Legion Go changed my mind about handheld gaming

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Sharing my experience of using Legion Go. I have had it for over 2 months now, and during this time I have used it in different places and in different conditions. I've used it as a PC replacement and connected an external video card to it. Here are my thoughts.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:33 My previous experience with a Steam Deck
01:09 Large screen
02:17 Power consumption
02:48 Detachable controllers
03:30 Battery problems and other stuff
04:44 eGPU setup
05:38 Legion software bugs
07:05 16GB !== 16GB
07:50 Connected RTX 4090
08:22 How I used it with eGPU
10:18 My opinion

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@HooktonFonnix 2 ай бұрын

The Go is the only handheld I've used that doesn't hurt my hands when playing for longer than 30 minutes. Perfect for larger hands

@CMDai1 6 күн бұрын

Thank bro, the review I finally understand

@Cornusse 2 ай бұрын

I remember seeing your video about E-GPUs back in the day and what progress you've made! Love to see lil'content creator growing up!

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

Thanks man, I'm glad to hear that

@Hugokrs 3 ай бұрын

Great review, I subbed

@McSmurfy 12 күн бұрын

I almost bought the Go, but then realized that I wanted a handheld console like experience without the hassle. So, I got the Deck Oled and now can play my Steam, PSP and Epic Games on it, plus Remote Play for my PS5 and have my library easily accessible in one spot. I am having fun with Just Cause 3 now and surprised how flawlessly it runs at High graphics with 45fps 90hz, I don't regret taking this over the Go (plus the battery life on Oled is amazing).

@SidneyRJames Ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I have the original Steamdeck and Switch OLED. I may get this too probably next year.

@trysometech52 Ай бұрын

Maybe even second generation of it

@osigang 3 ай бұрын

nice review

@itsdeonlol 2 ай бұрын

W review!

@SheldonMcclain 3 ай бұрын

You really need to adjust your bios settings some of your complaints are invalid.

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

Which settings?

@lammyjammer6670 3 ай бұрын

@@trysometech52You can set the VRAM to Auto in the BIOS and you'll get most of the RAM while on the desktop instead of having a fixed allocation on the iGPU. The OS then manages the iGPU RAM allocation as needed during gameplay. That's probably the best setup for you with an eGPU since you'll have almost the full 16GB at your disposal as system RAM.

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

I believe the default is auto, which is 4gb (as I recall). And it's not great if you have to go into BIOS every time, right? Anyway, now I see that I need 32gb minimum

@lammyjammer6670 3 ай бұрын

@@trysometech52 No. Auto allocates 250mb while out of games. When you run a game, Windows negotiates how much VRAM the game is going to need and decide how much to allocate. Auto is also not the default option because some games hate it and won't work with it on unless you use any disable VRAM check flags to open them with.

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

Then probably I was wrong and 4gb is default. Thanks for the info

@bukhlfan 21 күн бұрын

Great video mate like the setup and u inspired me to buy the legion go and order the th3p4g3 , but i read that the th3p4g3 not plug and play on legion go or handheld devices in general u have to be in windows canary build but i saw with in your video it’s work flawlessly, can u confirm if you run into any issues, any advice can help , thanks in advance

@trysometech52 21 күн бұрын

Hey, thanks mate :) I never had any issues with the th3p4g3. It was hot-swappable with every device I've tested.

@Analog.Digital 16 күн бұрын

Might want to mention the "not-seamless" experience when going from iGPU to eGPU while the game is running. For example, if you're playing Divinity on the go, then get home and hook up to eGPU, a restart of the game is required for applications to detect the eGPU. Some games like Yakuza 6 only have checkpoint saves and will not be ideal with this hybrid docking setup.

@EvManDudePerson 3 ай бұрын

Hi, great video. I'm trying to figure out the optimal eGPU setup with the Legion Go, since 4090 is overkill. What do you think is the sweet spot?

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

Hey, I think something like a 4070 (if you need more VRAM, get the Ti version) so you can use DLSS/FG. But still check out my GPU vs eGPU video if you haven't already.

@irosso125 2 ай бұрын

Use 40XX series. I am almost certain that Frame Generation doesn’t need bandwidth from USB

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

@@irosso125 You are correct, but only for external monitors

@irosso125 2 ай бұрын

@@trysometech52Well... You are the first person I’ve heard of who uses power of eGPU in portable mode 😅

@thisaintjwan 2 ай бұрын

where u get the egpu case brother?❤

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

Added link in the description :)

@aaronhope_ 2 ай бұрын

Yo I need some advice

@Filipengra 3 ай бұрын

ive seen this video on my legion go in the kitchen. after see some Television on it. In a few minutes i will connect to my th3p4g3 with a 3080 to play some AAA games. At work, when i have time, i play with with a GPD G1. I also have a steamdeck that i use. i stream from the legion go connected to the 3080 to the steamdeck in bed to play games. it is a jack of all trades.

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

Wow, that's a lot of handhelds

@Filipengra 3 ай бұрын

@@trysometech52 only two. A second hand steamdeck and a legion go. The gpd G1 is a e-gpu device.

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

Oh you’re right, mixed up that with Win 1

@user-wh4uv2xk3p 2 ай бұрын

Great video but some of the stuff you were talking about like everyday apps, you can go in the bios and configure how much ram the gpu uses. As for editing videos and creating content like music, set a custom tdp or use the performance with os performance set to balanced. You may also want to adjust the fan curve as well. Havent had any issues

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

Yes, of course I tried the performance mode for video editing, and I could change the RAM settings in the BIOS, but it would be odd to change the settings every time you changed tasks. Also, my desktop PC uses about 20-25GB of RAM when editing 4K video, so that would be almost pointless. Still, it's not what a handheld should do, but I had to give it a try :D Glad you liked the video thought :)

@drifter4training 2 ай бұрын

onexplayer x1 is not bad but the MinisForum V3 seems to be a better option despite the price tag since the hardware is soldered and the screen is big..

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

yeah looks interesting, but 14-inch is already a laptop territory

@bobbastian760 2 ай бұрын

GPD winmax 2 2023 is my only computer, very capable, 32Gb ram

@weeyenseng 3 ай бұрын

If you don't mind to play game in lower settings, legion go is fine. Built in Gpu even struggle to run 900p. Reduce resolution from native resolution is not same as lower native resolution. That why the win always with steamdeck. Note:I don't own steam deck but rog ally. Even rog ally cause pain to my wrist

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

I can agree that a 1200p screen would be perfect for Legion Go, but like I said, I played my list of games at native resolution just fine.

@Eevolved32 3 ай бұрын

I can play them at native resolution just fine also

@neneroars5891 2 ай бұрын

I don't mean this in a bad way but this is more a tablet handheld then just a handheld by default.

@skerritv3455 3 ай бұрын

Tenerife ? :D

@trysometech52 3 ай бұрын

It's in Italy, Etna :)

@seppeseppe-jq7nr 2 ай бұрын

fast charge bios setting , jesus ....

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

If it's disabled by default, then Lenovo engineers did it for some reason and turning it on may not be the best idea (probably temps are too high and fast degradation of the battery). If it doesn't have a good reason, then disabling fast charge by default sounds even sillier. I usually don't think about such questions when buying modern devices, because it always works by default. Does that make sense to you?

@romanturchenko8058 2 ай бұрын

0:08 Синяя смерть? 🙂

@trysometech52 2 ай бұрын

Как и полагается уважаемому Windows девайсу)

@user-qw9jj5gf9d 3 ай бұрын

Здорово

@Eskoxo 3 ай бұрын

steam deck i feel like is already gigantic so imo this thing kinda defeats the purpose of being portable just carry small laptop.

@Eskoxo 3 ай бұрын

@@Eevolved32 at what point does handheld become a laptop when its so gigantic only difference is a keyboard.

@oo0Spyder0oo 3 ай бұрын

Kind of what I’ve been thinking while seeing if any of these are what I want. Wouldn’t a laptop with a huge screen and an Xbox controller do more than these devices especially as they have better gpu’s and processors? I get the smaller size for sitting on a plane or other transport but my purpose would be in bed for a game or two. Would the legion go be silly for my purposes?

@Eskoxo 3 ай бұрын

@@oo0Spyder0oo I use steam deck in bed all the time and holding it in hand for more than an hour is eh meh so Legion go would be even worse and what i do on high gpu demand titles is just stream to my deck from my main desktop. If i could redo what i got id probably just trade in my lcd deck into oled one as it works like a console unlike windows devices.

@oo0Spyder0oo 2 ай бұрын

@@Eskoxounfortunately the steam deck isn’t available here or I would have got one a few days ago when I started looking into these. Valve are missing a large market. I would have preferred oled on this Legion as my Nintendo switch is oled and it’s a huge difference to the lcd version.

@Eskoxo 2 ай бұрын

@@oo0Spyder0oo oh id prob go with rog ally then as it's smaller

@TheSpiritedFendron 3 ай бұрын

scuffed Deck

@a.n.3284 16 күн бұрын

I absolutely hate this device. A large and relative heavy brick connected with 2 cheap hollow controllers. It feels awfull. It's riddled with bugs and Lenovo is very slow with updates. Maybe they already given up on this device. I'll never buy another handheld from Lenovo again.