expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Nov 27, 2024
Nov 27, 2024 7:17 PM
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expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Nov 27, 2024
Nov 27, 2024 7:17 PM
512GB Lenovo Legion Go 8.8" Handheld Touch Screen PC Gaming System
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If your primary purpose is on the go gaming, the steam
Deck is better due to battery life and steamos is pretty great. The only real downsides are some game incompatibility, the screen on the deck is good but not great, and the deck has a 1 gen older apu. The deck also cannot be used with an eGPU.
If on the go is secondary then the Go is an upgrade. The battery life is meh for on the go but I primarily dock my Go to an eGPU and sometimes play portable. The Go is more capable as a desktop replacement. It has 2 usb 4 ports and a really nice screen (but no vrr). There also aren't any game incompatibility issues. If I miss Steam os I run Steam in big picture mode on my Go and it's fine.
For under $500 I think the Go is a steal. 🤷 ♂️
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If your primary purpose is on the go gaming, the steam
Deck is better due to battery life and steamos is pretty great. The only real downsides are some game incompatibility, the screen on the deck is good but not great, and the deck has a 1 gen older apu. The deck also cannot be used with an eGPU.
If on the go is secondary then the Go is an upgrade. The battery life is meh for on the go but I primarily dock my Go to an eGPU and sometimes play portable. The Go is more capable as a desktop replacement. It has 2 usb 4 ports and a really nice screen (but no vrr). There also aren't any game incompatibility issues. If I miss Steam os I run Steam in big picture mode on my Go and it's fine.
For under $500 I think the Go is a steal. 🤷 ♂️
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If your primary purpose is on the go gaming, the steam
Deck is better due to battery life and steamos is pretty great. The only real downsides are some game incompatibility, the screen on the deck is good but not great, and the deck has a 1 gen older apu. The deck also cannot be used with an eGPU.
If on the go is secondary then the Go is an upgrade. The battery life is meh for on the go but I primarily dock my Go to an eGPU and sometimes play portable. The Go is more capable as a desktop replacement. It has 2 usb 4 ports and a really nice screen (but no vrr). There also aren't any game incompatibility issues. If I miss Steam os I run Steam in big picture mode on my Go and it's fine.
For under $500 I think the Go is a steal. 🤷 ♂️
The screen size is awesome. But the performance subpar. Tried the same game with the same settings back to back on this and my ROG Ally and the Ally performed better. Also navigating windows was at times laggy. The unit had a faded spot on the screen that was defective so maybe there's more defects with it and that wasnt the standard performance. I have another one I picked up to replace the bad one that I have yet to open.
The placement of the "start" button on the bottom left can get annoying to remember.
There also appears to be some weirdness with the control mappings. In a certain game I was testing running with RT or A and turning right with the stick cancels the run. Turning left does not. My ROG ally does not have this problem. This may be something easily fixable but annoying when it doesn't work out of the box.
Finally, these things have been sitting. My first unit was a 1 TB from Best Buy that said date of manufacture was December 2023. Second unit was a 512 from Amazon which I didn't open but the outer box says date of manufacture was November 2023. Final unit that I intend on using was another 1 TB from Best Buy that finally had a 2024 date. January 2024.
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The key is to target a frame rate that is divisible by the 144hz and lock to that frame rate.
And with 800p being integer scaled to 1600p native screen resolution you can render 800p, integer scale to 1600p and black frame insertion to hit high frame rates.
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