I like how they lifted back the screen on the chassi, it's not blocking the vent opening on the backside and also getting back some extra connections...halleluja! I hated how it was a kind of a madness letting the screens glide back and blocking everything at the rear, it's still like that on many others but slowly coming back to sanity, lol. I need a new laptop so this looks interesting...I like the logical design.
Wow, they finally rounded the corners of the laptop again after I've been literally cutting myself on these sharp corners of this older HP Omen model . Can't believe they made this so sharp on the 2020 model. Pissed me off
I've never had an Omen before but the lethal corners of my old HP Envy have been giving me pause for thought! Actually scary to have them in such close proximity to your wrists!
I just got one. Not super pc savvy but have an ally, love it, always wanted a laptop. After a few days amazed at what it can do. Im just hoping it stays that way. One weird thing tho is when i got it it was failing windows updates after a certain point. Tried to trouble shoot past the point i understood and just said f it and reset it. Rookie clueless move but fixed it. Made it switching bewtween open windows and tasks too. Even boosted fps a bit. Really dont like doing that to a new computer but it was brand new and all my crap is in the cloud. If it can last me 3 yrs im set. Got a nice deal and that stuff is always changing. So far so good.
I cannot thank you enough for going into the CPU performance, I want to be ready for CPU-melting potential of Sanctuary:Shattered Sun... while I doubt they will actually get 10k units with simulated projectiles, I have no doubt they will demand a lot of your CPU.
If you follow the link in the description to our written review and scroll down to our performance settings, each compare element has a little search bar. You can just type in Victus and see if we have tested a similar config to yours.
Bought this one for only 750$ from a real life person in my city that just needed to sell it fast. One of the best buys i have ever done. The laptop is insanely powerful, the screen is huge and fast. Literally have zero complains after using it for 2 months.
@@Battax loud as a hellicopter during full gaming loads. keyboard is really hot. My entire room gets hot in like 2 hours playing, so i have to open windows for fresh cold air. The rest seems fine, no blue screens, no glitches, no bugs.
As far as I know, you can only get this GPU in the Alienware M18, which is not easy to get in Europe, if it's even available. So we will probably not be able to retest it! Sorry!
I bought an Omen 17 in 2017 right after the Portland Riots for $1,300 (1/2 off from $2,600) and within 6 months the battery swelled up so bad that the lower right corner of the laptop started bulging, and a year after that some of the keys started failing on the keyboard. So I removed the battery and started using an external keyboard. Not to mention the laptop would freeze, the screen would go green and the displayed image would double and shift to the left. I always had to hard reset the machine. I did regular maintenance every 6-months, and kept my drivers updated, and even after reinstalling the OS, the display glitch would happen again, sometimes within a half an hour after starting the computer. Never did discover the cause. Maybe it just had shitty components? I'll never buy another HP product again.
I like your editing. Nice video. My favorite parts were the charts which I screen shotted. Im hoping to go with this laptop. I just need a good laptop that can perform. Ive been playing on a 16gb ram all my adult life. Just for skyrim 32gb ram should be more than enough considering im only using this for gaming right?
What about the 4060 version? How much of a performance drop can be expected from it? I'm looking to get it however in the 1080p & 16 GB RAM configuration with the 4060.
Unfortunately we did not test the 4060 version, but comparing it to a Legion 5 (i7-14650HX) and and Asus TUF A15 (Ryzen 9 8945H) both with 4060s will results in about 20% less performance in our 3D mark rating, while the difference is only minial in our 1080p rating. The Legion is even faster here, thanks to the Intel CPU (these games are usually more CPU bound) In Cyperunk Ultra 1080p its 90 fps for the Omen, and 76 fps for the TUF. So it will vary greatly on the games you are playing, but generally you are looking at 10-15% less performance with a 4060. Unfortunately, we did not test the 4060 version, but comparing it to a Legion 5 (i7-14650HX) and an Asus TUF A15 (Ryzen 9 8945H), both with 4060s, will result in about 20% less performance in our 3D mark rating, while the difference is only minimal in our 1080p rating. The Legion is even faster here, thanks to the Intel CPU (these games are usually more CPU-bound) In Cyperunk Ultra 1080p its 90 fps for the Omen, and 76 fps for the TUF. It will vary greatly depending on the games you play, but generally, you are looking at 10-15% less performance with a 4060.
HP has actually been really good to me last few years. The HP VR Backpack G2 was a beast of a portable workstation that served me well in games for a few years with the laptop RTX 2080. Now I've had a HP Z2 G9 tower with a RX 7900 XT for almost a year now and it's been flawless! (Knock on wood!)
@@NotebookcheckReviews Never used the VR backpack stuff, never even owned a VR headset 😂 I just wanted a easy to transport computer with a good GPU and I found it on eBay brand new from a IT wholesaler for $1100.
@@federicocatelli8785 or simply wait for next gen 👍 games in 1080p can easily take 10-12GB these days, I don't even want to imagine next year. Buying anything with 8GB vram THIS year is a no go, resale value will plummet like crazy.
@@SnowySnails Don't lie to people, just check TPU/HBU or other sites/channels. 10-12GB vram is THE BARE MINIMUM anyone should have in 2024 and into 2025. Just check out Wukong, with FG turned on (which you need, it runs heavy) you are looking at 10GB 1080p and 11GB at 1440p. 14,8GB at 4K with FG, when I tested. Hellblade 2: 8,5GB to 9GB 1080p/1440p. Avatar: 1440p LOW 11GB Ultra 13GB. Alan Wake 2 without/with RT: 11-13GB. What games are you even playing at 1440p is a better question? I recall COD from 2019 wanted 6-8 GB in 1080p.
First of all, thank you for all your advice. I have a question for you. I am a civil engineer and I love design and creative work. My work also requires me to use a set of engineering programs, and at the same time I love to play games. What is the best windows laptop at the moment that you recommend to me? please help me im confused.
i got the asus g18 with 14900hx. you review a lot of laptops, have you seen any cases of degeradation or crashing on cpus inside laptops? i can't find a lot of reports on laptops as they seem to be safe. would love to hear if you had any cases from you or the community. also i think the omen series could use a cosmetic lift up, the laptop looks a bit too basic imo.
Done right at what? Only the thickness? This is a 17 incher for god sake, only 3 USB A? Stupid baby direction key? And the gpu chip only 140w? Do you use laptop? It's so sad to live in these apple wannabe era. Pay big and get less.
why is hp to donw level? i have last version hp omen 17 2023 with intel i9 13900hx, RTX 4090, 32gb ddr5, 2tb SSD and monitor 1440p 165hz for 2500 dollars.
@@NotebookcheckReviews I don't understand what the point is of downgrading the HP Omen 17 model. Since I have last year's version that comes with more powerful hardware. Not to mention that there have been incredible offers in recent months.
Cuidado con HP,,,No responden en las Garantías,, Mi Omen Laptop Gaming con i5-13420H tuvo el problema de que la CPU se va al 100% de uso por tareas poco exigentes y decidía activar la garantía y el Servicio de HP despues hacer todo lo que me pideron,,quedaron en llamarme,,lo cual nunca hicieron y encima de eso, cuando llamo para reclamar que no me llamaron,,dijeron que había. Cerrado el caso!! Llevo un mes detras de ellos y por mas que paresca increible,,no han resuelto nada!! HP es el peor servicio que hay y lo digo por experiencia!! Tengo mi Omen Laptop de pisa papeles,,ya que no han echo nada!! No compren nada de HP son una estafa!!
Hice un upgrade e instale Windows de cero,pero haciendolo desde la msima Laptop!! No lo hice por un pendrive o una vía externa!! Pero sí,,aun tengo ese problema y no eh podido resolverlo😰.
@@OmarG593 Te quedaria hacerlo desde un pendrive y eliminar directamente las particiones para volver a crear de cero por que puede que el malware por mas que hagas reset de fabrica se mantenga en el equipo.
A laptop that doesn't try to squeeze everything into a 11 mm chassis just to show off and thus allowing to cool itself properly? Count me in.
It is definitely refreshing to see a larger notebook that is well-cooled and runs quietly even under load.
@@NotebookcheckReviews Absolutely! Fingers crossed we'll see more of them even with the newest generation of processors.
I like how they lifted back the screen on the chassi, it's not blocking the vent opening on the backside and also getting back some extra connections...halleluja! I hated how it was a kind of a madness letting the screens glide back and blocking everything at the rear, it's still like that on many others but slowly coming back to sanity, lol. I need a new laptop so this looks interesting...I like the logical design.
Wow, they finally rounded the corners of the laptop again after I've been literally cutting myself on these sharp corners of this older HP Omen model . Can't believe they made this so sharp on the 2020 model. Pissed me off
I've never had an Omen before but the lethal corners of my old HP Envy have been giving me pause for thought! Actually scary to have them in such close proximity to your wrists!
I just got one. Not super pc savvy but have an ally, love it, always wanted a laptop. After a few days amazed at what it can do. Im just hoping it stays that way. One weird thing tho is when i got it it was failing windows updates after a certain point. Tried to trouble shoot past the point i understood and just said f it and reset it. Rookie clueless move but fixed it. Made it switching bewtween open windows and tasks too. Even boosted fps a bit. Really dont like doing that to a new computer but it was brand new and all my crap is in the cloud. If it can last me 3 yrs im set. Got a nice deal and that stuff is always changing.
So far so good.
Thanks for the great review (and the detailed specs slide!)
To be honest, I wish the Asus ROG flow Z 13 was as quiet as the omen laptops. I think my next will be a omen 17
Would you recommend this laptop or acer nitro 16 with rtx 4070 and ryzen 7 8845hs
in need of that answer too ahah
Me too hahahah
I'd avoid this like the plague. Get the Acer instead, or even better, an Alienware.
I cannot thank you enough for going into the CPU performance, I want to be ready for CPU-melting potential of Sanctuary:Shattered Sun... while I doubt they will actually get 10k units with simulated projectiles, I have no doubt they will demand a lot of your CPU.
i recently got the hp victus with 8845hs and 4070. I wonder how it compares to the omen with the same specs
If you follow the link in the description to our written review and scroll down to our performance settings, each compare element has a little search bar.
You can just type in Victus and see if we have tested a similar config to yours.
Bought this one for only 750$ from a real life person in my city that just needed to sell it fast.
One of the best buys i have ever done. The laptop is insanely powerful, the screen is huge and fast. Literally have zero complains after using it for 2 months.
Well, that's a steal! Have fun with your laptop!
Yo hi, what are your impressions now ? No bugs ? And which model do you have mate ?
@@Battax
loud as a hellicopter during full gaming loads.
keyboard is really hot. My entire room gets hot in like 2 hours playing, so i have to open windows for fresh cold air.
The rest seems fine, no blue screens, no glitches, no bugs.
@@KandosX I just have a one more question, you didn’t have any black screen issues? I’m interested in buying the omen 17 (2024). Thank you
Give it time...
Hi! Could you please retest the rx 7900m laptop again? Maybe the issues are resolved with driver updates and stuff?
As far as I know, you can only get this GPU in the Alienware M18, which is not easy to get in Europe, if it's even available. So we will probably not be able to retest it! Sorry!
I bought an Omen 17 in 2017 right after the Portland Riots for $1,300 (1/2 off from $2,600) and within 6 months the battery swelled up so bad that the lower right corner of the laptop started bulging, and a year after that some of the keys started failing on the keyboard. So I removed the battery and started using an external keyboard. Not to mention the laptop would freeze, the screen would go green and the displayed image would double and shift to the left. I always had to hard reset the machine. I did regular maintenance every 6-months, and kept my drivers updated, and even after reinstalling the OS, the display glitch would happen again, sometimes within a half an hour after starting the computer.
Never did discover the cause. Maybe it just had shitty components?
I'll never buy another HP product again.
It's nice to see some laptop used that refresh cpu instead of the core ultra... Cause the gaming performance wil be yikes...
The Ryzen is good, but doesnt really do much for gaming performance, especially in more CPU bound games.
I like your editing. Nice video. My favorite parts were the charts which I screen shotted. Im hoping to go with this laptop. I just need a good laptop that can perform. Ive been playing on a 16gb ram all my adult life. Just for skyrim 32gb ram should be more than enough considering im only using this for gaming right?
Good evening, can you tell me if the screen is completely matte or semi-glossy? thanks.
The Omens have a matte finish.
So is it normal that the trackpad clicks even just touching it? Mine looks as its pressed even if it's just touched to move the mouse
I'm not quite sure I get what you mean ...
@NotebookcheckReviews yeah hard to explain, a video should help 😅 what happens is that it clicks even if just touched
Normal for HP, but not for better quality laptops.
@@kiillabytez Before I had an HP Zbook and the touchpad was awesome. Can't imagine then the build quality for the Victus line
when are you going to review the new Asus Zephyrus G16 with the AI 9 HX 370 processor ?
I am already working on it. I hope to get the video done by early next week!
What about the 4060 version? How much of a performance drop can be expected from it?
I'm looking to get it however in the 1080p & 16 GB RAM configuration with the 4060.
Unfortunately we did not test the 4060 version, but comparing it to a Legion 5 (i7-14650HX) and and Asus TUF A15 (Ryzen 9 8945H) both with 4060s will results in about 20% less performance in our 3D mark rating, while the difference is only minial in our 1080p rating.
The Legion is even faster here, thanks to the Intel CPU (these games are usually more CPU bound)
In Cyperunk Ultra 1080p its 90 fps for the Omen, and 76 fps for the TUF.
So it will vary greatly on the games you are playing, but generally you are looking at 10-15% less performance with a 4060. Unfortunately, we did not test the 4060 version, but comparing it to a Legion 5 (i7-14650HX) and an Asus TUF A15 (Ryzen 9 8945H), both with 4060s, will result in about 20% less performance in our 3D mark rating, while the difference is only minimal in our 1080p rating.
The Legion is even faster here, thanks to the Intel CPU (these games are usually more CPU-bound)
In Cyperunk Ultra 1080p its 90 fps for the Omen, and 76 fps for the TUF.
It will vary greatly depending on the games you play, but generally, you are looking at 10-15% less performance with a 4060.
Thanks
There's a significant performance loss with the lower numbered cards.
@@kiillabytez With "significant performance loss", do you mean one greater than comes with generally going down 1 notch? (greater than ~20-25%)
@@Meridian2 With a bit of research, I'm sure you'll come to a solid conclusion.
Does anyone know, how many SSD's can you fit in there?
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HP has actually been really good to me last few years. The HP VR Backpack G2 was a beast of a portable workstation that served me well in games for a few years with the laptop RTX 2080. Now I've had a HP Z2 G9 tower with a RX 7900 XT for almost a year now and it's been flawless! (Knock on wood!)
Did you use the backpack for VR or just the PC part of it?
@@NotebookcheckReviews Never used the VR backpack stuff, never even owned a VR headset 😂 I just wanted a easy to transport computer with a good GPU and I found it on eBay brand new from a IT wholesaler for $1100.
Hey! first thanks for video its awesome! i have question about screen. Can you share Monitor code from the device manager?
This is what we have in the written review: BOE0B67
Can you work with that, unfortunately I do not have our sample anymore!
@@NotebookcheckReviews Thanks a lot! Its works for me 👍🏻
8GB vram on a 1440p display? Yeah GL 😅
We did not run into any problems ...
Laptop (Nvidia) mainstream cards are vram starved....if you want/need more you need to get rtx 4080-90 or AMD rx7900m
@@federicocatelli8785 or simply wait for next gen 👍 games in 1080p can easily take 10-12GB these days, I don't even want to imagine next year. Buying anything with 8GB vram THIS year is a no go, resale value will plummet like crazy.
@@_TrueDesire_not true at all I’ve been fine with 4GB at 1440p
@@SnowySnails Don't lie to people, just check TPU/HBU or other sites/channels. 10-12GB vram is THE BARE MINIMUM anyone should have in 2024 and into 2025.
Just check out Wukong, with FG turned on (which you need, it runs heavy) you are looking at 10GB 1080p and 11GB at 1440p. 14,8GB at 4K with FG, when I tested.
Hellblade 2: 8,5GB to 9GB 1080p/1440p.
Avatar: 1440p LOW 11GB Ultra 13GB.
Alan Wake 2 without/with RT: 11-13GB.
What games are you even playing at 1440p is a better question? I recall COD from 2019 wanted 6-8 GB in 1080p.
First of all, thank you for all your advice. I have a question for you. I am a civil engineer and I love design and creative work. My work also requires me to use a set of engineering programs, and at the same time I love to play games. What is the best windows laptop at the moment that you recommend to me? please help me im confused.
For your tasks, I'd suggest anything with a large screen, or using an external monitor with it.
Crazy how they still use that goofy not 16:10 display. Only reason i got asus
Is it really such a big deal for you, especially when it comes to games?
@@NotebookcheckReviews games look much better on 16:10 and im in college so the extra space is nice for my computer science degree projects
I really love your channel. But who sneaked in and inserted a really annoying backtrack. 😢
So is it normal that the trackpad clicks even just touching it? Mine looks as its pressed even if it's just touched to move the mouse
i got the asus g18 with 14900hx.
you review a lot of laptops, have you seen any cases of degeradation or crashing on cpus inside laptops?
i can't find a lot of reports on laptops as they seem to be safe.
would love to hear if you had any cases from you or the community.
also i think the omen series could use a cosmetic lift up, the laptop looks a bit too basic imo.
So far there are no reports that laptop CPUs are, or will be affected. At least that we know of.
@@NotebookcheckReviews thank you, glad to hear that...thanks for all you do.
なるほどな〜海外ニキありがとう！
I think hp's gaming laptops spec always look like it's from last year, and with this year's price 🤔🤔
I've always thought that HP should stick to what they know best: Printers, and leave the PCs to the other boys.
Done right at what? Only the thickness? This is a 17 incher for god sake, only 3 USB A? Stupid baby direction key? And the gpu chip only 140w? Do you use laptop? It's so sad to live in these apple wannabe era. Pay big and get less.
For that price....if you need more vram/performance get 4080 4090 RX7900 or any professionale gpu
why is hp to donw level? i have last version hp omen 17 2023 with intel i9 13900hx, RTX 4090, 32gb ddr5, 2tb SSD and monitor 1440p 165hz for 2500 dollars.
now try that again using English grammar and spelling like an adult
@bearzilla2462 not everyone is a native around here.
@HAS-Tecno but I must admit I do not really know what you mean.
@@NotebookcheckReviews I don't understand what the point is of downgrading the HP Omen 17 model. Since I have last year's version that comes with more powerful hardware. Not to mention that there have been incredible offers in recent months.
@@bearzilla2462 sorry i am argentine. my english is netflix version.
Дорого…
Eww HP
What bothers you about HP?
HP, never again. Bad support, poor build quality. No.
100% True
And always bring old design, boring~
@@ragaadin9408can't argue you with that.
Which company has better support and build quality?
@@puripuribuns I hear Lenovo Legion build quality is good. Don't know about support tho
Cuidado con HP,,,No responden en las Garantías,, Mi Omen Laptop Gaming con i5-13420H tuvo el problema de que la CPU se va al 100% de uso por tareas poco exigentes y decidía activar la garantía y el Servicio de HP despues hacer todo lo que me pideron,,quedaron en llamarme,,lo cual nunca hicieron y encima de eso, cuando llamo para reclamar que no me llamaron,,dijeron que había. Cerrado el caso!! Llevo un mes detras de ellos y por mas que paresca increible,,no han resuelto nada!! HP es el peor servicio que hay y lo digo por experiencia!! Tengo mi Omen Laptop de pisa papeles,,ya que no han echo nada!! No compren nada de HP son una estafa!!
hola, no probaste hace un reset de fabrica del sistema operativo lo que tiene tu laptop es un malware.
Hice un upgrade e instale Windows de cero,pero haciendolo desde la msima Laptop!! No lo hice por un pendrive o una vía externa!! Pero sí,,aun tengo ese problema y no eh podido resolverlo😰.
@@OmarG593 Te quedaria hacerlo desde un pendrive y eliminar directamente las particiones para volver a crear de cero por que puede que el malware por mas que hagas reset de fabrica se mantenga en el equipo.
@@HAS-Tecno It doesn't matter when the components are sub-par. It's HP's responsibility to fix their products, not the consumer's.
Why ask, what we think ?, cause you never , lol 😞
What do you mean?
@@NotebookcheckReviews Cause you never 'reply'