Wanting to purchase a new gaming laptop, can this setup run everything I throw at it at max graphics and for future years?

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That wasn't my question... and purchasing a desktop isn't available for me currently
 

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Going to college soon and don't want to have to lug a desktop around and want to be able to take it wherever I go
 

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Another option was to get a single 880m with 8GB video memory, would that find better performance than the dual 870m's in SLI with 6GB video memory?
 


Maybe in theory, but after 5 minutes of intense gaming and heat buildup, the performance will drop quickly.
 


Actually the heat will be fine. They are designed to work in a laptop so they will not throttle and lower performance. They just won't. The CPU would be the heat issue, not the GPUs.
 

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Thanks for the help, so all in all stick with the SLI 870m's?
 

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Why not leave the desktop in the dorm room and have a portable ultrabook? Just saying it really isn't worth it to get a gaming laptop, the battery life in those are pretty low especially if you plan to take it around with you all day.
 

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It's also at parent's discretion lol trust me, if I was able to I would do that. They can't be convinced of pc things.
 
I went with a gaming laptop and never will again. The GPUs get insanely hot and throttle. Mine was back with the 2xx albeit, but I can't imagine they improved that much where it never happens anymore. The only way I could play simple games would be with a fan blowing across the computer, and my hands, the whole time which got annoying really quick. CPU usage was not high and I took it apart and could tell from the placement of the GPU that it was the main hot spot. This was on a mid range gaming laptop too so it wasn't some piece of crap either. Would just rather help someone avoid the same head aches that I went through.