Subj : Re: Framework laptop
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Sep 12 2025 10:07 am

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

> GPUs can be used for general computational stuff too; not just gaming.  Video
> rendering/transcoding, and other software that does a lot of math-intensive
> stuff, could use a GPU for that, which could speed it up quite a bit.  And not
> just crypto mining, either.

When you say transcoding, would that include a program like shotcut that
one might use to create a video?

on edit:  I think Paulie answered my question.  Thanks!


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