First Impressions: Legion Go after 12 hours of use
So I’ve had the Legion Go for like half a day now, and honestly… it’s pretty dope so far. Games look great on this screen — I’ve been messing around with Cornos, the old Naruto Shippuden games (Ninja Storm 4), Dying Light, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater
Performance though… eh. Not amazing. I bumped the VRAM up to 12 GB thinking I’d squeeze out a few extra frames, but newer games still kinda struggle. Haven’t tried Bazite or the fullscreen Windows tweak yet. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater actually hits high FPS with frame gen on, but it looks weird — kinda janky. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines was smooth in the intro, then started lagging bad.
I’ve been leaving it in Balanced mode since that’s what everyone here recommends, but 30 FPS seems to be the norm for most stuff. Under 30 feels rough, and hitting 60 FPS is rare — though when it happens, man, it’s butter. Even the older Naruto game doesn’t quite hit it but still looks solid.
Build quality? Really good. But coming from a Steam Deck, the Go just feels… jankier. And Windows makes it worse — powerful, yeah, but messy. Feels like a full-on PC trying to act like a handheld instead of the other way around, you know?
Anyway, just curious — how’s performance been for everyone else after day one? Any must-try settings or tweaks I’m missing?
Posted Nov 1, 2025, 8:05 PM UTC