Just got mine 2 days ago and i play God of War using the original graphic settings, and my mind is blown away by the performance of the Legion Go. Sure launching the games are not as smooth compared to Steamdeck OLED. But for someone who used to play high end games on a playstation and a gaming PC, having the same capability on this hand held is simply amazing.

One of the best tech purchases of 2023/2024 has to be the Legion Go!

BTW, not sure if you are aware but you can give more VRAM in BIOS. It is default to 3 gigs. I set it between 4~6 gigs depending on the games. Your mileage may vary.

Thank you for this video. I can't wait to get off work and apply my updates.

Really wanted this device. Ordered it for bellow $600 brand new! Want to use it as a tablet and game system. Thanks for the review!

Gotta give it to the engineers on AMD, for developing the Fsr 3.1, Frame gen, ALL AAA games went from 45 fps - 70+ fps, on the GO

@SG-sj6cw

Ай бұрын

@@alimousa93 amd is a sleeping giant that I'm fairly certain is going to become less of an underdog soon

@Dr80SK

Ай бұрын

I am not hater of amd but FSR is just copy of DLSS

@alimousa93

Ай бұрын

@@Dr80SK id agree for fsr 1 and 2.1, but 3.1 + frame gen took it to the Next level than nvidias dlss

@andreasbernardi3654

Ай бұрын

@@alimousa93 this 👍🏻

@jvr2011

28 күн бұрын

@@Dr80SK so what? Almost every hendheld using amd and we here only to praise their job for making something to make heavy AAA games run smoother on hendheld gaming, whats dlss gonna do about it?

Great content. I can only imagine the amount of work that goes into each of theses reviews. Thank You!!

When I first started watching this channel elite computers struggled to play N64 these Gen 1 Gen 2 chips are insane.

Awesome video 🎉 loved it. Really eased some concerns I had about the legion Go but, now I think it’s going to be the perfect purchase

I just bought my Legion Go an hour ago, and I'm so glad seeing this video!!!

@Omie-Wan-kenobi

Ай бұрын

Me too, how you like yours?

@iPadChannel

Ай бұрын

@@Omie-Wan-kenobi I love it a lot! Just installed Forza 4, God of War and Counter Strike. Its amazing that you can actually connect it to a monitor, mouse and Keyboard and it turns into a full desktop

@alchemystn2o

Ай бұрын

Me too also. Went to local BestBuy and bought one for the upcoming trip to Las Vegas. Been enjoying it so far. Haven't owned a gaming handheld since 3DS XL. 😁

@user-fq8op8pe3e

Ай бұрын

Same here hehe waiting for deliver tho, 2 days then all in!

@iPadChannel

Ай бұрын

Ive played counter strike, forza 4, street fighter 4, Need for Speed Shift and several PSP emulator games and they worked flawlessly. With steam's on going sale, i just bought God of War, Tekken 8, Witcher 3 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 after seeing other bloggers playing them on this device. I would say this is the king of portable handheld games because of its raw power and ability to run a full windows desktop in such a small form factor.

I'm honestly happy with 30fps as long as it's stable so this thing is pretty awesome for me. I usually set the frame limiter at like 45fps anyway. For older games i let it max out because why not? Lol. But for newer games i prefer a locked but smooth lower frame rate so the image still looks good. A high frame rate is nice but not it constantly dips and the image quality suffers so bad. And I'm usually not a resolution snob because from across a room even 720p looks pretty good but when you're holding the screen so close to your face it's very noticeable.

The few updates and changing the RAM speed saved my LEGO from getting returned. Hopefully Lenovo and AMD can figure out Frame Gen for the portrait display next. Think a lot of us LEGO owners have been using lossless scaling. Only time will tell.

@seppeseppe-jq7nr

Ай бұрын

losless is crap ...

@thetechievet

Ай бұрын

@@seppeseppe-jq7nr depends on the game your & experience with it. Only title I've had a bad experience w/LS on was Jedi Survivor.

Got mine yesterday, amazing machine. Had to get the 1tb version, they only had that one available at BB.

Frame gen is a game changer for handheld gaming PC's

@chriswright8074

Ай бұрын

It's not its fake frames

@powerplay074

Ай бұрын

It sure is

@MatiX415

Ай бұрын

​@@chriswright8074lmao, it makes your game much smoother

@hiepbenh88

Ай бұрын

it's not working when u swing camera fast, so if u play game like horizon forbbiden west, it not work in combat, but i still use them anyway coz it's so smooth when u just do simple stuff like running around ! i use rx6600 on 4k 120hz LG tv

@Ragy-

Ай бұрын

If all you care about is “fPs nUmBeR gO uP” the yes its a game changer :-)

I love the chunkster! 🔥

Great content. What is the input pag like with fsr3?

Now that Legion GO got a big update, could we get a Legion GO vs SD OLED vs ROG Ally X? (vs CLAW)

@CaptnYestrday

Ай бұрын

This this this

After this update, would you prefer to play on Legion Go or Asus ROG Ally X?

This year was done with which GPU drivers? Does it run on the LLGO’s screen?

If only Lenovo wasn't stubborn when it comes to real support.

Would be nice if they release something to join the controllers together. Jsaux is taking way too long to release their connectors, about 5 months now.

AMD 300 chips for mobile launching this month. I wonder if we will see any handhelds with them.

Woah, I’ve had my legion go for a couple weeks and have been playing AAA at 40-50 fps. Didn’t know about this…. Awesome sauce

Did you adjust anything in the AMD software or just settings in game?

why can't you pick between 60htz 120htz or 144htz? can you ask them for that as an option being that you have open dialog with them?

You should make a video about using lossless scaling on handheld PCs as its really a game changer

Does any of the settings in the amd settings app have to be changed to use FSR 3.1 & Frame Gen? Or does enabling it in each games settings make it work?

For FSR, what resolution should I have the game settings on and also what resolution should I have the legion go set as?

Good to see updates. I’m thinking of getting this or the one x player x1

@NorthsideChamps16

Ай бұрын

I have the AMD X1 onexplayer and owned the legion go since late February. Get the X1 trust me.

@Jaysson83

Ай бұрын

@@NorthsideChamps16 thanks for sharing this with me!! How was the shipping?

@Seyyad93

Ай бұрын

@@NorthsideChamps16 why? Can you give some reasons?

@Billyandhisbricks

Ай бұрын

@@Jaysson83 I would like to know why as well

@daleadams6097

Ай бұрын

​@@NorthsideChamps16id also like to know the reasons why to choose the X1 over the Legion Go.

How is the input delay??

I’m so torn on buying my first handheld device. Is the Legion Go worth it or should I hold off until a better model comes out? I’m not fussed on price, I just want whatever performs and looks the best for gaming.

I’m glad these mods are baked into the software… tweaking settings is a ball ache!

will they be making a controller conector to be able to connect the joycons?

Good thing he read my comments because I told him you should look out the new bios update from the Legion space just to make sure to send some viewers to know what’s going on maybe some performance boost maybe some optimisation to understand to know it came out couple days ago somewhere looked good

handhelds getting more compelling. i need 32gb ram though for desktop setup

It’ll be nice if you plug an external graphic card and see the performance result because maybe it’s gonna be a lot different than it used to be because some software some optimisation some better performance and all that stuff I want to see the AMD graphic card, which is the 7600mxt

it's like a black magic for fps bump

Whenever legion Space is open the controllers don’t work in game. So I can never have Legion Space open. Why is that?

If you enable gyro, will it be always on?

Love the legion go, I don’t use like how people use it though. I use it as a GeForce now ultimate portal lol I get 1600p at 120hz and it looks GOOD lol

anyone else having issues with the new UI/ legion space update? i can't open it without running it as admin. i can't use the short cut key to get to legion space either even after changing the properties to launch as admin. the short cut for the on screen overly works but it won't let me make any changes for TDP, fans or anything related to performance. i have to go to legion space via launching the application, then set the profiles the way i want and then can cycle through the overlay

emulation on the legion go

@olddadagamer

Ай бұрын

it's been super fun. set up es-de front end and really enjoy PS2 and Wii emulation right now.

@r_dribble

Ай бұрын

@@olddadagamer i enjoy RPCS3 too in my legion go.. I play GoW III and MGS4 gun of patriots

the screen is landscape flipped which means they put it in upside down on purpose lol

Hi, is it possible to get the Legion GO in windows hibernation mode / standby mode and do wakeup on keyboard stroke? Is the fan inactive in this mode?

does FSR 3.1 + frame gen work when using an eGPU? I'm thinking 4K low kinda stuff on something like an Aorus Gaming Box 2070

@jsteff9290

29 күн бұрын

@@hameerz don’t even bother just save up for a good desktop to play 4K

Is it coming to the ally x??

What gpu driver are u using bc I tried the 780m driver and the official ones and the games keep crashing

The problem with this type of utility once again lies at the input level, this causes latency.

Question how do I download the AMD update ?? Thank you

My legion go can't call legion space with controller button and app icon.

How is the latency when fg and fsr 3 is enabled?

Why did you run the game at 1080p when the display output was 800p?

Where do I get that Legion go Animated wallpaper?

It was good I could play anything. But now its great!

custom TDP doesn't work on the legion go.

We need the gyro to work probably not some stupid futures.

which handheld can run 3a games max settings 60 fps stable ?

with me there's a bug that i turn off vibration on the pad but every time when you turn the side settings on automatically turns on the vibration on the pad .... anyone noticed that ?

@frankyfreestyle8400

Ай бұрын

no

Does integer scaling help with ratchet and clank? (I've come from the steam deck so I don't really understand integer scaling)

GOT frame generation not only adds microstutters it also hard locks the LLG after a short time of playing. Disabling it I can play for an hour before performance gets bad and crashes.

How does one get fsr 3 on the legion go or activate it?

What's the trade-off with FSR? Is there a downgrade in visual fidelity? I mean, there can't seriously be a magic button that adds 30 percent to your FPS, right?

I've recently purchased Legion Go Chinese version. I got it with seal open(seller said customs check will open seal) and with windows setup done with name "Admin" just like your name was preset in Legion Go Space. And as i purchased it recently, I got this update out of box. I'm having an issue with the device, when I power it on and toggle start menu or quick settings menu on right, popup opens and if I try to access the menu by moving my hand the menu is closing as if I touched the display, this is not happening if I place the device on table and use it. Is it because of sensor issue? Or it's just software issue? I feel the item is refurbished as the seal is open and windows setup was already done, two drive partition was already done, a driver setup zip file is already available in storage. But seller claims that it's a new one and providing me 1 year local seller guarantee. What are your thoughts on this? Is your windows setup preset out of box on your legion on? Are you also facing such touch sensor issue? Please let me know

I see so many mixed issues from users who have updated their Legion Go. Enough to make me hold off on it. Apparently legion space breaks controller settings for a few, but works great for others. The new AMD drivers break certain games for a few, but works great for others. I'm at a point where if its not broken, dont fix it. Plus, i have a major trip coming up and I don't want to break anything on my device before I'm stuck on a plane for 10 hours. So... idk. I can update it when I get back I guess.

@npcimknot958

Ай бұрын

Do NOT open legion space if you don’t want the update.. it automatically updates.. i made tht mistake. It’s good but the space button is broken now.

I was using fsr 3 and frame gen on the steam deck but had to turn off frame gen because it was drawing a ghost line of either side of the character in the last of us part 1 the frame rate tho was very nice but sticking to mid 30s to 40 fps I just can't play with the failed frame generation its too distracting and looks horrific

handhelds really need the gyroscope to select a group of files

When is legion go 2 coming out? Anyone know.?

The frame monitor still doesn’t work for me even in full screen mode 😒

So where do you go to update itn

I had problems with Mike Morales and Ratchet and Clank. It was kicking me out of the game and was saying that there is not enough of VRAM despite the fact that it was set to 6GB (8GB freezes screen straight after start of any game eg.: God of War). How did you go around it? There is a new update in a BIOS that allows you to set up VRAM to Auto but it is causing every texture to look like from pre 3dFX accelerator era.

Frame gen gives me heavy ghosting on lenovo go. Anyone know how to work around this?. Same with third party lossless aplication ghosting is just so bad.

I've tried frame Gen on Ghost of Tsushima and performance drops. Any ideas??

Didn't didn't add anything, in contrary to what you said. It's just a design overhaul. No functionality was added to the pervious Legion Space. To be fair, in comparison to launch then yes they added many things. But just because at launch it was so awful.

FSR ingame? I thought you can just Alt + R and set in the AMD GPU settings under gaming.

Can you do performance in linux vs steamdeck

Nice 🙂

Framegen ia great but the number on the top left doesnt tell the whole story. The game can report higher fps with the game still looking like its running at lower framerates.

There are so many 780m Gpus on the market. Don't understand why the companies optimise for steam deck but not for 780m

What is the best gaming handheld in your opinion right now on the marked? @ETA PRIME

I don't know if it's just me but every time you stop talking and start again the audio does a weird cut thing

One thing that holds back some of these handhelds is VRAM speed(well really FLCK and UCLK not running in 1) but mostly capacity so many of these windows devices come with 16GB of RAM, and while SteamOS is pretty good on these with 16GB with only some games running out, windows is not OK. This is exacerbated by some games not liking only 488MB of VRAM so for some games you need to dedicate 2, 4, or even 8GB to the GPU, leaving only 14-8GB for the OS. Really i think for APUs the minimum should be 24GB, this should allow you to dedicate 4GB to the GPU and leaving 20GB to share between the GPU and CPU. Personally, i'd have liked 24GB of 4800-5400MT/s with MCLK, FCLK, and UCLK in 1:1(2400-2700Mhz) would use less power and because its in 1:1 has a high likelyhood of outperforming compared to 24GB of 6400MT/s

@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811

Ай бұрын

yea there is a test with 8700g that was paired with 7800mhz ram amd the performance increased by +30%.

@denvera1g1

Ай бұрын

@@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811 I have an 8700G with 8000MT/s but the UCLK is at like 2000Mhz not 4000Mhz

@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811

Ай бұрын

@@denvera1g1 i dont know if you need to 1:1 IF, you should test with lower frequency and do 1:1 and compare it with 1:2 see if there is difference,because the gpu usually have alot more latency with vram. and lowering the latency doesn't change performance.

@denvera1g1

Ай бұрын

@@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811 It has been ~6 months since i tested the 8700G, but the 5700G still saw nice performace scaling to 5000MT/s in 1:1:1 (2500Mhz on MCLK:FCLK:UCLK) I was dissapointed with the 8700G because i couldnt get UCLK much faster than 2000Mhz, and would sometimes have lower memory bandwidth than the 5700G with 5000 in 1:1:1, it was right on the edge often falling back to 1:2:2 or even 1:2:3 with UCLK at 935Mhz for some reason.

hye can you show that this legion go can run fc24

I still hope Helldivers 2 get FSR3 update 😢

Also the legion go button is not work. Got moved to the other set of buttons

@plaistowjames6792

Ай бұрын

Thank you

I've been interested about of that amazing Nintendo Switch like with a removable controllers looking handheld gaming PC Lneovo Legion Go since it's launch in last year's october 2023 it's interesting to see it have a new MASSIVE Update what make it a lot better, but is Lenovo Legion Go still worth it, should I buy Steam Deck Oled, Asus Rog Ally X or wait for Lenovo Legion Go 2 what I've been heard is on the working now? 😮❤

@vizknight1862

Ай бұрын

Its a great device but I would wait for the legion go 2. is very expensive for the price i would just get a laptop

@Leopez02

Ай бұрын

Yeah I should wait for the Legion Go 2. Legion Go's price is really expensive I agree, but some laptops are too. ​@@vizknight1862

@maslomeister

Ай бұрын

if you can’t wait and want to play aaa games, ally x is probably the best, if you mostly play low budget indies/retro and don’t really care about money - steam deck oled

@alexh7513

Ай бұрын

I would wait. I think we will see a 2nd gen PC handheld in 2025. But if you want something now then i recommend the Steamdeck Oled if you want to play older games, or if you want more power to play all new games with 40 fps or more then you should get the rog ally if you want a smaller size handheld or the legion go if you want a bigger handheld.

When are they going to release the update that allows you to increase your RAM to 32GB 😢

I am going to wait for the next gen stuff. Its just not enough performance on any of them really.

Frame generation = input lag ?

How much harder is it to run Horizon Forbidden West, than it is to run Horizon Zero Dawn? I am running Zero Dawn on my Rog Ally with 900p, medium presents at 15w without any issues. Is there a big jump between the two games?

@Embreh89

Ай бұрын

you wont be able to play forbidden west at 15watts for sure. but you can try your luck at maybe 20-22 watts at low settings mostly. but dont worry, this game looks great at low settings with rog allys screen.put your gpu memory to 6gb instead of the standart 4gb, forbidden west takes a lot of gpu memory. if you run into any issues in other games you can change gpu vram size back to 4gb. now that it got frame generation it should be way better than it was before the update.

@ChrisRufus76

Ай бұрын

@@Embreh89 Thanks

This made me buy, had an ayaneo air but didn't use it too small and weak playing gta 5 at 30-50fps on higher medium settings wasn't enough for me plus the screen was too small and the fact it's ayaneo it's janky this is lenovo and runs way better after these updated. Just gave my lil sister the ayaneo as she games retired her laptop from gaming it was so trash 😂

Hello Congrats for this chanell, is excelent !!! I have a little problem whit the new Legion Go VGA driver, pls if you can create a video how to properly install it. Many, many thanks for your help. I cannot install the AMD Adrenalin Control Center, and I installed an old CCC app over the drivers, from another post on this chanell. Pls HELP! Thank you.

This or the rog ally?

hmm, I don't know. I only use Legion Space for setting up the controller and on-the-fly change of TDP,. Everything else is just Steam and plain Windows. I preferred the aesthetics of the older version. Edit: Also, where did the exit option go? Am I overlooking something obvious? I can't find it in Legion Space.

@setone28ua

Ай бұрын

Alt +f4, but you need a keyboard I guess

@WillySou

Ай бұрын

Quick settings (R legion button)

@gumzster

Ай бұрын

@@WillySou oh yeah. It doesn't close Legion Space, but it does take you to the desktop. Thanks 👍

@gumzster

Ай бұрын

@@setone28ua You can always swipe from the bottom to get to Windows menu. Still think it's odd they removed the option to exit. Like, why?

@Greesher

Ай бұрын

I also liked the aesthetics of the older one ngl

Nothings been added, still no vram control that the ally has had for some time now. That's my most requested feature. It's a farce to reset, go into bios just to change vram.

when should one use RSR?

@Xtonhao

Ай бұрын

@@hatorihanzo3431 only if your game is running poorly and the game itself doesn't have its own implementation of fsr

framegen on adrenalin software still not supported ..only with other screens but not directly on legion go screen unfortunately

@olddadagamer

Ай бұрын

I think that's due to their screen that they r using.

@tiagosantos1978

Ай бұрын

@@olddadagamer i know that but in the video is saying that you can use it if in windowed mode but it doesn't work in the native screen

I dont like the new ui and i replaced it with Handheld Companion program.

So Custom TDP actually works now?

@thetechievet

Ай бұрын

Yeah, for the most part. give or take 1-2 watts in my case.

@jar768jake

Ай бұрын

@@thetechievet I just got updating mine and regardless of the custom TDP I set, it still shoots up to 30w. no fix on mine

Lenovo being more reliable than Asus is a fact

@Davidforprofit

Ай бұрын

Hardware reliability or support/updates reliability?

I would be more impressed if other devs worked to optimize games and not be sloppy.