Depending on the entire system, as others have already noted, your mileage may vary.
On a high-end system tho (e.g. A good i5/i7 from the 2000/3000 series with a GTX 680 or an HD 7970, 1 or 2Gb VRAM), I think you would be able to go for anything released in 2011 or earlier maxed out relatively effortlessly (with specific exceptions)
What are the rest of your laptop's specs?