Promo €949 HP Victus 16-s1038nf, creative gaming laptop PC to play recent 16″ 144Hz games with GeForce RTX 4060 under AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

Our opinion on the HP Victus 16-s1038nf

Playing recent games is possible under the creative gaming laptop PC HP Victus 16-s1038nf which benefits from the high-end NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing graphics card which accelerates multimedia processing. This is also the case with the AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS Hawk Point processor and the 16 GB of efficient RAM, as well as the fast 512 GB SSD storage which reinforces responsiveness. Equipped with a 16-inch Full HD IPS anti-glare screen with a frequency of 144Hz for improved fluidity, this versatile dark Windows 11 laptop designed for gaming and creating is also equipped with a backlit keyboard and Wi-Fi connectivity. Fi 6.

Features of the HP Victus 16-s1038nf

The HP Victus 16-s1038nf faces the competition

The HP Victus 16-s1038nf currently displays in promotion at E.Leclerc and offers a configuration/price ratio attractive for its category where it is one of the cheapest to integrate a processor as recent and efficient as the graphics card, with Windows provided.

If this HP Victus 16-s1038nf does not meet all your criteria, you will find in our guide Gaming laptop other configurations to play with a similar budget. For the same budget, choose the model with the most powerful graphics card, it will have the greatest impact on performance.

You can also consult our guide Student laptop.

Chassis, connections, screen of the HP Victus 16-s1038nf

This versatile portable computer geared towards gamers and creators that can be recharged to 50% in 30 minutes has a relatively sober gaming look with its dark, angular design.

This creative gaming laptop PC integrates good connectivity including 1 USB-C, Ethernet and audio ports, 6-ax Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.3 modules for wireless remote connections and communications, a practical HDMI video output to connect it easily to a TV or monitor for example as well as 3 USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) ensuring transfers up to 5 times faster than USB 2.0 if you connect USB 3.0 devices.

The chiclet keyboard benefits from a backlighting solution. You can activate it whenever you need to better discern your keys.

Players will appreciate that the screen has a refresh rate of 144Hz higher than the standard 60Hz because it provides better fluidity in games and more generally in everyday life.
Suitable for videos due to its 16:9 format, the Full HD screen benefits from significant vertical and horizontal viewing angles thanks to its IPS technology. This is not high-end, the colorimetry here is classic.
In any case, as it adopts an anti-reflective coating, the screen ensures better visibility in a bright environment (eg outdoors) than a shiny panel.

Performance, autonomy of the HP Victus 16-s1038nf

The HP Victus 16-s1038nf is a versatile 16-inch laptop PC that performs well in creative-oriented gaming.

Under this gaming laptop PC you can play recent games because it benefits from the dedicated high-end GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing NVIDIA Ada Lovelace graphics card.

Gamers will appreciate the GeForce RTX 4060 ray tracing as will creators. Because it provides graphics acceleration of processing under applications using GPU computing power, such as the Adobe suite, VSDC or Vegas.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is in practice activated by NVIDIA Optimus technology to carry out graphics processing deemed too heavy for the Radeon 760M graphics module inserted in the processor.

Watching HD photos and videos is obviously possible, whether with the GeForce RTX 4060 or the Radeon 760M. Despite its much lower performance, the Radeon 760M is the graphics solution on which the laptop works as long as possible. Because it consumes little energy which favors the autonomy which is established here at around 5 hours on battery in light use.

Optimus therefore automatically switches in real time as needed between the Radeon 760M and the GeForce RTX 4060.

The Radeon 760M takes place in the Ryzen 5 8645HS, AMD Hexa Core processor Hawk Point coupled here with 16 GB of RAM to provide solid general performance capable of satisfying a maximum of users.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is well supported in its tasks by this core which reveals its potential in areas demanding CPU and RAM resources taking advantage of multi-cores and RAM, such as video editing, 3D rendering or photo editing.
Under this type of work, processing is carried out much more quickly than if we were dealing with a classic Quad Core.

SSD storage goes very well with all the components since it provides great responsiveness and fluidity.
On a daily basis this manifests itself in particular by rapid launches of games/software as well as processing and starts/stops, or even by the fact that we quickly reach the maps of online games.

Because an SSD offers high speed in addition to being silent, energy efficient and shock resistant.
In terms of capacity, HP opts for a classic solution that is even found in many (much) more expensive models: a 512 GB SSD.
However, if you need more space, you can use an external storage unit. To benefit from fast transfers, we will favor a USB 3.0/USB-C device.

As for the autonomy of this versatile designer-oriented gaming laptop, expect it to heat up and be heard under heavy load (e.g. games, processing).
If necessary, we can add a ventilated support to limit its temperatures (remember to check the dimensions carefully!).