is this good enough for gaming

[Arielleon24]

Hi,
I bought a laptop a year ago for 700$ and was screwed by the salesman convincing me that the graphic card on it was good enough for me to game (intel HD graphics 3000), now im stuck with a laptop that can run some of the games i like to play (Skyrim + 30 some mods on low or medium, hereos of might and magic VI on medium) but doesnt give me consistent FPS for any of those and runs the witcher 2 at 15 FPS (unplayable).

I'd like to buy a new laptop hopefully one that can run the mentionned games between medium and high settings
i found one with these settings available for financing for 950ish $ but i dont want to repeat the same mistake

Is this good setting wise :

-Processor :Intel Core i7 3517U
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O/S Genuine Windows® 8
-Memory 6GB DDR3

-Hard Drive750GB + 24GB SSD

-Screen 15.6" 16:9 HD (1366x768)

-Graphics :NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 635M with 2GB DDR3 VRAM

Thanks in advance for any response

 

[woltej1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1J21B03399

This is a better PC, higher performance but idk if you'd be able to find financing for it, you'd have to talk to cyberpower.

I changed it to a different one.

 

[combine1237]

For 950 USD NO. If you want to game and don't need a laptop get a desktop its cheaper and may allow you to avoid financing.

 

[Arielleon24]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1J21B03399

This is a better PC, higher performance but idk if you'd be able to find financing for it, you'd have to talk to cyberpower.

I changed it to a different one.

i'm willing to pay the amount all together if the laptop is really worth it, i honestly don't know much about this but wouldn't an core i7 be better than core i5?

 

[Arielleon24]

For 950 USD NO. If you want to game and don't need a laptop get a desktop its cheaper and may allow you to avoid financing.

I dont have the space for a desktop, im really looking for a good laptop and am willing to pay 1200 max for it even if its in one payment.

By the way, i accidently chose your answer as the solution.. will this block the thread or something? can i undo it?

 

[woltej1]

Gaming wise there isn't much a difference between the i5 and i7. For gaming performance GPU is much more important CPU.

 

[Arielleon24]

Gaming wise there isn't much a difference between the i5 and i7. For gaming performance GPU is much more important CPU.

Well ok, Thanks for the info. I'll buy the one you showed me.

Thank you

 

[combine1237]

Wait I5 is dual and i7 is quad in mobile so there is a bit of a difference.

 

[woltej1]

It is hyper threaded though so it has 2 physical cores but 4 virtual ones.

 

[combine1237]

True, still maybe in games like battlefield 4 and crysis 3 it might make a difference, but probably not with a mobile gpu like a 765m.