The HP Omen Transcend 16 is the most interesting model of the latest update to the series of gaming and creative laptops announced by the American company, which also includes other new products from the OMEN and Victus series.

The HP Omen Transcend 16 will become one of the stars of the manufacturer’s catalog in its own right, thanks to its design, performance and screen, equipped for the occasion with a new panel with mini-LED technology which offers a diagonal 16 inches and native WQXGA resolution (2,560 x 1,600 pixels) in a 16:10 aspect ratio. HP also offers a second, lower-level panel, a 1920 x 1200-pixel LCD with a 165Hz refresh rate.

In addition to aggressive aesthetics with white or black color options and a relatively thin and light design for its performance level, its focus on gaming can be seen in the refresh rate 240 Hzresponse time of 5 milliseconds and support for VESA HDR1000 High Dynamic Range.

Its internal hardware has been updated with the latest from Intel and NVIDIA. Above is marked a Intel Core i9-13900HX and one NVIDIA RTX 4070. HP offers another configuration with a dedicated Core i7 13 Gen graphics and a dedicated RTX 4060 or 4050 graphics. Both can fit up to 32 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and a PCIe Gen 4 SSD with a capacity of up to 2 TB.

Attractive and fast, this Transcend 16, which HP says is the thinnest and lightest Omen in its catalog. The company focuses it on gamers as well as creators. It will be available this spring with Windows 11 pre-installed and a free month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Its price starts from $1,699.

Other HP gaming laptops

HP has also updated other models for gamers such as Sign 16 with a 16-inch screen, a choice between Intel (Core i9-13900HX) and also the latest AMD processors (Ryzen 9 7940HS), both combined with NVIDIA graphics for notebooks up to RTX 4080. They can be equipped with 32 GB DDR5- 5600 RAM and 2 TB PCIe Gen 4 SSDs.

It will include a free trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and will be available from $1,299.

Finally, Victory 16 This puts the icing on the cake as the cheapest of those presented, with the same 16-inch screen that we often see in this type of laptop, an Intel Core i7-13700HX or AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS processor along with Nvidia. RTX 4070 GPU. It will be offered with different display panels, with FHD resolution and a refresh rate of 60 Hz or 240 Hz.

The new HP Victus 16 will hit retail this spring, priced from $1,049.