The Lenovo Legion Go may very well be getting a smaller sibling if new reviews are to be believed. Lenovo’s competitor to the Steam Deck hasn’t set the world on hearth, however now the corporate seems to be taking a special strategy.
Launched final 12 months, the Lenovo Legion Go includes a Nintendo Swap-like controller setup. The 2 controllers could be eliminated, with the Go propped up like a Swap. It includes a huge 1600p display as nicely, incomes it a spot on our greatest gaming handheld information.
Now, the Legion Go S seems to observe on from earlier rumors within the 12 months. Initially leaked because the Legion Go Lite, we now seem to know extra than simply the display dimension and potential coloration of the gadget. Sadly, it gained’t be the step up anticipated, as Lenovo seems to be seeking to downgrade and make a less expensive various. For now, the AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive APU nonetheless hasn’t seen the sunshine of day.
As an alternative, Lenovo appears set to launch the Legion Go S with a Rembrandt APU, relatively than certainly one of AMD’s Phoenix-based Z1 chips. This AMD chip includes a weaker CPU, utilizing eight Zen3+ cores relatively than Zen4.
It additionally has a weaker GPU, within the type of the Radeon 680M. At the moment, the latest high-end handhelds have latched onto the AMD Radeon 780M by way of the AMD Ryzen Z1 or 7040 chips.
The 680M is predicated on the RDNA 2 GPU structure, relatively than RDNA 3. It isn’t a nasty GPU – this is identical GPU structure utilized by the Steam Deck, but it surely lacks the efficiency enhancements discovered within the newer chips. It is best to nonetheless discover that video games like Forza Horizon 5 – with some tweaking and supersampling – ought to run at 60fps.
All this info stems from an unintended publishing of a BIOS replace on Lenovo’s web site for the unannounced gadget. Dug up by VideoCardz, it seems to disclose a good bit a few new cheaper Lenovo handheld, though the BIOS web site now exhibits an error web page.
Authentic rumors indicated that the Legion Go S (then Lite) may function a smaller display, however newly leaked Legion Go Lite pictures put a cease to these rumors.
There are nonetheless rumors surrounding the true follow-up, the Lenovo Legion Go 2, as AMD is predicted to announce its Z2 chips within the coming weeks. At the moment, solely Asus and Lenovo function the AMD Z1 chips of their handhelds, and we’re anticipating these firms to announce their subsequent handhelds within the weeks following AMD’s announcement.
Within the meantime, try our Lenovo Legon Go evaluation to see what we predict of the present mannequin, particularly as this Lenovo Legion Go deal means it has a discount worth proper now.
