Right after rolling out a metallic Hall-effect keyboard and a 59-gram mouse aimed at flashy esports setups, Lenovo turned around and built something for gamers with a lot less to spend.
The Legion 24-1r looks like it’s made for college students who blew their budget on a gaming PC and now live on instant noodles. It costs just 669 yuan, around $99, and still packs a 23.8-inch IPS panel that runs up to 280Hz.
If you want more screen, Lenovo also sells the 27-inch Legion 27-1r with the same specs underneath, priced at 789 yuan, about $116. For anyone chasing high frame rates on a tight budget, both monitors look like a real deal.
Lenovo Legion 24-1r and 27-1r Gaming Monitor
A 1080p resolution matched with a 280Hz refresh rate fits games like Counter-Strike 2, Valorant, Overwatch 2, and Rainbow Six Siege well. Since 1080p asks less of your graphics card than higher resolutions, you have a better shot at actually hitting those high frame rates the panel is built for.
Lenovo lists a response time as fast as 0.5ms MPRT, and both AMD FreeSync Premium and VESA Adaptive-Sync are on board to keep things smooth when your frame rate jumps around.
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One thing to watch out for: you need DisplayPort to get the full 280Hz. Plug in through either of the two HDMI ports, and you’re capped at 240Hz instead.
Also, turning on MPRT mode shuts off FreeSync and can bring some flickering with it, so you may have to pick between the sharpest motion clarity and smoother variable refresh.
Lenovo Legion 24-1r and 27-1r Compromises
Both monitors will handle slower, cinematic games just fine, but sharp visuals aren’t really the selling point here. Full HD looks reasonably crisp on the 23.8-inch version, though that same resolution starts to look softer once you stretch it across the 27-inch screen.
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You do get HDR10 support, but with only 400 nits of brightness, a 1000:1 contrast ratio, and no DisplayHDR certification, don’t expect much from it. Lenovo didn’t skimp on the practical stuff though. Both stands adjust for height, tilt, swivel, and pivot, and you get 100 x 100mm VESA mounting if you’d rather wall-mount them.
Lenovo hasn’t confirmed a wider release yet. But since both monitors already showed up in the company’s global product specs database, they could land in other markets before long.
