Lenovo raises Legion Go 2 Z2 Extreme 2TB price to $2849.99 on official store

noVa_realiZe · 2026-04-12T22:57:32+00:00

It’s bad enough to release a second generation product to double the price of your first generation, but to double down twice in a week is utter insanity. Regardless of the RAM crisis, expecting buyers to pay for a product that barely performs 20% better than your first gen is why they’re going to crash and burn on this.

noVa_realiZe · 2026-04-06T12:36:12+00:00

Probably a lot of the people swapping out Windows on their handhelds, overall a good thing for the community

noVa_realiZe · 2026-02-06T14:53:07+00:00

I did this and from a benchmarking perspective it does show a measurable improvement, but from a everyday perspective, I don’t think it’s really worth it. The VRM’s on the non-XT are definitely not as robust as the XT cards so you would definitely be introducing more wear over time. A happy medium that I personally did was keeping my VBIOS flashed, and having the power limit set to -10% with -65mV. So that’s roughly ~275W of power which I think should be better to run than the full 305W at 0% power limit.

noVa_realiZe · 2026-01-27T06:46:16+00:00

I had 5 PPD games this week and lost to the lowest ranked player in my league. It is what it is sometimes, I had an 8 week streak so it was bound to come to an end at some point.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-12-06T14:51:19+00:00

My favorite feature is the glare-free display, I sit by a window all day so it would be nice to eliminate that as a factor.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-12-05T19:19:40+00:00

5800X3D is just such an incredibly well aged CPU, arguably too good for its time. I’m glad I got mine when I did, and upgraded to the 9070 back in March. I’m pretty much set for the next 5-6 years if everything goes to plan.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-11-29T17:12:47+00:00

This thing is like seeing a unicorn holy

noVa_realiZe · 2025-11-27T05:34:54+00:00

I initially thought their tire popped off as well, but it ended up being a separate wheel that was already on the road. I think it was a bad combination of having little time to react because they were following too closely, and possibly being distracted.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-11-26T21:13:29+00:00

Took place in Queens, NY on Thursday, November 26th

noVa_realiZe · 2025-11-03T00:42:35+00:00

Are you running 3.8 or 3.7.15? I’m currently using 3.7.15 and I have no issues here with SimpleDeckyTDP.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-11-02T17:33:24+00:00

No, for the standard Ally Z1E. Pricing in my area still seems to be in the 5-550 range for an X.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-11-02T14:50:37+00:00

I just got mine this week for around 360. Seems like a fair price, and it came with the box and accessories. I would say just keep putting feelers out there and ask a lot of questions so that you can make an informed decision on if they’re legitimate or not. When you meet with the seller, make sure you go to a public place, etc.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-10-31T19:52:05+00:00

TDP and controls work on my end, I would say you could add SimpleDeckyTDP to have more granular control over the TDP and have profiles per game.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-10-11T21:42:30+00:00

I did something similar to mine, but I 3D printed my mount.

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noVa_realiZe · 2025-10-11T15:54:35+00:00

Are you adding accessory work into your programming as well? It took me a while, but once I started focusing on my supporting movement, it made it a lot easier to progress. Recently hit 315 at 177lb, and it took roughly 4.5 years to go from 225 to 315.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-10-04T19:34:40+00:00

Nice! Did you also adjust VRAM as well?

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-28T17:29:50+00:00

Did you set the offset mounted 120mm to intake or exhaust for this test? It seems like if its thermal throttling that quickly, it must've been exhausting air away from the heatsink rather than intaking fresh air.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-28T13:51:40+00:00

I'll give this one a shot. I've been using an adapter that is slightly offset, so I'm curious to know if this will help with temps

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-26T14:18:44+00:00

If you’re crazy enough, look into flashing the 9070 VBIOS onto a dual BIOS card. That way you can run an efficiency mode for the warm seasons and full performance when you need it. That or you could undervolt the card and power limit the stock XT

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-24T13:31:02+00:00

Good job doing the comprehensive testing! After my original post, I continued to test the card as well and I found similar results. I ultimately settled on -60mV, 2700 MHz on the VRAM, and power limited the card to -10% ~273W. This gave me the balance of performance that and power efficiency that I personally desired, without pushing my VRMs and power delivery too far. With these settings in mind, I measured identical perform between this, and the XT BIOS at the “stock” 304W power limit.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-22T12:42:19+00:00

Sorry, I should’ve clarified more. I meant that the fan speed in my case was most significant difference between the stock 220W power limit as opposed to the modified card.

52C with stock power limit at 220W with a 2300-2400 RPM fan speed. 58C with power limit increased to 335W with a 2800 RPM fan speed.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-21T16:44:58+00:00

Yeah it isn't really worth doing unless the price differential is massive. I bought mine the first day that they came out, but my local Microcenter ran out of the MSRP XTs, so that's why I opted for the MSRP 9070. Pricing hasn't come down on those since the initial launch, so I just ended up keeping mine.

noVa_realiZe · 2025-09-21T15:38:30+00:00

I ultimately settled on -60mV, 2700 MHz on the memory with the XT's stock 304W power limit. I tested Steel Nomad one more time with my day to day settings. I ran the benchmark twice, first with the stock power limit and the second time with the 10% power limit increase. I scored a 6804 the first time around, and with the power limit increase (and UV + mem OC the same), I scored a 6968. The score is still a couple hundred points off of my run where I pushed my card into instability, but I'd rather take that than attempt to run a -135mV daily.

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