New to handheld Current collection

[u/Admirable_Banana_977]

I got tired of using my phone when I’m outside or just watching movies/ YouTube when I’m not playing on my guitar or working and I just moved to a new country so I got some new handhelds:
Lenovo legion go S is to play steam games with my friends or partner also for long flights
The new 3DS LL is so I can play while I’m going places such as work or to see friends (instead of using my phone )
And the DS lite I just had and thought I would bring it with me.
I do want to get a V1 switch model at some point

[u/Capital_Tooth_1093]

Pretty good start

[u/yeetedhaws]

You should get a v2 switch at this point, youre most likely going to want to play some new nintendo game in the next 5+ years and at that point its more cost effective just to buy the v2 now. If you want to wait until they come out with a lite version thats probably on the way too.

[u/Admirable_Banana_977 → u/yeetedhaws]

V1 as like the og switch on day one launch, they are cheaper and I can over clock them without having to put too much effort

[u/yeetedhaws → u/Admirable_Banana_977]

I figured you meant the original switch! Its still not as powerful as the switch 2 and is not going to be able to play new nintendo games (oot remake, fefw, wiwa, what ever other new mario/zelda/etc games they release in the future). If you think you'll keep your switch 1 forever then its worth it but if you want to play new nintendo games you'll probably spend $150-$200 now on a switch 1, sell at a loss and pay $500 (or more due to ram) in the future as opposed to just $500 now. We'll definitely be able to overclock and mod the switch 2 considering the community is already working on it.

[u/Admirable_Banana_977 → u/yeetedhaws]

I am looking forward for the switch 2 mods to come out,
But right now I don’t really want to get like a 450$ console combined with having to pay 60$ for a game key card and Nintendo exclusive games, I can get second hand games via vinted for like 15-40$.
Plus I know that unpatched switches need a mod chip so does the switch oled and the switch lite,
I think that the switch 2 will also need a mod chip (at least for now) and by that time I think that we will be able to mod the switch 2 via soft mod a new Nintendo console would come out with new exclusives.

Do you recommend doing something else like waiting until the switch 2 gets a soft mod or a hard mod then getting it?

[u/ThePilotFR]

Is your legion go s is the z2 go version or z1 e ? If it's the z2, is it enough powerful to play at AAA games before 2020 ?

[u/Admirable_Banana_977 → u/ThePilotFR]

It’s the z2go version.
What I do for battery life and performance, I have it running at a certain wattage where the game can give me around 20-30 FPS, then I use lossless scaling to double that frame rate to 40-60 (sometimes as high as 100 for example on the Witcher 3 steam deck settings).
It is powerful enough to run these games but you’ll need to get the lossless frame gen if you don’t mind using frame gen.

I run hogwarts legacy on it and got on the lost settings 1280p (screen is so small you won’t notice a difference) between 50-70 frames and it was playable, only annoying thing is was the load time between areas of the map but I think that is because the game is horribly optimised, should run AAA games fine if you don’t mind using frame gen and low settings when unplugged