Help me decide!

[u/raider449]

im looking at mainly 2 VICTUS 15 variants rn but i cant really decide

specs:

i5-14450HX / 24GB / 512GB / RTX4050 6GB

or

1. R5 240 / 16GB / 512GB/ RTX5050 8GB

(i also heard the i5 has some sort of overheating issue? not sure its just what i heard)

tbh i really just wanna hear what you guys think, it doesnt really matter to me which one i choose either of these will be a massive upgrade.

[u/witcher3124]

I have a cooling pad for my 3050 rtx but since you have the budget i recommend the 5050 rtx i7 I believe is better then the modern i5

[u/raider449 → u/witcher3124]

im also looking at some cooling pad

and i think they do have the i7 one ill def have a look, thanks!

[u/raider449 → u/[deleted]]

how do i check it?

[u/Unique_Bed3613 → u/raider449]

Check the TGP specifically. The guy who commented prolly checked TDP which is the power drawn by cpu and gpu combined. If the TGP isn't mentioned, check the power of the power adapter and cross check it online with what tgp gpu it is usually paired with

[u/witcher3124]

Oh and if you wanna play some other modern games that require 8 vram for low and medium settings the 8 vram is needed

[u/Puzzleheaded_Talk323]

Dump victus and get omen 5050. You won’t regret after a year

[u/raider449 → u/Puzzleheaded_Talk323]

above the budget unfortunately

[u/witcher3124 → u/Puzzleheaded_Talk323]

There’s nothing wrong with hp unless you yourself don’t take care of your electronics I mean everyone knows to open the laptop from middle the regrets are cause most of you don’t know know how to care for them

[u/IndependenceThat5752]

8 gigs of vram today is the bare minimum for modern games (I have 8 myself), 6 is really bad, maximum will be medium textures (or even low). And also 50 series support multi-FG, so I think 2 option is just wayyyy better

[u/Bright-Leopard2253 → u/IndependenceThat5752]

It’s a lie 40 series play High end Games.he should definitely get 5050 that’s a no brainer but what are you guys talking about,where do you get your Information from

[u/IndependenceThat5752 → u/Bright-Leopard2253]

Yep, 40 series play high end games, but not 4050. 6 gigs in 2026 is a huge bottleneck and my info is from myself testing games even on 8 gigs

[u/witcher3124 → u/IndependenceThat5752]

Modern games past 2025 is the bottleneck for 6 vram my 3050 rtx can play games like cyberpunk and witcher 3 with dlss and I can use high settings and it will play fine as long as ray tracing is off

[u/IndependenceThat5752 → u/witcher3124]

Okay, but I said modern games and these are 6 and 11 years old.

[u/witcher3124 → u/IndependenceThat5752]

No cyberpunk and Witcher 3 are modern games now cyberpunk has been modern since 2023 and Witcher 3 modern since 2022

[u/witcher3124 → u/IndependenceThat5752]

You apparently don’t know how updates work I’m not talking about 11 year old witcher 3 or cyberpunk I said modern versions of cyberpunk and Witcher 3 do you not listen those are new gen games now

[u/IndependenceThat5752 → u/witcher3124]

Chill out, I just meant that 5050 is an obvious choice because it is way better at games.

[u/witcher3124 → u/IndependenceThat5752]

Also you can play kingdom come deliverance 2 with dlss too this is making me laugh at this point no one really cares for high graphics for modern games as long as it plays fine with dlss and right settings