There’s no shortage of gaming laptop deals out there, but not all of them are worth your hard-earned cash. Here’s a budget-friendly offer from Best Buy that we highly recommend — the HP Victus 15 with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card for only $650, following a $250 discount on its original price of $900. The stocks that are up for sale may run out at any moment though, so if you’re interested in making this device your next gaming machine, you should complete your transaction for it right now.
The HP Victus 15 isn’t going to challenge the top-tier models of the best gaming laptops in terms of performance, but it’s definitely a solid machine, especially when you take into account its discounted price. With the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card pairing with the AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS processor and 16GB of RAM, you’ll be able to play the best PC games without any issues. You can’t run demanding titles at their highest settings, but that’s an acceptable trade-off for a gaming laptop at this price.
The 15.6-inch Full HD screen of the HP Victus 15 is just the right size to enjoy the graphics of modern titles while still maintaining portability, and its 144Hz refresh rate means you won’t be frustrated by lag and image ghosting. The gaming laptop also comes with a 512GB SSD for ample storage space for several video games, Windows 11 Home so that you can start installing them right after unboxing, and Omen AI for automatic adjustments to create the best gameplay experience.
The HP Victus 15 is an excellent choice for gamers who want the best bang for their buck, especially now that you can get this configuration with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card at $250 off. From $900, it’s down to just $650, which is a great price for a device with these capabilities. You’re going to have to hurry with your purchase though, as the HP Victus 15 gaming laptop may be back to its regular price as soon as tomorrow.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
The new world model builds on Genie 3 with improved realism, more natural human movement, and better simulations of real-world physics. It could eventually help with everything from game development to training robots.
Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.