On February 16, HP held a press conference to officially bring the eighth generation of OMEN Shadow Genie and VICTUS Light genie series of new products, including notebook and desktop products. These new products are not only equipped with Intel 12th generation Core processors, but also support software tuning functions, and the software and hardware have brought relatively large upgrades to meet the performance needs of gamers.
Light Genie 8 continues the positioning of the unbounded notebook, up to the optional Intel 12th generation Core i7-12700H processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, also equipped with a 16.1-inch FHD resolution 144Hz high brush large screen, the screen covers 100% sRGB color gamut, through the Rhein Eye Protection certification, can reduce the fatigue of watching the screen for a long time.
The Sprite 8 is also equipped with dual-channel DDR5 4800MHz memory, PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD, and sequential read speeds up to 6Gb/s. In addition, the Sprite 8 is also equipped with the Intel AX211 Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card, which can bring faster network speeds and lower latency.
Light Genie 8 desktop pc can choose up to Intel 12th generation Core processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series graphics, support DLSS acceleration and light chase effects, standard PCIe 4.0 SSD, continuous reading speed up to 7Gb/s, 80Plus high conversion rate power supply, front "V" design can also customize the lighting effect.
The Shadow Genie 8 desktop computer is equipped with Intel 12th generation Core i7-12700F processor, Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card, SSD is standard with Western Digital black disk, dual M.2 NVMe SSD, can be combined with Raid 0 to get the effect of doubling speed. The desktop also features dual heat pipe tower cooling, and a new 120mm front-facing fan that actively dissipates heat from the processor and graphics card to ensure full performance.
The Shadow Genie 8 notebook configuration is also very powerful, its highest equipped with Intel 12th generation Core i7-12700H processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti graphics card, the screen is 16.1 inches, the maximum optional 2.5K resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, also covers 100% sRGB color gamut, in addition to PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD and Intel AX211 Wi-Fi 6E wireless card.
Compared with The Shadow Genie 8 Plus, the upgrade is mainly concentrated on the graphics card and the screen, and its graphics card can be selected up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti, while the screen is increased to 17.3 inches, and the refresh rate is increased to 165Hz, so the large screen game should be very enjoyable.
In terms of software, the eighth generation of Shadow Elf notebooks and desktops released this time can be adjusted at the software level with performance mode, optional standard mode and violent mode, as well as intelligent CPU buck, CPU memory scheduling optimization, one-click easy acceleration and game startup.
At this conference, HP also invited well-known review UP masters and game anchors such as Pig King, Wing King, Zhou Shuyi to evaluate the performance of Shadow Elves and Light and Shadow Elves, and these new products have also been unanimously praised. Pig King also double-roasted the Shadow Elf 8/8 Plus, and the maximum temperature of the C-side of the fuselage is only more than 41 °, which fully demonstrates that the heat dissipation performance of the notebook is very excellent.
Finally, in terms of selling price:
HP VICTUS Light Genie 8
i5-12500H/RTX3050/60Hz/16GB/512GB starting price of 6199 yuan
i5-12500H/RTX3050Ti/60Hz/16GB/512GB starting price of 6399 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3050/60Hz/16GB/512GB starting price of 6599 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3050Ti/60Hz/16GB/512GB first price of 6799 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3060/144Hz/16GB/512GB starting price of 7999 yuan
HP OMEN Shadow Elf 8
i5-12500H/RTX3060/60Hz/16GB/512GB starting price of 7299 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3070Ti/2.5K/144Hz/16GB/1TB initial price of 10499 yuan
HP OMEN Shadow Genie 8 Plus
i7-12700H/RTX3060/144Hz/16GB/512GB first price of 8999 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3070Ti/144Hz/16GB/512GB starting price of 9999 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3070Ti/2.5K/165Hz/16GB/1TB initial price of 10999 yuan
i7-12700H/RTX3080Ti/2.5K/165Hz/16GB/1TB start price of 14999 yuan
HP VICTUS desktop pc
i5-12400F/GTX1060/16G/256G SSD/1TB HDD start price of 5299 yuan
i5-12400F/GTX1060 Super/16G/256G SSD/1TB HDD has a starting price of 6299 yuan
i5-12400F/RTX3060/16G/512G SSD/1TB HDD start price of 6999 yuan
HP OMEN desktop pc
i7-12700F/RTX3060Ti/16GB/512GB SSD/1TB HDD start price of 8999 yuan
i7-12700F/RTX3070/16GB/512GB SSD/1TB HDD has a starting price of 9999 yuan
The release of HP OMEN Shadow Genie and VICTUS light and shadow genie new products are opened after the conference to book, interested partners can go to the e-commerce platform to choose the corresponding configuration according to their own needs, the initial price has a relatively large discount, relatively speaking, it is still relatively cost-effective.