{"id":1188191,"date":"2023-10-03T10:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188191"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:48:53","slug":"review-framework-laptop-finally-gets-an-amd-ryzen-config-and-its-pretty-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188191","title":{"rendered":"Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config\u2014and it\u2019s pretty good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<ul class=\"gallery shortcode-gallery gallery-wide\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"gallery-item-content\">\n<div class=\"gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_1032-980x653-1.jpe\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n            This is the Framework Laptop 13. We&#8217;re using the same pictures as a previous review because it&#8217;s the exact same laptop.                           [credit:<br \/>\n                              Andrew Cunningham                            ]\n                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"specifications right\" width=\"300\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Specs at a glance: Framework Laptop 13 (2023)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>OS<\/th>\n<td>Windows 11 22H2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>CPU<\/th>\n<td>AMD Ryzen 7 7840U (8-cores)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>RAM<\/th>\n<td>32GB DDR5-5600 (upgradeable)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>GPU<\/th>\n<td>AMD Radeon 780M (integrated)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>SSD<\/th>\n<td>1TB Western Digital Black SN770<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Battery<\/th>\n<td>61 WHr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Display<\/th>\n<td>13.5-inch 2256&#215;1504 non-touchscreen in glossy or matte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Connectivity<\/th>\n<td>4x recessed USB-C ports (2x USB 4, 2x USB 3.2) with customizable &#8220;Expansion Card&#8221; dongles, headphone jack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Price as tested<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/frame.work\/products\/laptop-diy-13-gen-amd\">$1,679<\/a> pre-built, $1,523 DIY edition with no OS included<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Framework Laptop 13 is back again.<\/p>\n<p>My third review of this laptop is probably the one that I (and many Framework-curious PC buyers) have been the most interested to test, as the company has finally added <a href=\"https:\/\/frame.work\/products\/laptop-13-gen-amd\">an AMD Ryzen option<\/a> to the repair-friendly portable. Updates to the Intel version of the Framework Laptop have boosted CPU performance, but its graphics performance has been at a standstill since the Framework Laptop <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/07\/frameworks-new-lightweight-modular-laptop-delivers-on-its-promises\/\">originally hit the scene<\/a> in mid-2021.<\/p>\n<p>Even AMD&#8217;s latest integrated graphics won&#8217;t make a thin-and-light laptop a replacement for a gaming PC with dedicated graphics, but a bit more GPU power makes the Framework Laptop that much more versatile, making it easier to play games at reasonable resolutions and settings than it is on Intel&#8217;s aging Iris Xe graphics hardware.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1970645#p3\">Read 29 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1970645&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1970645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config\u2014and it\u2019s pretty good<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the Framework Laptop 13. We&#8217;re using the same pictures as a previous review because it&#8217;s the exact same laptop. [credit: Andrew Cunningham ] Specs at a glance: Framework Laptop 13 (2023) OS Windows 11 22H2 CPU AMD Ryzen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188191\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1188192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1188191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1188192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1188191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1188191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}