How To Setup The Lenovo Legion Go For Gaming

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

Presenter: Brett Sticklemonster
Writer: Brett Sticklemonster
Videographer: Brett Sticklemonster
Editor: Catlin Stevenson & Brett Sticklemonster
Thumbnail Designer: Michael Pellow

[vector]

FYI: There's already an official BIOS update that lets you choose 6GB of VRAM.

[ibapreppie]

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.

[jetli]

Thanks for the indepth review hope to see more for the Go

[Justin-dppg]

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.

[joshuamoreno]

This was awesome, helpful and quick! My favorite!

[JamesSato]

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!!!

[GameTechPlanet]

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

[gabrielcayton]

Great walkthrough. Thks.

Bet that you'll have to do this walkthrough again after the dozen or so software fixes. Lol.

[vladimirgrishin]

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

[KanHazKat]

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.

[johnpaper]

thank you for that professional explanation.

[rollinagt]

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.

[punkmanmatthew]

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.

[anthonynicoll]

I’m new to hand helds and computers. How do I download games overnight without it shutting off? Should I be downloading games overnight? What are the best settings? I really just want it to be like PlayStations rest mode

[MuffinTheCat]

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.

[DeNNiiiable]

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

[jpap]

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?

[nestorjb]

Can you give us the most optimized configuration for Starfield?

[zodiaccurse]

Hi, where did you get the animated wallpaper?

[JARVISdotEXE]

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.