SeekerHP Victus 16 (2023)
The 2023 HP Victus 16 is a steady 1080p gamer with a low starting price and reasonable configurations, though our midrange review unit's value proposition falls short (as does its screen refresh rate).
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- UNLOCK YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL - Stop throttling your gaming potential and give your games the max graphics settings they yearn for with the latest AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS processor and dedicated NVIDIA GPU.
- FORGET LOW GRAPHIC SETTINGS - You’ll no longer have to reluctantly navigate to video settings and select the lowest graphics settings every time you boot up a new game because the HP Victus 16 has the power to handle it all
- USE YOUR POWER - For the first time in a Victus, you can experience Dynamic Power and Graphics Switcher to automatically optimize your performance and push your machine beyond its limits
- SMOOTH, CRISP GAMEPLAY - Reduce frustrating lag and image ghosting with a display that combines a 144Hz refresh rate and 1080p Full High Definition resolution for smooth, crisp gameplay
- PLAY ON - 16 GB DDR5-5200 MHz RAM (2 x 8 GB) with 2 accessible slots is ready for upgrades, multitasking, livestreaming, and playing for hours
- UP YOUR STORAGE - 512 GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 solid-state drive gets up to 12.8x faster performance than a SATA SSD
- STEP UP YOUR GRAPHICS - 6 GB GDDR6 dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Graphics built on award-winning Ampere architecture and new system optimizations show you the power of 2nd generation RTX
PROS
+ Speedy Core i7 CPU
+ Long battery life
+ Decent connectivity including Ethernet and a 1080p webcam
+ Reasonably trim for a 16-inch machine
CONS
- GeForce RTX 4050 lands awkwardly for this price
- A 60Hz display in 2023
- Review configuration lacks value
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By PCMag on July 31, 2023
The 2023 HP Victus 16 is a steady 1080p gamer with a low starting price and reasonable configurations, though our midrange review unit's value proposition falls short (as does its screen refresh rate).
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