look at it. On a premium device such as this, it is nice to see that there are no bundled extras to increase Razer's margins. This in and of itself is worth mentioning due to the huge amount of extra software normally installed on new PCs. ![]() The only software installed on the system, is Razer’s Synapse software. When gaming, headphones will still be necessary to get rid of the fan noise, but for watching movies or listening to music, the speakers are much more usable now. Some tuning has certainly been done to improve the overall sound quality, and it has made a big difference. Although the actual speakers are the same, various subsystems have been changed. I reached out to Razer, and asked them about the speakers. As soon as the first frequency was tested it was obvious that some changes have been made to the speakers. The 2014 model had a very poor curve, and almost no sound at all under 200 Hz. The frequency response for the 2015 Razer Blade is very much improved over the last model. With laptops getting as thin and small as they are now, forward facing speakers are less common, so I was looking for more on the 2014 model. The 2014 Razer Blade did not impress me with its speaker quaility, which was disappointing due to not only the cost of the device, but the front facing speakers, which should have an advantage over any system which fires the speakers down, were very poor. As for overall volume, the new Razer Blade comes in at 83 dBA. With laptops this thin, there generally is not a lot of room for good sounding speakers, but I am ready to be surprised at any time. The Razer has two front facing stereo speakers. ![]()
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