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What it asks of a laptop

On the available evidence, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is not especially punishing at 1,920 x 1,080 using the High preset with upscaling disabled, but the evidence base is very small: Notebookcheck has measured just two laptops. Both cleared 60fps, with results ranging from 72fps to 116fps. That is a 44fps gap between the slowest and fastest recorded machines, with a median of 94fps.

The measured figures suggest that GPU tier matters substantially at these settings. The RTX 5070 laptop returned 72fps, while the RTX 5090 laptop reached 116fps. Both results are clearly playable by a conventional 60fps standard, but only the RTX 5090 result crossed 100fps. Neither recorded laptop reached 144fps.

It is important not to overstate that result. There is only one measured example for each GPU tier, and laptop GPUs can be configured differently between machines. In this small sample, the RTX 5090 was running at 175W, while no power figure is supplied here for the RTX 5070 machine. These are therefore results for two specific laptops, rather than proof that every laptop carrying either GPU will perform identically.

Still, the spread is useful for setting expectations. The game does not appear to require the highest-end laptop hardware merely to hold 60fps at 1080p High without upscaling: the measured RTX 5070 system managed 72fps. The more demanding target is high-refresh play. Moving from a little over 70fps to well above 100fps required the much faster RTX 5090-equipped machine in the figures available. Even that machine stopped at 116fps, short of a sustained 144fps reading in this test.

What runs it

There are only two GPU tiers represented in Notebookcheck's numbers, so the safe conclusion is limited to those measured configurations.

• RTX 5070: The HP Omen 15-ga0931nr recorded 72fps at 1,920 x 1,080, High, with upscaling off. That clears 60fps and should suit a buyer whose priority is a conventional 60fps-class experience at the tested settings. It does not clear 100fps or 144fps in this result.
• RTX 5090 at 175W: The HP Omen Max 16-ah1932nr recorded 116fps under the same test conditions. This is the only measured machine to clear 100fps. It did not reach 144fps, so the available data does not support promising 144fps performance at 1080p High with upscaling disabled.

Across the two laptops, 2 of 2 reached at least 60fps, 1 of 2 reached at least 100fps, and 0 of 2 reached at least 144fps. Those thresholds matter more than an average alone. The 94fps median indicates that the two recorded machines are broadly capable of smooth play, but it should not be treated as the likely result for unmeasured hardware.

If you have a laptop in either of these two exact performance classes, the figures give a clear starting point. The RTX 5070 result is the lower-cost-oriented performance level in this particular comparison, delivering 72fps rather than merely scraping past 60fps. The RTX 5090 result is for buyers pursuing a noticeably higher refresh rate, although it remains below the 144fps mark at the tested High preset.

The cheapest laptop that handles it

Pricing has not been supplied for either measured laptop, so it is not possible to identify the cheapest machine by a GBP price or calculate a value-for-money winner from this fact sheet. The two named options are the HP Omen 15-ga0931nr with an RTX 5070, at 72fps, and the HP Omen Max 16-ah1932nr with a 175W RTX 5090, at 116fps.

On performance alone, the HP Omen 15-ga0931nr is the least powerful measured option that still handles the game at the tested 1080p High settings. Its 72fps result clears 60fps with a 12fps margin. That makes it the sensible baseline from these figures if your target is simply to run the game smoothly without enabling upscaling. It is not, however, evidence that it is the cheapest suitable laptop on sale, because no prices are included and only two machines have been measured.

The HP Omen Max 16-ah1932nr is the performance choice in this sample. Its 116fps result is 44fps ahead of the RTX 5070 Omen, but whether that additional speed justifies its likely higher cost cannot be assessed without pricing information.

What this means if you're buying

Buy around the frame-rate target rather than assuming that any current gaming laptop will deliver the same result. For 60fps-class gaming at 1,920 x 1,080 on High with upscaling off, the measured RTX 5070 HP Omen 15-ga0931nr is the relevant reference point: it achieved 72fps. That is the most modest demonstrated level in the data, not a guaranteed minimum specification for every laptop.

For a faster screen, the RTX 5090 result shows what the higher end can do in this particular test. The HP Omen Max 16-ah1932nr reached 116fps, which is comfortably above 100fps but below 144fps. A 120Hz display would make more sense for that measured result than buying specifically on the assumption of 144fps at the stated settings. Conversely, the RTX 5070 machine's 72fps result is closer to a 60Hz or 75Hz target than to 100Hz-plus gaming.

Do not use these two results to make claims about unmeasured GPUs, other laptop designs, or other resolutions and presets. The available figures do show that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can run above 60fps on both tested laptops at 1080p High without upscaling. They also show a meaningful separation between the measured RTX 5070 and 175W RTX 5090 systems when chasing higher refresh rates.