HP's AI-focused “OMEN 17” gaming laptop switches completely AMD's Hawkpoint “Ryzen 8040” APUsremoving Intel from this model.

HP decided to go full AMD with its new OMEN 17 gaming laptop lineup, powered by Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” APUs.

HP announced a “refresh” model of its wildly popular OMEN 17 gaming laptop. The firm has focused it around AI, jumping on the “AI PC” bandwagon like other manufacturers. Interestingly, HP decided not to include any Intel (Core or Core Ultra) CPUs in this particular variant, marking the first time in years that Intel has been replaced by another CPU firm in the OMEN lineup. has been done Well, more on that later but for now, the lineup is powered by AMD's Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Point” APUs.

Diving into the specifications of HP's OMEN 17, the laptop includes AMD's AMD 8040 series SKUs, such as AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS, AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS, and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS. HP decided to center the lineup around Hawk Point APUs.

We can't even argue their choice, because not only do the Ryzen 8040 chips offer the best price-to-performance ratio, but with their dedicated Ryzen AI engines, laptops are bound to deliver decent edge AI performance. There is a reason for that. Why HP decided to choose AMD here is because of its superiority in the AI ​​processing department. Zen 4 is also known for its strong power efficiency and the RDNA 3 iGPUs provide an excellent graphics solution even when a discrete GPU is not prime for use.

Moving on, the HP OMEN 17 Laptop comes with a variety of options for NVIDIA's Ada “GeForce RTX 40” laptop GPUs, starting with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4050, NVIDIA RTX 4060, and NVIDIA RTX 4060 Laptop. For memory, you can choose a 16 GB or 32 GB configuration of DDR5-5600MHz RAM, and for storage, the laptop offers two M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs, with 512 GB or 1 TB of storage onboard. with the default option of , which you can later extend yourself if needed.

The HP OMEN 17 laptop has a 17.3-inch screen with both QHD and FHD resolution options. The latter has a 144Hz display and 7ms response time. Meanwhile, for the QHD route, users will get a 240Hz refresh rate and a relatively low 3ms response time. HP has provided options for the average and hardcore user. So, you can choose the relevant specifications depending on your use case, but overall, the OMEN 17 is a solid choice for the future. HP offers Intel Core Ultra and standard Core HX variants in other models but the 17″ variant Not using any of them.

The HP OMEN 17 is expected to launch by April 24, with a starting price of $1,350, which could certainly make it a great contender in high-end markets. However, I'm a bit curious about how AMD's Ryzen 8040 series will fare here, especially in terms of consumer interest.

News Source: Windows Central