Lenovo’s new Legion gaming laptops go all in on AMD’s latest Ryzen chips
The Legion 7. | Image: Lenovo Lenovo has a wave of new Legion gaming laptops at CES 2021, with overhauls across its entire lineup that all have three things in common: AMD's latest next-gen Ryzen 5000 processors, Nvidia's next-gen RTX GPUs, and intriguing starting price points.
The flagship of the new 2021 lineup is the Lenovo Legion 7, which upgrades to a taller 16-inch display and a 16:10 aspect ratio for an overall 11 percent increase in screen space compared to the old model. The specs on that panel are no slouch, either: it's a 2560 x 1600 IPS display with a 165Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, 500 nits of brightness, HDR 400 certification with Dolby Vision support, and Nvidia G-Sync - enough to make it a contender for both gaming and creative work.
But it's...