Razer Confirms ‘Core’ Will Support Non-Razer Laptops

A couple of days ago we reported that the Razer Core finally had a shipping date which was set for April. For those unfamiliar, the Razer Core was launched at CES earlier this year and it is basically an external GPU enclosure. The idea is that laptop users who want to experience high-end gaming will be able to do so just by connecting the Core to it.

However Razer has marketed the Core as sort of like a companion to its Razer Blade gaming laptops, which has left some wondering about non-Razer compatibility. The good news is that the Core will support non-Razer laptops. This has been confirmed by Razer’s director of product marketing, Kevin Sather in a report by Polygon.

According to Sather, he says that the Core has been designed to be compatible with any laptop that supports the external graphics standard for Intel’s Thunderbolt connection. “In terms of compatibility with non-Razer laptops, Sather said the Core is designed to be open to any laptop that can support it. That means that a laptop needs to fully support the external graphics standard for Intel’s Thunderbolt connection.”

He adds, “It’s on the bleeding edge of these standards. Anyone who adheres to it should have a laptop that supports it.” What this means is that maybe the laptop you bought several years ago probably won’t be able to take advantage of this, but moving forward it is possible that newer laptops released by OEMs should play nicely with the device. In the meantime if you’d like to pre-order the device, you can head on over to Razer’s website where it is priced at $500.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Computers, Gaming
Tags: Razer