Do this FIRST for MAXIMUM Performance | Lenovo Legion Go Initial Setup

[@RPGHaviq]

00:08 Update your graphics drivers and install all the updates. 00:31 Update Legion Go drivers 00:50 Update AMD Drivers 01:26 Update AMD Drivers instructions 02:08 Upgrade your VRAM 02:55 Download BIOS for flashback 04:07 Instructions on BIOS setup 05:04 Disable memory integrity and virtual machine platform 06:27 Use joystick for mouse and buttons for clicks 07:40 Turn on RSR 08:08 Other Customization

[@V3ntilator]

If you add "00:00 - " in the first line in video description, they will all automaticall show up as chapters in the video. First line always have to be 00:00.

[@RPGHaviq]

@V3ntilator Wow thanks a lot, I had no idea. I’ll try it out for the next video. I always go in and manually add the time stamps.

[@V3ntilator]

@@RPGHaviq Your welcome. You still have to make the time stamp list for chapters to be enabled, but first line must be 00:00 to enable chapters. 0:00 or 00:01 won't work. :)

[@merica7139]

Can we not update bios and gpu graphics through the legion space app.

[@lyndonirvine3531]

Awesome video bro. Really appreciate the time you took to do this. It was extremely helpful. Just got my LeGo and this was not just helpful but necessary. Thanks again

[@COREcasual]

Omg thank you! My performance has gotten so much better! I kept thinking this thing was a ripoff but these fans run great now

[@RPGHaviq]

Glad to hear it!

[@ericarredondo9804]

Keep me updated with any new updates this was so helpful

[@sivanyc]

Just got my legion and this is very helpful! Please do more of these types of videos. subscribed!

[@RPGHaviq]

Thank you!

[@baldsealion]

Great video! Just fyi you don’t need to install the bios from the website right now, it’s the same version right now as the initial stock image. There is a beta bios through unofficial sources right now however(this will give you a 6GB option for VRAM)

[@RPGHaviq]

Thanks! I saw that beta bios. I was a little hesitant to install it but then I decided to go ahead and get it. Will try out some games with 6 gb of vram and see how they run. Currently working with 4 gb vram. By the way: I'm a fan of your videos!

[@baldsealion]

@@RPGHaviq glad to hear it! Your video just popped up on my feed so I guess I’m a fan of yours now too haha. I’ve been using the beta bios for a couple days now so far no issues and seems that way for the rest of the community

[@leepurdy9069]

​@@RPGHaviqhow is that BIOS running? I've been hesitant to install it myself. Just wish I could get fps gauge to work again. Have reinstalled everything a few times to try and get it going again. Was working, just glitchy, and then suddenly stopped after a couple of days on the new software. Now won't work at all.

[@Dx-so7jm]

The bios on the site for Oct 8th has a different number than the stock , are you saying they are still the same ?

[@ramrivers2746]

Just started watching your videos. How do you not have more subscribers??!! Amazing work!

[@richieb9675]

Great video ! Thanks allot man 👌 joystick and mouse for clicks is a golden tip. Also disabling memory integrity and platform 👍 Im very very happy now with my new LeGo

[@leepurdy9069]

Something else I found out today, from personal use and it kind of makes sense (sorta), my Anker battery packs will not even attempt to charge my GO. They will charge the Steam Deck, the Ally, and the OneXFly. I have to use my Halo battery pack, which I have in my car in case I need to jump start it or pump up a tire or something (I travel A LOT and you never know with rental). So, I have to use a battery capable of jump starting a car to charge this bad boy and it HAS to be charged using the AC outlet on it, the USB ports will not do it either. I would have thought it would be able to. I know it wouldn't be as fast or as powerful as the wall charger, but the fact it can not do anything was surprising. So, if you are planning to travel with the Go and are going to use a battery pack, make sure you have one with an AC outlet on it. The Halo series is great and you can get one without the air pump and is basically the same surface area size as like an Anker battery pack that we would use for most other mobile devices. Just wanted to give you all a heads up, for anyone that hasn't tried a battery pack yet. If you have been able to charge from a usb port battery pack, let me know, as I would like to know what battery pack you have. Sorry for the long post.

[@Mikehud1984]

I believe getting the driver from AMD is not the right way as the Legion Go site has the custom drivers from AMD but optimized for the GO. The AMD site even says to get the drivers from the OEM because of this exact reason. Just an fyi.

[@chrisl5146]

Agree with you

[@RPGHaviq]

This was when the device first launched. They’re coming out with being able to get all the downloads from one space rather than use multiple apps.

[@Gamooma]

Thank you for the great video!

[@christianaquino5230]

Thanks this actually made my legion go faster. BTW no need to turn off virtual machine

[@lgtexas2013]

hi very easy steps to follow but can you elaborate what turning off the memory integrity and Virtual machine does? if you could elaborate more for us noobs what your steps does to our machine that be awesome instead of feeling like im following steps and have no idea what im disabling lol this is one of the best videos ive seen bro, you def deserve more followers!! also since this video i am now able to do 6gb, should i leave it at 4gb or go with 6gb on the vram? thanks

[@RPGHaviq]

Thank you! I think it's best to leave it at 6 gb, my games run pretty smooth with that setting. I believe you can now change it directly from the settings without having to go into the bios for it. Here is a page directly from Microsoft which explains nit. You can always toggle it on/off for performance gains. . This explains it directly from Microsoft. support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/options-to-optimize-gaming-performance-in-windows-11-a255f612-2949-4373-a566-ff6f3f474613#:~:text=Select%20Start%20%2C%20enter%20%27Core%20Isolation,need%20to%20restart%20your%20device

[@lgtexas2013]

@@RPGHaviq awesome thanks, also would you recommend 100w chargers over the standard 65w? Do u know if 100w makes your system run hotter? I saw a video of someone saying how the 100w can also give you more fps on some games. I was thinking of getting a 100w but I also don't wanna ruin my battery life as well.

[@RPGHaviq]

@@lgtexas2013 Ive been using the standard 65w charger. If you use the 100w you are able to use maximum performance on the legion go from what ive read. But I havent tested it out personally. It will have an affect on the battery but its too early to say what that will be since the device is so new. Really depends on if you keep it plugged in all the time versus charging it to zero vs using battery savings mode, etc etc. Too many factors. But I would just say that when I get a new device im not really concerned about the battery, I just want to optimize it to get the most performance out of it.

[@ericdavisjr1314]

This video stopped me from returning my Lenovo Legion Go. It is super fast now! Thank you so much. I was wondering if anyone knew how to resolve the issue with the FPS not calculating during games? Mine continues to say “0”.

[@RPGHaviq]

Glad to help. Unfortunately it’s still a bug for some users. Hopefully the next bios will iron out these issues.

[@ericdavisjr1314]

You’re awesome, I literally stayed up all night gaming because of how much my performance improved. I figured that was the case, do you know if the BIOS update will get pushed to the device automatically or will we just have to continue to check on the legion go life or Lenovo website?

[@RPGHaviq]

I think for now you have to check. You can look at my latest update video on the legion go in regards to the beta bios. They talk about a lot of things they’re planning on doing including have one space for updating the device rather than 3 different applications to check for updates.

[@ericdavisjr1314]

@@RPGHaviq awesome I’ll definitely check out your video. You definitely just gained a new sub!

[@RedIgauna]

This made amongst many other things made me return my legion go and appreciate my ROG ally more...the sound system and user friendly UI is worlds apart

[@RPGHaviq]

I agree that ROG Ally is more user friendly, especially the button placement, but I would say the software wasn't perfect when it first launched. I would give this device some time to get some updates based on community feedback before I decide to return it. Sound system is worlds better than LeGo, cant deny that fact.

[@Zanbatoss]

Ally on launch wasn't looking so hot either, let lenovo cook a little bit more

[@BigZesusTekken]

ROG Ally had troubles at launch too. Don't forget. But different strokes for different folks anyways. None of the options are bad

[@conner_productions]

the ally software was absolutely horrendous when it first launched. You have to be able to look past stuff like that if you wanna be an early adopter. Lenovo will fix that and it'll be way better than the ally.

[@dinosaurmonkey666]

​@@RPGHaviqLeGo speakers suck

[@SangarJaff]

Hi bro Thank you for all your explain 💐

[@kocho5612]

Amazing work!

[@RPGHaviq]

Thank you!

[@soiltek2015]

Heyo King! I’m digging Mario RPG too.

[@trigun2555]

Amazing tutorial Thank you so much!!

[@trigun2555]

I also not able to use my controllers as and xbox controller option anymore on the Legion space app,how can I fix that?

[@RPGHaviq]

@@trigun2555there’s a new update that just came out so idk if that’s what’s causing it to bug out. I would try installing all the updates and then restart your device and see if it pops up again in controller layout.

[@trigun2555]

I already fixed the problem,i was using the right controller as a mouse and forgot to turn off the sensor on the button lol kind of dumb 😂Thanks for the help anyway!!

[@adnanbasim169]

i will try this today big thank

[@jordonhair9717]

Just got a new sub & like for this thanks bro

[@leepurdy9069]

You should know that if you use RSR and FSR together, it can greatly degrade the image quality. RSR is only meant to be used in games where FSR is not an option. I would leave RSR off until you play a game that does not have FSR. Radeon suggests the same thing and they say to use FSR whenever possible instead.

[@RPGHaviq]

You’re right. Except RSR won’t be active if a game has FSR already turned on in the settings. I’ve tried it on a few games and it doesn’t have both running. So it’s ok to leave it on.

[@leepurdy9069]

@@RPGHaviq I know it won't actually run, but AMD themselves has said to turn it off, because it can cause performance issues. You may be fine in the games your playing, but someone else may not or you may be getting decent performance, but if you turn RSR off you might get even better. If you read the AMD info, they found in their tests that there has been issues.

[@RPGHaviq]

Interesting. I haven’t read that from AMD. Would you mind sharing the source material so I can read up on it.

[@cthepimp23]

it dose explain It self once you trun on RSR. But it will lock your screen to 1280 x 800 because RSR is on but if the game have FSR it will Deactivate itself an let the FSR run. Which is cool in my books.😅

[@RPGHaviq]

I dont think it locks your screen to that resolution, but it will be "active" if you lower the games resolution.

[@Death-Flower]

Thank you!

[@pawikbugis6479]

Hey guys maybe you know... i update everything and forza 4, 5 etc not working.. is loading and back to pulpit... i dont know what happend😢

[@Monztuh]

I wish you would explain what the changes do. I think I'll hold off on some of the tweaks just got mine in

[@Eevolved35]

Turning on RSR is not as simple as flicking the switch in legion space

[@Womens_Division]

I need help on getting the legion go to recognize that I have an SD card..

[@RPGHaviq]

If you have your Legion set up to go to "sleep" that might be a cause. Using hibernate fixes this. I believe the reader isn't fully going to sleep or waking back up correctly when you turn it on/off. Check your formatting to see if the micro SD is NTFS and not exFAT. You can also try another micro SD to check if the one you have is messed up. If your card work on other devices then your legion go card reader might be faulty.

[@Whatthefuck198]

Can anyone tell me why my legion go screen stays on after being connected with cabel to the tv , I thought it turns off or do I have to change some settings 🤔 can't be right both screens are running

[@RPGHaviq]

Go under settings > system > display > and then you will see if it says "duplicate display". You can click "show only on 2" and it will shut off the legion go screen. Otherwise both screens will stay on.

[@ianmurphy6824]

As mentioned above you go to the display settings. This is basically a pc, which would do the same

[@kennethmcculloch7339]

AMD driver doesn't work for me Just keeps saying "oops cant detect anything AMD in your system"

[@RPGHaviq]

pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/legion-series/legion-go-8apu1/downloads/ds565497-amd-graphics-driver-for-windows-11-64-bit-legion-go-8apu1 These should be the latest drivers straight from Lenovos website. Try removing all the old drivers you installed and then use these.

[@retroman1215]

When I download that same amd driver and try to install it is says.. Error 182 And software installer detected amd graphics hardware in your system configuration that is not supported. I re-download the driver again to try same results...can I use a different numbered then the 7840U..😊

[@RPGHaviq]

Try uninstalling the drivers, then uninstall AMD Adrenalin. and then reinstall both the latest drivers and AMD adrenaline. Make sure you restart. It should be working

[@retroman1215]

@@RPGHaviq okay will try that and see what happens.. Thanks. 👍

[@retroman1215]

Tried everything I installing driver the amd ones and even went to device manager and uninstalled the graphics driver and screen toted to portrait install a amd drive and got it back to landscape.. Went to lenovo and got drivers..but when I try that and adreno and it comes up with the same 182 error.. Something is not right.. 😏

[@RPGHaviq]

@@retroman1215 Ah, sorry man, thats a bummer. Maybe just wait for the new drivers. Should be coming soon.

[@RPGHaviq]

@@retroman1215 Ok, I read up on it some. Try these steps but tailer them to whats also posted in the video for the proper drivers. Also, DO NOT do automatic updates for anything, do them all manually. Last shot, if this doesn't work then I'm stumped. Step 1 - Delete everything inside the AMD folder in C drive. Download the newest version of the Radeon Software for your specific GPU You can do this by going to the AMD Support page, choosing your GPU and downloading your preferred driver version Step 2 - Install it like you usually would, and let it fail. What we actually want are the folders that will be created in C:\AMD Step 3 - Open Device-Manager. Look for a GPU Adapter called " Windows Basic Display Driver" or something along those lines. Right-Click and choose "Update Drivers". Choose "Look for Drivers on my Computer" and point it towards "C:\AMD\\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF" Click on next and it should install the drivers for your specific GPU. After that, restart. Step 4 - Once you are back in windows, go to "C:\AMD\\Packages\Drivers\Display\WT6A_INF\B355483" (This folder´s name is propably going to change with different software versions, so keep that in mind) In there, you should find a "ccc2_install.exe". Run it, and you should now be able to install the Adrenalin Software

[@frankesposito1350]

What’s the reason for disabling core isolation and the virtual machine platform? Since it makes us more vulnerable to malicious code

[@RPGHaviq]

If you’re only using it for gaming then it shouldn’t be an issue. If you plan on downloading some things from questionable sources then yes that will be a problem. You can always toggle it on/off for performance gains. This explains it directly from Microsoft. support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/options-to-optimize-gaming-performance-in-windows-11-a255f612-2949-4373-a566-ff6f3f474613#:~:text=Select%20Start%20%2C%20enter%20%27Core%20Isolation,need%20to%20restart%20your%20device

[@Tom--Ace]

Frankly I'd much rather just disable the legion button going to the legion store and have steam big picture pop up instead

[@RPGHaviq]

Love big picture mode

[@VenomusDragon-gx8xt]

5:25 I don't have this on mine

[@bammagalamour]

Anyone able to help me get my keyboard to pop up when trying to type in game ? Fallout 4 and Skyrim for example, I’m trying to search mods but the keyboard doesn’t pop up when I search … 😩

[@RPGHaviq]

Did you try the legion go shortcut to bring up the keyboard?

[@THECHARG]

I don’t mean to sound ignorant but what did the ending steps do exactly turning off the virtual and core memory integrity? Also a side note everytime I try to get my email verified by windows so I can use the App Store and finally redeem my Xbox game pass I never get the verification email ever no matter how I try so I can’t get into it what should I do?

[@RPGHaviq]

Try to do it on a desktop rather than on the Legion Go instead. I think this page will explain what youre asking as far as the optimization goes for gaming; support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/options-to-optimize-gaming-performance-in-windows-11-a255f612-2949-4373-a566-ff6f3f474613#:~:text=Select%20Start%20%2C%20enter%20%27Core%20Isolation,need%20to%20restart%20your%20device.

[@poturbowany2000]

Hello. Ive got big problem with amd software adrenaline edition, error code 182, cant download it.

[@poturbowany2000]

Edit: also 100% ram usage in game on low settings (diablo 4 or fifa 23), game droping fps after 5 sec, its not smooth. + when i check show fps it always showing 0 in game. Plz help

[@RPGHaviq]

Completely remove all the AMD software and then start over. The fps counter is broken for some people. The stuff in the video fixed it for some. Also create a restore point just in case.

[@poturbowany2000]

Still not working, probably ill do return to store… and other idea?

[@RPGHaviq]

@@poturbowany2000 Maybe get another device. I had that code initially but I did what I put in the video and it resolved it for me. I'm not sure what else could be the issue if you have done everything in the video.

[@abaidsajjad]

if i change controls on steam app will it effect other games like on xbox cloud or epic. as i want to setup for valorant riot gaming as theres none existant as of yet or tips on ho to set up so i can use legion controls to play valorant.

[@RPGHaviq]

Hi, so you can set different controller inputs in steam depending on what you want to use. I would test the settings and see which controller input works best for you. Then when you start valorant you can select whichever input you want. And when you’re done playing you can switch back to the normal controls. The controls shouldn’t mess with epic or gamepass if you switch them. You can also connect a Bluetooth controller.

[@blainecheese]

Still necessary now? 3/06/24?

[@RPGHaviq]

Yep, you can still do it but you don’t have to download the drivers from my links. They should all be available through legion space and AMD. And don’t do the bios part from the video. It’s easier to do it now. You can watch my other legion videos to get up to date on things.

[@ExoVert1]

With RSR on do i leave screen resolution at 1600 and set game to 800?

[@RPGHaviq]

Yes, you can try that. The way to know if it’s working is if you switch to armory crate then RSR will have a green check next to it.

[@ExoVert1]

@@RPGHaviq I can't seem to get rsr to work. My games automatically change the resolution back to my in game res. What do you think about integer scaling?

[@RPGHaviq]

@@ExoVert1 change the in game res as well as the desktop res. See if that changes anything. 800p should kick RSR to come on unless the game has FSR active.

[@kuffor1989]

Is this still relevant today ?

[@RPGHaviq]

Yeah, you can still follow along. The only thing I would leave out are downloading the different drivers from the website directly and the BIOS flashback part. Everything should be available from the normal updates from the device. I believe the vram can also be adjusted directly since they have included 6gb as an option now.

[@TheDUBmaster2.0]

how do I enter the bios on legion go?

[@RPGHaviq]

Power it off. Then hold the power button and the volume up button at the same time. That should bring you into the bios setting.

[@user-pd7ch5de8j]

Why lenovo didnt do that? What a joke

[@atechcheck]

Wrong! You will never update Legion Go AMD Drivers like that! They will report incompatible version. Only way is to DDU old one thru safe mode and then start install and after error just go to device mng. and then update manually by navigating to AMD folder on your C: and from there it will install why would you post something like this LOL when you know people will not be able to follow and achieve this?

[@dadough5508]

10:12pm EST, going through these steps with my new Lego.....AMD adrenaline worked fine for updating the CPU driver

[@Womens_Division]

Dude.. Why did you not tell anyone that you have to pay for this crap.. 😂😂yes you have to pay for this because I tried a few hours ago and they tried to charge me.

[@RPGHaviq]

Pay for what exactly? It's all free.