What games will you be playing? Few games utilise more than 2GB of DDR5 vRAM. There will be benefits going both ways, personally I'd just tone down the render distance.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312438
NewEgg have a bunch of laptops around that price that fit what you're wanting. Some with SSDs, some without. The one I posted isn't the best, but it's pretty good in general.