Designed for both gamers and game developers (as well as power users in general), the upgraded Legion 9i can optionally be packed to the gills with flagship hardware.
Folks, for those who care (like myself), the 18-inch laptop form factor is alive and well. Just ask Lenovo, which is rolling out a beast of a system in its new Legion 9i (18″, 10). Designed for both gamers and game developers (as well as power users in general), the upgraded Legion 9i can optionally be packed to the gills with flagship hardware, but let’s talk about the display before going any further.As we’ve seen in some recent desktop gaming monitors (and some Razer Blade laptops), Lenovo’s going with a dual-mode display on its Legion 9i. What that means in this case is the ability to choose between running the laptop at its native 4K resolution (3480×2400, 16:10 aspect ratio) and a peppy 240Hz refresh rate, or in Full HD 1080p (1920×1200) at a blistering 440Hz refresh rate. Yeah, that’s fast.The dual-mode option is exclusive to the 3D display option. It gets a little complicated because only the 1920×1200 resolution supports the 3D mode, and if you don’t opt for the 3D upgrade, you lose the dual-mode capability—the 2D-only option runs at 4K/240Hz (that’s my interpretation of the spec sheet, anyway).
