Most can be disabled. Mine looks pretty much the same as it did 5 years ago. Try installing the developer edition or nightly to test if you can edit it to your liking

99% depends on your budget too. I have a 7900XTX and it has been smooth on wayland

I guess the generous amount of coverage and media attention Framework gets from their videos

I hope someone compares this with the latest DLSS frame gen, would be interesting to see