Yeah, whether you get a laptop or desktop really depends on your needs.  If you get a decent laptop, it should play Crysis, but not necessarily at high or even medium settings.

Consider your needs - how often do you need to move it around?  Also consider upgradability options.  If you do wish to move it around, do you want a large, cumbersome type laptop with decent specs, or a lighter one with not as good specs?

As for the CPUs above, the Intel is probably better.

hibbyware Wrote:CryEngine2 is estimated to scale back 2 years, and scale ahead 1.5 years.
A single 7800GTX will run the game quite well on fairly high settings according to Crysis Art Director, Michael Khaimzon.

Yay, my 7800GT will work :)  Though I only have 1GB RAM.  For some odd reason, it doesn't seem to run anywhere near well as it should.  2x512 MB DDR500 Kingmax RAM in Dual Channel DDR - the RAM got a really good review, but my RAM appears to run slower than some 1GB DDR400 Generic no Dual Channel RAM... :(

Oh well.