The most stunning thing about this HP Victus 16 is that features an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card while coming in at under $1,000. We usually expect such laptops to be closer to $1,500 up to $2,000, and this is one of the best GPUs you can get without shelling out a fortune.

I finished reviewing an RTX 4050 version of the HP Victus 16 a few weeks ago, but it's the RTX 4070 configuration that's been occupying my thoughts ever since. I spotted its $1,399.99 MSRP shifting a little at the start of October,

Chuck in a bigger SSD and it's a bit of a barnstormer for this sort of cash.

If this package looks familiar, that’s because HP has used the same chassis in the past. The company updated a few components for the 2024 refresh, most importantly the GPU. The Victus has an RTX 4050 laptop GPU with 6GB of VRAM, which is a step down from the 4060 we see in a lot of mid-range gaming notebooks.

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