HP Pavilion Gaming 17-cd1000 [17-CD1063UR 22Q98EA]

Reference design for a gaming laptop

Let's be honest when we say that the new Omen is one of the most stylish gaming laptops we've tested in 2020. We have already seen an unusual display mount, beveled edges of the case, neat aggressive grilles and red backlighting, but in the case of Omen everything looks so appropriate and neat that there is even nothing to additional Apparently, laptop manufacturers have come to the conclusion that not children, but adult men with high salaries spend 2-3K dollars on a laptop. The case itself is a combination of black plastic and metal. The inner surface is made of aluminium, the frame around the screen and part of the lid is made of plastic.

144Hz, powerful graphics card, fast SSD and Core i7

The 17-inch IPS display has become one of the main reasons for pride. It's colorful (100% sRGB colour space coverage), bright and fast with virtually no flare, and its 144Hz refresh rate is the best choice for gaming. To combat dynamic frame tearing, not everyone is using the familiar AMD Freesync, but the rarer NVIDIA G-Sync feature. However, there is nothing surprising because the graphics card of the same manufacturer RTX 2070 Super is installed in the case. In a company with a fast SSD, 16 GB of RAM and a 16-thread Core i7, the graphics card has no problems with any modern game in Full HD and the highest possible graphics settings. From 60 to 90 FPS in any demanding projects for him is the norm. The main thing is to connect to the outlet so that the battery saver mode does not turn on. No less important, at maximum load, the laptop does not throttle and remains moderately cold, and the overall noise level rarely exceeds 50 dB. In the browser-social network-YouTube mode, it is generally silent.

Signature acoustics and premium gaming keyboard

Now about everything else. The Wi-Fi 6 module, fast charging, an additional slot for an SSD and a USB port with Thunderbolt support are immediately recorded as pluses. A pair of speakers from Bang & Olufsen put out a pretty good sound, doing a good job of voicing music and gameplay when there are no speakers at hand. I also liked the large full-size premium keyboard with zonal RGB backlighting and a separate macro block. But the touchpad, on the contrary, was made tiny and uncomfortable. It's clear that most gamers will use a mouse, but for a multi-thousand-dollar device, I'd like a large, comfortable MacBook-level touchpad. After all, you can not only play on it. And this is almost the only negative. Of course, you could ask for a thinner case, and a more powerful battery, but where will you stick the RTX 2070 then? Here or checkers, or go.