News Lenovo Legion Go Lite tipped to do battle with the refreshed Asus ROG Ally X

[Admin]

Lenovo Legion Go seems to be getting a smaller sibling.

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[phxrider]

The 780m iGPU can't do 1600p in games natively, but I do it just fine with my Minisforum V3 tablet (8840U) with upscaling, you just run the game at 1080p (or any lower resolution than the native 1600p) and let AMD's RSR scale it up to the monitor resolution. It actually works very well, even when using FSR in the game + RSR (something AMD says not to do). I had to scale it back to 1440p (close enough) for Starfield (set the display res to a 16x9 aspect ratio i.e. 1920x1080, RSR apparently always maintains the same aspect ratio when it upscales), as the "good playability" threshold just happens to hit between 1440p and 1600p, but for Far Cry 6 it has no problem running it very well at 1600p.

 

[Guardians Bane]

The 780m iGPU can't do 1600p in games natively, but I do it just fine with my Minisforum V3 tablet (8840U) with upscaling, you just run the game at 1080p (or any lower resolution than the native 1600p) and let AMD's RSR scale it up to the monitor resolution. It actually works very well, even when using FSR in the game + RSR (something AMD says not to do). I had to scale it back to 1440p (close enough) for Starfield (set the display res to a 16x9 aspect ratio i.e. 1920x1080, RSR apparently always maintains the same aspect ratio when it upscales), as the "good playability" threshold just happens to hit between 1440p and 1600p, but for Far Cry 6 it has no problem running it very well at 1600p.

Hey, I've been looking into the V3. I have been trying to make a choice between the V3 and the Legion Go mainly for the increased screen size. Plus id have a "mini pc" running windows. So I really like the V3 for that. How do you like it? What's it like using it for gaming and everyday tasks? I currently have a Deck and I (and my 47yr old eyes) have to use reading glasses to really enjoy it. Plus Linux isn't my go to OS for general computing.

Have you had any issues? Any interaction with customer service? And over all, do you feel like it was worth the price?

Thanks!

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

The 780m iGPU can't do 1600p in games natively, but I do it just fine with my Minisforum V3 tablet (8840U) with upscaling, you just run the game at 1080p (or any lower resolution than the native 1600p) and let AMD's RSR scale it up to the monitor resolution. It actually works very well, even when using FSR in the game + RSR (something AMD says not to do). I had to scale it back to 1440p (close enough) for Starfield (set the display res to a 16x9 aspect ratio i.e. 1920x1080, RSR apparently always maintains the same aspect ratio when it upscales), as the "good playability" threshold just happens to hit between 1440p and 1600p, but for Far Cry 6 it has no problem running it very well at 1600p.

I mean, resolution scaling is definitely cool (and probably ideal for handhelds), but I still think it's just way more effective across-the-board to use 800p or at most 1080p with these kinds of devices and their current power level relative to AAA releases.

 

[phxrider]

Hey, I've been looking into the V3. I have been trying to make a choice between the V3 and the Legion Go mainly for the increased screen size. Plus id have a "mini pc" running windows. So I really like the V3 for that. How do you like it? What's it like using it for gaming and everyday tasks? I currently have a Deck and I (and my 47yr old eyes) have to use reading glasses to really enjoy it. Plus Linux isn't my go to OS for general computing.

Have you had any issues? Any interaction with customer service? And over all, do you feel like it was worth the price?

Thanks!

I love it so far, it's perfect as a small and super light "real" PC that is also capable of AAA gaming. Just don't mistake it for a gaming laptop, you will be playing AAA games on low graphics settings, all bells and whistles off - but it can play them pretty well at that setting. No interactions with customer service as far as issues, which is good because it means I've had no issues. I also have a UM780XTX mini-PC that I built an Oculink eGPU box for with a 6800XT, I asked support a question about that and they answered it quickly (I wanted to confirm the need to attach and power on Oculink devices with the PC power off, and the answer was yes, you need to do that with the PC power off, as expected). I also needed a 2nd monitor for work in a pinch, and the V3 worked perfectly for that, just plugging in a Thunderbolt cable between the external monitor port and the PC's USB4 port. That's about all I have. Both Minisforum devices are very impressive performance-wise and very stable and quiet.