Subj : Re: Framework laptop
To   : PAULIE420
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Sep 11 2025 11:31 am

>  DW> To those of us not as "in the know" :D, what benefit does the GPU
>  DW> provide, or what do you lose not having one?  Pretty sure my current
>  DW> laptop doesn't have one, and I am none the wiser -- which makes me think
>  DW> getting a new one without wouldn't be an issue.

> Well, the new Framework 16 has an Nvidia 5080 GPU card; the 13 does not - its
> just the APU on the CPU... graphics on chip.

> The 16 is a full fledged graphics card, which is pretty flippin sick!!

If you don't use a machine for gaming, and mostly only use it for
"normal" desktop things -- the most graphically intensive thing you might
do is watch youtube videos -- is there a benefit of having a system that
has a separate GPU?


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