Will new system run Crysis 3?

So i just built my first gaming laptop and im new to the whole world of laptop gaming. I did as much research as i could, and i decided to go with a sager 9150. My question is, did i build a pc that will be able to play most high end games like crysis 3 and BF3 on max... If not any suggestions would be appreciated. I am a full time chemical engineering student and gamer so i need it to be portable and powerful but also a budget build(college student) Budget 1500 max but aiming for lower, my build came out to 1400. How did i do?

Sager NP9150 / Clevo P150EM
Xotic Gear No Xotic PC Gear

Operating System No Operating System Standard - Drivers & Utility Software Only

Keyboard (Internal - Laptop) Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard

Fingerprint Reader Integrated Fingerprint Reader

Wireless Network Sager - Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module

Primary Hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM [Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache] - Default

mSATA SSD Drive ( Slot 1 ) 128GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD - Preconfigured as an OS Drive ( Operating System – Drive C: )

Branding Remove All Branding

Ram 16GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) (SKU - S4S444M)

Display 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare Type Screen (SKU - S1R319)

Processor Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3630QM (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU – S2R174)

Thermal Compound - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU

Graphics Video Card FREE - nVidia GeForce GTX 675M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology [User Upgradeable] - ($100 Value: FREE!)

Total $1,399.01

 

I think I would drop the ram to 8GB and bump the GPU up to 680M

 

yea i realize 16gb ram is a little excessive but i dont think i could afford the 680m on my budget. would the 675m be capable of running Crysis 3 or BF3 on high-ultra with playable FPS?

 

Drop IC Diamond (can buy your own tube for <$10 instead of 1 application for $35). Also as mentioned drop 16GB RAM to 8GB (stock). These two, combined with Sager's $100 off for order's over $1350 and if you email [email protected] about the "MAX" discount, you should definitely be able to afford a 7970M, possibly even the 680M for $1500.

 

Not sure on that one. I know BF3 is amazing on Ultra on the 680m and also plays well in 3D on High so I would imagine the 675m could handle High settings. But I am unconvinced you could play it on Ultra.

 

the 675M will be able to run Crysis at no less than medium settings, if not more. I ran the Alpha on Medium/High/Ultra (mixed settings) on my 6970M (oc'd though)

 

Crysis 3 is based on the same engine as Crysis 2. Maybe a little bit higher requirements for it

 

if you overclock it 15%, it might just be able to run crysis 3 at high~ultra settings

 

Cool. thanks for the info guys! Would it be better to install games on the mSATA or regular hdd. Or does it not really matter, my impresson is that if i use the mSATA drive maps will load faster but it won't affect the game play? or am i just plain wrong...

 

doesnt affect game performance, just load speed

 

You are 100% correct

 

Awesome thanks for the help guys!

 

You'd be safer going with the 7970m, but I understand budget constraints. The Crysis 3 Alpha was insanely demanding; I had awful fps running it on ultra with my 7970m. The final game should be better optimized, so my guess is the the 675m will be able to run it on high if you make some concessions with aa/motion blur/etc.

 

Oh look, it's missing benchmarks from 680M. Why don't you post benchmarks with your 680M, if you have it.

 

Probably could have dropped down the the 3610 too.

 

Crytek has now listed the minimum system requirements for Crysis 3 on the game’s pre-launch page, and they’re as follows:

• Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
• DirectX 11 graphics card with 1Gb Video RAM
• Dual core CPU
• 2GB Memory (3GB on Vista)
• Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
Nvidia GTS 450
Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)
• Example 2 (AMD):
AMD Radeon HD5770
AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)

Crysis - Official Site

Crysis 3 system requirements

Crysis - Official Site

 

If those are minimum specs, sure are steep. The alpha visuals were stunning.

 

How does my GT 650M compare to the Desktop GTS 450?

Will I even be able to play at 1366x768 all low?

 

The GTS450 has around the same specs as the 460m except higher memory bandwidth as far as I remember. GT650m is stronger in general, depending memory bandwidth.