Subj : Re: Framework laptop
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Gamgee
Date : Thu Sep 11 2025 10:06 pm

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to PAULIE420 <=-

 >  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!!

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

No.  The AMD CPUs in those systems have very capable graphics built into 
them.  I've had a Framework 16 for a year+ and LOVE it.



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