Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go early final month after a lot hypothesis. The hand held gaming PC is predicted to begin delivery by early November, however pre-orders at the moment are stay from each Finest Purchase and Lenovo.
The Legion Go has an 8.8-inch 2560×1600 show with a 144 Hz refresh price. The hand held is sports activities an AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive, 16 GB of RAM, and both a 512 GB or 1 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD (42 mm). It has two USB4 ports (USB Sort C), a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, WiFi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.2. Powering all the things is a 49.2 Wh battery.
The hallmark function of the hand held is its management scheme. Much like the Nintendo Swap, the Legion Go has two removable controllers with Corridor impact joysticks, the standard D-Pad/ABXY button format, and gyroscopic help. In contrast to the Swap (and most different handheld gaming PCs), the Legion Go’s controllers have three customizable buttons every. The correct controller additionally has a touchpad and may be transformed right into a vertical mouse.
The Legion Go is now up for pre-order from Finest Purchase and Lenovo for $699.99for the 512 GB mannequin. Choosing the 1 TB SSD bumps the value to $749.99. Aside from the storage capability, the 2 fashions are an identical.
The Lenovo Legion Go is a direct competitor to the Asus ROG Ally, which sports activities the identical AMD Z1 Excessive CPU and built-in Radeon 780M GPU. That gadget obtained a rating of 88% in our evaluation and scored excessive factors for its highly effective CPU and strong show. It additionally matches the Legion Go in worth, though there’s a model of the ROG Ally with a regular AMD Z1 CPU for $100 lower than the Z1 Excessive model.
The Legion Go ought to be capable to carefully match the ROG Ally in gaming, which means that it ought to be capable to deal with most trendy titles at 1080p/Low settings, probably hitting 1080p/Medium for much less demanding 3D titles.
You may pre-order the Lenovo Legion Go at Finest Purchase or at Lenovo’s web site.
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