HP unveiled its latest line-up of gaming laptops powered by Intel(R)? Core(TM)? processors, designed to power up gamers and content creators’ computing experience. The new OMEN Transcend 16, OMEN 16 and Victus 16 laptops offer lifestyle and hardcore gamers in Thailand the flexibility to work and play hard, equipping them with powerful devices to ace in virtual battlefields, as well as their creative workflows and processes.
Thailand is at the center of gaming and esports boom in Southeast Asia. Number of gamers in Thailand is expected to grow to 11.5 million users by 2027 , as more youths turn to video games to connect with friends and likeminded enthusiasts in the gaming community . To help Thai gamers to excel and play an active role in the gaming community, HP unveils a new series of gaming laptops for every type of gamer, empowering them to play to win by elevating their capabilities and experiences through innovative technologies.
“At HP, we are constantly driving local insights and gathering feedback to understand our customers current gaming and computing needs to perfect our portfolio of products, ensuring there is a solution for every type of gamer. The new OMEN Transcend 16, OMEN 16 and Victus 16 are testaments to our pursuit for innovation, and we will continue to enhance our gaming portfolio to bring gamers everything they need to enjoy the game they love,” said Varanit Athijaratroj, Managing Director of HP Thailand.
Blazing Fast Gameplay with Cutting-Edge Power to Create
Both lifestyle gamers and gaming enthusiasts want devices that give them the power to play the most demanding AAA games and performance to handle the most graphically intensive creative activities including multitasking, accelerate 3D models rendering, or when using powerful creative tools like Adobe software suite. The OMEN Transcend 16 laptop was built for gaming and creation with cutting-edge, premium slim chassis and high-end internal components.
The New OMEN Transcend 16 laptop helps gamers ace their favorite games by:
- Stunning Bright Visuals: Immersive and perfect for content creation, the first ever mini-LED display on an OMEN device offers extreme HDR 1000 for incredible details and vibrant true-to-life color. With a 16:10 ratio, lifestyle gamers can see more real-screen estate to be more productive when editing video, audio, and photography with enhanced vertical content viewing. Achieving a peak brightness of 1,180nits , HDR 1000 , and a 240Hz refresh , games, creative projects and entertaining content will look stunningly vibrant and clear, even in sunlight.
- Lavish and Portable Design: Gamers want significant power in easily portable designs. This device is the first and only OMEN laptop to utilize magnesium frame to deliver the thinnest and lightest gaming laptop from HP to date at 2.1kg and 19.9mm. Combined with a 97Whr battery pack, this gives gamers and creators a premium on-the-go experience with long-lasting battery life.
- Blazing Performance: Push games and applications to their limits with up to a 13th Gen Intel “Core” i9-13900HX mobile processor and up to NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX(TM) 4070 Laptop GPUs to play the latest gamers and power intensive compute work with ease. Take full advantage of OMEN Dynamic Power within OMEN Gaming Hub to precisely detect real-time CPU and GPU capacity and dynamically allocate power between the two to create extra headroom and optimize performance based on the activity occurring in the game or application.
- Cool Design: The laptop stays cool while playing top titles and even under intense multi-application workloads with advanced OMEN Tempest Cooling featuring a new square vent design, yielding more air intake to significantly improve airflow and skin temperature.
Extreme Performance to Play Anything
HP is also announcing the next generation OMEN 16 laptop for hardcore gamers. This is the most powerful OMEN 16 yet, with a gen-over-gen improvement of 119 percent FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 . It is powered by up to a 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900HX mobile processor for ultra-fast in-game computations. Graphics powered by up to an NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX(TM) 4080 Laptop GPU ensures every pixel is rendered at lightning speeds on up to a QHD 240Hz display with a 3ms response time.
The OMEN Transcend 16 and OMEN 16 laptops enable users to:
- Play and Work Hard: With up to 32 GB DDR5-5600 MHz RAM and 2TB PCle(R) Gen4 NVMe(TM) TLC M,2 SSD, users will experience insanely quick load times for seamless gaming and content creation experience.
- Answer the Call: Be it for team chat to defeat the latest boss encounter, or to talk with community members, utilize the all-new FHD camera with a manual shutter door to be secure. For the OMEN Transcend 16 specifically, the addition of Windows Hello Facial recognition enables biometric identification to help make login experience quick and secure
High Performance Mainstream Gaming
Ninety percent of Gen Z reports regularly playing and engaging with games, and Generation Alpha cites gaming makes up 21 percent of their leisure time . These audiences need a device that adapts to how they play and live, and the Victus 16 laptop delivers this with this high performance in a mainstream device. Elevated through OMEN Dynamic Power, users can start their gaming journeys with the flexibility for schoolwork, entertainment and content creation.
Victus 16 laptop empowers those starting their gaming journeys to:
- Chill Out: Victus now features HP robust OMEN Tempest Cooling solution on select models as well as an IR thermopile sensor to accurately manage temperatures and keep the device cool when the action in the game is getting hot.
- Level Up: Playing on a Victus laptop has never been more impressive with up to a up 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700HX mobile processor . Graphic options up to an NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX(TM) 4070 Laptop GPU ensures top titles look stunning.
- Flex that Style: Coming in bold color options in mica silver, performance blue and ceramic white, and 1-Zone RGB keyboard option, finding the right look that fits gamers’ vibe has never been easier.
Seamless Ecosystem with HyperX
Seamless connectivity is a critical part of any gamer’s gaming experience. For the first time, HyperX and OMEN together engineered the world’s first gaming laptops with an embedded module for intuitive audio pairing and ultra-low latency solution via a bundled HyperX Cloud II Core Wireless Gaming Headset option . Enabled on OMEN Transcend 16 and OMEN 16 laptops, this quick and easy configuration allows for anyone to step into a seamless gaming experience with impeccable audio out of the box.
HyperX gaming headset, keyboards, mice and microphones complement all the announced OMEN and Victus products for the ultimate gaming ecosystem.
Pricing and Availability
The OMEN Transcend 16, OMEN 16 and Victus 16 laptops are available at all authorised resellers and online platforms or at HP.com with pricing as follows
- OMEN Transcend 16, starting price at 89,990 baht.
- OMEN 16, starting price at 62,990 baht.
- Victus 16, starting price at 39,990 baht.
Starting today and lasting until August 31st, 2023, seize the opportunity to indulge in HP’s exclusive offer: a complimentary special gift of the OMEN or Victus Fury Bundle with purchase of OMEN or Victus laptops. This promotion is applicable solely to joint-promotion items at premier IT stores nationwide. The gift bundle includes the HyperX Cloud Core DTS gaming headset and the HyperX Pulsefire Haste Lightweight gaming mouse, or you can receive ADP coverage upgrade for a period of up to 3 years, valued at over 10,000 baht.
(*Limited product availability, terms and conditions as specified by the company)
Source: Edelman