Best Buy is listing the HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop for $2,799.99, a $1,100 discount on a configuration built around Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Ti laptop GPU and Intel’s Core Ultra 9 290HX processor.
The deal matters for buyers who want one machine for classwork, content work and games without immediately shopping for memory or storage upgrades. This model includes 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD, according to Best Buy’s product listing, along with a 16-inch 2K OLED display.
The display is a notable part of the package. The listing gives the panel’s resolution as 2560 x 1600 with a 240Hz refresh rate. Tom’s Hardware says the OLED panel should offer better contrast and response times than an IPS display, which is useful for games and video rather than just another spec-sheet trophy.
What is inside the discounted Omen Max 16
The Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX is a 24-core laptop CPU, with eight performance cores and 16 efficiency cores, according to Tom’s Hardware. The site identifies it as Intel’s flagship laptop processor in the Arrow Lake Refresh family and says it can boost up to 5.5GHz.
Tom’s Hardware says it has tested other laptops using the same Core Ultra 9 290HX and saw strong Geekbench 6 results. No machine should be bought on one benchmark alone, but the CPU spec is clearly aimed at heavy multitasking, compilation, creative applications and games that can use fast cores.
The GPU is Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti laptop part. Tom’s Hardware notes that this mobile version has 12GB of VRAM, rather than the 16GB found on the desktop card, and lists it with 5,888 CUDA cores. That 12GB allocation still sits above the 8GB configurations common lower in Nvidia’s laptop stack.
Tom’s Hardware previously reviewed the HP Omen Max 16 and said it liked the machine’s premium feel, aluminum enclosure, audio and webcam. Those are not the parts that win benchmark charts, but they are the parts buyers have to live with after the spec rush wears off.
Ports and the alternate RTX 5080 model
The discounted Omen Max 16 configuration includes two USB-A ports, two Thunderbolt 4 ports using USB-C, a 3.5mm headphone jack, Ethernet and HDMI 2.1, according to Tom’s Hardware.
Best Buy also has a related Omen Max 16 configuration with an RTX 5080 for $2,949, listed as $1,070 off, according to Tom’s Hardware. That version costs $150 more than the RTX 5070 Ti deal and swaps in a Core Ultra 9 275HX, still a 24-core chip, while increasing storage to 2TB.
That leaves buyers with a familiar laptop tradeoff: the cheaper model has the higher-end Core Ultra 9 290HX CPU, while the more expensive one brings a stronger GPU and twice the SSD capacity. Best Buy’s discount makes the RTX 5070 Ti model the lower entry point, but the better fit depends on whether CPU-heavy work, gaming performance or storage matters most.
This story draws on original reporting from Tom's Hardware.
