HP Omen 15-dc1303ng

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HP’s Omen 15 gaming laptop is great for games, but terrible for travel
Source: Mobile Syrup Archive.org version
In other words, you’re looking at a $500 premium to be able to bring your gaming with you and play anywhere. The question then becomes if gaming on the go is your goal. If that’s what you want to do, then the HP Omen 15 is among the best gaming laptops you can buy. If you don’t want to game on the go, look elsewhere. There are plenty of high-performance, extremely portable laptops if you’re looking to do work, and a nearly infinite number of ways to build a custom PC for gaming. Or, you can buy a pre-built rig and still come out ahead.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/19/2019

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Model: The HP Omen 15-dc1303ng is a high performance gaming laptop. With Nvidia graphics, a high-performance Intel Core processor, and an enhanced thermal solution, gamers have got the power to hone their skills anywhere. With the Omen 15, gamers can play at their best from anywhere without sacrificing performance. Users can keep moving and improving skills on a compact, portable rig designed to deliver desktop-class graphics performance, total immersion, and easy upgradability. The HP Omen 15-dc1303ng features an anti-glare, micro-edge 15.6 inch display with FHD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, IPS technology and WLED backlight. Users can reduce frustrating lag and image ghosting with a display that combines 144 Hz refresh rate, G-Sync support, and 1080p resolution for smooth, crisp gameplay. Under the hood, the HP Omen 15 has an Intel Core i7-8750H processor with 2.2 GHz base frequency, up to 4.1 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology, 9 MB cache and 6 cores. It is paired with 16 GB DDR4-2666 SDRAM (1 x 16 GB) and a 1 TB 7200 rpm SATA as well as 256 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD. Handling graphics rendering is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB GDDR6 dedicated graphics processor.

The Omen 15 Laptop is geared for easy upgrades and maintenance with single panel access to HDD, SSD, and RAM. Plus, users can take advantage of a generous port selection for their favorite accessories and external displays. Its four-zone island-style backlit keyboard allows users to backlight 4 independent zones with different RGB lighting. The WASD keys are outlined to highlight key controls. It’s all easily controlled through the Omen Command Center. With HP Dual speakers, HP Audio Boost, and custom tuning by the experts at Bang & Olufsen, entertainment comes to life with sound you can feel. Furthermore, DTS Headphone:X technology is capable of producing authentic, spatially accurate 3D sound through any headphones or earbuds. This technology gives games, movies, and music a level of depth and immersion for best entertainment experience possible. The laptop also features an HP Wide Vision FHD camera with integrated dual array digital microphone for video call purpose. As a conclusion, the Omen 15 is a gaming laptop that features decent performance and is able to process most of the current game titles. It is a balanced laptop that is both affordable and solid. It is also relatively easy to expand and repair this laptop, which makes it a laptop built to last longer.

Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q: High-End laptop graphics card based on the TU106 chip with 2,304 shaders and 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM. Offers reduced clock speeds to achieve a much lower power consumption.

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

i7-8750H: On Coffee Lake architecture based processor for big and heavy laptops. Integrates six processor cores clocked at 2.2 - 4.1 GHz (4 GHz with 4 cores, 3.9 GHz with 6 cores) that support HyperThreading. Manufactured in an improved 14nm process (14nm++). » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.60":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.

In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.

86.2%: This is an above-average rating. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that about one fifth of all tested models receive a better rating.

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