While Asus ROG Ally X runs the Age of Mythology Retold the best out of all the handhelds I tested so far, Legion Go is a close second with the base ROG Ally handheld.

When playing on Legion Go handheld devices, the following settings are recommended by me if you wish to achieve a balance between performance and visual fidelity:

Best Graphics Settings

  • Display Mode: Borderless
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720
  • Frame Rate Limit: 60 FPS
  • Texture Quality: Low
  • Texture Filter Quality: Low (Bilinear)
  • Terrain Quality: Medium
  • Water Quality: Medium
  • Foliage Quality: Low
  • Shadow Quality: Low
  • Dynamic Reflections: None
  • Ambient Occlusion Quality: Off
  • Effect Quality: Low
  • Building Weather Effects: On
  • Dynamic Lights: Off
  • Enable Height Gradient: Off
  • Anti-Aliasing: None
  • Enable Bloom: Off

Additionally, for UI settings, it’s advisable to toggle off features like Ultra HD AI Assets and Alternative HUD Layout to further improve performance.

Adjust the Font Size to Extra Large if needed for better readability on smaller screens.

Best Preference Options

  • Enable Ultra HD AI Assets: Toggled off
  • Enable Alternative HUD Layout: Toggled off
  • HUD Scale: 100%
  • Full Tooltip Help: Whatever you want
  • Threshold Snap to Unit: 200

Reduce the screen brightness to around 50-60% for better battery timing.