For one of the best gaming laptop deals of the week, head over to Best Buy. Today, you can buy an HP Victus 16 gaming laptop for $900 instead of $1,400. Being able to buy a laptop with such a huge screen for this price is pretty great. In the past, we’ve described the Victus range as a “new gaming brand [making] its mark” and this is a good example of what HP has accomplished in recent years. If you’re looking for a new gaming laptop, we think you’ll like this one. Read on while we take you through what it has to offer.
We reviewed a slightly different HP Victus 16 in 2022, but since then HP has gone from strength to strength. Crucially, the two models share a similar design. This HP Victus 16 also has a backlit keyboard with white lighting and it feels “great … with deep travel and very snappy switches that provide excellent responsiveness for both gamers and productivity users.” It also has a larger touchpad, and the minimalist design looks eye catching with its V logo on the back.
With this particular HP Victus 16 you may not be getting one of the best gaming laptops, but it’s tremendous value for money given how expensive gaming laptops can get. It has an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of SSD storage. There’s also an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card which punches above its weight in this price range.
The older HP Victus 16 sported a great display, and that remains the case with this newer HP Victus 16. It has a full HD display with 178-degree wide-viewing angles teamed up with HyperX audio with dual speakers. It’s a good starting point for your gaming adventures, with micro-edge bezels ensuring it isn’t any bigger than it needs to be.
Due to the somewhat underwhelming design of the HP Victus range, you won’t see HP among the very best gaming laptop brands, but when on a budget, it’s a strong option. It at least offers nice bonuses like HP Fast Charge support, a camera shutter on the webcam, and AMD FreeSync Premium technology for the screen. It all adds up to provide more value to the HP Victus 16.
Normally $1,400, the HP Victus 16 is down to $900 for a limited time only at Best Buy. While this isn’t the fastest or most stylish gaming laptop, it’s extremely appealing at this price. Check it out before the deal ends very soon.
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.