

Packed in the bowels of the HP Victus 16 is an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU with 6GB of VRAM, which is strong enough to power through Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 59 frames per second on Ultra settings at 1080p as I sailed across the rivers of England to find my next place to raid. There is an advanced EQ in the app, but unless you're an audiophile who knows what they’re doing, it’s a time-sink to dive into that. Each of which features Base, Treble and Dialog Clarity controls, but none of them could help fix the audio. There are three presets: Music, Movie, and Voice. The B&O Audio Control app wasn’t very helpful when adjusting the audio. The only audio cue I sort of liked was when my arrow pierced some dude’s butt, as it produced a fleshy snapping sound. When I was talking to the guy running the fight, the voices were clear but not loud or impactful. In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, I threw punches in a fighting arena, and each punch I threw was muffled and distorted. It’s like the Victus 16 was having a bad allergy day - it was super nasally. When the rest of the instruments kicked in for the chorus, it all sounded muddled together. The vocals were too soft and not very crisp. I listened to Sebastián Yatra’s “Two Oruguitas” from Encanto, and the percussion sounded artificially bassy. I wouldn’t want to listen to, let alone play, anything with the HP Victus 16’s bottom-firing speakers.
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Windows 10 gestures like two-finger scrolling and three-finger tab-switching worked well. The 4.9 x 3.2-inch touchpad is smooth despite its matte texture, and delivered deep, pleasant clicks as I navigated through webpages. And in the spirit of Phillip Tracy, who recently abandoned us, I feel obligated to point out that the power button is frustratingly close to the Delete button. This is especially noticeable with the smaller Backspace button and Shift button. The keys feel a bit smaller and more tightly packed than most gaming keyboards. I hit 73 words per minute on the typing test, which is slower than my usual 78-wpm average. It was saved by how bouncy the keys were, although it took a bit to get used to the spacing. Typing on the Victus 16’s keyboard was a comfortable experience despite how short the key travel felt. However, the Zephyrus M16 showed off an impressive 479 nits of brightness. The Triton 300 SE (80.6%) was a little more colorful, but the HP outclassed the Zephyrus M16 (75.8%) and Katana GF66 (43.9%).Īt 355 nits of brightness, the HP Victus 16 outshined the category average (306 nits) as well as the Triton 300 SE (292 nits) and the Katana GF66 (247 nits). We clocked the Victus 16 with 77.1% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is great compared with the mainstream gaming laptop average (68.9%). I turned down the graphics to experience the 144Hz, and it looked hella smooth when I flicked and sniped this one angry dude with my arrow.

When I dove into some water to look for treasure, the panel was bright enough to make out my surroundings without adjusting the settings. In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the snowy landscape of the north was so vibrant as it packed in villages in the far corners of the world.


Willis’ wrinkles looked sharp on the display. Despite the darkness in the last shot of the trailer, I spotted the trees in the background of the shot. In the trailer for American Siege (another B-action-movie starring Bruce Willis), the establishing shot of the countryside popped on screen thanks to the lush forest backed by the misty blue sky above.
