HP Victus 16 Review

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HP Victus 16 Review

The HP Victus 16 (starting at $809) is the first member of HP's new Victus line of gaming laptops, which appear to be intended as more affordable alternatives to HP's current Omen gaming laptops. The HP Victus 16 is configurable with the latest processors from Intel and AMD and some of the trendiest Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards, making it a more than respectable gaming system.

The Victus is difficult to recommend over other gaming laptops on the market if portability is your primary concern. In addition, its design flaws make it somewhat cumbersome to use on a daily basis without a significant number of peripherals. This HP Victus 16 review will delineate this laptop's strengths and weaknesses, which are surmountable but ultimately disqualify it from our list of the best gaming laptops available for purchase.

The Victus is available for purchase from both HP's website (opens in a new tab) and third-party retailers such as Newegg and Best Buy. The base configuration begins at $809 but includes an outdated Nvidia GPU. Expect to pay at least $1,000 for a laptop with one of the newest Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards and close to $2,000 if you add all the bells and flourishes. It is worthwhile to examine our HP coupon codes to see if we can further reduce the price.

Our review unit of the Victus was equipped with a 16.1-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz display, an Intel Core i7-11800H processor, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 laptop graphics card, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and 32GB of Intel Optane memory. For this configuration, the average price is approximately $1,400; however, since this review is being published during the holiday purchasing season, HP currently has some Victus models on sale or sold out.

The Victus 16's subdued dark silver (or blue for an additional ten dollars) chassis has a lot going for it. With three USB-A ports, one USB-C port, an HDMI output, and even an Ethernet port, it provides a multitude of options for connecting peripherals. I've examined desktop computers that cost as much as this laptop and had fewer interfaces.

The Victus 16's design has some flaws, however. First of all, the laptop's sharp, angular design and the large sans-serif V on the top of the case give the Victus a vibe that flies past "serious gaming machine" and approaches "company laptop for an evil corporation in a sci-fi film."

The fans may be louder than the aesthetic statement, sometimes drowning out the laptop's speakers when playing graphically intensive games. The machine's weight is also somewhat problematic. The HP website states that the Victus "starts at" 5.44 pounds, and although I did not have a digital scale on hand, I believe this configuration adds to that figure. Carrying it around the house shouldn't be a problem, but carrying it around in my shoulder bag while I'm out and about seems like a true chore.

These functional design flaws are all the more irritating because I like the Victus's design overall. I admire the Victus team for taking a risk with the design as opposed to producing yet another boring black gaming laptop, despite the fact that I make light of it for having many design elements that feel, for lack of a better term, evil. The design of the Victus may resemble Lex Luthor's personal computer, but I can distinguish it from other laptops on the market, which is more than I can say for many other models.

HP Victus 16 Review

The default refresh rate for the 16.1-inch FHD (1920 x 1080 pixel) display on the Victus is 144 Hz. You can pay an additional $40 for a marginally brighter screen or an additional $110 for a higher-resolution (2560 x 1440 pixel) model with a 165 Hz refresh rate. The model we evaluated came standard with a 16.1-inch 144Hz FHD display, which I really enjoy. Even though the monitor's resolution is only 1920 x 1080, the Victus is designed (and priced) to deliver the finest gaming performance at 1080p. If you're accustomed to gaming on a larger desktop monitor, the Victus' HDMI interface makes it simple to connect a second monitor.

The audio quality of the sound emanating from the Victus' speakers also impressed me. They were tuned by the Danish company Bang & Olufsen, and in my experience, they're equally good for listening to music or viewing streaming video. However, it is more difficult to comment on their sound quality while playing games because (as previously mentioned) they are frequently masked by the whirring of the fans during graphically intensive gaming.

The Victus performs as well as the majority of $1,000-$2,000 gaming laptops. In my hands-on testing, I had no difficulty playing through my Steam library at 1080p resolution. Comparing the Victus to other gaming laptops of comparable price reveals that its performance is somewhat mediocre. For instance, the 17-inch MSI Katana 76 that we recently reviewed has nearly identical specifications (i7-11800H CPU, GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB of SSD, and a 1080p, 144-Hz display for $1,500) as our Victus review unit, but it performed slightly better in games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Red Dead Redemption 2.

The 14-inch Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 ($1,449), one of our top choices for the best gaming laptop money can buy, is in the same price range as the Victus but nearly doubles its performance in Grand Theft Auto V. In contrast, the Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark ran significantly better on the Victus than on the Zephyrus G14. For a 16-inch gaming laptop in this price range, the Victus delivers respectable overall performance. which is a relief, as this laptop frequently feels like it has made sacrifices in order to provide affordable gaming performance.

The Victus's 4,9 x 3,2 inch touchpad feels quite large and performs admirably for everyday tasks.Unfortunately, this effort seems somewhat futile. It cannot replace the accuracy of a mouse or the additional inputs of the finest gaming mice. Consequently, the majority of people will use a mouse for serious gaming. Positively, the Victus Keyboard includes a complete numeric keypad. The inputs are nothing to write home about, but the keys feel responsive, and it's obvious when they've been fully depressed. The addition of a number pad causes the remainder of the keyboard to be slightly off-center, which, to be honest, drove me slightly insane.

It is possible that I could adapt to this with more time and practice. My typing muscle memory fought me at every turn, despite my best efforts. I was concerned that I was being unreasonable and too picky. Small design decisions made by HP also made the adjustment challenging. There are bevels on the F and J keys so that you can reset to typing position by touching them, but they are too small for my fingertips to be particularly useful. Given that this is a gaming laptop, I would have also appreciated a touch guide for the WASD keys. After three days of attempting to adapt to the Victus' keyboard, I plugged in my own.

When it comes to heat, it may be best to treat the Victus a bit more like a desktop when playing games seriously. In more casual use scenarios, such as web browsing and video viewing, the Victus remained a relatively cool 91 degrees. The underside of the machine reached 117.5 degrees after six consecutive Metro Exodus benchmark runs, despite the aforementioned loud fans working overtime. This is not heated enough to hinder performance, but you should probably keep the laptop away from your lap.

The battery life on the Victus doesn't sweep away the competition, but I didn't find it to be a hindrance either. It took over four hours of light use before the battery warning appeared. Running a graphics-intensive game significantly reduced the battery life, but in practice, you'll need to plug in so many devices for serious gaming that the Victus should undoubtedly be positioned near a power outlet. In our battery test for gaming laptops, which consisted of looping a 3D-rendered scene in PCMark 10, the Victus 16 lasted one hour and thirty minutes. This is longer than the hour the MSI Katana 76 endured, but the Zephyrus G14, which consumes less power, outlasted both.