Lenovo Goes Big on Handheld Gaming at CES 2025

Lenovo’s Legion gaming line has something for everyone at CES this year, from the expected updates to its tried-and-true gaming laptops to platform-bending innovations in AR glasses and portable PC gaming hardware. You’ll see these new products make their way to store shelves between now and June of this year, with prices and specs spanning the range from top-of-the-line to more budget-friendly choices. 

Gaming Laptops

Lenovo’s long-standing Legion gaming laptops enter their 10th generation this year, with 6 core models. The flagship Legion Pro 7i will be the first one out when it launches in March with a new, vapor-cooled thermal displacement design to support Intel’s Core Ultra 9 275HX and Nvidia GeForce 5090 RTX chips in the top configurations. It also features a 16-inch WQXGA OLED display at up to 240Hz refresh rates and sub-.5ms response time to ensure you don’t miss a frame. 

For the rest of the new Legion Pro and Legion laptops, you’ll find choices for the latest generation Intel and AMD CPUs, Nvidia 5000-series GPUs, and 16-inch or 15.3-inch OLED screens. Among other features, the Legion Pro models include per-key RGB lighting customization software, and across all of Lenovo’s new laptops, you can play around with the Lenovo AI Engine+ software to balance CPU and GPU wattage to optimize performance on the fly.

Starting prices for the Legion Pro line start at a suggested $2,399 for the Legion Pro 7i, with a $1,499 Legion Pro 5i coming in March and a $1,399 Legion Pro 5 in June. For the standard Legion line, the Legion 5i and Legion 5 launch in May with the Legion 7i following in June. 

Gaming Handhelds

On the even-more-portable front, Lenovo has two new additions to last year’s Legion Go handheld line. The Windows-based Legion Go S hits the market in January starting at $729, with a Steam OS-based version landing in May. The latter is significant given that it will be the first PC gaming handheld built on the Steam OS from someone other than Valve itself. 

The designs for both new models depart from the previous version in two major ways. The controllers are now integrated into the unit, so you can no longer detach them like you might with a Nintendo Switch. To preserve battery life and make the entire thing more portabler and ergonomic, Lenovo has also dropped the screen size slightly, going to an 8-inch screen 1,920 x 1,200 resolution IPS display, down from 8.8 inches at 2,560x1,600 pixels. 

Both Legion Go S models will offer either an AMD Ryzen Z2 Go or Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU, AMD Radeon 700M series GPUs and up to 32GB of memory. 

For those of you committed to the larger screen and removable controllers of the original Legion Go, don’t fret. Lenovo also showed off a prototype Legion Go Gen 2 device, with an 8.8-inch OLED display and an option for an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, but there are no release details for that Windows-based model yet.

Gaming Monitors

If you’re shopping for a new gaming monitor this year, Lenovo has two enticing new 34-inch curved display options. The OLED Legion Pro 34WD-10 will sell for around $999 when it launches in March, and the Legion R34w-30 with a VA panel will go for $349 starting in January. 

In addition to the display specs for Legion Pro model (3,440x1,440 resolution, 800R curvature, 240Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time), extra features abound. The base of the display is particularly useful thanks to a 140 watt USB-C connection that can charge and connect other devices. Lenovo also includes virtual monitor software and built-in KVM switch capabilities, among other perks.

The Legion R34w-30 is more modest than the Legion Pro model. Highlights include 3,440x1,440 screen resolution, HDR10 support, 1500R curvature ratings and 180Hz refresh rate.

Gaming Desktops and budget gaming

Three new Legion desktops debuted at this year’s CES. The Legion Tower 7i comes in a 34-liter case, an Intel 275HX CPU and up to a GeForce RTX 4080 Super graphics card, starting at $3,299 when it launches in April. The Legion 5i and Legion 5 Towers come with 30-liter cases, which means dialing down the graphics card to a RTX 4060 model, but these are still strong gaming PCs for the price given their CPUs. The 5i Tower will have the same Intel 275HX chip when it launches for $1,199 in May. Pricing and launch timing are still TBD on the Legion 5 Tower, but that AMD-based model will support up to a Ryzen 9 7950X3D chip.

Lenovo will also continue updating its LOQ line of affordable gaming laptops and desktops in 2025. Pricing and availability timing are still up in the air, but you can expect to see four new LOQ laptops, three 15-inch models and a new 17-inch model this year, as well as a new LOQ gaming desktop, all powered by various combinations of Intel and AMD CPUs and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU.

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