Lenovo launches the Legion Go and aims straight for the handheld PC crown

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Lenovo announced its plans to enter the handheld gaming PC market back in September and two months later, the Legion Go is now finally in Lenovo's stores. Depending on where you live, two models are up for grabs, with both sporting a huge 8.8-inch screen, lots of RAM and storage, plus a decent sized battery.

Just as with some of the handheld PCs already on the market, the Legion Go uses AMD's Z1 Extreme (effectively the same silicon as the Ryzen 7 7840U) APU to handle all CPU and GPU duties. That houses eight Zen 4 CPU cores and 12 RNDA 3 GPU compute units, although Lenovo's UK landing page for the Legion Go suggests that some regions might be offered models using the lower spec Z1 chip.

For US and UK gamers, though, they'll get the full fat chip, with clock speeds up to 5,100MHz. Helping the chip along is 16GB of LPDDR5X-7500, which isn't upgradable, and a base storage capacity of 512GB in the form of a PCIe 4.0 TLC SSD. Shoppers in Britain only have that configuration to purchase, but those in the USA can get a version with 1TB of storage.

None of the above is of particular note, as competition in the form of the Asus ROG Ally and Ayaneo Air 1S also boast the same configuration, give or take a CPU brand name here or there. What Lenovo hopes will make the Legion Go stand out is the screen. All models have an 8.8-inch 2560 x 1600 144Hz IPS panel, which is the biggest one in the handheld crowd. It has a decent output of 500 nits, and while OLEDs offer better colours and response times, you can't criticise the amount of screen you're getting for the money.

And speaking of which, the price tags are pretty decent, but toward the top end of all the handhelds available. In the US, the 512GB model retails at $699.99, with