In recent years, there seems to be a plethora of new products in the long-dormant handheld market, such as the Steam Deck game handheld and the ROG Ally handheld, which can be divided into two camps: custom system and Windows system, or you can directly play the adapted games in the Steam library.
The Legion Go gaming handheld is a powerful 8An 8-inch handheld gaming console with Windows 11 and designed for gamersHowever, it is essential for the actual charging test, and in terms of gaming experience, it is not representative of all users, so only some superficial purchase suggestions are provided.
As is customary, look at the packaging first.
The box is in the Rescuer's usual deep black style, with a glossy "LEG" lettering covering the entire panel on the front and "Lenovo" lettering on the right edge.
Take out all the contents of the package, which contains the Rescuer game handheld, detachable controller, power adapter, handle holder, instruction manual, and storage bag.
The Legion Handheld has a screen body, left and right controllers, and a joystick mount for more game modes.
The Rescuer game handheld has an 8The 8-inch PureSight display has 2With a 5K resolution, a 60Hz refresh rate, DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, and 500 nits (typical) brightness, it seems to be on the same page as the Y7000 series of monitors from the Legion family.
The top middle frame of the main body of the handheld screen is the power on/off key from left to right, 35mm headphone jack, SD TF card slot, Type-C port (USB4 spec), and volume up and down buttons. At the same time, you can see 4 large strip heat dissipation vents to create a powerful frost edge M cooling system.
Similarly, the bottom middle frame of the handheld screen is also equipped with a USB Type-C port, which is still USB4 and supports PD 100W charging, 4K120Hz** output, 40Gbps rate transmission, and up to 2TB SD card expansion.
The center frame on the side of the screen body has a sunken snap slot design and has 5 metal contacts inside.
In addition, the side of the screen body has a "concave" slot design, which makes it easy for users to open the built-in backplate support frame.
The backplate support frame can support 120° stepless adjustment, and it has a more comfortable angle when placed.
The second is the left handle, the handle body is fine-grained and frosted, skin-friendly and delicate;The key layouts from top to bottom are Legion L, LB, Left RGB Hall Stick, D-pad, Menu, and View keys.
At the same time, the back has Y1 and Y2 custom buttons, and the back of the handle adopts a non-slip texture to reduce the impact of hand sweat, and the grip is more comfortable with greater depth.
Finally, the right handle, the handle body is fine-grained and frosted, skin-friendly and delicate;The key layouts from top to bottom are LEGION R, RB, ABXY keys, right RGB Hall stick, trackpad, etc.
At the same time, the back has a mouse wheel, M3, Y3 custom buttons, and at the same time, the RB and M1 buttons are one-piece design. In addition, the toggle button at the bottom is the handle release button.
After the Rescuer game handheld controller is installed, as above, you can understand that it is equipped with Windows 11 system after booting, and it is pre-installed with Office family bucket software.
The Savior console's D-pad and shoulder buttons have a crisp key travel feel, the Xbay has a moderate degree of press pressure, the joystick has a more obvious damping feeling, and the trigger key travel is slightly longer, and the overall feel is similar to the new Xbox controller. In addition, the back of the handheld has a large area of air intake, similar to the design of the Legion Y9000 series.
The side of the Legion game handheld has relevant parameter stickers, including Bluetooth device model, input voltage and current, etc.
Finally, call up the configuration parameter information of the Rescuer game handheld, you can see that the processor is AMD, the CPU is AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, the memory size is 16GB, etc., which is undoubtedly one of the high-end machines in the handheld.
The length of the Legion game handheld is about 30cm.
The width of the main body of the handheld screen is about 13074mm。
The Legion Game handheld weighs about 8529g。
In addition, the Legion Game Handheld comes with a 65W charging kit, but it can support PD 100W input in practice.
The matching 65W power adapter is designed with an integrated Type-C cable, and the surface of the fuselage is fine-grained and frosted, with a delicate feel and printed with the words "Lenovo" and "65W".
The relevant parameter information is silk-screened on the fixed pin panel.
Model: ADLX65UDGC2A;
Input: 100-240v 18a，50/60hz；
Output: 5v3a, 9v3a, 15v3a, 20v325a；
Manufacturer: Delta Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. has CCC safety certification, Class VI energy efficiency certification and other marks.
The outer ring of the Type-C port is the signature bright yellow insulation, and the inner pin pin is specially customized.
The length of the integrated charging cable is about 178cm.
The length of the 65W charger is about 5593mm。
The height of the 65w charger is about 5621mm。
The width (thickness) of the 65W charger is about 2838mm, the volume is about 8922cm, based on the power of the charger 65W, the power density is about 073w/cm³。
The weight of the 65 charger is about 1735g。
Test the complete fast charging protocol of the charger, and users can match the output device according to the specific protocol, so as to get a better fast charging experience.
Using the Power-Z KM003C tester, the Type-C line port supports PD30, PPS, QC5 and DCP and other charging protocols.
In terms of PDO packets, the Type-C line has 5V3A, 9V3A, 15V3A, and 20V3There are four sets of fixed voltage ranges of 25A, and two sets of PPS voltage ranges of 5-11V3A and 5-21V3A.
Since it is a game console, it is natural to shoot how well it performs in the game screen.
First of all, in terms of grip, the design of the side buttons does not appear to be too far away and the hand is tired. At the same time, it has a dedicated console for legion space handhelds, which can also be controlled in real time in games, and users can be highly customized to create a quick design that fits their own operating Xi.
The second is that in general use, it simulates the charging scene of the user in daily play, and its charging power is 1996v 2.88a 56.55W, the temperature performance is decent, so the power is reduced due to the influence of the body temperature during gaming.
Secondly, when measuring the performance of the game, in terms of subjective experience, the color delicacy of the picture is at the middle and upper level;In terms of fluency, there are no frame jams or frame drops, so you can play games freely;In terms of battery life, it is paired with 49The large 2Wh battery has about 3 hours of light gaming life.
In addition, the backplate bracket can be adjusted by 120° support, and the screen body can be placed upright when the handle is removed.
Finally, the controller of the handheld has a mouse wheel design, which can be freely switched between merge mode, detached mode, duo mode and FPS modeWhen paired with a joypad mount, it transforms into a "mouse" for a stronger FPS gaming experience.
Next, let's take a look at the charging performance of this Legion Go gaming handheld with the original 65W adapter, after the game handheld is exhausted, put the game handheld and the original 65W adapter into the 25 incubator, turn on the power, and record the data.
After the power is turned on, shake hands with the 20V voltage levelThe charging power is stable at 62W for the first 32 minutesThen the power drops to around 58W and continues to charge until the 42nd minuteThe power then drops in a "curve" until it is fully charged, and it is fully charged in the first hour and 26 minutes.
Drawing a line chart, you can clearly see that with the original 65W adapter, the Legion GO gaming handheld can be charged to 50% in 26 minutesCharge to 80% in 44 minutes;It takes about 1 hour and 26 minutes to fully charge.
Let's see how the Legion Go gaming handheld controls the temperature during charging, the test was carried out in a 25 incubator, and the temperature was shot at 10 minutes, 20 minutes, and 30 minutes.
After 10 minutes of charging, use the thermal imager to shoot the front of the gaming handheld at a maximum temperature of 31.
Use a thermal imager to photograph the back of the gaming handheld at a maximum temperature of 346℃。It can be seen that the maximum temperature is mainly concentrated in the air outlet.
After 20 minutes of charging, use the thermal imager to shoot the front of the gaming handheld at a maximum temperature of 335℃。
After charging for 20 minutes, use a thermal imager to photograph the back of the gaming handheld at a maximum temperature of 389℃。
After 30 minutes of charging, use the thermal imager to shoot the front of the gaming handheld at a maximum temperature of 349℃。
After 30 minutes of charging, use the thermal imager to shoot the back of the gaming handheld at a maximum temperature of 392℃。
Summarizing the temperature data, it can be seen that the overall temperature of the game handheld during the charging process is 275-39.2.
Drawing a histogram, it can be seen that the game handheld continues to heat up for 10-30 minutes during the charging process, of which the 10-20 minute temperature rise is the most obvious, the front temperature rises by about 6, and the back temperature rises by about 43℃。Overall, the Legion GO gaming handheld has excellent temperature control, and the cooling fan will actively cool down when charging, and the main heat can be dissipated.
Legion Go gaming handheld in terms of appearance, 8The 8-inch display screen is actually relatively large, and the picture looks delicate and clear;In terms of personal subjective experience, its grip is still quite good, and the overall e-sports design of the Rescuer product series continues to be excellent, and it has to be said that it is excellent in terms of appearance design.
But at present, although the Legion Go game handheld has excellent performance in key design, handle design and control platform, that is, the game fluency and picture performance are quite good, but as a game handheld, it cannot become a status like Switch in the current market, followed by the Windows system has a lot of game compatibility and device compatibility problems, which still need to be solved urgently.