Will my laptop be able to run games now and in the future
It can certainly run "A Limited Selection" of games, however as the resource demands of the games of the future increase you will find that it will eventually not be able to run newer titles, however it would be able to run games that originally ran ok on it now 10 years from now as long as the hardware was still healthy to support the software.
As fas as medium settings with a Mobile nVidia GeForce GT 630M, I think it might be pushing it to have those settings without serious lag. Information below suggests that the GT 630M doesnt even meet the minimum recommended requirements for the game according to benchmarks so this GPU might not even be able to handle this game on the lowest settings without lag. Pushing this GPU to run this game could also damage your laptop. I killed 2 laptops with games in which I roasted the GPUs.
Looking up benchmark info on this Mobile GPU I find it has a score of
768 @
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GT+630MAnd Crysis 3 suggests GPU for
MINIMUM play of GTS 450 with a score of
1460http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTS+450And Crysis 3 suggests GPU for
RECOMMENDED play of GeForce GTX 560 with a score of
3049:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+560And Crysis 3 suggests GPU for
HI-PERFORMANCE play of GeForce GTX 680 with a score of
5507:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+680As seen at the link below, this GeForce GT 630M does support DirectX 11 ( BUT not sure if it will only run on lowest settings due to its benchmark score compared to the score that the game manufacturer suggests for normal recommended play settings.
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-630mAs well as suggests a Core i5 CPU vs Core i3, however minumum requirements state: Dual Core CPU, so your CPU would run it, not sure as to how well though since they suggest the Core i5.
Tomshardware has a good write up on it. It seems pretty demanding for hardware requirements for play without lag, and my preference for demanding games due to myself "roasting/killing" 2 expensive laptops with graphically intensive games, I like to use desktop computers with adequate cooling for games that produce heat like this one, or at least have a GPU that is equal to or better than the game requirements to know that I am not overworking the GPU into a melt down situation.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Crysis-3-System-Requirements-DirectX-11-Radeon-GeForce,19509.html2 GB DDR3 RAM (but I have increased by 7546 MB using Windows ReadyBoost on an NTFS formatted pendrive)and Windows 7 64-bit
This is not the same as a Real RAM upgrade. I tried this a while back on a system with 1GB RAM with 4GB stick and was hoping to get a boost of performance. My system actually slowed some and the pendrive was just constantly flashing on USB 2.0
*You might want to find a different computer to play this game on when it launches in February such as a desktop that is a modern Quadcore or better with a video card that benchmarks similar to the hardware requirements as copy/pasted from Tomshardware:
Minimum System Operating Requirements for PC
* Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
* DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM
* Dual core CPU
* 2 GB Memory (3 GB on Vista)
* Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
* Nvidia GTS 450
* Intel Core2 Duo 2.4 Ghz (E6600)
* Example 2 (AMD):
* AMD Radeon HD 5770
* AMD Athlon64 X2 2.7 Ghz (5200+)
Recommended System Operating Requirements for PC
* Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
* DirectX 11 graphics card with 1 GB Video RAM
* Quad core GPU
* 4 GB Memory
* Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
* Nvidia GTX 560
* Intel Core i5-750
* Example 2 (AMD):
* AMD Radeon HD 5870
* AMD Phenom II X4 805
Hi-Performance PC Specifications
* Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
* Latest DirectX 11 graphics card
* Latest quad core CPU
* SLI / Crossfire configurations will run even better
* 8 GB Memory
* Example 1 (Nvidia/Intel):
* Nvidia GTX 680
* Intel Core i7-2600k
* Example 2 (AMD):
* AMD Radeon HD 7970
* AMD Bulldozer FX4150
