Bought this "gaming" laptop, not what i expected

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lars_bu

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So I bought this laptop from bestbuy. It's an Asus g75vx.
Specs: Intel Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz), 8GB Memory, 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX (3GB), Windows 8 64-Bit
The games I played before buying the laptop are running perfectly fine.
But now when I tried to play BF3 I was kind of disappointed :(
Sure, I can run the game, but I thought I could play it on max settings or at least close to max settings.
The worst part: I was so excited for COD Ghosts, finally a new call of duty that I will be able to play at high settings.. That's what i thought at least. But now I am kind of shocked. Even if i put down the settings to the lowest possible I can't play it like I could play previous COD games. I know that other people are having issues with Ghosts and say that a Driver optimization might be needed and released soon. But I'm still afraid that my laptop won't be able to handle the game at high settings? Can anyone help me? Did I buy a good laptop? Can I somehow get more power out of my laptop?
 
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The GPU is the bottleneck here. Your HDD can always be upgraded but that won't dramatically increase performance but rather the load times and access times.

I bought a 7970m for my laptop but I haven't tried BF3. But looking at the specs your GPU puts out only about 1/3 of the bandwidth.. But I haven't had many issues with graphics running SC2 maxed out. I need to game more...
 
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lars_bu

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so you say it's my gpu. I've seen videos of almost the same laptop (4gb more ram, different cpu, same gpu) running BF3 at max settings for example :/ is there a way to optimize my system to gaming?

 
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Gaming laptops are far behind a gaming desktop. In many games, the problem won't be the GPU, but the crazy low clock rate of the CPU. Make sure you play on a hard surface with good air flow, and plugged in, so at least the system will run at the most optimal clocks it allows.

You'll do better in games that are more GPU demanding. That means online gaming is going to be slow for the most part, as almost all online situations push the CPU hard.

Gaming laptops are not really gaming rigs. They allow passable gaming on the go, but you'd never want to buy one for home gaming. It is just not a good idea.
 
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RAM shouldn't matter unless you're hitting the cieling, which 6GB should be plenty unless you have 100+ browser tabs or media running simultaneously.

Your CPU is good - but bystander points out an important factor. CPU clock speeds are at least 1 GHz slower. And heat is the serious issue here. I applied some good thermal paste and dusted out my machine and saw the temps drop 10 degrees (Celsius) and my games noticeably performed much better after that.

Something stupid to note.. Make sure you apply the paste all over because at first 3 out of 4 of my cores were over-heating while one was sitting nearly 15 degrees Celsius cooler.

I've even made a laptop cooler using PVP piping to create a 110 CFM setup

Pretty fun if you have some extra time

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/hardware-software-discussion/91613-110cfm-laptop-cooler.html
 
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