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THIS RTX 3050 GAMING LAPTOP IS ONLY $449 FOR BLACK FRIDAY AFTER ITS RTX 4050
SIBLING ALREADY SOLD OUT

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By Ben Wilson
published November 11, 2024

Walmart is offering HP's 15.6-inch Victus gaming laptop for $600 off, loaded
with an Intel Core i5 CPU and RTX 4050 GPU.

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November 18, 10:30 AM ET: Best Buy's alternative model with a last-generation
RTX 3050 GPU has now also sold out after Walmart quickly sold all its RTX 4050
variants.

That's right; it wasn't a typo: this RTX 4050 gaming laptop was $600 off for
Black Friday 2024, with early access exclusively available to Walmart+ members.
The rest of us could buy it from 5 PM ET later on the same day (if it didn't
completely sell out by then,) but anyone with an active subscription could grab
it early for $499 with Walmart+ (out of stock.)


Sold out!

HP Victus 15.6-inch 144Hz gaming laptop
Was: $1,099.99 ($600 off)
Now: $499 at Walmart (out of stock)

👀Alternative deal: $449.99 at Best Buy (RTX 3050) (out of stock)

"This exact Victus model hasn't had any hands-on data to pull insights from.
However, it uses the same CPU as Lenovo's customizable LOQ 15 range but opts for
a more powerful RTX 4050 GPU seen in entry-level configurations of high-scoring
models like Alienware's m16 R2, which will perform far better in budget gaming
laptops like this." — Ben Wilson, Senior Editor

✅Perfect for: Gaming at 1080p in less-demanding titles like Minecraft, Roblox,
and Stardew Valley.

❌Avoid if: You want to play the latest AAA blockbusters like Call of Duty: Black
Ops 6 at the highest visual settings.

CPU: Intel 13th Gen Core i5-13420H. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 6GB. Memory:
16GB DDR4-3200 RAM. Storage: 512GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. OS: Windows 11 Home.
Weight: 5.06lbs (2.29kg.) Warranty: 1-year Limited. Launch date: 2024.

👉See at: Walmart.com (out of stock) | Best Buy (RTX 3050) (out of stock)

Return period: 30 days. Price match? No. Free shipping: With Walmart+
membership.




COULD I ACCESS THIS DISCOUNT WITHOUT WALMART PLUS?

Yes, this deal opened to all customers on November 11 at 5 PM ET. However,
anyone with a Walmart+ membership ($98 $49 per year or $12.95 a month with a
free 30-day trial available) had early access from 12 PM ET on the same day.
However, stock availability wasn't guaranteed for either time.


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IS THE RTX 4050 GOOD ENOUGH FOR A GAMING LAPTOP?



HP's Victus is a no-frills gaming laptop with a smart GPU choice. (Image credit:
HP)

For those on the absolute tightest budgets during Black Friday, it's tempting to
spring for a gaming laptop in the $500 price range that promises to run the
latest games, but often, the internal graphics card (GPU) choice is an
underpowered waste of time. It's certainly been the case in affordable gaming
laptops I've tested, like the Lenovo LOQ 15IAX9I that paired a high-power Intel
12th Gen Core i5 CPU with an underwhelming Arc A530M GPU from Intel.



The 13th Gen Core i5-13420H processor inside this discounted HP Victus is an
8-core, 12-thread CPU running at up to 4.6GHz and pairs with 16GB of DDR4-3200
RAM. It's not exactly high-performance memory, as most manufacturers have moved
to faster DDR5 modules. Still, it's a reasonable pairing that needs a suitable
graphics card that isn't total overkill, and that's where NVIDIA's GeForce RTX
4060 GPU comes in.

Why you should trust me

Why you should trust me
Ben Wilson
Senior Editor, PC Gamer

I've been building custom desktop PCs and comparing gaming performance to the
latest laptops for years, seeing how the more compact competitors can compete
against my full-size rigs loaded with NVIDIA's RTX GPUs.

While the RTX 40-Series launched in 2022, they're still NVIDIA's most recent
GPUs until the long-awaited RTX 50-Series is expected to appear in 2025. What
makes these GeForce graphics cards so unique, whether on a desktop PC or a
laptop aimed at gamers and creators, is the RTX namesake, which includes DLSS
3.5 upscaling and frame-generation tech. Essentially, the RTX 4050 can render
games at lower resolutions and modest framerates before using clever tricks at a
hardware level to blow up the final image and add in-between frames to deliver
smoother frame rates.

It's not that you'll suddenly be able to play AAA titles like Alan Wake 2 with
DLSS on such a budget-grade machine, more that you could push modern titles from
'Low' graphical presets to a happy 'Medium' without experiencing extremely
sluggish gameplay. Make no mistake: the RTX 4050 for laptops is the absolute
entry-level GPU available from market leader NVIDIA and is outperformed by its
desktop RTX 4050 equivalent, but it's still a smarter choice for budget gaming
laptops than Intel Arc.


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