How To Setup The Lenovo Legion Go For Gaming
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Initial Unboxing
1:30 - Device Overview - Buttons & Ports
3:03 - Controllers Overview
4:50 - Windows Initial Setup
7:18 - GPU Driver Update
7:44 - Lenovo Legion Space Setup
8:13 - Legion Space Overview & Quirks
9:33 - Legion Space Quick Settings Quirks
11:01 - Quick Settings Overview & Details
12:57 - Thermal Mode FPS Testing
13:57 - Power Profiles & The Lack Of
14:57 - Full Fan Speed Mode
15:52 - The Rest of the Settings
16:05 - Radeon Super Resolution
16:59 - BIOS VRAM Mod
18:43 - Conclusion
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Presenter: Brett Sticklemonster
Writer: Brett Sticklemonster
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Editor: Catlin Stevenson & Brett Sticklemonster
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can you upgrade the ram to 64gb?
BTW hold down legion space button and press y it will automatically change tdp even in game really useful
I can’t find any bios update and the links u have is the Lenovo and Best Buy store front
I can't play starfirld :( help
We need another video!!!
Something that helps us navigate and use the interface more efficiently and pleasantly lol
Compared to the steam deck, it is very challenging and annoying to navigate the interface with random button presses and The game screen will pop into very small picture mode that is difficult switchback to full picture. It's full of small challenges that are frustrating and the experience is far frome streamline like the deck.
I also find the games are playing a lot smoother on steam deck. It feels more like a console experience and the legion Go feels like a slow computer.
I really want this thing to work out. But it's gotta be comfortable and pleasant to use like the steam deck. Or it's just not worth anything
FYI: There's already an official BIOS update that lets you choose 6GB of VRAM.
Literally as I was editing the video. Glad to see that Lenovo's on top of it.
Is this update installed automatically or do we need to install it manually?
Where do we find this update
In the video description
@@UFDTechI downloaded this, but after installing it told me I already had this version of BIOS and still have 3,4, and 8 GB settings. Did it work for you?
Thanks for the indepth review hope to see more for the Go
This was awesome, helpful and quick! My favorite!
You know the analog stick tops come off? Makes it more comfortable in verticle mouse mode. You can also dual boot Windows 11 and SteamOS btw. Nobody talks about these things when reviewing the product.
Excellent rundown on this device!
Really excited to see many good options for handheld computing! Sick and tired of not being able to game even with the Asus G14 on planes because their AC outlets are not able to output enough wattage for the charger! Let's see if the Legion Go can fill that gap in gaming time!!!
And here I was thinking I can game with my g14 on my January vacations on the plane . 6 hr flight guess I’ll do the switch
@@mw38390 can I play co-op with 4 people with ps5 controllers in the same legion go?
@@movedbiscuit1332 I don't own any of these pseudo pc handhelds. I have is a switch. Im holding off on buying until a new one comes out from the major brands or even xbox themselves. Microsoft losing $$$
I would be interested to see you do a Legion Go vs ROG Ally vs Steam Deck comparison. It's a lot of work but I know you like handhelds and would like to know you're thoughts on it.
Thank You, this was helpful
This thing is a beast and love it. Lets hope lenovo sees what they got here and make this thing perfect
I love the size, I'm a man not a child 😂
Great walkthrough. Thks.
Bet that you'll have to do this walkthrough again after the dozen or so software fixes. Lol.
I have a 4090/13900k setup with spacial surround sound and for some dame reason i want this thing so damn bad. Such a cool piece of tech.
it could be such a great overall gaming setup for those who willing to exercise neck strength with VR capabilities. Its already have controllers with gyro and enough high res screen
Great video. Was concerned about the legion but if I just set those few settings to get the best fps then I think it’ll have better performance than the rog ally from other vids I’ve seen.
Its Quiet - 10 watts Balanced - 15 watts and Perf 20 watts. I use msi afterburner with hwinfo to see wattage while testing. The custom tdp slider is also pretty broken
Hi Brett, since you were living in South Africa for a while, I would please like to ask if you know, if the Legion GO will be shipping to South Africa?
Lenovo South Africa doesn't have a proper "Ticket Submission system", especially not for products listed on their website. I am considering to get a Legion GO instead of an Asus ROG Ally, since it seems like the overall better device, except for the Software issues that still need to be ironed out.
so RSR also only works when using a lower resolution right? also how does it work with legion space lowering the resolution, will it scale that resolution down, or is that just a setting for just the screen being made smaller.
do you have to do the graphics driver update AFTER the bios update? i followed your guide for the amd driver but that conflicts with the bios update.
Coming from Consol gaming to this being my first handheld PC-based gaming device. You mentioned the Xbox cloud-based app running through Lenovo legion space having all kinds of issues. Can I simply run the Xbox app by itself straight from the windows desktop?
YES - it's so easy, I use Xbox app and Battlenet off desktop and it's great.
Hi, where did you get the animated wallpaper?
Hey great video. Just changed the UMA Frame buffer size and ul be pleased to know they do now have both a 6gb option and an auto. I just put mines to auto. Gonna give that a whirl.
With the new update there’s not only 6gpu but also there’s an auto option do you recommend the auto?
Does anyone know what settings need to be changed so games on steam come up completely full screen? The taskbar for every game is showing please help
I’ve got to be honest from the start of this video. It sounded like a hate fest. Rather than a review. You could tell from the first 30 seconds you didn’t like the thing.
I'm curious if Lenovo will eventually ship a variant with more memory, I'm also curious who is going to mod the device for more memory first. Implementations like this is why I kinda wish m.2's F key caught on, the reserved key or a future memory interface, and why I wish the CAMM connector would come soon but also revised to have a better layout to minimize the connector; dual-sided is the way to go, and side 1 can easily be tucked under the module onto the mother PCB itself. Though we'll probably have to wait for a v2 in a year or two for this.
I like the idea of the right controller, but I don't like the implementation, it should be a cohesive controller no matter which mode, not a 'turn the controller 90° and lose most of the functionality' solution. Imagine if the mouse sensor was just on the bottom with no change in grip, where all of the controller functionality was still available, all of the M buttons could also be redistributed into Y buttons where you could instead have three Y buttons per side; if you don't like the idea of six back buttons, the concept of what Razer (and other third parties, Flydigi has done it before, not sure who else has) does with extra shoulder buttons is a nice idea, having buttons on the inside of the shoulders, I just wish someone would find a more proper implementation of them to where they're lateral buttons rather than depressing into the body of the device. it just feels like someone at Lenovo wanted a mouse, so they got the hardware team to slap something together, and that solution becomes a controller OR mouse in one body solution rather than controller AND mouse. And I get it, the molding and aesthetics of the device don't really allow for an AND solution, but I wish they just put a bit more effort into doing it this way so that there wasn't any compromise; this kind of solution could also lead to symmetric controllers which also means a left handed mouse option, or dual mice rather than dual stick and just relegate the sticks to some tertiary function. Again, hopefully a v2 implements this.
Just from the first sentence, I'm pretty sure you could just clip on some new ram by opening it. That's what I did with my old pc to play fortnite.
Didn't smell it after getting it out of the packing, not a true gamer (I'm joking, not a lot of people smell their new devices or games).
My note ultra 23 s pen still smells like Chinese factory after about 6 months with it.
I smelt my case, not very good smelling. Smells like my cheap allibaba products
A fingerprints wipedown before the B roll shots was desperately needed lol. Good vid tho
Do you recommend any good grips for it
The 3D screen saver, where did you get that from, its dope
I'm petitioning our marketing team to officially trademark "the LEG box"
The other day the toggles on my Lenovo legion go flashed red (instead of green) and I remember I was holding it awkwardly and it may have been because of me accidentally holding tje volume and power button(I don’t know) help?!?!😊
Sorry how you change rgb colors to giostick in which settings you go?
I'm hesitating between Windows, Linux or Android device. I would like mainly playing emulated games until Nintendo Switch. There is no device till now that can run the latest zelda totk at 60fps. I'll wait til Snap dragen gen 8 3rd generation will come out and will make my decision. Any advises are welcome
Considering custom mode is currently bugged. It should improve even more once its fixed.
does the steam app work well with the controlls?
So do you think it's better than the Rog Ally?
Hi can you test Sonic Frontiers Steam? I have my Lenovo Legion Go, all my games work except Sonic Frontiers any advice?
how about trying to run the following, hotshot racing, super lucky tales, ori games and sonic transformed racing, then tell me what you think
Can you give us the most optimized configuration for Starfield?
Lenovo has a beta bios update out now that gives you the option for 6gb of vram. I updated mine to that last night, and it definitely helped Forza Motorsport run smoother.
Where do you change the vram bios?
@Peter-iw6bl yeah in the bios. Reboot the lenovo and as its rebooting hold down the volume up button then select the umi buffer option to change the vram. I suggest doing the beta bios update first though so you have access to the 6gb option. Theres a video on RUclips that explains how to do the beta bios update.
I'm curious about the battery life compared to the Steam Deck and other handhelds. I have an Aokzoe A1 Pro and it has OK battery life. At 1280x800, I find that the battery lasts about 30% longer than the Steam Deck. Although the battery is a bit more than 50% bigger than the Deck.
Sucks main reason I returned mine
You’ll need to have it plugged in all the time what’s the point
Don't listen to this guy, it's better than the Ally and on par with the SD if not better.
@j_dun4830
That's cap! I'll give you the SD card reader on the Ally is trash but, few reviewers are saying the GO USB are not reading portable drives. And, software is trash right now. Not having VRR on a low end pc is huge and, sound quality is amazing on the Ally also Ally has higher screen dpi. I would of loved to buy the GO but, right now it's not worth it.
@@mosthated8848 blud is talking about battery and here you are yapping about things that wasn't even the topic😂😂
I have an lcd SD which I love because I don’t know much about computers and settings. Steam os has just been very easy for me even tho some games do require some setting changes to run more smoothly but what I want is to be able to also play my Xbox while the fam occupies the tv most of the time. I do have xbplay which I can play my Xbox but it’s a terrible experience and I’d like something that I can do all. Play steam games, Xbox, PlayStation etc. and what is the main attraction for me on this legion is the big screen. I was debating getting the oled SD but am very torn if I want to venture into gaming laptop, legion go or just get the oled steamdeck. For 700-800 bucks it’s hard to pick the right device. With the legion, is it really a lot of adjusting and tinkering?
I'm on the same page on this can't figure it out myself cause I have the steam oled on my cart already but I go back in forth when I see different reviews it gets kind of frustrating. :/
@@mistersancho755 I got the legion go and I love it. It’s far better than the steam deck. I sold my steamdeck since I got the go because I don’t use it now.
how do you put emulation on and where to get games pls ?
I got mine today, and when I went to the cloud gaming section of the legion software it launched the xbox app, so I luckily didn't have to deal with that weird double input issue. One thing I immediately ran into was the lack of an xbox or similar button. Will have to find out how to bind that somewhere
Im planning to get one too
Hows ur experience with it
Or shall i go for steam deck oled
@@rajvir1989 so far I'm very happy with it. it's a bit heavy, but the kickstand is amazing, so I play a fair bit with the controllers detached.
Screen is amazing, but since I got it I've mostly been running it at 1280x800@60hz to conserve battery. Performance is great, fan is very rarely noticeable. overall it's been very pleasant to use.
That said, the biggest issue with it is easily that it runs windows. I boot straight into big picture mode in steam on it now which helps, but it's still a bit of a pain using the little touch pad or the touch screen and onscreen keyboard to do system stuff
TB5 and I would be sold. then you can have nice gaming on the road, or where even and come home to dock into egpu. I know it might be a little iffy with AMD and TB5 but will have to wait and see. I coudl see these with ThunderBolt 5 becomming more mainstream hopefully end of next year
I'm planning on finding out how a TB3 dock does, I'm expecting it to be pretty usable, but hard to know without trying! There's very little I can see online testing this out specifically on the Go.
Before release i heard it features battery bypass so when plugged in it runs off of ac preserving the battery but asking around i cant find this answer i want to get one and my intended use is long game sessions for travel roadtrips and visiting inlaws i want make sure i dont ruin the battery by keeping it plugged in all the time.
Yes, there is an option in the BIOS to disable the internal battery.
How do you remap the buttons?
The infamous LEG box lol
Im stuck trying to figure out how to get the controller to be recognized in non-steam/xbox games
i believe there s a bios update with 6g vram
hello ! can someone explains me how does RSR works with FSR ? Is it incompatible ? ty
My understanding is that RSR can be left always on and only activates if you lower the display resolution to anything below native (so RSR is always off at native resolution and only activates to upscale a lower resolution to look closer to native but with better performance). If a specific game has FSR, just use that and leave it at native resolution, which should mean RSR automatically stays off / FSR supercedes it. This was my experience on the Steam Deck and Ally.
I'm not entirely sure what happens if you turn on FSR AND lower the display resolution, but in a game that has FSR, I usually would recommend just dropping all the way to ultra performance mode if needed over messing with the display resolution at all, since it will provide a better picture and better performance in most cases.
TLDR: if the game has FSR, use that and leave the resolution at native. If it doesn't but you still need more performance, lower the resolution and RSR will activate automatically if turned on in Legion Space or the AMD software.
It seems cool but its just to experience for what it is i prefer gaming on my 4k Oled, i tried the steam deck but the screen was to small for me to enjoy it much. The legion go has a big screen but it just doesn't do enough for me to drop that amount of money on it. In a few gens of this tech maybe it will perform well enough to be worth it
I'd love one of these but I still think the next best handheld device is still coming and I don't want to rush in and get buyers remorse. The rog ally was the one I've been most interested in but so many cool looking ones keep coming out so I'll wait a bit and see how things go. Loving the large amount of content from UFD recently
They will always keep coming.
Wait until the next generation chips at least. We are so close to perfect handhelds but just not close enough right at this moment. OLED needs to come standard too and with all this competition now, integrated graphics should progress a hell of a lot more.
I mean if you are able to purchase a handheld now (like it's within financial means) then there won't really be buyers remorse. Just resale the handheld you do purchase on some marketplace and the depreciated value for all intents and purposes would match the entertainment use you got out of it. I personally don't think buyers remorse truly exists for a product that has a second hand market. Plus honestly at $800 max (less on sale and for other versions) it's not that heavy of a bullet to bite. Pc gaming gets above 1000 QUICK.
Yeah worth waiting a few months even a year, already have loads of other PC gear.
You’re not immortal, so tomorrow is promised to no one. Time is never our friend, so I suggest to NOT wait.
Watching this vid on my steam deck
waiting happily on steam deck 2 even if it takes 2-3years I dont care. but if Steam makes an official steamOS on different device I might get the legion Go.
is the ram on this device soldred?
RSR turns itself off as soon as I exit that menu. Any advice?
The joystick controls are horribly delayed/ non existing until you move it to a certain point.
So do you have to download games to the device if I want to play ps5 games? And I have to be on WiFi? Like can I play this on the go?
you can play it on the go
What happened to the t's in button?
“How to set up the Go for gaming” proceeds to do an unboxing and full review….cmon now.
If i get something like this for Christmas, im immediately booting it from my revios 10 usb, i hate bloatware.
A new LEG ION.
Whatever you do don't order this product directly from Lenovo they're shipping restrictions are so ridiculous you're never going to receive the package unless you're retired or get lucky.
i did the same mistake😂
@@alper8621 yep tried talking to UPS and they said fuck you talk to Lenovo and Lenovo said fuck you talk to UPS. So day 4 of trying to receive the package crossing my fingers.
Okay, but how do I pull up the keyboard?
I have issues when going on xbox app I downloaded a game and it gives a error message
i was supprised myself with no bloatware apps, lol. micro gotten worse. you can disable secure boot by going to bios. what about linux? can you do a tutorial on it?
It’s good they let use remap to the face buttons but to not allow us to remap to m/kb buttons is a huge oversight that should be addressed
Great one can play all Xbox games one's downloaded and not only via GP cloud.
the d pad is not usable at all. i mean u can use it but it feels like when pressing it , it doesnt feel like u press anything
There's times I'm doubting my input on the d-pad forgetting that my finger is pressing in directions for input response realizing the dpad will seem to stop taking any response to my held in direction. I don't know if it's in my mind or if this an known issue
This is the one... although steam deck has the absolute best control configuration and two track pads
Gonna wait for the rog ally 2 I guess
My opinion is not gonna be super popular here but. I just feel the handheld consoles are at a start, kinda just the beginning of the potential. I think that in the upcoming future, we can expect a few new devices that will not force us to compromise. So far Steamdeck, Rog ally and Legion GO being many compromises.
So today, I just went with the cheapest option - Steamdeck - as an introduction the the handhelds (maybe it is not even for me) and when this perfect device comes (I think it will bw pretty soon), that is when I switch.
I don’t think that is an unpopular opinion. I think that is fact. I cant imagine many people would argue with that take. Of course any of these devices are compromises. I can get laptop for the same price as the Legion go that would shit on it in every way.
You'll keep waiting on something that doesn't exist lol
@@MitchM240except size & portability of course...
@@hokayson6518 Yes, but what scenario do you really need a portable? I just returned my legion go and got a laptop. For $150 more I got an RTX-4060 13700HX and 16GB RAM. Of course everyone’s use case is different, for me I never really leave the house with it so the laptop is fine for me. The legion go is an amazing device I was very impressed with it, If you need the most portable thing you can get it is the way to go.
looks cool but i still love my deck
Can you review a lenovo glasses?
I will if/when I get my hands on them.
Do you think No-VRR is a deal breaker?
nah
battery life?
Mhm I clicked "Start Fresh" and it still downloaded a back-up from several years ago...
The legion go is hideous 😂 but mine will arrive this Thursday 😅
Performanc
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Can i run games from epic store and steam store on this device?
Yes
I thought it was already set up for gaming. Because its sold and advertised as a GAMING HANDHELD
Hey guys I’m stuck on the sign in for Microsoft I can’t seem to make a digital keyboard appear to sign in someone plz help!
Should be an icon that let's you select an on screen keyboard
How do I go full screen
This is annoying
Would i be able to play rust on this
Do you need to have a PC to play on the Lenovo Legion go ?
No it's full on pc, it's not ps portal
Can i put a egpu on it??? Plz answer
yeah if you get a dock
this is global version or official? or wait lenovo legion go 2?
So is it only streaming the games only or can I download the game and play it anywhere I want
Please do more testing on other games. Starfield.
Not playable with the update yet
This is a nice device, but I already have a Steam Deck which I think it's good enough for me.
I hope this is the beginning of all videogame controllers having a mouse wheel.
I've wanted a mouse wheel on the Xbox controller ever since I first saw the thing.
"Hey, it's a console made by Microsoft... Why don't consoles have a mouse wheel?"
This is why you play on an Xbox
That is a pet peeve of mine as well...
Performanc
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How difficult would it have been to make it?
Perfor
mance
Come on now Lenovo.
"Performanc with a lower e" LOL
I know a full review is coming… but for the Ally owners, is this worth the switch?
Yooo
Can you tell us if this machine could replace a laptop?
Depends on what you’re looking for. If you want something even more portable and smaller than a laptop and you use it for gaming a lot then this is good.
It certainly can but a lappy is much more convienient
But is there ram slots if so can we upgrade the ram ?
There's definitely a need for 32 GB of RAM with APUs being able to use up to 8 GB of RAM for iGPU...
Waiting for am official steamos release for this guy and some nice peojects to get the controls all working, should be lovely.
Honestly they did it right by copying valves steamdeck controls then doing just enough yo take the next step. But windows 🤢🤢
Step 2: Take it or send it to a repair shop to give it a 32GB RAM upgrade like some have done to the steam deck. 32GB of RAM would allow you to keep it at 8GB all of the time 🤷
I'm willing to bet it's only a matter of time before someone releases a modded BIOS to allow that.
umm i believe that the system memory and storage memory are separate.
@@marchufnagel9068 indeed they are different things. I'm talking about RAM. People have desoldered the RAM modules in the steam deck and replaced them with larger capacity modules. Replacing a M.2 SSD is ez stuff. Replacing BGA memory requires skill (that I don't have, but would love to do some day)
@@travisholt92 That would take some skill to up the system memory.
@@marchufnagel9068 There are board-level repair shops that can handle that mod, as mentioned.