Lenovo has unleashed a slew of gaming hardware at CES 2023, including what it claims is the world’s most powerful 16-inch AI-tuned gaming laptops.
The biggest drawcard in the 2023 range is the debut of the Lenovo LA AI chip, the world’s first dedicated AI chip on a gaming laptop. This chip will feature in the Lenovo Legion Pro 5, 5i, 7, and 7i laptops.
Lenovo AI Engine+, powered by the Lenovo LA AI chip, “deploys a software machine learning algorithm to optimally tune system performance,” according to the company.
“The chip uses software machine learning, deployed through Lenovo Vantage, to help monitor in-game FPS and dynamically adjust for the highest performance output.”
On top of this, Tobii Horizon provides gearless head tracking for an extra level of immersion.
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i and Lenovo Legion Pro 7
The 16-inch Lenovo Legion Pro 7i and Lenovo Legion Pro 7 comes with the latest 13th Gen Intel Core processors or AMD Ryzen 7000 Series processors, and up to the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Laptop GPUs.
Lenovo Legion’s ColdFront 5.0 with Hybrid Thermals help keep the machines running nicely, with an extra-wide Vapor Chamber that covers both CPU and GPU on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Laptop GPUs, or a dedicated CPU vapor chamber with hybrid heat piping for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPUs.
Lenovo PureSight Gaming Display offers a 16:10 WQXGA 2560×1600 display, that supports up to a 240Hz variable refresh rate.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5i and Lenovo Legion Pro 5
The lower-end laptops are certainly nothing to sneeze at, with a 13th Gen Intel Core or AMD Ryzen 7000 Series processor and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU.
Like the Pro 7/7i, both these machines sport a 16-inch Lenovo PureSight Gaming Display, at 16:10 WQXGA with up to 240Hz variable refresh rate, and a Super Rapid Charge Pro 80Whr battery.
Lenovo Legion Tower 7i
Turning to desktop machines, the 34L Lenovo Legion Tower 7i is the pick of the bunch here, with13th Gen Intel Core processors, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPU options, up to 64GB of 5600Mhz DDR5 RAM.
Cooling all that power is a larger VRM heatsink, up to six powerful-but-quiet ARGB fans, 3D patterned airflow-amplifying front bezel, and an optional liquid cooling system that adds a 260W TDP.
It sports easy-access 2x USB-A 3.2 ports, 2x USB-A 2.0 ports, and 2x Audio jacks on its front, and 4x USB-A 3.2 ports, 2x USB-A 2.0 ports, 1 USB-C® (20Gbps) and 1 USB-A 3.2 (10Gbps) port on the back.
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i and Lenovo Legion Tower 5
The 26L Lenovo Legion Tower 5i and Lenovo Legion Tower 5 desktop PCs offer gaming might without the massive pricing.
The Lenovo Legion Tower 5i’ offers13th Gen Intel Core desktop processors coupled with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, while the Lenovo Legion Tower 5 has a AMD Ryzen 7000 series desktop processor paired with either NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series or AMD Radeon RX 7000 series graphics,
Both can be fitted with up to 32GB 5600Mhz DDR5 RAM, and up to 2x 1TB SSD, with a 850W 90% modular PSU.
Lenovo Legion Monitors
Lenovo Legion’s 2023 range also features a 27-inch Lenovo Legion Y27f-30 FHD monitor, and a 27-inch Lenovo Legion Y27qf-30 QHD display.
The QHD monitor has a 2560×1440 display with a 0.5ms response time, and a 240Hz refresh rate overclockable to 250Hz.
The IPS panel boasts 125% sRGB, 95% DCI-P3 colour gamut, 1.07b colour support, 10bit colour depth, Delta E ≦2 colour accuracy, and VESA-certified HDR 400 brightness.
The FHD monitor sports a 1920×1080 display, with a 240Hz refresh rate overclockable to 280Hz, AMD FreeSync Premium and Adaptive Sync support.
The IPS panel gives 113% sRGB, 90.7% DCI-P3 colour gamut, Delta E ≦2 colour accuracy, and VESA certified HDR 400 brightness.
No pricing is available in Australia for any of these products – given they were just announced at CES 2023, this comes as little surprise.
We will update this story with dates and pricing when we receive this information.
