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, giving way to a $999 sales price that was among the lowest for its GPU but still $100 away from a record.
Best Buy has returned in full force today, with the cheapest price I've ever seen on an RTX 4070 gaming laptop. The HP Victus 16 is now available for just $899.99 - for a full $500 off the original launch price.
That's an incredibly impressive rate for an upper mid-range GPU, especially considering you're not skimping on other areas to achieve it. Budget gaming laptops like this often sacrifice your RAM or processor generation to drop to prices like this, but the Victus still comes with 16GB of DDR5 and an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS. In fact, the only eyebrow raiser for me is that 512GB SSD (most of the best gaming laptops ship with 1TB as standard these days).
However, if you're economical with your downloads and keep a smaller selection of titles on your system at one time this is an easy route to excellent value. Most RTX 4070 gaming laptop deals tap out at around $1,050 - and that's on a good day. While very much part of the budget category, the HP Victus is the first machine I've seen to sail past others in its price range to land at just $899.
99. The lowest price I've seen on an Asus TUF A15 with a similar spec was $1,049.99, and that was a good .