Upgrading the Framework 13 💻: Is AMD Worth the Hype?

Whats good about the gaming perf is that it should sit at or above the steam deck, so as long as the deck remains relevant, so does the 7840u.

I'm using the AMD board for a day or so and I'm impressed by the good performance with fans quite most of the time.

Would love to see Linux related performance and battery life comparison!

Waited for your review ! Glad to see you got the ryzen upgrade shipped !

Great video! I'm very interested to see the Linux review, since that's how I'll be using it for development. It's so fantastic to see Framework continuing to succeed.

Always enjoying your Framework content, the laptop fans not being active all the time, is a major reason why this version is much more appealing to me (though I am not in the market for a new laptop just yet, and I wonder about the performance and noise level of the Framework 16). Looking forward to more videos in this series.

Very well made video! Underrated channel, you should have much more views

Finally, I'm perplexed by the lack of content for this awesome machine. Really looking forward to the linux and gaming reviews. Your work will have a big impact on whether I buy this machine or not! Thanks for your great work.

I upgraded from an 11th gen i5 to the Ryzen 5 mainboard and the efficiency is mindblowing. CPU power is around 8W when doing light web browsing in power efficiency mode. I'm interested in a Linux review particularly with regards to things like display scaling with Electron applications like VS Code and Discord. I'd also like to see what sleep/wake is like under Linux. With Windows I am still using 'hibernate after..." since the power draw when sleeping was still too high. My 11th gen mainboard is now an OpenWRT router with both PCIe slots filled with 2.5gbe adapters and its been working well!

It's now CS2! Try it on both DX11 and Vulkan mode! (on launch options, add -vulkan). Also, It would be hard for noise and heat to decrase. It's double the performance.

Excellent video. Love the tip about the 100W charger. Liked & subscribed.

honestly that Baulder's Gate 3 performance is impressive!

Im waiting on my preorder to ship. V excited to have one as a multi use, mostly light design/casual gaming/ media machine.

Awesome video! This took some time, but worth the wait. I would like to see a test of Steam's Linux OS and see how the gaming performance might change running the Proton layer for games.

C.J many thanks for a fantastic review. You answered many of the questions I had about upgrading my FW13. The performance statistics around fan noise and heat were particularly incite full along with the battery upgrade. I run Ubuntu 22.04 and am constantly frustrated with battery life, fan noise and heat. This is exacerbated when I fire up VMware instances of Windows and Kali. I would love to get your thoughts on how the Ryzen board went with Ubuntu stand alone and with a couple of VM's running if you could manage it. Again, many thanks, I'm looking forward to your further reviews of the Ryzen board.

Great content! Thank you for the video!

This is by far the best video about the Framework 13 I've found. Subscribed.

It's almost 2x the cost to my comparable Lenovo 16" 7840u. I'll keep saying it over and over - there's an initial R&D markup that early adopters will pay. I for one can't drop an extra $1200 just because, since it will probably take a couple of generations of these laptops to bring these into mainstream pricelines. Until then, I'm happy for those believers who fork out the cash on a Framework. I hope other manufacturers follow suit with this design

i've had my amd r7 framework laptop for a few weeks now and i've been loving it. been running fedora 39 on it exclusively and i don't miss windows at all. gaming performance is great and runs everything i want it to. my steam deck showed me that linux is 100% a viable platform for pc gaming and fedora and my framework is sealing the deal.

Just bought the 13 brand new with this cpu glad to know it's gonna be awesome