HP Victus 16-e0075AX Gaming Laptop

The laptop looks stunning with the Victus logo shining while the rest of the cover bears a matte finish with a unique tattoo on the side. It weighs above 2.4 kgs which is slightly on the heavier side, but considerable for a gaming laptop. Even though it is sturdy, considering the weight, the screen wobbles a lot at times. The laptop is entirely made of plastic with no metal framework. The right and left bezels are narrower than the top and bottom ones. It has a webcam on top with 720p resolution, ports on the sides and vents at the back end.

The laptop has 5th Gen AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600H processor that has a power of 45Watt, is made of 6 cores/12 threads and delivers a marvellous performance. This processor competes with i7 10th Gen and i5 11th Gen as well. One will not have to let go of anything starting from casual web browsing, storing and data handling, intense multitasking, attending long classes, reading articles, graphic designing, high-end video editing and effortless gaming. It has a good refresh rate of 60Hz. The clock speed of Victus 16 can reach up to 4.5Ghz in boost mode. It has integrated graphics of AMD Radeon Vega 6 along with a dedicated GPU of nVidia Geforce GTX 1650 to increase the overall performance.

The storage includes 8GB DDR4, 3200MHz RAM in one slot, and the other slot is kept for the user if they want it to work as a dual channel. It comes with a 512 GB nVMe SSD, expandable up to 32GB.

The device has a 70 Wh battery capacity as said by the company. Even though it should provide a good 10 hours average usage, it has some consumption drawbacks. The Pavilion model of HP has less capacity yet a better performance to offer here. Even if one leaves the device in ideal conditions, it functions for approx. 6 hours, thus having more battery consumption than it should. For watching movies in 4K, it provides a backup till 5 hours, and if the GPU and CPU is given full workload, then it goes on till 1-1.5 hour.

HP has worked on to provide a bigger display than the previous versions. The Victus 16 comes with 16.1-inch screen full HD IPS screen that supports DC Dimming. The maximum brightness reaches up to 250 nits and 45% ntsc colour gamut. The colour may not be up to the mark when it comes to a content creator for whom colours play a vital role, but they are fair enough for nominal work. The laptop has a resolution of 1920x1080, offering bright and vibrant images at great viewing angles. The pictures are sharp and clear and the texts are easy to read because of its 144ppi density.

On the right side of the Victus 16, we will get two full-sized USB ports that support SuperSpeed 5Gbps. On the other side, we have the power port with an indicator, a LAN port, and HDMI 2.1 port. There is also another full-size USB port and a Type-C port which is a multi-port supporting USB as well as display output. The 3.5mm combo jack supports both headphones and a microphone and also has a full-size memory card slot. Talking about the network, the laptop provides an ethernet port Realtek Gaming LAN, and a Realtek Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax.

This laptop has a full-sized keyboard with a numeric keypad. The keys are backlit which makes the keys visible and is easier to work in dark. The trackpad is broad with dedicated left and right clicks. HP has used its Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support. The keys are responsive and well-spaced.

The audio has a quality of its own. The laptop has built-in, dual stereo speakers located at the bottom of the laptop. The audio is by B&O, and one gets to feel the bass and dribbles and the sound is clear. It has an integrated dual array digital microphone that can be used for different purposes.