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The HP Victus 16 is now availablefor just $899.99- for a full $500 off the original launch price. That’s an incredibly impressive rate for an upper mid-range GPU, especially considering you’re not skimping on other areas to achieve it. Budget gaming laptops like this often sacrifice your RAM or processor generation to drop to prices like this, but the Victus still comes with 16GB of DDR5 and anAMDRyzen 7 8845HS. In fact, the only eyebrow raiser for me is that 512GB SSD (most of thebest gaming laptopsship with 1TB as standard these days). However, if you’re economical with your downloads and keep a smaller selection of titles on your system at one time this is an easy route to excellent value.
HP Victus 16-inch RTX 4070 gaming laptop |$1,399.99$899.99 at Best BuySave $500 -The HP Victus 16 has just taken another price cut at Best Buy, dropping the $1,399.99 MSRP of the RTX 4070 configuration down to just $899.99. That’s a record-low price and the cheapest I’ve ever seen on a machine of this caliber, which is particularly impressive considering I was celebrating a $999.99 sales price just a few weeks ago.
Specs:AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Nvidia RTX 4070 | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | 144Hz FHD display
Buy it if:
✅You want speedy 1080p performance✅You prioritize value for money✅You need a number pad
Don’t buy it if:
❌ You need a higher quality display
Should you buy the HP Victus 16?
I would, however, point you towards the Asus TUF A15 orAcerNitro 16 if you’re prioritizing display brightness. Panels on these cheaper laptops are always dimmer than their HDR enabled OLED or Mini LED counterparts, but Asus and Acer both offer slightly more vivid screens within the same price category. The HP Victus 16 display is still more than serviceable, though, and considering the RTX 4070 TUF A15 is stuck at$1,399.99 at Best Buy(and the cheapest RTX 4070 Acer Nitro 16 isstill $1,799.99) I wouldn’t say the upgrade is worth the extra $500 / $900 based on display alone.
Of course, withBlack Friday gaming laptop dealson the way we’re looking forward to plenty more savings on thebest Alienware laptopsand thebest Asus gaming laptopsas well.
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