PC gaming has become more expensive in recent years due to widespread semiconductor shortages. Fortunately, some brands are releasing gaming laptops for other people on a budget. who need a decent gaming experience without breaking the bank.
The HP Victus 1five will be available during the summer on HP’s website and at Best Buy with a starting price of $799. You can opt for configurations with a 12th Gen Intel Core ifive-12five00H processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 30five0 Ti GPU, or an all-AMD platform with an AMD Ryzen 55600H and Radeon RX 6500M. You might not play 4K games at 144 frames at the same time with those specs, but you get decent functionality as long as you set them to run at low or medium settings.
Some gaming computers feature eye-catching (some might say strident) designs, however, the HP Victus 15 has a decidedly conservative look. It can be almost for a business computer due to its lack of reflections and narrow overall design. If it bothers you through such things, you can be sure that you will not stand out if you use the Victus 15 in a public place.
HP also announced the new Omen 16 gaming pc (with a starting value of $1,199) for those who need a more beloved platform with more force under its hood. There will be models forced through Intel and AMD, with their choice of Intel Core i7-12700H or AMD Ryzen 9 6800H processors and up to an RTX 3070 Ti or Radeon RX 6650M GPU. You can get up to 32GB of RAM and 2 x 1TB SSDs with any configuration. The computer has a 16. 1-inch, 1440p display with a 165Hz refresh rate and a 16:9 aspect ratio. Two 1080p functions will also be available at 144 Hz or 60 Hz.
The HP Victus 15 probably won’t catch the attention of gamers who want the toughest machines possible, but other people who just want to play PC games with moderate settings should probably consider this machine. Yes, their specs are precisely important—blowing, but for $799, they’re strangely good. And while GPU costs have dropped in recent months, they haven’t become any less difficult to find. This makes maximally productive gaming laptops, especially cheaper ones, more attractive.
But if you have extra money to save for something stronger, the upgraded HP Omen 16 turns out to be a more physically powerful alternative.
Tony is an IT editor at Tom’s Guide and covers laptops, tablets, Windows, and iOS. In his off-peak hours, Tony enjoys reading comic books, betting video games, reading speculative fiction novels, and spending too much time on Twitter. Cheesy activities include attending Hard Rock/Heavy Metal concerts and going to New York bars with friends and colleagues. His works have appeared in publications such as Laptop Mag, PC Mag, and independent gaming sites.
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