nothing_is_true

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Hi, I haven't been gaming for years now and I want to catch up with the gaming community to do this i need a system. I cannot go for PC, even though it is the best option, I have to move out of my country and I want to take which ever system that I buy with me so please help me out. The things I care about while gaming is the graphics, it means world to me. My budget is $1200. I guess my options are PlayStation or laptop I will mostly be playing old games that came before 2014 and if possible also new games but this not my priority if I go with PlayStation 4 with this new PlayStation Now coming will this have all the old games and will it be worth it and if I go with PlayStation 3 will the graphics be good or should I go with laptops? My current list of laptops are as follows:
1)Toshiba Qosmio X70-ABT3G22 with:
Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz) with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Windows 8.1
8GB DDR3L 1600MHz (4GB + 4GB)
750GB HDD (5400rpm, Serial ATA)
3GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770M w/NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology
Premium Frameless LED Backlit Raised Tile Keyboard with 10-Keypad (black)
17.3" FHD TruBrite® LED Backlit Display (1920 x 1080)
Wi-Fi® Wireless networking (802.11b/g/n)+ Bluetooth 4.0

2)MSI GE40 2OC-009US with
Screen Size 14 inches
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900
Max Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 pixels
Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
RAM 8 GB DDR3
Memory Speed 1600 MHz
Hard Drive 750 GB
Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA GeForce GTX760M
Graphics Card Ram Size 2048 MB
Wireless Type 802.11bgn
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 1
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2
Operating System Windows 8
Item Weight 4.4 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W x H 13.35 x 9.42 x 0.87 inches
Color Black
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Count 4
Computer Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
Flash Memory Size 128
Hard Drive Interface Solid State, Serial ATA-300
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM
Optical Drive Type No
Audio-out Ports (#) 1
Battery Type Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

These two are the laptops I am looking into if you can suggest better laptops please do.
I will summarize what I want: playing old games, graphics important, PlayStation 3 or 4 if PS4 then will PlayStation Now be worth it or laptop, my budget $1200.
Thank you
 

nothing_is_true

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With nVidia Geforce GTX 800m series coming out do you think I should wait a while to purchase a laptop?
Within my price range there are GTX 850M and GTX 860M when I looked at benchmark scores for these I found out that 850 is faster then 750 but 760 is faster then 850 and same goes with 860 it is faster then 760 but 770 is still better then 860. Is this information true? So would I be better off buying a system with 770 rather then 860 or 850?
 
The 8xxM cards may be seeing a revision either late this year or sometime next year, just FYI. If you're not in a hurry, you could spend that time to save up and see what NVidia does with the new fabrication process and architecture. Intel may be releasing the next generation of processors fairly early next year as well, but release dates are mum.

The 860 will treat you well and won't break the bank. You'll especially benefit from future games that support DX 12 also.
 
Maybe a small drop. But you won't really see any more units in production with the 7xxM cards. They'll be phased out rather quickly.

The R9 M290x is absolutely more powerful than the 860M. The R9 is meant to be a direct competitor to the 780M, so it's about as capable.

That MSI system is okay. It has a low starting price because of the A10 processor, which is between an i3 and an i5 CPU.