I played Control on the Omen at 1080p with medium settings, which pushed me to 70 fps while exploring, and let me take some advantage of the 144 Hz display. That’s plenty of power for most games, though if you want to get to 60 frames per second, you’ll have to move some settings down. Our review unit paired an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

RJ-45 Ethernet, HDMI 2.0a, 3x USB Type-A 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C, 3.5 mm headphone jack, SD card slot, Mini DisplayPort The latter statement is much like what Apple prints in tiny fonts on its products.) The aluminum deck and keyboard frame make it feel solid where you need it most.ġ5.6-inch, 1920 x 1080, IPS, 144 Hz display (The number seems to ape Alienware, which has been doing similar things on its lids. The deck is made of aluminum, with “015” and “Designed and engineered by HP” printed on the bottom right. The 15.6-inch display has narrow bezels on three sides, though the one on the bottom is still quite thick, with “Omen” spelled out in white. HP Omen 15 (8GB RAM AMD Ryzen 5) at HP (US) for $833.99 (opens in new tab).“Omen” is printed underneath in a subtle shade of gray. What draws the eye, though, is the new Omen logo, a blue diamond which shines like a jewel (I suppose it’s possible we’ll see the diamond in other colors in the future). Our unit came in a plastic chassis in a “mica” gray color, which was so dark it looked black from certain angles. But the new Omen design, which we’re seeing for the first time here, is a cleaner look, falling in with the likes of Alienware to tone things down a bit.

The old HP Omens screamed “gaming,” even though some of them did have some nice aesthetics. Finally, an Omen you can be seen in public with (if we ever go in public again).

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