The HP Omen 15, with its midrange price, offers good value if you're looking for a laptop that can handle general use and moderate gaming. It's lighter and more portable, making it suitable for carrying around. The MSI Titan GT77, on the other hand, is significantly more expensive, but it comes with superior performance suitable for high-end gaming, 3D rendering, machine learning, and intensive engineering tasks. The Titan also has a larger, higher-resolution screen, but this contributes to it being heavier and less portable. If portability and price are major concerns for you, the HP Omen 15 may be the better choice, but if performance and screen quality are paramount, and you're willing to invest more, the MSI Titan GT77 is the superior laptop. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the HP Omen 15
Good portability
Very good battery life
Advantages of the MSI Titan GT77
Very good for general use
Best in class for engineering and design
Best in class for gaming and AI
Excellent for software development
Excellent for content creation
Best in class overall display quality
Very good overall build quality
Very good speakers
Best in class keyboard
Key differences
General Use
7.9/10
8.9/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Mini LED
318.0 nits
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
602.0 nits
10.0 Hours
BATTERY LIFE
5.0 Hours
8.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
10.0/10
7.0/10
PORTABILITY SCORE
5.5/10
The MSI Titan GT77 is very good for general use, while the HP Omen 15 is good.
The MSI Titan GT77 stands out for general use due to its vastly superior CPU and larger amount of RAM, contributing to better multitasking and more demanding tasks, along with a high-resolution Mini LED screen that offers outstanding color accuracy and contrast. However, it is less portable and has a shorter battery life compared to the HP Omen 15, which offers decent general performance, ample screen size and quality for everyday tasks along with better portability and longer battery life.
Gaming and AI
7.6/10
10.0/10
7.8/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
9.8/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
144Hz
REFRESH RATE
144Hz
Yes
SUPPORTS DLSS
Yes
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
Yes
7.5/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
6.7/10
The MSI Titan GT77 is best in class for gaming and AI, while the HP Omen 15 is good.
PerfectRec’s Gaming and AI Score strongly emphasizes graphics processing capability, while also taking into account other factors that impact suitability for gaming and AI work.
Engineering and Design
7.9/10
10.0/10
7.4/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.9/10
7.8/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
9.8/10
16.0 GB
RAM
64.0 GB
The MSI Titan GT77 is best in class for engineering and design, while the HP Omen 15 is good.
The HP Omen 15 offers decent performance for engineering and design with its mid-range CPU, GPU, and ample RAM, along with a good quality IPS screen, balancing portability and usability. In contrast, the MSI Titan GT77 delivers top-notch performance with a high-end CPU, extra-large RAM capacity, top-tier GPU, and a superior Mini LED display, but it is less portable due to its larger size and weight.
Content Creation
7.8/10
9.1/10
7.4/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.9/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
16.0 GB
RAM
64.0 GB
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Mini LED
The MSI Titan GT77 is excellent for content creation, while the HP Omen 15 is good.
PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, video editing and other content creation tasks.
Software Development
7.6/10
9.1/10
7.4/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.9/10
16.0 GB
RAM
64.0 GB
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
8.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
10.0/10
The MSI Titan GT77 is excellent for software development, while the HP Omen 15 is good.
PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software developers.
Screen Quality
7.3/10
9.7/10
15.6in
SIZE
17.3in
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
3840 x 2160
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
Mini LED
144Hz
REFRESH RATE
144Hz
318.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
602.0 nits
The MSI Titan GT77 has a better screen than the HP Omen 15 for general use, gaming and AI, engineering and design, content creation, and software development.
The HP Omen 15 offers a good balance for general and engineering use thanks to its adequate resolution and brightness, ensuring clear visibility and detail, and its color gamut providing reasonable accuracy for design tasks. The MSI Titan GT77 surpasses in screen quality for both general use and engineering tasks with its exceptional resolution, panel brightness, and wide color gamuts, delivering crisp images and precise color representation essential for professional design work. However, for 3D and gaming, both laptops fall short due to lower refresh rates, which are crucial for smooth motion rendering, despite the MSI's higher resolution and panel type providing sharper and more vibrant images.
Battery
10.0 Hours
5.0 Hours
The HP Omen 15 has 10 hours of battery life. The MSI Titan GT77 has 5 hours of battery life.
Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.
Portability
Good
Poor
15.6in
SIZE
17.3in
5.4 lbs
WEIGHT
7.2 lbs
0.9in
THICKNESS
0.9in
The HP Omen 15 has good portability, while the MSI Titan GT77 has poor portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Build Quality
7.2/10
8.5/10
The MSI Titan GT77 has very good build quality, while the HP Omen 15 has good build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
Cost
$993
$5,430
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
$3,500
$4,000
The HP Omen 15 has a price of $993 and the MSI Titan GT77 costs $5,430.
"We consider around 1,260 Euros (~$1530) for a Ryzen 7 4800H, a GeForce RTX 2060, a 512 GB SSD and 16 GB dual-channel RAM to be a good offer that appeals to price-conscious gamers. Very high details are rarely a problem in the native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080. Buyers will also be spoiled with a top-notch battery life that even beats most other notebook classes. If HP now improves the speed of the WLAN module, the stability of the case and the repeatedly criticized picture quality, the competition will have to dress extra warmly."
"The MSI Titan GT77 HX 13V is the utimate gaming laptop with RTX 4090 & Core i9-13950HX. The new MSI Titan GT77 will most likely only reach a very small group of users due to the high price, but it is still an impressive showcase of what is possible. The high-end gamer combines the best components you can currently get in almost every regard and it is a very good overall package, which does not have to hide behind full-fledged desktop systems."
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About HP
HP, also known as Hewlett-Packard, is an American technology company that develops personal computers and computer peripherals. In the laptop industry, HP is known for its entry level Essential series laptops, its mid-range Pavilion, Envy, and Victus series, and high-end Omen and Spectre series, in addition to its business-oriented EliteBook, ProBook, and Dragonfly series laptops. HP laptops generally undercut other mainstream competitors in terms of price, placing itself as the value-oriented mainstream brand.
About MSI
MSI, also known as Micro-Star International, is a Taiwanese technology corporation. MSI is known for their wide range of gaming devices. Their series include the entry-level Cyborg/Thin and Sword/Katana series, the mid-range Bravo/Delta and Crosshair/Pulse series, and their high-end Vector, Raider, Stealth, and Titan GT series. At every performance level, MSI offers a variety of devices with varying balances between performance, battery life, weight, and price, making them a solid option to consider at every price point.
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