Thinking of returning my laptop. Should I swap it for this?

[Euphoria14]

Slimebeast said:

Euphoria14 said:

Slimebeast said:

This one from BestBuy is a gaming monster (because it has a Radeon 7970M GPU) and is rufly in your price-range:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/MSI+-+15.6%26%2334%3B+Laptop+-+8GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/6928053.p?id=1218814314301&skuId=6928053#tab=specifications

How much of a improvement would that show compared to what I currently have?

If I am running Skyrim on Ultra @ 30-35fps and 35-40fps on high, what could I expect from this laptop?

 

Edit - Is this similar to PS4 specs?

Yes, it's very similar to the PS4, not just purely spec-wise but also in that the components are balanced with the exact same mentality - combine a comparatively weak CPU (but who is still able to do his job in 95% of all gaming scenarios) with a strong as possible GPU for an overall best bang for your buck for gaming.

In general, that GPU (Radeon 7970M) will run games with 100% higher FPS than the Geforce GT650M, but since Skyrim is also very CPU bound, I wouldn't expect a crazy increase in performance, but probably at least a 20-30% increase in FPS.

Alright, because I was watching some videos of Tomb Raider running on my laptop with high settings and one of Tomb Taider running on the GX60 with Ultra setting.

With my laptop it seemed the game ran fine, with some slowdown when things got hectic or when inside caves, but with the GX60 the game dropped to unplayable levels, even when dropped to low settings. Supposedly the CPU holds it back big time.

I just want to know I can handle CPU and/or GPU reliant games without much issue for the next 2-3 years, even if newer games need to be mid settings.