Following its 11-port USB-C dock launched at CES 2024, Razer has announced a new 14-port upgrade.
It features a similar aluminum housing, but the new dock now has 100W of power delivery to a laptop, transfer speeds of up to 40Gb/s, and supports two 4K displays — one at 120Hz and a second at 60. It’s available now for $229.99, but still doesn’t glow.
The Razer Wolverine V3 Pro has:
🛜2.4GHz wireless
🧲Drift-free Hall effect sticks
🦞Four customizable paddles and two extra shoulder buttons (for claw grip)
🔒Hair-trigger lockouts with mouse-like clicks
⏩1,000Hz wired polling rate on PC
🌈and RGB accent lighting.
I’ve been testing it for over a week and there’s a lot to love. Stay tuned for my full review.
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Where the Blade comes ahead in performance, the Zephyrus wins on value.
I’ve poked some fun at Razer’s me-too gaming chairs since the beginning, but the new Razer Iskur V2’s lumbar support is nice!
I tend to lean left and right in my seat, and the “6D” lumbar comfortably tilted with me at CES. The other “Ds” are how lumbar can adjust in/out/up/down with big dials on left and right. Does it stay this comfy after hours of sitting? Here’s hoping!
Literally! And gently.
Like many Razer concepts, there’s no guarantee this haptic cushion will ever come to market. But I definitely found it more compelling than haptic headphones here at CES, and it seems way more comfortable and convenient than an “FPS vest.”
BTW, there is already a device called the Buttkicker.
Razer put a Thunderbolt 5 port in its new Blade 18 laptop, which also now has a 4K 165Hz display. Here it is in the flesh at CES 2024 — admittedly in a dimly lit suite with nothing plugged in.
Don’t expect to charge-and-play with this port. The GPU alone can draw more than the current USB-C maximum of 240W. (See Razer’s beefy power socket on the left?) But do expect loads of bandwidth for monitors and peripherals.
Correction: Replaced image with an accurate one from Intel’s booth. Razer originally told us the left USB-C port was TBT5 as well.
The new Razer BlackWidow V4 75% and Asus ROG Azoth play to traditional gaming strengths, while feeling and sounding significantly nicer to type on.
It’s the desktop peripheral control app PC gamers love to hate. Now Razer says a new streamlined version of Synapse, rewritten for multithreaded CPUs and coming Q4, is 30 percent faster. Razer’s breaking out a standalone Chroma RGB app too.
“Every single person, ourselves included, complained that when you plug in a new piece of hardware, you have to update the drivers in Synapse,“ says spokesperson Will Powers. “Not anymore.” Check the gallery below for a peek.
“Vibrant and energetic graffiti on the wall” created the PC wallpaper you see below, the company claims, whose colors you can one-click propagate across Chroma RGB devices.
It’s called Axon Create, and it uses Leonardo.ai. I asked and they wouldn’t let me try it ahead of announcement, but you can apparently try it today.
Not for eating! It’s so you can see the carbon footprint, water, mineral, and fossil usage of your new mouse or keyboard (or laptop?) right on the box, starting with the DeathAdder v2 X Hyperspeed.
Razer spokesperson Will Powers says it’ll be a slow rollout, as Razer has to get UL EcoLogo certification on each and every product, but that process is “baked into R&D going forward.”
Razer’s flagship Basilisk mice were, to put it mildly, inspired by the best-selling Logitech G502. But the new $130 Cobra Pro is once again happily a Razer design through and through.
The sculpting hearkens back to the famous DeathAdder and the more recent Viper, though now with Chroma RGB underglow — not to mention wired, wireless 2.4GHz and Bluetooth modes, up to 170 hours of (quoted) battery life, optional wireless charging, optical switches, and a 30K optical sensor.
Decorative skins for gadgets like laptops, games consoles, and mobile phones, are now available to purchase in the US and Canada at Razer’s website, Razer stores, and select retailers.
This is typically Dbrand’s territory, but the gadget skin producer isn’t worried. “We don’t care,” said a Dbrand robot in a statement to The Verge. That’s it, that’s the entire statement.
Razer has announced new Mercury Editions of its flagship Blade 16 and Blade 18 gaming laptops. These look similar to the Razer Blades we know and love, but they swap out the standard black for a whiteish-grayish color.
A complaint I always have about the black Razer Blade models is that they pick up fingerprints very easily, and often end up looking a bit gross. Lighter-colored laptops are better about this, and if I were buying a Blade, this is the color I would go for.
Razer has uploaded a 90-minute-long Twitter video showcasing the brand’s entire collection of product trailers, starting from the 2012 Razer BlackShark headset. I dipped at around six minutes when my beloved Sabertooth controller appeared.
You obviously can’t buy some of the older products anymore, but it’s interesting to see how Razer’s RGB-plastered peripherals have developed over the last decade.
A bit obvious, and I’m surprised if they hadn’t done this one already.
The only gaming mouse with both Chroma RGB and 360 fps (follicles per second), etc.
From Razer’s FAQ:
The performance buff of the Razer Razer will gradually fade as your hair regrows. However, if you’d like to immediately perform worse, we recommend temporarily switching to non-Razer products.
