expiredEragorn | Staff posted Dec 06, 2025 03:06 AM
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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Dec 06, 2025 03:06 AM
HP OmniBook X Flip: 14" 1200p IPS Touch, Ultra 7 256V, Arc 140V, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD $650 + Free Shipping
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The laptop is very solid for build quality and the typing experience is excellent, but the performance and efficiency do not quite match the MacBooks that were on sale. If you need the X86 compatibility, then this is obvious more valuable than the MacBook.
I had the device and returned it, because even with an eGPU attached it reserved 4 Gigs of RAM for the iGPU. There was no way to change this in the BIOS.
The laptop is very solid for build quality and the typing experience is excellent, but the performance and efficiency do not quite match the MacBooks that were on sale. If you need the X86 compatibility, then this is obvious more valuable than the MacBook.
I had the device and returned it, because even with an eGPU attached it reserved 4 Gigs of RAM for the iGPU. There was no way to change this in the BIOS.
If you think you're going to want to game with this, you'll be running out of RAM even with optimized titles like Cyberpunk. The Steam Deck can only do it on 16GB shared memory because SteamOS uses less than half the memory Windows 11 needs. I wish we'd see more laptops with 24GB RAM, as the average user won't need 32GB.
If anyone doubts 16GB shared memory is quickly becoming inadequate for modern games, I point to UE5 titles like Star Wars Outlaws, that simply can't be played on shared 16GB memory without instability. I was able to get the demo running reasonably stable on my 16GB Z1E ROG Ally in SteamOS by balancing the GPU memory to 6GB, but with the full game I'd find it used up all the free RAM after 5 minutes, and started pushing the VRAM past 6GB even on low, before running over the 6GB allocated and crashing. This is a game that has a 6GB VRAM minimum. I ended up throwing in the towel, and just started using Sunshine to stream the game from my 4080 equipped desktop. 32GB + 16GB VRAM made all the difference for stability it seems. I'll probably return to trying to find a happy middle ground on local play, but I think even SteamOS' stellar memory usage can't save a 16GB handheld from obsolescence with AAA games over the next couple years.
Expect more titles like this, as almost every AAA title now seems designed for 8GB cards out of the gate.
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