The Legion Go Is Way Better Now! Review After 2.5 Months
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2024
- The Legion Go Is Way Better Now! Review After 2.5 Months
Hey guys, so it's been over 2 and half months since the Legion Go's release and I have to say this handheld is has seriously turned things around and in this video I share with you guys my experience with it in it's current state. Enjoy!
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Running 1900x1200 on BO3 zombies in hq with everything else on low/off. 60fps locked. Looks amazing. This thing isn’t going to run newer games in the future but older favorites are an absolute joy
No fluff, information presented in a straightforward manner. Nice editing.
Subbed.
Thank you for doing these follow up videos. Too many reviewers look at a product at release and never follow up on how updates fix things.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
I just subbed, great video man. Perhaps a more lively, colorful background for when your talking but great work. You earned this sub!
Honestly, just the kickstand alone is such a win when compared to the other handhelds.
Amen! That's all I want on my steam deck, a switch oled/surface pro style kickstand
The fact that it not only exists, but is NASA grade build quality solid as f is a real mindblower. Consumer electronics are always such trash in build quality. The Legion feels so solid.
Great review and info. I’m thinking about getting a Legion Go. Thanks bro!
Just found your channel and this was a really good video! I was impressed.
Thank you, much appreciated bro!
I'm 100 usd short to buy this gadget, gotta have to work hard to get my very first gaming pc
So close, keep it going! I hope you enjoy it when you get it.
They will abandon this within a year mark my words. Buy the steam deck instead
@faristriesgamingtech it's onsale at best buy for 150 off ATM. Just an FYI
@@Draegon86 but it's not?
@@kevinholland1019I think he means the open box excellent condition is, since that is $636
I bought one to use as gaming + productive workstation. Plugged into a dock station, it works perfectly as PC. It plays ALL PC games well. Great thing. I love it
Yea man it has replaced all my computers
How long does the battery last?
@@starshades478 a couple of hours of play. I'm buying a power pack but I will use it plugged in a lot. The power cable is very long.
Im going to try my best to save up and buy this LGO. It's a portable beast. It's going to be my first gaming PC. Can't wait to have my hands on this thing.
Very good content and well spoken. Subbed!
Thanks, much appreciated!
Yeah I love my Legion Go. I’ve owned the Rog Ally, Steam Deck & even a OneXPlayer but this is my favorite
Hey there
Compared to the ally does the vrr matter tfor the screen
@@shadowstorm545 not really , the screen on the Go is really good. But it’s all up to what you want !💪🏾
@@shadowstorm545 yea answer
@TheOfficialFusionProduxtions How long does the battery lasts with heavy usage of gaming?
@@shadowstorm545the vrr is nice on the ally but to be honest with the bigger screen and resolution you can get on the Go, you won’t be disappointed
Amazing review sir ! You've just gained a new sub :D
Thank you, I appreciate it!
The resolution testing is a big info dump. Thank you. I was thinking of getting one and playing at 720p high
great video I love my LG actually watching this review on it
Thanks, I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
i really love this device,it takes awhile to get set up and into it but after you get the hang of it and upgrade it with a 3rd party dock that you can actually use too play most games on the tv
Still wish we could bind keyboard buttons to the extra paddles
I KNOW RIGHT?!🤓
For example I was testing 15 watts against my gpd win mini 7840u, and my gpu power was hitting upwards of 32 watts ( not system power, gpu power). When I changed to balanced it dropped to 15. Custom is broke, if it’s plugged in custom, no matter the watt it’ll take u to 30, and unplugged to 20, I’d retest that battery with the overlay up from amd showing power usage, balance mode for the 15 watt and see if u get better results
Thanks for sharing that info, I'll definitely be sure to look into it.
Glad you did the testing, but I never play games above 800p on the Legion Go. Still looks good and I save the 1600p for content consumption.
Do you use any upscaling?
Agreed, 800p with RSR looks pretty good and you get maximum performance. I think 1600p is for specific games like small indies or like entertainment like you said.
@@faristriesgamingtech RSR or Integra Scaling?
@@faristriesgamingtech i can't go under 1200p. once you try the 1200p on this screen, you can't go below anymore lol same with the screen size, i wouldn't go back to my old sd even if i still like it
The bobble you were talking about will be completely eliminated by easing it into a great case. Which hopefully I'll be doing if and when I get it.
This is such a high quality video. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Man I can't wait to get this
I'm into this awesome piece of kit aswell
I love mine.
It's def a sick device.
There should be a preset where you can select the best set for every genre of game back by stats of performace in actual users results
Great video. What are your settings for Enshrouded? It looks like it’s playing super great.
Why does my sleep power button sometimes put it to sleep but sometimes the screen turns on right after
My legion go right stick light wont turn on after a week tryed different fixes not working so not a good start
Love the channel and been wanting a gaming PC. Especially a nice portable but I am torn on which one to get. Should I get the Legion go or Asus ally ?
If you had to choose one
Truly until asus figures out a way to fix thermal issue without an automatic rma fix I'd go with the go. However with that said, it's similar to the steamdeck as in you will need to be understanding of this being a developer kit in a sense and it WILL be worked on and followed up with at most monthly which is phenomenal in my eyes. And whether or not you may be biased to Linux or windows based systems. I find that windows 10 pro will work better for me than 11 due to its very invasive and hardware stealing software utility towards hardware.
I hope this helps 🙏, have a blessed day!💪🤓
@@Alexander_Bahgheera thank you so much, have a blessed day!!!
@bxprodigy7943 you're most welcome!
Probably going to grab one of these in a few weeks to take to work. Probably mostly hooked up to mouse/kb/monitor. Hopefully that works okay.
That’ll work no problem. I do it with mine and the kickstand is what makes this even better since it’s built in and you have a huge degree of angles to set it as and you don’t have to bring a separate one like the ROG Ally.
@@Lugiavsgiratinais there a good USBc hub you can recommend for the legion?
Hey! I really enjoyed your video keep it up!! I have had the steam deck LCD for about a year but I just love the big screen on the go, do you think it's worth making the switch as more updates come out?
Thank you! I think it comes down to preference, you’ll gain some good performance and of course the nice screen, but you will leave behind the console like experience of the Steam Deck. But the Legion Go is a good system at the moment. I’ve gravitate towards my the Legion Go or Ally more often than my Steam Deck because of the performance mainly. Hope this helps!
I came from a steam deck and thought I'd miss it but i absolutely do not. I loved the steam deck when i had it but honestly the bump up in power and being able to just play pretty much any game has been more than worth it. If you are worried about the UI you could always run big picture mode with steam or use a 3rd party launcher like playnite or big box
@@faristriesgamingtech I appreciate the response!! It does make me happy even two months later there has been significant updates
@@bigstv15 Hey! Thanks for giving me your feedback as a previous steam deck owner, using playnite or big screen is a great idea, did you feel the steam deck was more comfortable than the go?
@@mak4370 yes the deck is more comfortable but the go isn't uncomfortable
Yo. I bought this day 1 and returned it shortly after. Just got another one and straight up its day and night. I can game in the full resolution now without battery power? That's nuts and I'm not doing it justice how big the difference is
I’m glad the second one is working out for yah, it’s truly becoming a really good system.
Want this and a laptop gonna save up and get both 💪
when battery fails and connected to power supply does it still turn on and run like a desktop pc?
Saw the T-shirt. Auto subscribed.....
Did they add VRR? If not, it's difficult purchase for me.
Hi im confused about getting legion go or rog ally specially rog ally is easy to upgrade to 4tb ssd what you thing which is better
How do mmos play. My main game is final fantasy 14 and I'd love to have this and play on the go
Can you play steam and epic games? Im stuck in getting this or the oled steam deck. The asus rog ally looks dope as well but im primarily a steam player with a few games i have on epic games.
You can run games from any launcher on it I'm sure. Just like any other PC.
Uhhh for the past 4 or 5 months I've been trying to decide between asus ally z1 extreme or legion go. I don't like that the asus has less space and the cards keep frying
Keep the LG news coming. I love mine.
Thanks I appreciate it, will do. Happy Gaming!
Same here
@@faristriesgamingtech will the steam deck, legion go, and rog Ally still be around in a few years or more?
@MiracleHall200 I'd say 2 more years and it will be time to move on. For Lenovo. The Allys time has been up a long time ago. Already working on Ally 2
@@garyharris9750 Can you play with 4 people on legion go using ps5 controller (co-op not online)
is this a good laptop replacement, i have low end laptop, asus tuf 15 with ryzen 7 4800 and rtx 3050, i want something that is more portable that's good for gaming and can do some light office work, like sending emails and some excel and word,.
10:39 its because of the resolution , the screen has more pixels active at 1600p so it drains more power even if you set 15w power target the screen has its own power schedule
Great video thanks!
Does integer scaling still working at other resolutions like 720p, 900p and etc…?
Thanks, I’m not sure I haven’t tested that, But I wouldn’t see why not as it’s just a “flip the switch” option. But I can test it when I get home.
It will not work at those resolutions, it has to be a resolution that scales evenly into the native resolution. 800p x 4 = 1600p so thats why it works for 800p. It also has to be in multipes of 4 or more.
Since this is basically a PC. Can I connect a Bluetooth xbox controller so that I have a better set of joysticks?
Yes you can
Can I play with gyroscopes left right like the switch ? If someone can answer please. Very good video man thanks
great video my guy
When I do custom tdp no matter what I watt I use it still uses 30 watts. Use amd adrenaline overlay to show gpu power. Until they fix id use balanced mode for 15 watts
This guy might be the most under rated RUclipsr. Keep it up!
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
Love my legion Go !!!!!
If Im a guy who prefers 4k graphics over everything should I not get a Go? I feel like im going to be upset playing it at 720p and would prefer playing at 2k or 4k with crisp clear graphics with good detail and color. Not really big into fps as I mostly plaY RPG games. Pleaseee help!
Im thinking about getting this or rog ally got steam deck when it first came out early adopter so this and or rog ally or the rog ally to replace, replace my steam deck
How loud are the fans
Can we play inzoi with legion go later in the future?
Is there a way to screen record ?
Playing any of the recent cod modern warfare games at 1080p with medium or high settings, what battery life left will i have?
Maybe an hour or little under that since those games are demanding AAA games that require more power to run properly especially at 1080p. Hope this helps!
No bias guys. I was about to get the rog ally…but should I just get the legion go instead? The updates have made it better? And they do the same things right?
(I know speakers are worse but I don’t care much)
How often did you open and clean it?
Can this run all .exe files? I’d like to install MetaTrader on it.
I bought a Go after returning my ally. My Allys sd card reader burnt out so I switched it up. Since using the Go, I have noticed some shortcomings like when using it my hand would bump the track pad and mess me up. I discovered that you can disable it.
I also bought one of the 3d printed connectors for the controllers and I love it. It's great.
Bro, im coming from my first Steam deck LCD screen, and went straight to the Legion Go since Launch as that was my upgrade the Oled is not a major upgrade the Legion is...this Handheld is more innovative then the deck and its more powerful when playing bigger titles ..Legion is the handheld 😊👍🏽
Does anyone know if there is ANY way to limit the charging to 80% or similar?! If I plug it in to use it with a eGPU or at home with a charger, if it stays at >95% it will kill the battery quickly. Most phones and devices allow to limit from 50-80% not to damage the battery if we use it plugged in…
Lenovos working on an update to add the option to legion space.
Got my legion 2 days ago and I love it but trying to play games at 800p with integer scaling makes all my UI and text look pixelated. Am I doing it wrong? Does the screen resolution need to be set to 800p too or just the game resolution?
Sometimes the resolution is a bit tricky, I usually just leave the UI resolution to 1600p and change the in game resolution to 800p. But some games can act a bit weird and you might have to change the UI resolution to 800p for it to register in game. Hope this helps!
@@faristriesgamingtech thank you! I’m having fun trying to iron out the niggly bits lol I’m sure it will all come together eventually just need to wrap my head around what works and what doesn’t. Absolutely loving the legion go however!
@@Eevolved32definitely do as he suggested, because it will be easier to scale once in the actual title😅, it gets a bit finicky sometimes but this product is definitely worth the price and I love that they expressed, just like the lcd steam deck, that this was and is to be looked at as a development tool as well as your potential gaming pc if you’ll work with it.💪🤓
Can you make a video playing Fortnite on highest settings plzzz i want to know how much fps it get
so being this far in with the legion now, which do you prefer the legion or the Ally ? thanks
The decision is getting harder lol, but I’d still go with the Ally because it still feels more polished but this is subject to change as the Legion Go is getting better and better, Happy Gaming!
Thanks. Il keep an eye out for another update from you soon then. But I do think the ally will remain too. Thank you.
Not that much of a gamer, just play a few games casually. My 5yo laptop died a few weeks ago and decided to get a legion go. Basically because I wanted that I could play some games and connect to a hub and use like a small computers from time to time. So far has worked amazing.
I have some issues with the touchpad and sometimes it crash, did ever happen to you ?
No, that hasn't happened to me. I would probably contact Lenovo to see if there are any trouble shooting steps for that issue.
Please fix gyro if you move slowly it stops responding
The screen is wonderful, adjusted color saturation 115-120% in Amd radeon. Doing a 4 TB mod with an adapter that supposed to do pcle 4 speeds in 3 weeks...aliexpress. Already have white grip case and all white dbrand skin. Really wish grip stickers came out for the triggers/bumpers.
Your Legion Go is going to be a beast! The screen is definitely my favorite part of the Go, like you said it’s wonderful.
Oh nice! Thanks for that color saturation recommendation! I’m new to legion go (coming from rog ally).
Also regarding the resolutions he mentioned, does integer scaling work at 720p, 900p and other resolutions? Or just 800p
@@AloushManI’d love to know as well!😮
@@faristriesgamingtech Review MSI Claw next?
i did the opposite and set the saturation to 80% and color temp to 5800. I can’t even imagine turning up the saturation on an already oversaturated display.
Later on I'm getting this on eBay
I'll be getting mine on April 4th. It's very exciting. I've got a bunch of cool games on steam and am wanting to play these games since 2020 lol. I've waited too long for this but I'm hearing soo much good things of legion go
Looking forward to it.
Getting mine on march 10 😊
@@babytheoden9286 hell yeah man it's gonna be a blast. Hope ur experience is great!
@@babytheoden9286 plot twist. Getting it Tuesday
@@Van_Crane wow! Congrats 🎉🎉
I hope I'll get mine sooner
After these updates, it doesn't yet out perform the ROG ally, with it's VRR, does it? Would like to some comparison tests. Especrally with Balder's Gate 3.
How does it compare to the ROG ally now performance-wise?
In my benchmark testing the Legion Go has the slight edge usually within margin of error (5 frames or less). But in some titles it can take the lead by a good bit if they are playing at the same resolution of course. Hope this helps!
Hey brother I'm a little bit confused I saw a video one how to update gpu driver and the guy did by going to the amd website so I followed that and when I finished downloading it and checking the driver date is saying 28/11/2023 but if I downloaded from lenovo's website I get the 7/11/2023. Which one is the right one ?
Hey! So the latest AMD driver would be the one you have installed which is 28/11/2023, this is the one I have installed as well. Lenovo has their own driver release as well which I believe 7/11/2023 is the latest one. The AMD driver is pretty stable and works just fine for me, so I don’t think you would need to switch to Lenovo’s driver unless you prefer to use theirs. Hope this helps!
@@faristriesgamingtech thanks
what about fan
noise
I have just started watching, but in terms of build quality that you just mentioned I can compare to a Steam Deck I had for a few months - Legion Go is on par or better in pure build quality and of course the SD LCD screen is awful - and an Ayaneo 2S that I stupidly bricked last weekend doing a BIOS upgrade. I have to say I miss the 2S, but after a week I am slowly coming to appreciate the Go. The Ayaneo build feels a lot better than the Legion though; it is just such a solid unit and has slightly bigger hall sticks as well as hall triggers.
I think I would struggle to go back to a 7” screen now, and I think I have found a way to hold the Go that stops the corners digging into my right palm which I found uncomfortable to begin with, so while I would rather not have had to spend the cost of the Go that I wasn't planning to, and I have had to downgrade to 16GB of RAM at the same 7,500MHz, there are some benefits to the Go that I am focused on.
👍🏾
Please test with screen touch gameplay 😢
How do you find using it whilst being as heavy as is. Do your hands get fatigued quickly? Can you play in bed ?
you can play cyberpunk 1200p while taking a dump how about that
Im wondering which one i should get, steam deck or legion go…hmmm
I think if you want convenience or a console like experience and you don't mind having less performance the Steam Deck isn't a bad option. However, if you want more performance, access to more games, and a bigger screen with a higher refresh rate the Legion Go would probably be better in that situation.
Can’t wait to buy this when I get my taxes
It's amazing that this handheld can play titles such as rainbow six siege, but the question is, is it playable competitively using the joysticks if you get good?
The Joysticks are smaller than regular thumb sticks found on a Xbox controller for example, so making micro adjustments when aiming is little more difficult because there’s less room to do so.
I wish they stayed at 1440x2560 max screen resolution instead of 1600x2560. Would be easier to drive
Does the Lenovo legion go gets *hot? * while playing AAA or demanding games?
I played multiple AAA titles and honestly speaking, they did a really good job in releasing the heat. I usually get utmost 60 to 70c°
@@haoyangcheong5197 Well thats very nice to hear. It always bothers me when a device heats up too much. Guess im gonna try to catch this one soon! Thanks for the info! 🤗
kinda, never burning hot, just hotter than warm. especially after hours of having plugged in while lying on the couch. Played 8 hours and it was still hotter than warm.
How about your Rog ally?
I’m loving the Ally as well and will be doing a long term review of it as well!
@@faristriesgamingtech yeah please do coz im planning to buy but i dont know which one or just waiting for msi claw
@@orczville9258 MSI claw is intel based...I...I would skip that one as ARC gpu is okay, but has way too many driver issues to be used anywhere but a proper gaming pc
I would be so scared of snapping the joycons.
Personally I’m not exactly too thrilled performance wise with the Legion Go. I have played Palworld on a friends and had to run it on medium 900p to get an OK experience. I understand Palworld may not be optimized for mobile gaming yet but averaging below 100 FPS on those settings pissed me off. So now it’s a One X Player purchase I’m headed towards which I’m not exactly thrilled about the price either. Yes, I specifically want to play Palworld in a handheld experience because no I’m not buying a dead box Series X and I’m not waiting a year for the PS5 release.
I can't wait to get mine in a couple of months!
Btw can i play steam games on this??
Awesome to hear! Yup you can play Steam Games and other launcher games.
Has the legion go ever been too heavy for you?
Can you play while charging the LeGo ? Thanks.
Yup, you can.
@@faristriesgamingtech Danka !
So Legion Go and Switch 2 for the next 5-7 years, got it.
The d-pad sucks if you’re playing games like street fighter or mortal kombat. Anything that have something todo with the dpad; it won’t work as expected.
" Beyond Playable" Actually means it is not playable at all. Hope this helps.
I think the people who buy this are not plaing to use it for competitive gaming, its perfect as long as it gives above 60fps .
So is it worth getting now because I heard so many bad things how Ally and Deck is way better
After the updates it is and beats fps over the alley
Love the video but does he realize the 1080p and 1200p are the same and 1600p is actually 1440p?
Good video my man
Never talk high resolution if fps can't hold 60 fps. Battery can be drawback to
Really wish you would test some modern games to see how they play. Fortnite, Diablo, Starfield, pick your poison.
Noted, planning on doing a huge benchmark again. Thanks for the feedback!
now if they fixed that dam d pad can play figthings to save you life inputs dont work
steam deck oled or this one?
This one of course, Steam Deck is for depressed turkeys
The Steam Deck OLED. You'll get a more comfortable experience and a better overall package. The Steam Deck has 2 trackpads while the Lenovo only has 1. That's actually a big deal. Not only that but you'll get a better operating system with a better, more console like user interface. You'll even get better battery life. The only downside the OLED has compared to the rest is performance and that's no big deal as long as you're not trying to play the latest, greatest, and most hardware demanding PC titles. I should note that if you want better performance and you go with one of these other handhelds, you'll be limited when you're playing with the device as just a handheld due to the battery life. Get a dock for the other handhelds and all the sudden they become pretty good console replacements. At that point, it just depends on what kind of options you want or how you already play most of your games.
But in my opinion, the truth is that all these handheld gaming PC's running Windows sacrifice much and just add noise to the signal. Valve set the standard in the beginning with the Deck and the handheld gaming PC market needs to catch up. It's either that or they're limited by a patent issued by Valve. It's also entirely possible that the market only exists to keep the console industry from going after Valve considering how the Steam Deck is an amazing emulator. It boggles my mind sometimes when I notice, "oh hey I'm playing Halo Reach on the same device that can play Legend of Zelda Windwaker and I can play both of them flawlessly on the exact same controller." Whats more is you can get a lot of storage with the 1TB OLED model with a 1TB SD card. It's nuts how many old games you could fit on there and it's amazing you can get some massive 100GB games on there too.
I'd recommend the Steam Deck Oled for a smooth console like experience
@@TheSniperWho wow that's amazing but I'm really new to handheld gaming and is 90hz fine or not?
@@LOLIPOP119Jp 90hz is already quite sufficient especially for a gaming handheld, I don't see the steam deck actually hitting anything above 60fps on demanding title, but would run well with indie titles.
There r only 2 relevant resolutions with the LEGO. 800p and native. 800p with integer scaling looks better than any other non native resolution. There is 0 reason to run games at resolutions in between. For 99% of modern titles 800p is the sweet spot as these apu’s r so bandwidth limited.