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HP has smushed together the HyperX and Omen brands to create its new HyperX Omen range of gaming laptops, and I'm over here playing spot the difference

A HyperX Omen Max 16 gaming laptop on a red gradient background
(Image credit: HP)

We are gathered here today to celebrate the uniting of two households, both alike in dignity. Or alternatively, two HP gaming brands, HyperX and Omen, which have now been smushed together to create... HyperX Omen.

The first offspring from this union is the HyperX Omen Max 16 gaming laptop, which, in terms of its chassis design, looks a whole lot like the HP Omen Max 16 of old with two letters removed from the bottom of the screen. Yep, blink and you'll miss it, but it now sports a dose of HyperX branding beneath its 16-inch display, along with a big "HX" logo on the rear lid.

A close up of the HyperX branding beneath the 16-inch screen of the HyperX Omen Max 16 gaming laptop

(Image credit: HP)

The chassis design looks to be pretty much the same, but HP has made some changes underneath the hood. While the GPU options still range between the RTX 5070 Ti mobile and the top whack RTX 5090, the CPU choices are now either AMD's newly-announced Ryzen AI 400-series chips, or a "next gen Intel processor", according to the press release.

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No prizes for guessing what that might be. The mega-spec lappy also comes with a new GAN power brick that's capable of delivering 300 W total platform power, without weighing the same as a boat anchor.

We haven't received any images of it yet, but the pre-CES HP briefing I attended made special note of the fact that the new brick isn't a backpack dominator, probably because us travelling tech journos like to moan about hefty ones every chance we get.

The HyperX Omen Max 16 shot from the rear, showing the HyperX logo on the back lid

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