Gaming notebooks over one hundred thousand crowns from manufacturers are top models to brag about. They are designed to attract attention and psychologically reduce the price of lower models so that they do not seem so high to you.
For Lenovo, the Legion 7 Pro model with RTX 4090 (99,990 CZK to 103,990 CZK), but apparently it wasn’t enough, so an even more premium model will come from October Legion 9i.
The main visual attraction will be the carbon display cover. It is not a classic woven carbon, but random slices pressed into a light and strong cover. Each laptop will look a little different. The RGB lighting not only on the front but also on the back is aimed at the appearance, of course there is the glowing Legion inscription on the display lid.
In terms of design, the laptop has significantly revised the cooling of the regular Legions and moves the keyboard a few centimeters to the front edge. The resulting space was occupied by suction from the upper side, which complements the usual lower one. There are three fans inside, and Lenovo says it uses a closed water circuit developed with Coolermaster for cooling, which activates when it exceeds 84°.
Renders by Lenovo illustrating the water cooling of the Legion 9i
In principle, water cooling itself only removes heat from the source to the exchanger. So, in the dimensions of an extremely thin notebook, it may not be more efficient than a vapor chamber. Lenovo’s stylized renderings suggest that an additional water circuit wraps around the graphics chip and transfers heat to the main heat pipes for the processor and graphics.
The Legion 9i impresses with its unconventional carbon cover
As a processor, you can only have a Core i9-13980HX in the Legion 9i. You can choose RTX 4080 or RTX 4090 graphics, of course in a laptop version. The premium category is confirmed by a 16″ display with a resolution of 3200 × 2000 and a miniLED backlight (maximum brightness of 1200 nits, HDR 1000 support, 100% DCI-P3, 165 Hz).
Lenovo Legion 9i
processor
13th Gen Intel Core i9 HX Series
system
Windows 11
graphics
Až NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU 16GB GDDR6 (150W TGP)
memory
Až 2 x 32GB 5600 MHz Dual Channel DDR5
disk
Up to 2TB PCIe SSD Gen 4
display
16” 3.2K (3200 x 2000) 16:10, 165Hz, 100% Adobe/DCl-P3, optional Mini-LED up to 1200 nits, Dolby Vision, NVIDIA G-SYNC, AMD Freesync
battery
Up to 99.99 Wh, Super Rapid Charge (30 min 0-70%, 80 min 0-100% charge)
audio
2 x 2W Harman Super Linear Speaker and Smart Amp With Nahimic Audio
camera
Webcam (1080p) s E-Shutter
keyboard
1,5mm zdvih, per key RGB, 100% Anti-Ghosting, Switchable Set, Legion Spectrum RGB Software Support
connectivity
up to 2 x 2 WiFi 7 + BT 5.1
ports on the left
Audio Combo Jack, SD Card Reader 3.0
ports on the right
USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, eShutter Button
ports at the back
DC-in, USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 Always on, 2x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.1, RJ45
dating
ColdFront Tempest hybrid cooing, Liquid+Air, co-engineered with Cooler Master
dimensions
357.7 x 277 x 18.99mm
mass
from 2.59 kg
color
Carbon Black
materials
Forged Carbon + Recycled Magnesium Alloy
Pricing will see the Legion 9i pick up where the Legion 7 Pro leaves off. The Legion 9i, which we were able to see in Berlin, had a price tag of 4,499 Euros, or roughly 108,000. In full fire, it will easily be tens of thousands more.
Gaming glasses or 3D display for professionals
Along with the laptop, Lenovo also introduced glasses Legion Glasses, now traditional glasses with two built-in displays that connect via USB-C as a regular external monitor with FullHD resolution. The Legion branding suggests it’s aimed more at gamers, but they basically look similar to comparable glasses from other brands. At the first brief touch, the glasses didn’t seem significantly lighter or more ergonomic compared to what TCL has been offering for a long time, but we don’t want to draw conclusions without longer testing.
Legion Glasses for an uninterrupted FullHD image
Another display, which is aimed more at professionals, is ThinkVision 27″ 3D monitor. The Think moniker suggests more corporate targeting, and the demos with rotating 3D models matched that. The monitor uses the already known combination of a lenticular 3D display with eye tracking. All you have to do is sit in front of the monitor and after a few seconds it will adjust the image so that you can see the surround image even without glasses. The monitor itself has a 4K resolution, then FullHD for 3D. The monitor, however, is the only one of the presented novelties to come to the market later, in the spring of next year.
2023-09-05 11:45:03
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