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bebova t1_jdid83f wrote

Reply to comment by G8M8N8 in The Framework Laptop 16 promises the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics. by SUPRVLLAN

I went back to their site last night and I’m totally lit to see an AMD option. I’m not a gamer so a strong integrated GPU is good enough for me and will help with battery life. I almost pre-ordered it last night, but I’m going to wait a bit since they just pushed the delivery schedule back due to a delay from AMD on the new chip. 4nm thick CPU is crazy. My desktop has a R9 5900 and 3060ti. It smokes without hardly a sound. I’m really amped over framework now. Just need to make sure there’s no issue with Linux on the new CPU architecture.

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LazyActivePerson t1_jdxft10 wrote

I’ve seen a few comments with people hyped about AMD.

Curious what benefit is?

I’m a light user and a cursory search seems to yield that intel and AMD seem pretty similar

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bebova t1_jdxk973 wrote

They are in performance. Intel is faster on single core tasks and AMD fares better on multi-core tasks. So it depends on what you’re doing. AMD chips generally use less power which makes it easier to keep cool. AMD is often cheaper to get the same level of performance.

Either platform is fine for most people. The greatest thing AMD has accomplished is forcing Intel to be competitive. That means we get faster and more efficient systems for less money. I’ve used AMD products for years because they used to be a bit slower across the board and way cheaper than Intel. Overall, they’re both great and it’s just us nerds that have a preference. Completion brings excellence to the market!

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G8M8N8 t1_jdidp2r wrote

The AMD chips are still x86, same as Intel. There shouldn’t be any issues aside from graphics drivers.

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