This is the cheapest price I’ve ever seen on an RTX 4070 gaming laptop

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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 availablefor 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 anAMDRyzen 7 8845HS. In fact, the only eyebrow raiser for me is that 512GB SSD (most of thebest gaming laptopsship 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 4070gaming laptop dealstap 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 anAsusTUF A15 with a similar spec was $1,049.99, and that was a good couple of months ago now.

HP Victus 16-inch RTX 4070 gaming laptop |$1,399.99$899.99 at Best BuySave $500 -The HP Victus 16 has just taken another price cut at Best Buy, dropping the $1,399.99 MSRP of the RTX 4070 configuration down to just $899.99. That’s a record-low price and the cheapest I’ve ever seen on a machine of this caliber, which is particularly impressive considering I was celebrating a $999.99 sales price just a few weeks ago.

Specs:AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS | Nvidia RTX 4070 | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | 144Hz FHD display

Buy it if:

✅You want speedy 1080p performance✅You prioritize value for money✅You need a number pad

Don’t buy it if:

❌ You need a higher quality display

Should you buy the HP Victus 16?

TheHP Victus 16excels in the lower-end of the market. The Ryzen 5 7640HS / RTX 4050 version I reviewed last month made an excellent case for budget current-generation GPUs, offering framerates that I would have only expected to see for mid-range or even higher end RTX 30-Series cards a couple of years ago. It pushes these cards particularly hard, to the extent that my test unit was performing better than some RTX 4060 configurations in easier benchmarks like Shadow of the Tomb Raider. More demanding games definitely gave the RTX 4050 system something to think about, but we were still comfortably above 60fps in High settings across games like Returnal and The Talos Principle 2. Swapping that RTX 4050 out for an RTX 4070 is going to see those numbers climb significantly to boot.

The chassis lends itself well to portability, beating theAcer Nitro 16in weight but coming just short of the lighterAsus TUF A15. However, it’s also slightly thinner than both of these devices. We’re talking 0.04 inches, but it does have a slimlinefeelto it, even if it doesn’t pack the same hard corners and straight lines as something more premium like aRazerBlade. If you need to take your laptop out and about with you, this is still a solid choice within the price range.

I would, however, point you towards the Asus TUF A15 orAcerNitro 16 if you’re prioritizing display brightness. Panels on these cheaper laptops are always dimmer than their HDR enabled OLED or Mini LED counterparts, but Asus and Acer both offer slightly more vivid screens within the same price category. The HP Victus 16 display is still more than serviceable, though, and considering the RTX 4070 TUF A15 is stuck at$1,399.99 at Best Buy(and the cheapest RTX 4070 Acer Nitro 16 isstill $1,799.99) I wouldn’t say the upgrade is worth the extra $500 / $900 based on display alone.

Of course, withBlack Friday gaming laptop dealson the way we’re looking forward to plenty more savings on thebest Alienware laptopsand thebest Asus gaming laptopsas well.

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