New 2.8k display is a great upgrade

Framework Laptop 13
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That’s really unfortunate.

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Did you account for the increased brightness of the new panel? The new panel is 498.5 nit vs 436 according to

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Core-Ultra-7-review-New-2-8K-120-Hz-display-with-Arc-8-graphics.874187.0.html#toc-3

At 50℅ brightness on the old display, the new one should be set at 43.76% to match, or 87.5% for 100%.

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It’s a good point. The new screen is a little brighter. I didn’t adjust the brightness. The difference is small though. I’m not sure the brightness slider has that much fidelity to be able to make them completely even.

I suspect pushing an extra 2 million pixels has more to do with the extra power draw than the extra brightness.

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Anyone who is concerned about the rounded corners, I was also concerned about this. It seemed strange to me, but I really wanted a better display so I ordered one. I was afraid it would seem distracting or at least be an OCD issue. I was pleasantly surprised just how small the round over is. I think most people wouldn’t even notice unless it was pointed out to them. On the other hand I just got a Pixel 9 Pro XL and the corners are so rounded it’s ridiculous! The most rounded over corners I have ever seen on anything. The Framework display is just a few missing pixels in the very corner in comparison.

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For those who can’t get enough tests, I ran a few tests to see how much of a difference the brightness setting makes.

Test Setup

  • AMD 7840 CPU
  • 32 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 2880x1920 120Hz Screen
  • 200% Screen resolution scaling
  • 61Wh Battery
  • Fedora 40
  • Firefox 129.x web browser
  • Sound muted
  • YouTube 1080p full screen video “Baelin’s Route - An Epic NPC Man Adventure”

I ran the video twice (about 75 minutes) for each test. I set the brightness before each test. In Fedora, there are 21 values between the dimmest setting and the brightest setting. This made it easy to split the brightness levels:

  • 0 (dimmest)
  • 7 (33%)
  • 14 (66%)
  • 21 (brightest)

Note: The brightness level I used for all the other tests in this thread was 33% (I described it as 30% in other posts).

I polled the battery every minute.

Here are the results:

Brightness Level Average System Power Usage Battery Life Loss
Dimmest (0) 7.79 W 0 hours
33% (7) 9.35 W 1.31 hours
66% (14) 10.25 W 1.88 hours
Brightest (21) 10.44 W 1.99 hours

There’s about a 2 hour battery life difference between the dimmest and brightest settings. It also appears that the brightness levels are not linear.

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Thank king