Lenovo is entering the Windows portable gaming space with its own competitor: Legion Go. This powerful gaming system features an 8.8-inch LCD with QHD+ (1,600 x 2,560 px) resolution and a 144 Hz refresh rate The touchscreen panel offers 16:10 aspect ratio and brightness up to 500 nits and supports variable resolutions from 1600p up to 800p and can reduce the refresh rate to 60Hz for better power management.
Lenovo Legion Go
Lenovo took inspiration from the Nintendo Switch and equipped the Legion Go with detachable controllers called Legion TrueStrike and a kickstand. The controllers feature Hall-effect joysticks and a myriad of buttons including a touchpad, 10 remappable shoulder triggers, and a scroll wheel.
Lenovo went a step further and added a controller base module that attaches to the right controller via magnets and allows you to prop up the controller and use it like a mouse. The right controller has an optical sensor on the bottom just like a real mouse.
Legion Go Controller Base Module
Lenovo has chosen AMD’s Ryzen Z1 series chipsets and you can configure up to a Z1 Extreme. The GPU side is covered by RDNA 3 graphics. Legion Go is configurable with up to a 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD and also includes a microSD card slot that supports up to 2TB of additional storage. All models come with 16GB LPDDR5x RAM at 7,500MHz.
Cooling is handled by a dedicated thermal cooling system consisting of a liquid polymer blade fan that reaches a maximum of 25 dB while maintaining 25 W of total graphics power (TGP) in custom mode. In terms of I/O, you get two USB-Type C ports (USB 4.0, DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 3.0), a microSD slot, and a 3.5mm audio jack. Legion Go also boasts Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity.
The software side is covered by Windows 11 Home with a special overlay called Legion Space. This is where all your games and launchers live, and Lenovo also offers a free three-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription with every Legion Go handheld.
Legion Go is equipped with a 49.2 Wh two-cell battery that supports fast charging promising a 0 to 70% charge in 30 minutes. Legion Go also supports power bypass mode while gaming while connected to power, which helps conserve battery. Lenovo ships it with a 65W PD charger.
Lenovo Legion Go will start at $699/€799 for the base model and will be available from November.
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