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Model: HP - Victus 15.6" Full HD 144Hz Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS - 8GB DDR5 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 - 512GB SSD - Mica Silver
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I have a 960M how much of an upgrade is this? Mostly want it for video and audio editing not really for gaming
Since gaming isn't a concern, my thought is that you'll benefit from a CPU/RAM/SSD upgrade far more than you will a GPU upgrade.
All of this is within the context of gaming, so take it with a grain of salt, but notebookcheck ranks the 2050 "slightly higher" than the 1650. The 1050 is said to be around 30% faster than the 960m. The 1050ti is said to be around 30% faster than the vanilla 1050. The 1650 is said to be between 7-10% faster than the 1050ti. Keep in mind there was a 1650 refresh in 2020 with faster GDDR6 that muddies the waters slightly. I'm not exactly sure how much faster the refresh is/was versus the OG.
So TLDR: I'd say the 2050 is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-75% faster than the 960m, depending on wattage/cooling, etc. So there are some variables to consider. Speaking of variables: is your 960m a 2GB or 4GB variant? If 4GB, keep in mind the 2050 is also a 4GB model. You might consider stepping up to a 6GB or even 8GB GPU if you're looking for something that's truly going to feel like an upgrade.
Since gaming isn't a concern, my thought is that you'll benefit from a CPU/RAM/SSD upgrade far more than you will a GPU upgrade.
All of this is within the context of gaming, so take it with a grain of salt, but notebookcheck ranks the 2050 "slightly higher" than the 1650. The 1050 is said to be around 30% faster than the 960m. The 1050ti is said to be around 30% faster than the vanilla 1050. The 1650 is said to be between 7-10% faster than the 1050ti. Keep in mind there was a 1650 refresh in 2020 with faster GDDR6 that muddies the waters slightly. I'm not exactly sure how much faster the refresh is/was versus the OG.
So TLDR: I'd say the 2050 is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-75% faster than the 960m, depending on wattage/cooling, etc. So there are some variables to consider. Speaking of variables: is your 960m a 2GB or 4GB variant? If 4GB, keep in mind the 2050 is also a 4GB model. You might consider stepping up to a 6GB or even 8GB GPU if you're looking for something that's truly going to feel like an upgrade.
Thank you for the detailed reply! I've had my laptop it is an ASUS since 2015 the 960M is a 4GB maybe I can wait till black Friday for a good deal on something that actually feels like an upgrade then!
I actually think it's a great deal, compared to what else is available on the market right now. With Texas tax, my son came out to $655 total including adding on a 2TB SSD and another 8GB stick of Samsung RAM. Now I'm just wondering if I screwed up on the 2TB SSD since all the specs say 1TB max. We shall see...
I actually think it's a great deal, compared to what else is available on the market right now. With Texas tax, my son came out to $655 total including adding on a 2TB SSD and another 8GB stick of Samsung RAM. Now I'm just wondering if I screwed up on the 2TB SSD since all the specs say 1TB max. We shall see...
If I understand you can't add a 2nd ram stick so I would return the 8 and get a 16
Hasn't been an issue- the hinge is just as stable as my Asus ROG laptop.
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If I understand you can't add a 2nd ram stick so I would return the 8 and get a 16
I bought an 8GB stick and put it right in. HP themselves has a team member answering questions in the Best Buy Q&A thread who confirmed that one slot was open. It was.
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I bought one of these, it has two ram slots and comes with one 8gb stick. You can definitely add another stick.
This is the exact stick that's in the laptop from the factory, or at least mine was. Now I have two of them in there for 16GB matched dual channel operation.
One odd thing though- no matter how I tried, I couldn't get a 2TB SSD to boot all the way in with the NVME slot. I think there's a hard block in the BIOS that prevents it. I grabbed an Intel 670p 2TB drive, and it shows up in the device listing in the BIOS, and also shows up properly when in a USB enclosure for cloning, but once it's in the slot it won't boot or be recognized anywhere outside the BIOS. So weird. A 1TB Gigabyte Auros SSD (gen 4) worked just fine.
All in I guess that'd now be a total of $630-635 after taxes for my son to have a pretty decent gaming capable laptop with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD with the 512GB SSD left over for extra storage. Surely this laptop will go on sale again in another month. It's a really good deal.
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All of this is within the context of gaming, so take it with a grain of salt, but notebookcheck ranks the 2050 "slightly higher" than the 1650. The 1050 is said to be around 30% faster than the 960m. The 1050ti is said to be around 30% faster than the vanilla 1050. The 1650 is said to be between 7-10% faster than the 1050ti. Keep in mind there was a 1650 refresh in 2020 with faster GDDR6 that muddies the waters slightly. I'm not exactly sure how much faster the refresh is/was versus the OG.
So TLDR: I'd say the 2050 is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-75% faster than the 960m, depending on wattage/cooling, etc. So there are some variables to consider. Speaking of variables: is your 960m a 2GB or 4GB variant? If 4GB, keep in mind the 2050 is also a 4GB model. You might consider stepping up to a 6GB or even 8GB GPU if you're looking for something that's truly going to feel like an upgrade.
All of this is within the context of gaming, so take it with a grain of salt, but notebookcheck ranks the 2050 "slightly higher" than the 1650. The 1050 is said to be around 30% faster than the 960m. The 1050ti is said to be around 30% faster than the vanilla 1050. The 1650 is said to be between 7-10% faster than the 1050ti. Keep in mind there was a 1650 refresh in 2020 with faster GDDR6 that muddies the waters slightly. I'm not exactly sure how much faster the refresh is/was versus the OG.
So TLDR: I'd say the 2050 is somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-75% faster than the 960m, depending on wattage/cooling, etc. So there are some variables to consider. Speaking of variables: is your 960m a 2GB or 4GB variant? If 4GB, keep in mind the 2050 is also a 4GB model. You might consider stepping up to a 6GB or even 8GB GPU if you're looking for something that's truly going to feel like an upgrade.
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This is the exact stick that's in the laptop from the factory, or at least mine was. Now I have two of them in there for 16GB matched dual channel operation.
One odd thing though- no matter how I tried, I couldn't get a 2TB SSD to boot all the way in with the NVME slot. I think there's a hard block in the BIOS that prevents it. I grabbed an Intel 670p 2TB drive, and it shows up in the device listing in the BIOS, and also shows up properly when in a USB enclosure for cloning, but once it's in the slot it won't boot or be recognized anywhere outside the BIOS. So weird. A 1TB Gigabyte Auros SSD (gen 4) worked just fine.
All in I guess that'd now be a total of $630-635 after taxes for my son to have a pretty decent gaming capable laptop with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD with the 512GB SSD left over for extra storage. Surely this laptop will go on sale again in another month. It's a really good deal.
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