Framework Laptop 16 replace brings Nvidia GeForce to the modular gaming laptop computer

It’s been a busy 12 months for Framework, the corporate behind the now well-established collection of repairable, upgradeable, modular laptops (and one paradoxically less-upgradeable desktop). The firm has launched a model of the Framework Laptop 13 with Ryzen AI processors, the brand new Framework Laptop 12, and the aforementioned desktop within the final six months, and final week, Framework teased that it nonetheless had “something big coming.”

That “something big” seems to be the first-ever replace to the Framework Laptop 16, Framework’s extra highly effective gaming-laptop-slash-mobile-workstation. Framework is updating the laptop computer with Ryzen AI processors and new built-in Radeon GPUs and is introducing a brand new graphics module with the cellular model of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070—one which’s additionally totally suitable with the unique Laptop 16, for upgraders.

Preorders for the brand new laptop computer open right this moment, and pricing begins at $1,499 for a DIY Edition with out RAM, storage, an OS, or Expansion Cards, a $100 improve from the worth of the primary Framework Laptop 16. The first models will start delivery in November.

While Framework has launched a number of updates for its authentic Laptop 13, that is the primary time it has up to date the {hardware} of one in all its different computer systems. We would not anticipate the just-launched Framework Laptop 12 or Framework Desktop to get an inside overhaul any time quickly, however the Laptop 16 will likely be pushing 2-years-old by the point this improve launches.

The previous Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU model of the Laptop 16 will nonetheless be out there going ahead at a barely diminished beginning worth of $1,299 (for the DIY version, earlier than RAM and storage). The Ryzen 9 7940HS mannequin will stick round till it sells out, at which level Framework says it is going away.

GPU particulars and G-Sync asterisks

This RTX 5070 graphics module features a redesigned heatsink and fan system, plus an extra built-in USB-C port that helps each show output and energy enter (probably liberating up one in all your Expansion Card slots for one thing else). Because of the extra energy draw of the GPU and the opposite new parts, Framework is switching to a 240 W default energy provide for the brand new Framework Laptop 16, up from the earlier 180 W energy brick.