HP ZBook Fury 17 G8 review

The seventeen-inch sibling at the fifteen-inch price

The HP ZBook Fury 17 G8 (2021) lists at $736.29 — the identical price to its in-family sibling, the Fury 15 G8. The configuration differs in two characters: an eight-core i7 11800H instead of the 15's 11850H, and a seventeen-inch body instead of a fifteen. The measured profile matches: a CPU score of 74.01, 24% above the class median and the top strength, with a Quadro T1200, 64GB of RAM, and a mobility index of 24 against a 36 median.

Compute-led capability with receipts

The capability sheet is the sibling's sheet: Grand Theft Auto V and Far Cry 5 clear recommended — the latter at a measured 53 fps — Gears Tactics clears recommended, and Adobe Photoshop plus Visual Studio Code pass at minimum. The 74.01 CPU placing is top-quartile and carries the same compute-first identity: compile jobs, simulation, batch export. The certified GPU holds the viewport and the verified game bars.

The honest trade: bigger canvas, same mobility tax

The measured weakness is mobility: 24 against a 36 median, a 33.3% shortfall, with the weight in the class's heavy band. The interesting comparison is the sibling at the same price: the Fury 15 G8 weighs 2.35kg, about a fifth above the class median; this seat adds the larger display on top of a similar carry profile. Buyers choosing between them are choosing screen size versus carry weight — the silicon and the price are effectively the same decision.

Depreciation: the modern-workstation pace

From a $2,200 anchor to $736 is a 13.45% annualized decline, projecting to $552 in two years — a further 25.08%. The curve matches the sibling exactly, as it matches the 2021 workstation norm: steeper than the veterans, justified by capability that still measures current.

Against its neighbors

Below it: the ZBook 17 G7 at $639.89 and the ThinkPad P17 Gen 1 at $651.96. Above it: the ZBook Power 15 G9 at $773.64 and the ZBook Power G10 at $826.29. The corridor is HP-dense; this seat's edge over the cheaper listings is the top-quartile CPU, and the larger canvas is its edge over the similarly-priced sibling.

Bottom line

Premium-priced but measured honestly: top-quartile CPU, certified graphics with recommended-tier receipts, median memory, and a seventeen-inch workspace at the same $736 as its smaller sibling. The mobility tax is real and priced in. For a desk-bound buyer who wants the screen, this seat is the sibling done larger; for everyone else, the choice between them is purely ergonomic.