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Tom's Guide
3 days ago
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Score! RTX 5060-equipped HP Omen 16 is at its lowest ever price — $300 off for a limited time
Nvidia RTX 50-series gaming laptops are well and truly here, and PC gaming has never looked finer. But as with every new arrival, these machines don't come cheap — or so I thought until I stumbled upon this RTX 5060-powered laptop now on sale. You can now grab this HP Omen 16 with an RTX 5060 for $300 off at Best Buy, taking it down to $1,279. Now, I've been crawling through gaming laptop with Nvidia's latest GPU ever since they launched, and prices have been well over the $1,500 mark. Just look at other RTX 5060 gaming laptops like this $1,799 Asus ROG Strix G16 and $1,659 Lenovo Legion Pro 5. That makes this epic deal a steal, and considering the HP Omen 16 also boasts an AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD, you're getting next-gen PC gaming with a boatload of value. This HP Omen 16 with an Nvidia GeForece RTX 5060 GPU is now one of the cheapest RTX 50-series gaming laptops I've seen, all thanks to that $300 price cut. It packs some powerful specs, too, with its AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB for storage. Throw in its 16-inch 2K (1920 x 1200) display with 144Hz refresh rate, and you're looking at entry-level gaming laptop that packs a punch. I got the chance to play games on an RTX 5060 gaming laptop, and was majorly impressed by the performance it was able to push out despite the 8GB GDDR7 video memory it has on board. Much of that has to do with Nvidia's DLSS 4 and multi-frame generation tech, and it makes an entry-level, more budget-friendly machine become more of a gaming powerhouse. As noted above, though, the launch of RTX 5060 gaming laptops have seen less-than-wallet-friendly prices. But the HP Omen 16 in this deal finally makes these machines worthwhile — especially if you're looking to upgrade from an RTX 30-series rig or its you're first gaming laptop. Just check out the benchmarks below to see the gaming performance jump you can expect. Even in games like Cyberpunk 2077 at 1200p with high settings, the RTX 5060 could reach over 190 FPS with DLSS 4 multi-frame gen x4. We've seen how the HP Omen Max 16 handles and stated it's one of the finest gaming laptops we've tested, and the more affordable HP Omen 16 looks to be no different with its similar design but with parred down specs. Having the latest AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU will power through demanding tasks and multi-tasking, and offering 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD promises speedy performance for productivity and, of course, gaming. Plus, the 16-inch 2K (1920 x 1200) display with 144Hz refresh rate is great for graphically-intense PC titles and fast-paced multiplayer games. Don't expect the monster gaming performance of an RTX 5090, but do expect quality visuals and high frame rates (thanks to Nvidia's AI boosts) at a more affordable price range for a gaming laptop. If this all sounds right up your alley, don't miss out on saving $300 on the HP Omen 16. That isn't the only machine getting a major discount, as you can also get up to $500 off these RTX 50-series OLED gaming laptops, too.
Tom's Guide
10-06-2025
- Tom's Guide
Score! RTX 5070 Ti OLED gaming laptop is $450 off for a limited time
Summer is upon us, and with it comes the first major discounts I've seen on gaming laptops packing the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards. The best deal I've seen so far is this Lenovo Legion Pro 7i with RTX 5070 Ti for $2,399 at B&H, which knocks nearly $500 off the asking price for this high-end gaming laptop with one of the newest Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs you can get. This Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is a cutting-edge gaming laptop thanks to its Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, the Intel Core i9-275HX CPU, 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. That's more than enough power to make all your favorite games run great on the 16-inch 1600p 240Hz OLED display. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti hit the market just a few months ago, and it looks to be the ideal value offering in the RTX 50-series lineup right now. And while it's not the highest-end 50-series card, it offers more than enough muscle to run even the best PC games well on this machine. Plus, the laptop itself is a well-designed 16-inch gaming notebook that's equally good for gaming or productivity work. If you read our Lenovo Legion Pro 7i review, you can see how thin and elegant it is in person, along with shots of the plentiful port array and test results, which prove why it ranks among the best gaming laptops on the market. That 16-inch (2560 x 1600) 240Hz OLED display looks lovely to boot, and it will make all your favorite games and movies look fantastic—and since it supports HDR and Dolby Vision, you can enjoy your media to the fullest. Of course, we haven't had a chance to test this RTX 5070 Ti version yet, but it's sure to outperform its predecessors and run games well thanks to the power of Nvidia's latest laptop GPUs. Factor in the 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 2TB of SSD storage, and you see why you don't have to stress about this laptop running out of RAM or room for your favorite games anytime soon. With Wi-Fi 7 and a full, comfy keyboard, you can cart this beast to the coffee shop when you want to work, and when you're done, you can lug it back to the living room and play PC games on your big screen via the HDMI 2.1, Thunderbolt 4 or USB-C ports. You also get USB-A and RJ-45 Ethernet ports, so you can count on being able to plug in old accessories and jack into wired Internet when gaming online. Admittedly, this is a hefty beast that weighs over six pounds, so you'll probably want to keep it on your desk or coffee table most of the time. But that's true of most gaming laptops, and for my money, this is the best deal on an RTX 50-series machine I've seen all month.
Tom's Guide
09-06-2025
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I played 1,000 hours on Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti – here's why it's the MVP (if you don't overpay)
I've played games on Nvidia's entire RTX 50-series lineup, and out of all of them, the RTX 5070 Ti is the sweet spot – high-enough specs, enough pure rendering horsepower and the right amount of DLSS 4 AI trickery to be the best of all worlds at all resolutions to all players. That is providing you buy it at the recommended retail price. In the U.K., this is not a problem. You can snag one right now at £10 below MSRP right now from Overclockers, as stock has finally normalized. But the U.S. is still in a bit of a tight spot at the moment with prices in excess of $100 over that $749 MSRP. That's not to say you're getting a bad GPU. In fact, this is the best of Nvidia's current generation – unlocking enough of what Blackwell architecture can do with 16GB of GDDR7 video memory on a much faster 256-bit bus, and a strong increase in AI tensor cores and rendering CUDA cores. All of that means a real leap over the RTX 5070 that leaves it in the dust, and a real high-end feel to everything over the RTX 5060 Ti, and even gives the RTX 5080 a run for its money. This is the MVP in terms of giving you esports-tier blazing frame rates at up to 1440p, with silky smoothness capable with DLSS at everything turned up to max. Plus, this all adds to this being an AI and content creation workload monster too. But you all know the RTX 50-series script by now. If you don't, let me break it down: Got it? Good. Now let me tell you about my time with it. For frame of reference, we are using some testing data from our friends over at Tom's Hardware. If you're looking for more dense detail and analysis on specific cards, our sister site is the best place to go! RTX 5070 Ti RTX 4070 Ti Super Price (MSRP) $749 $799 Video memory 16GB GDDR7 16GB GDDR6X RT Cores 70 4th Gen cores 66 3rd Gen cores Tensor Cores 280 5th Gen cores 264 4th Gen cores CUDA Cores 8,960 8,448 Power consumption (TDP) 300W 285W Ports 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a Housed in the elegant Fractal North chassis, this powerhouse build features AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, paired with 32GB of high-speed Corsair DDR5 memory and the blazing-fast WD_Black SN8100 PCIe Gen 5 SSD from SanDisk. Power is delivered by a robust 850W Corsair PSU, while all components are anchored to the Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus motherboard with built-in Wi-Fi 7. Keeping temperatures in check and performance consistent is the FrostFlow 200 Series cooler, ensuring no thermal throttling under load. The MSRP may not be holding Stateside, but that doesn't stop the RTX 5070 Ti really shining as the mid-range beacon of a desktop gaming GPU. For raw rendering, the RTX 5070 Ti stands up as a fantastic GPU for getting blistering esports-level frame rates at 1080p, and looking incredible at 1440p. For 4K, you can get some solid 60+ FPS in certain well-optimized games, but that's where DLSS will come in (more on that later). GPU Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing ultra 1440p Forza Horizon 5 max settings 1440p RTX 5070 Ti 53 FPS 196 FPS RTX 4070 Ti Super 52.6 FPS 126 FPS RTX 5070 41 FPS 171 FPS RX 9070 XT 47.3 FPS n/a RX 9070 39.6 FPS n/a RTX 5060 Ti 30 FPS 121 FPS Once again, it's worth prefacing this by saying that the gap between this and the last generation is still within that 5-15% range that wouldn't make this a smart buy over sticking with your RTX 4070 Ti Super. But to those on older GPUs or gaming enthusiasts looking for some real future-proofing, these are encouraging numbers. Flick on the AI magic with DLSS 4 and multi-frame generation, and your frame rates take off like they just downed an energy drink — turbocharged and leaving your old numbers in the dust. You already know how Nvidia's AI trickery works here – moving from the convolutional neural network of DLSS 3 to work more like ChatGPT with a transformer model that is more accurate at analyzing scenes on the fly to smoothen frame rates. The end result is barely noticeable ghosting around textures and significantly faster frame rates that don't bring on much latency. This is always a concern as Nvidia crams AI generated frames between rendered frames, which doesn't equate to making something feel more responsive to play. But whether it's zippy multiplayer games that require twitch reactions or more slower-paced single-player adventures, there were no issues with latency with Reflex and strong rasterization. You can really notice a marked difference in GPU-intensive tasks like editing multiple layers of 4K video in Davinci Resolve or running on-device AI neural edits in Photoshop. Plus with support for the 4:2:2 color format, you gain access to a vastly more efficient format, which provides better flexibility and fidelity in all your grading. Blender is the key way to detect whether your GPU is going to be good at advanced content creation and animation, and these incredibly encouraging numbers are reflective of the experience you get. Most tasks go by in a flash and nothing feels insurmountable. I always know that Nvidia is always going to have a leg up on the competition, being the AI company it is now and all. But by this point, it's kind of funny to see how far ahead its consumer GPUs are in AI performance – not just improving game performance, but running AI-fueled tasks at the speed of light, running image generation and even running local LLMs. That's not to say the sweet spot doesn't come with some hitches on the way for the RTX 5070 Ti. For my fellow Brits, it's good news. The RTX 5070 Ti is readily available at the recommended retail price with little to no increases. In fact, the only price rises you'll see is on brands who have gone OP with the cooling methods to allow for overclocking. However, stock is slim in the U.S. and that is leading to some tough-to-swallow price rises. At a minimum, you could be paying $30 more, but it's looking more like an average of a $85 scalp across all the retailers I've seen. If you can wait, please do so! The RTX 5070 Ti is the sleeping giant of Nvidia's RTX 50-series lineup – the one that is ideal for those of you who want the versatility to get great performance across all your games and GPU-intensive workloads without breaking the bank. But 'breaking the bank' continues to be a problem in the U.S., as MSRP seems to be a distant myth right now. Nvidia has told us that RTX 5070 Ti stock should be increasing with faster production times, but whether this will normalize the price, we'll just have to wait and see. For my fellow Brits, this isn't a problem, and I recommend you buy now as you can get them at bang on (or slightly under) the recommended price. But to my mates in the States, hold your nerve for those prices to come down on one of the best GPUs you can buy right now.
Tom's Guide
06-06-2025
- Tom's Guide
Holy smokes! RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti GPUs just got a price cut — grab these before they're gone
These days, it's hard enough to find any of Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs at official market prices, so seeing these RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards with a discount is a hugely welcome sight — and it doesn't get much better than this. Right now, this Gainward RTX 5060 Ti GPU (16GB VRAM) is just £379 at Overclockers UK, saving you £20 on Nvidia's powerful mid-range graphics card. That's not all, as the Zotac RTX 5070 is now £45 off, with its price crashing to under £500. This is the cheapest I've seen these GPUs yet, and considering the major performance gains they deliver (along with DLSS 4), you're getting a boatload of value if you're looking to upgrade your gaming PC. Act fast, as these graphics cards will be snatched off shelves at these prices. Sporting 16GB GDDR7 video memory, 2572 MHz boost clock and all of Nvidia's latest AI features with DLSS 4, this Gainward RTX 5060 Ti Python III will help optimize gaming performance in the latest games, especially at 1080p and 1440p. Now with a £20 discount? It's even better. If you're after a further boost in frame rates for AAA gaming, the Zotac RTX 5070 Solid OC will get you there, and now with a £45 price cut. Expect 12GB GDDR7 video memory and boost clock speeds at 2542 MHz. Out of the pair, I'd personally recommend the RTX 5060 Ti for most people. Not to say the RTX 5070 is bad — there are noticeable uplifts in frame rates over the lower-end card and seeing it for over £40 under the MSRP fixes one of my biggest gripes with the GPU for gaming enthusiasts. But given the margins in performance between the pair, you're definitely getting more bang for your buck in the mid-ranger. Whichever one you pick, though, you'll find stellar PC game performance at 1080p and 1440p through raw rendering, and with DLSS 4 AI trickery, you can see those frame rates start to skyrocket. And with that multi-frame generation tech — using AI to take one rendered frame and predict the next 3 — you can get 4K path-traced gameplay on both that is comfortably over 100 FPS. None of it comes with that telltale image ghosting on fast-moving objects that you see when the machine learning algorithm is working overtime to predict. Make no mistake about it. For PC gamers looking for a serious visual upgrade to their AAA titles, these are the best deals going right now. Don't miss it, as they'll sell out fast! Not quite the Father's Day gift you were planning? We've got plenty more ideas.
Tom's Guide
05-06-2025
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Nvidia reportedly launching RTX 5050 GPU next month — but it may come with some disappointing upgrades
Nvidia isn't done with its graphics card offerings just yet, it seems, as an RTX 5050 desktop GPU is now expected to launch over the coming weeks. While lower-end RTX 5050 gaming laptops have been rumored for a while, Nvidia is reportedly planning to release a desktop model as soon as this July. This comes from sources speaking to VideoCardz, who confirm Team Green is gearing up for another GPU launch. Leaked specs have also popped up, and there's some disappointing news. The RTX 5050 is tipped to use a GB207 die and 2,560 CUDA cores (for parallel processing). However, it's also rumored to use 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM (video memory). While the amount of VRAM isn't surprising, seeing as RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 models come with 8GB, coming with GDDR6 memory is a downgrade compared to the rest of the RTX 50-series family. This would be the same graphics memory as the RTX 40-series, albeit still an upgrade over the laptop-only RTX 4050 with its 6GB of GDDR6 VRAM. Considering multiple laptop manufacturers have leaked RTX 5050-equipped notebooks, there's reason to believe that a desktop variant will now launch alongside them sometime next month. Of course, Nvidia has yet to officially announce its latest GPU, so we'll have to wait and see if this is accurate. An RTX 5050 desktop GPU would be the first "50" variant since the RTX 3050, offering a new entry-level component for gaming PCs. Since the RTX 5060 already aims to be a pocket-friendly powerhouse for 1080p gameplay, it will be interesting to see where the RTX 5050 fits in — and how much it will cost. From the specs we know, here's how the RTX 5050 compares to the RTX 5060: Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 GPU Architecture GB207 GB206 CUDA Cores 2560 3840 Video memory 8GB GDDR6 8GB GDDR7 TDP (Thermal Design Power) 130W 145W Now, having 8GB GPUs has already caused a stir with many PC gamers, and now having a rumored RTX 5050 offering with last-gen graphics memory with 8GB isn't exactly ideal. However, we've seen how DLSS 4 can help the more affordably priced $299 RTX 5060 offer a boost in gaming performance. If the RTX 5050 delivers Nvidia's DLSS 4 tech with multi-frame generation, it could still make for an interesting GPU for entry-level gaming. There's still no word on its price, but if the 5060 starts at $299, we can predict it may land at around the $199 mark. With Nvidia's rumored APU for laptops sporting RTX 4070 performance, it appears Team Green has a lot in the works. That's not all it may have up its sleeve, as it's rumored to deliver RTX 5080 Super and 5070 Super GPUs this year, too.
