Planning to buy a gaming laptop

primogen

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Hi all. I'm planning to buy a gaming laptop and I'm in between several options. I can pay up to $2000.
I might be able to buy the 17'' alienware laptop here in this link
http://www.dell.com/ca/p/alienware-17-r2/pd.aspx
But most likely not. So probably I'll buy an asus laptop from this link
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100027629%204085%20600536650%20600372105
The question is will the 970m with 3gb vram be good enough to run the upcoming games? I'm planning to use the laptop for at least 4 years and graphics and performance are important for me.
I was wondering if anyone could help choose the best alternative.
Thanks in advance.
 

primogen

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What do you think about the MSI laptops? The one that costs 2 grands has 6gb gtx 970m and 128gb SSD but 12gb rams. How important will the ram and SSD be for more advanced games?