HP Omen 17z gaming laptop review: Hot performer with cool temperatures

[Redaktion]

The design may not be new, but its balanced specifications and relatively cool core temperatures when gaming give the Omen 17z a leg up against other midrange gaming machines.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Omen-17z-gaming-laptop-review-Hot-performer-with-cool-temperatures.1139180.0.html

[Mannstein]

It is no rocket science to keep a notebook cool with a 115 W GPU and a 65 W CPU. The contrast of the screen is also far below average - from my point of view is the unit not a good choice ...

[Only 8 GB VRAM]

Using a GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop and giving it only 8 GB VRAM is one thing, but doing the same to a 5070 Laptop, another.

Only 8GB VRAM, this is not enough anymore (don't care how good the device is otherwise). U don't believe me? Just see e.g. Hardware Unboxed on YouTube (they were one of the first who exposed this. U probably didn't know, but Aussies have a big PC community, may be that's also why, and they [Hardware Unboxed] are honest) or this very recent news:

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According to the report, recent sales of 8GB models have been weak, while the 16GB version has been selling at a steady pace. With many recent games using close to or above 8GB of VRAM even at 1080p settings, some users are avoiding the lower-capacity model. This has also been visible across AMD products in the same segment, where 8GB cards have been sitting in stock while 16GB versions move faster.

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Wait for next year' Refresh, if you can, which will use 3 GB per GDDR7 chip, instead of the current 2 GB (8 GB VRAM will then become 12 GB VRAM). The 5090 Laptop with its 24 GB VRAM is only a 5080 GPU chip (=256-bit) in disguise, otherwise it would only have 16 GB VRAM: See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_RTX_50_series#Mobile, the same GB203 chip is being used for 16 GB and 24 GB configs: 256-bit / 32-bit per chip = 8 GDDR7 chips, once with 2 GB per chip (=16 GB VRAM) and once with 3 GB per chip (=24 GB VRAM). This is common knowledge.

The contrast of the screen is also far below average - from my point of view is the unit not a good choice ...

Contrast (:1)   
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Wow, indeed, well spotted.

[RobertJasiek]

Demand by 3D gaming does not equal demand for all tasks. Regardless, Nvidia ought to enable "unified memory" and stop upselling VRAM.

[gaming laptop w only 8GB?]

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Demand by 3D gaming does not equal demand for all tasks.Sure, but this is a gaming laptop: Whoever is buying this, is buying this primary for gaming. If one doesn't play recent games (~games not newer than 2022), then 8 GB VRAM are fine, but if one does, the 8 GB VRAM are simply not enough (and it's not me saying this, well I say it too, but I'm not the one who did the testing, many did, tho I'm sure my/anyone's testing would confirm others' results, obviously). This is simply planned obsolescence, but this time, it has reached its final thingy and has become the mega elephant in the room in regards with this being a 2025 laptop and how fast the GPU also is: Had it more than 8 GB VRAM, it could play recent games without stuttering, very low res textures and let alone start some games (yes, some very recent games don't even start on 8 GB VRAM, and we are talking about only 1080p here).