HP puts HyperX name on Omen gaming laptops — new systems get Intel and AMD's latest processors

HP is moving its Omen gaming PC brand under the HyperX brand name. HP acquired HyperX in 2021, but kept the peripheral brand and its own gaming system moniker separately until CES 2026. Beyond the new label, the Omen 15, Omen 16, and Omen Max 16 are getting updates with Intel and AMD's latest processors.

This name change puts HP's gaming rigs and monitors in the same lineup as its HyperX's mice, keyboards, headsets, microphones, controllers, and other peripherals. It gives HyperX a more complete ecosystem, and that name has more cachet in gaming than its parent company. It seems very similar in position to the way that Dell uses Alienware as a gaming name, which makes sense given that Dell bought Alienware way back in 2006.

But other than HyperX's name going on the box and the lid, the systems are getting slight changes over last year, with improvements to the keyboard, heating, and silicon.

On the Omen Max 16, HP is promising a faster OLED display that is brighter, and, with recessed borders, the panel should be less prone to glare. That system now goes up to 300W of total platform power and will come with a 460W GaN charger. In fact, HP is claiming that this system is the fastest gaming laptop that doesn't have external liquid cooling. We'll have to test it to see if that claim holds up.

The Omen 15, will have three different TPP options, topping out at 170W TPP. The Omen 16 will go up to 200W. These two systems are also getting HP's first keyboards with an 8,000 Hz polling rate.

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Perhaps what's most jaw-dropping is the wide variety of configurations HP is offering, though it's unlikely every option will be in every market. For instance, a datasheet for the HP Omen 15 references Intel processor options starting from 14th Gen Core, second-gen and third-gen Core Ultra, as well as next-gen Ryzen and Intel processors. The Max 16 datasheet doesn't mention Panther Lake chips at all. All three systems mention "next-gen" Intel processors, though HP hasn't said anything about Nova Lake coming to these machines yet.

In its press release, HP has only placed a vague Spring release date for the Omen Max 16, and said pricing will come closer to launch. An HP spokesperson told Tom's Hardware that the Omen 15 will be available "sometime this month" with the Omen 16 coming in the spring, but didn't reveal any pricing.

HyperX's other launches at CES include a 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor with a 360 Hz refresh rate and the Clutch Tachi, an Xbox-licensed leverless arcade fightstick.

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