**Gaming Laptops: The Evolution and the Omen 17**

The world of gaming laptops has undergone significant changes over the years, with advancements in technology leading to faster processors, better graphics cards, and more efficient cooling systems. One of the most notable developments is the shift from function-oriented design to form-oriented aesthetics, with many modern gaming laptops prioritizing style over substance.

**Function Over Form: A Trade-Off Worth It**

While it's true that gaming laptops are often the first to feel the effects of overheating and wear-and-tear, manufacturers have made significant strides in addressing these issues. The HP Omen 17 is a prime example, boasting an intelligent cooling system that ensures optimal performance even during extended gaming sessions. In contrast to other high-end machines, which can sometimes sacrifice aesthetics for the sake of innovation, the Omen 17 strikes a balance between form and function.

**Design and Build Quality: A Step Up in Class**

The Omen 17's aluminum chassis is both durable and visually appealing, with sleek lines and tapered edges that give it a premium feel. The laptop's slim profile makes it more portable than its predecessors, while the thinner bezels and smart logo on the back create an unmistakable visual identity. Additionally, users can easily upgrade the RAM and storage themselves by removing the base plate, making the Omen 17 an attractive option for those who value customization.

**Performance and Display: A Gaming Powerhouse**

In terms of performance, the HP Omen 17 delivers consistently impressive results, even at high settings. In Overwatch, for example, we saw frame rates reaching up to 135 FPS, while Apex Legends clocked in at a respectable 144 FPS on medium settings. The Omen 17's display is capable of producing crystal-clear visuals, making it an ideal choice for gamers who demand the best possible experience.

**The Importance of Wi-Fi Speed and Connectivity**

While many people overlook the importance of Wi-Fi speed when buying a gaming laptop, it's essential for online gaming, especially in fast-paced shooters. The Omen 17's new Wi-Fi 6 support ensures reliable internet connectivity, even in crowded environments. Additionally, the laptop boasts a range of ports, including USB 3.1 Type-A, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, mini DisplayPort, and an SD card reader.

**A Look at the Omen Command Center**

The HP Omen command center is the brainchild of HP's efforts to provide users with comprehensive control over their laptop experience. This intuitive software allows users to monitor system loads, temperatures, and performance metrics, as well as adjust settings like backlighting and power modes. By keeping an eye on these parameters, users can fine-tune their Omen 17 for optimal gaming performance.

**Battery Life: A Minor Shortcoming**

While the HP Omen 17 is undoubtedly a powerful machine, its battery life leaves room for improvement. In our testing, we found that extended gaming sessions were limited to around an hour or less, while normal use resulted in around three to four hours of battery life. However, this is not uncommon among high-end laptops, and manufacturers are continually working to optimize battery life.

**Conclusion: The Omen 17 as a Gaming Powerhouse**

In conclusion, the HP Omen 17 is an exceptional gaming laptop that offers a perfect blend of performance, design, and features. With its intelligent cooling system, fast display, and robust connectivity options, it's clear that this laptop is designed for serious gamers who demand the best possible experience. While battery life could be improved, the Omen 17 remains a top contender in the gaming laptop market, and we'd recommend it to anyone looking for a high-end machine with great value for money.

**Final Thoughts**

So, what do you think about the HP Omen 17? Are you a fan of big gaming laptops like this, or do you prefer thinner, lighter options? Do you have any questions about the laptop's performance, design, or features? Let us know in the comments below! Don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe for more content like this. And if you want to stay up-to-date on our latest gaming tech reviews and analysis, make sure to enable those notifications.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys Anton our tech Jeff and this is a new HP omen 17 this is a bit of a beast of a laptop and in a world where we're always talking about thin and light max-q throttling and Deval ting well there's none of that here but a fourth fat rcx graphics card a huge 17 inch display and yeah if you're looking for a proper gaming laptop then this is definitely worth considering now we've seen omen 17s before so what's the big deal well apart from the updated specs this 2019 omen 17 has gone on a bit of a diet it's 22% thinner and 15% lighter than before don't get me wrong though this is still a big laptop you'll definitely feel this in your backpack but it is reasonably portable for a gaming laptop so if you're taking this to a LAN party or torment or something then yeah it's not too bad at all though you may get a few looks if you open this up in a Starbucks now speaking of the screen as I try to avoid the reflections of the lights although actually you can see it's a matte display so even with a bright studio lights shining right on it it's not too bad at all I wish there were more matte gaming laptops but we're looking at a 17 inch full HD IPS 144 Hertz and gsync display my first thought is 1080p at 17 inch it's not going to look great and of course this isn't gonna be as sharp as a 4k 15 inch laptop but for gaming actually I think it still makes sense even at this size because generally with laptops you either get TP or 4k and if you want to play games at high frame rates to take advantage of that really smooth 144 host refresh then 1080p is a much better option for K will just destroy your framerate so I can understand that I think that's a smart choice and we do also have G sync which isn't something you see all that often actually on gaming laptops and helps reduce screen tearing and also just smooths out your FPS at lower frame rate so this really is a gaming oriented display and with that IPS panel actually does look quite good so for me I think TTP 144 Hertz is the sweet spot right now for high refresh rate gaming now I think it's a safe bet given the size of this thing and the fact that half the chassis is taken up with cooling vents that there's something pretty powerful inside and there is the omen 17 can be SPECT with either an RT X 2060 2070 or even 2080 and they are all full fat RTX cards no max-q anywhere to be found the r-tx 2070 which have got in this one is around 30 to 35% faster than the 2070 max-q so this review sample that HP sent over is kinda like the mid tier model which actually I think is the best bang for buck as I say we've got the Arctic's 2070 along with a ninth gen I 7 processor 16 gigs of ram a 512 gig SSD and I want terabyte hard drive so plenty of room for all your games and a time of recording it'll set you back around 1700 pounds or the prices do vary if you want to pay a bit less you can get it with an RT X xx 64 and 1500 pounds but you do also miss out on G sync with that model or if you do have very deep pockets and just want the best performance possible for 2500 pounds you can get it with the RT X 2080 and double the RAM so gaming on the omen 17 is great I go around 135 FPS in overwatch on medium to high settings which just looks immense as is apex legends where I got the full 144 FPS using medium settings which still looks very good actually in the new rate racing game control I saw an average of 85 FPS again on medium to high settings with rate racing and the RSS battlefield 5 with high settings and ray tracing and DSS on gave me a solid 80 FPS average cranked everything to the max and you'll still be looking at over 60 in any current game which is impressive now I think we can all agree that generally gaming laptops aren't the best-looking or the most well designed bits of kit there's sort of function over form which I do appreciate of course when it comes to cooling that's the most important thing when it comes to gaming but I think the HP omen actually is a pretty good-looking laptop we've got this smart aluminum chassis which is a bit of a fingerprint magnet the thinner bezels as I say these tapered edges and the quite smart logo on the back and if you do fancy tinkering with it you can actually take off the base and upgrade the RAM and the storage yourself now the keyboard is backlit and we do get RGB which is nice but it's limited to four zones including the WASD keys well a little fancier perky lighting there's a row of macro keys on the left which is handy and on the right you get a proper numpad as well there's also a good size precision touchpad which feels smooth and responsive and it has separate click buttons we've got Bang & Olufsen tune speakers on the sides and underneath which are loud and clear and there's a decent amount of bass well for a laptop anyway one area I think a lot of people overlook when buying a laptop like this is the Wi-Fi speed the Wi-Fi connectivity and actually in the case of the omen 17 we get new Wi-Fi 6 support which means if you have a compatible router you should get a little bit faster but more importantly more reliable internet and if you are playing online games with this you know competitively fast-paced shooters then you're going to want the best connection possible there's also a really good range of ports we get 3 USB 3.1 type A's 1 USB 3.2 gen2 type-c HDMI mini DisplayPort an SD card reader and mic and headphone audio jacks which is useful if maybe you're streaming and you use a separate mic and headset fan noise wasn't too intrusive but maybe it wasn't quiet as you might expect given a serious cooling system in all the vents that said it's still along the lines of what you get with other high-end machines if you do fancy keeping an eye on the laptop stats then The Omen command Center is the hub software for monitoring everything like loads and temperatures and it lets you control settings like backlighting and power modes there is one area of the omen 17 that canna falls behind a little bit and that is I'm sure you can guess battery life that's not too surprising right given the specs the fact that sadi sync screen full-fat r-tx I kind of got about an hour to an hour and a half of gaming on this and then with normal use around three to four hours but then again how often are you actually gonna use this away from the power and even if you do just for you know checking emails or light stuff then you still get a good few hours out of it so I guess one area that could be improved is battery life maybe putting a bigger one in next year or even supporting Nvidia Optimus so you could turn off vsync and improve the battery a little bit so if you are looking for a high-end gaming laptop then the new HP omen 17 is definitely worth looking at and given the slimmer and lighter chassis that makes it a bit more portable it really is a good all-round proper gaming laptop and as I say I think this model with the RT X 27 t is probably the best bang for buck and if you want to find out more about this I'll leave a link in the description below but I want to hear what you make of the omen 17 are you a fan of big gaming laptops like this or do you prefer them all sort of thin and light max-q versions or would you just prefer a desktop PC let me know what you think in the comments below so I really hope you found this video useful if you did and want to see more from me it would be amazing if you could hit a little like unsubscribe button down there and ding that little bell as well so you don't miss out on my next one thank you so much for watching I'll see you next time right here on the texturehey guys Anton our tech Jeff and this is a new HP omen 17 this is a bit of a beast of a laptop and in a world where we're always talking about thin and light max-q throttling and Deval ting well there's none of that here but a fourth fat rcx graphics card a huge 17 inch display and yeah if you're looking for a proper gaming laptop then this is definitely worth considering now we've seen omen 17s before so what's the big deal well apart from the updated specs this 2019 omen 17 has gone on a bit of a diet it's 22% thinner and 15% lighter than before don't get me wrong though this is still a big laptop you'll definitely feel this in your backpack but it is reasonably portable for a gaming laptop so if you're taking this to a LAN party or torment or something then yeah it's not too bad at all though you may get a few looks if you open this up in a Starbucks now speaking of the screen as I try to avoid the reflections of the lights although actually you can see it's a matte display so even with a bright studio lights shining right on it it's not too bad at all I wish there were more matte gaming laptops but we're looking at a 17 inch full HD IPS 144 Hertz and gsync display my first thought is 1080p at 17 inch it's not going to look great and of course this isn't gonna be as sharp as a 4k 15 inch laptop but for gaming actually I think it still makes sense even at this size because generally with laptops you either get TP or 4k and if you want to play games at high frame rates to take advantage of that really smooth 144 host refresh then 1080p is a much better option for K will just destroy your framerate so I can understand that I think that's a smart choice and we do also have G sync which isn't something you see all that often actually on gaming laptops and helps reduce screen tearing and also just smooths out your FPS at lower frame rate so this really is a gaming oriented display and with that IPS panel actually does look quite good so for me I think TTP 144 Hertz is the sweet spot right now for high refresh rate gaming now I think it's a safe bet given the size of this thing and the fact that half the chassis is taken up with cooling vents that there's something pretty powerful inside and there is the omen 17 can be SPECT with either an RT X 2060 2070 or even 2080 and they are all full fat RTX cards no max-q anywhere to be found the r-tx 2070 which have got in this one is around 30 to 35% faster than the 2070 max-q so this review sample that HP sent over is kinda like the mid tier model which actually I think is the best bang for buck as I say we've got the Arctic's 2070 along with a ninth gen I 7 processor 16 gigs of ram a 512 gig SSD and I want terabyte hard drive so plenty of room for all your games and a time of recording it'll set you back around 1700 pounds or the prices do vary if you want to pay a bit less you can get it with an RT X xx 64 and 1500 pounds but you do also miss out on G sync with that model or if you do have very deep pockets and just want the best performance possible for 2500 pounds you can get it with the RT X 2080 and double the RAM so gaming on the omen 17 is great I go around 135 FPS in overwatch on medium to high settings which just looks immense as is apex legends where I got the full 144 FPS using medium settings which still looks very good actually in the new rate racing game control I saw an average of 85 FPS again on medium to high settings with rate racing and the RSS battlefield 5 with high settings and ray tracing and DSS on gave me a solid 80 FPS average cranked everything to the max and you'll still be looking at over 60 in any current game which is impressive now I think we can all agree that generally gaming laptops aren't the best-looking or the most well designed bits of kit there's sort of function over form which I do appreciate of course when it comes to cooling that's the most important thing when it comes to gaming but I think the HP omen actually is a pretty good-looking laptop we've got this smart aluminum chassis which is a bit of a fingerprint magnet the thinner bezels as I say these tapered edges and the quite smart logo on the back and if you do fancy tinkering with it you can actually take off the base and upgrade the RAM and the storage yourself now the keyboard is backlit and we do get RGB which is nice but it's limited to four zones including the WASD keys well a little fancier perky lighting there's a row of macro keys on the left which is handy and on the right you get a proper numpad as well there's also a good size precision touchpad which feels smooth and responsive and it has separate click buttons we've got Bang & Olufsen tune speakers on the sides and underneath which are loud and clear and there's a decent amount of bass well for a laptop anyway one area I think a lot of people overlook when buying a laptop like this is the Wi-Fi speed the Wi-Fi connectivity and actually in the case of the omen 17 we get new Wi-Fi 6 support which means if you have a compatible router you should get a little bit faster but more importantly more reliable internet and if you are playing online games with this you know competitively fast-paced shooters then you're going to want the best connection possible there's also a really good range of ports we get 3 USB 3.1 type A's 1 USB 3.2 gen2 type-c HDMI mini DisplayPort an SD card reader and mic and headphone audio jacks which is useful if maybe you're streaming and you use a separate mic and headset fan noise wasn't too intrusive but maybe it wasn't quiet as you might expect given a serious cooling system in all the vents that said it's still along the lines of what you get with other high-end machines if you do fancy keeping an eye on the laptop stats then The Omen command Center is the hub software for monitoring everything like loads and temperatures and it lets you control settings like backlighting and power modes there is one area of the omen 17 that canna falls behind a little bit and that is I'm sure you can guess battery life that's not too surprising right given the specs the fact that sadi sync screen full-fat r-tx I kind of got about an hour to an hour and a half of gaming on this and then with normal use around three to four hours but then again how often are you actually gonna use this away from the power and even if you do just for you know checking emails or light stuff then you still get a good few hours out of it so I guess one area that could be improved is battery life maybe putting a bigger one in next year or even supporting Nvidia Optimus so you could turn off vsync and improve the battery a little bit so if you are looking for a high-end gaming laptop then the new HP omen 17 is definitely worth looking at and given the slimmer and lighter chassis that makes it a bit more portable it really is a good all-round proper gaming laptop and as I say I think this model with the RT X 27 t is probably the best bang for buck and if you want to find out more about this I'll leave a link in the description below but I want to hear what you make of the omen 17 are you a fan of big gaming laptops like this or do you prefer them all sort of thin and light max-q versions or would you just prefer a desktop PC let me know what you think in the comments below so I really hope you found this video useful if you did and want to see more from me it would be amazing if you could hit a little like unsubscribe button down there and ding that little bell as well so you don't miss out on my next one thank you so much for watching I'll see you next time right here on the texture\n"