We need more good AMD options dangit, not just NVIDIA
From the link:
Updated 2nd Gen Radeon™ RX 7700S graphics also available
They’ve been offering good AMD options, and they’re even adding in an upgraded option.
Completely missed that. My eyes rushed over that as an alternative CPU I think.
8Gb of vram in a 5070?? The hell
Fuck me that price… I know it’s a great company, but the framework-premium is like $1000-1500 on that hardware
AMD 370 w/ the 5070, 2TB drive and 64GB of ram is like $5000 CDN
You can get a similar specs from Lenovo or Asus for under $3500
I’d still like to get one, but… I can’t justify that. It’s literally $1000 for just the Nvidia 5070 graphics module, and it’s still only 8gb of VRAM. That’s more expensive than a desktop 5070($800ish) with 12GB of VRAM and you can get a desktop 5070ti for only $1100 which has 16gb of VRAM.
I really like framework, but I can’t put that much money extra towards one or it’s literally going to be coming out of my food budget.
I’m due for an upgrade to my 3060 laptop, but… I just can’t do it.
You can save a bit by buying the RAM and SSD elsewhere (and not needing the expanded graphics helps lmao).
But yeah they’re still a bit much, however I appreciate the reparability, and now think every manufacturer should adopt the ports so I can goddamn choose to have my 3.5mm back when I need but swap it to an extra USB-C (or A, MicrosSD, SD, Display, eth, etc) when I don’t.
I wanted a new touchpad spacer. The current ones are garbage.
Dis a pointed!
… I really love Framework overall, but I don’t need a decent CPU/GPU at all … I wish they made an ultra budget mobo with some shitty N200 or whatever is cheapest.
Hopefully their RISC-V plans develop further.
Too lazy to dig for it myself but would love to see someone do a deep dive on what an “upgrade” actually would be.
How many of the gen 1 parts are just plug and play in a gen2 chassis/mobo? How much of the gen2 parts can be put into the old gen 1 case? The upgraded heatpipes already make that questionable.
I am obviously not the biggest fan of Framework Corp (and I genuinely think they are contributing to significantly more e-waste than traditional “upgrade” paths). But this also feels like a good use case to study for anyone who actually thinks they are going to meaningfully upgrade their laptop every 5-10 years without just buying a new laptop.
Because didn’t the 16 just get a pretty massive (possibly backwards compatibility breaking?) design upgrade like last year? I remember all the tech youtubers (except GN for whatever reason…) talking about the adjustable keyboard layout for people who hate their wrists.
Which is also one of the dark secrets of desktop PCs. Okay, AM4 was fucking insane and that STILL gets new CPUs? But, generally speaking, if you are the kind of person who “upgrades” your PC every 6-10 years (so roughly a console gen)? Your “upgrade” is a full rebuild more often than not but you re-use that nvme so it still counts.
