How Powerful is my Laptop

[CaptainSolo]

I'm getting a new gaming laptop this year these are the specs:iBUYPOWER VALKYRIE Gaming Laptop - 3rd gen Intel Core i7-3630QM 2.4GHz, 16GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, Blu-Ray Player, 4GB NVIDIA GTX 675MX, 17.3" Full HD, Windows 8 64-bit, Assassin's Creed III (CZ-17-TD05) I'm looking to run Skyrim, Minecraft, Elder Scrolls Online , Assasins creed III comes with the computer, portal 2, Crysis 3, and Halo Reaach on preferably high/ultra graphics Minecraft (fancy/far) is it possible on my system? Ps I'm fine with playing on lower settings

 

[Budge414]

You'll be looking at High-Max settings on most games, maybe with Anti-Aliasing turned off on some more demanding, but games still look very good without it so no worries there. As for something like Crysis 3 I'd think around Medium settings, again, it still looks pretty good. The resolution of the screen is very important in regards to what setting you'll be playing at. I based it at 1080p, but if it's like 1600 x 900, 1440 x 900 or 1366 x 768 then you will most likely be able to max out almost everything current.

 

[CaptainSolo]

Do you think an additional solid state drive is necessary in the future

 

[bilalha123]

An additional solid state drive isn't necessary, but it's the easiest way to gain a significant boost in performance in my opinion.

I don't have much stuff on my computer so I just bought a 256gb SSD and I put my entire HDD content onto it, the difference is pretty substantial.

 

[Budge414]

Do you think an additional solid state drive is necessary in the future

For the future, definitely. It's a welcome speed boost all-round. It won't really affect in-game performance much, but boot, program loading, navigation, installations etc. get a nice time reduction. Plus you can keep using it in as many machines as you wish over time.